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FASTI ECCLKSI^: SCOTICAN^
SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TWKEDDALE
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
The Rev. W. S. CROCKETT, Minister of Tweedsmuir, Convener and General Editor.
The Rev. Professor JAMES COOPER, D.D., D.Litt,, D.C.L.
W. TRAQUAIR DICKSON, W.S.
FRANCIS JAMES GRANT, W.S., Lyon Clerk and Rothesay Herald.
The Rev. Professor JAMES MACKINNON, Ph.D., D.D.
ALEXANDER T. NIVEN, C.A.
Sir JAMES BALFOUR PAUL, C.V.O., LL.D., Lord Lyon King-of-Aims.
The Rev. STEPHEN REE, B.I).
The Rev. JAMES SMITH, B.D.
The Rev. ROBERT W. WEIR, D.D.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
The Rev. Prof. HERKLESS, D.D., St Andrews
The Rev. JAMES BREBNER, D.D., Forgue
The Rev. THOMAS BURNS, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. W. W. COATS, D.D., Brechin
The Rev. J. B. DAVIDSON, D.D., Peterhead
The Rev. R. MENZIES FERGUSSON, D.D.,
Logie
The Rev. J. KING HEWISON, D.D., Rothesay
The Rev. W. M. METCALFE, D.D., Paisley
The Rev. DAVID PAUL, LL.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. J. R. AITKEN, M.A., Edinburgh
The Rev. WILLIAM AULD, B.D., Carnock
The Rev. JAMES W. BLAKE, M.A., Temple
The Rev. JOHN BURLEIGH, Ednam
The Rev. ANDREW BURNS, Fenwick
The Rev. J. A. CAMERON, B.D., Legerwood
The Rev. A. J. CAMPBELL, B.A., Glasgow
The Rev. J. T. Cox, B.D., Dyce
The Rev. A. A. DUNCAN, B.D., Auchterless
The Rev. J. E. GILLESPIE, Kirkgunzeon
The Rev. A. H. GILLIESON, B.D., Olrig
The Rev. JOHN HUNTER, B.D., Rat tray
The Rev. GEO. D. BUTTON, M.A., R.Sc.,
Bothkennar
The Rev. A. J. MACDONALD, Killearnan
The Rev. A. M. MACGREGOR, Lochryan
The Rev. R. D.MACKENZIE, B.D., Kilbarchan
The Rev. J. MITCHELL, B.D., Mauchline
The Rev. JOHN Mum, B.D., Tester
The Rev. J. MUIRHEAD, B.D., Avendale
The Rev. J. W. MURRAY, B.A.(Oxon.), Manor
The Rev. W. H. PORTER, Cults, Pitlessie
The Rev. ROBERT PRYDE, M.A., Glasgow
The Rev. JOHN SHARPE, Selkirk
The Rev. W. STEPHEN, B.D., Inverkeithing
The Rev. G. WALKER, B.D., Castle-Douglas
The Rev. D. MACFARLANE WILSON,
Thornton
The Rev. Wai. WILSON, M.A., Trossachs
C. E. W. MACPHERSON, Esq., C.A., Edin.
THOMAS REID, Esq., M.A., Lanark
J. H. STEVENSON, Esq., Advocate, Edin.
FASTI ECCLESI.E
SCOTICAN.E
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
BY
HEW SCOTT, D.D.
NEW EDITION
Revised and continued to tJie Present Time under the Superintendence
of a Committee appointed by tJic General Assembly
VOLUME I
SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TWEEDDALE
T 43
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1915
r ,
— ;
,
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
THE design of the present work is to present a comprehensive account of
the SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS of the Church of Scotland since the period
of the Reformation. An attempt is made to give some additional interest
by furnishing incidental notices of their lives, writings, and families,
which may prove useful to the Biographer, the Genealogist, and the
Historian.
The sources from which the work has been compiled are the various
records of Kirk Sessions, Presbyteries, Synods, and General Assemblies ;
together with the Books of Assignations, Presentations to Benefices, and
the Commissariat Registers of Confirmed Testaments. From these
authentic sources the information here collected will, it is believed, be
found as accurate as the utmost care can render it. Having been com
menced at an early period of life, this work has been prosecuted during
all the time that could be spared from professional engagements for a
period of nearly fifty years.
Some idea of the labour and continuous research involved in preparing
the work may be formed when the Author states that he has visited all
the Presbyteries in the Church, and about seven hundred and sixty
different Parishes, for the purpose of examining the existing records.
Li this way he lias had an opportunity of searching eight hundred and
sixty volumes of Presbytery, and one hundred volumes of Synod Records,
besides those of the General Assembly, along with the early Registers of
Assignations and Presentations to Benefices, and about four hundred and
&
thirty volumes of the Testament Registers in the different Commissariats.
The Author has to express his grateful acknowledgments to the Synod
and Presbytery Clerks, and, indeed, to almost all the Ministers of the
Church to whom he applied. While carrying on his early researches in
Edinburgh, lie cannot forget his obligations to the late Thomas Thomson,
Es<[., Deputy Clerk Register, to the late Alexander Macdonald, Esq., and
other gentlemen connected with the Record Department in the General
Register House. He is indebted to the Rev. Thomas Gordon of Newbattle,
and the Rev. John Struthers of Prestonpans, for revising the divisions
which contain the Presbyteries of Dalkeith and Haddington ; also, for
vi PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
other services, to the Very "Rev. Principal Campbell, Aberdeen; the Rev.
Walter Wood, Elie: Major A. Stewart Allan, of the Bengal Staff, India;
Mr William Troup, University, St Andrews; John Barren, Esq., C.A.,
Teind Office, and Adam C. Longmore, Esq., of the Exchequer. He
likewise has, in particular, to acknowledge how much he owes to David
Laing, Esq., LL.D., for the interest which he has uniformly taken in
the progress of the work, and for suggestions while the sheets were
at press.
The plan adopted by the Author was to follow the usual division into
Synods and Presbyteries, and to embrace the Ministers of the several
Churches from the Reformation in 1560 to June 1839. At the request,
however, of some of his friends, in order to make the work more complete,
by bringing it down to the present time, the names of Ministers are added
who have since been appointed.
The Part now issued comprises the important Synod of Lothian and
Tweeddale. The next Part, which is already in the Printer's hands, will
include the three Southern Synods of Merse and Teviotdale, of Dumfries,
and of Galloway. It will be followed by the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr.
It only remains to add, that so far as the Author is able to calculate from
what has already been completed, the work will be comprised in three
volumes, forming a companion to the Oriyines Parockiales Scot-lev, of
which it may, in some measure, be regarded as a continuation. Being
undertaken altogether as a labour of love, the Author begs to add, that
any profits will be devoted to the Societies for the Sons, and the Institu
tion for the Daughters of the Clergy.
H. S.
MANSE OF ANSTRUTHER WESTER,
\~th November^ I860.
NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION
FOLLOWING an Overture to the General Assembly, a Committee was
appointed to deal with the Continuation of the Fasti Ecclesue Scoticance.
A Revision of the whole work was afterwards agreed upon. The present
edition, therefore, is the result. Synods and Presbyteries are arranged in
the order of the Roll of the General Assembly, and Parishes alphabetically
under Presbyteries. A condensed notice of each minister's career is now
given under his last incumbency, except in the case of professors and
bishops, who are placed under a separate heading. The genealogical and
bibliographical details have been much extended, proper names
modernised, and some irrelevant matter omitted. A selection of the
authorities quoted by Dr Hew Scott has been retained, and some newer
ones added. For the Continuation, authorities are only occasionally
mentioned, the information having been derived from the ecclesiastical
records and the ministers themselves, or their descendants and acquaint
ances. Session and Presbytery Records have been again consulted, and
considerable additions made from the Separate Register. Parish and
family histories, biographies, and books of reminiscence have yielded an
abundant crop of fresh information. To each volume a Bibliography of
local literature is appended, also an Index of Parishes and Ministers
mentioned therein, and in the last volume a cumulative Index of the
whole work will appear.
So many persons have kindly given assistance in the preparation of
this work it is impossible to thank them in detail, but mention must
be made of the Clerks of Presbyteries, whose help has proved in
valuable, and of John Maitland Thomson, LL.D., to whose learned
researches the Committee is much indebted.
W. S. C.
31st December 1914.
ril
CONTENTS
TAliK
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HEW SCOTT, D.I). . xi-xvi
ABBREVIATIONS . . • xyi"
I. PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH . . 1
II. PRESBYTERY OF LINLITHGOW . . . 189
III. PRESBYTERY OF BIGGAR ... . 288
IV. PRESBYTERY OF PEEBLES ..... 2(><S
V. PRESBYTERY OF DALKEITH . . . .801
VI. PRESBYTERY OF HADIHXGTON ..... 851
VII. PRESBYTERY OF DUNBAR . . 402
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HJ STORIES, ETC. . 429
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS .... 488
INDEX OF MINISTERS 436
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
HEW SCOTT, D.D.
i.
THE making of the Fasti EccUsiai Scoticancv is a curious and stimulating
example of literary industry. Mainly the work of one man, it was the
undertaking of a lifetime. Those who have tested the value of the work
CJ
will best appreciate its magnitude, as well as the manifold difficulties
which must have faced its projector. It was a toiler's task, possible
only through much patient perseverance, and its completion after forty
or fifty years arduous labour was an achievement of infinite merit.
As I)r Hew Scott's letters show, the strain was enormous, the sympathy
depressingly sparse. At times there was disappointment enough almost
to crush the eager spirit of the worker, and to put an untimely finis on
his enterprise. Still he stooped to his self-imposed burden in the temper
of which heroes are made. Year after year Scott pursued his remarkable
perambulations, in the course of which he visited, he computed, about
seven hundred and sixty parishes. He must have ransacked many
hundreds of musty old registers belonging to every kirk-session and
presbytery within his purview. As a probationer he began the Fasti, and
as a veteran of eighty he gave the last touches to his opus magnum.
Coadjutors were few and were mostly concerned with the first volume —
enthusiasts like Dr Gordon of Newbattle, Dr Struthers of Prestonpans,
and David Laing, LL.1X, prince of bibliophiles. Laing may be described
as prompter-in-chief. Indeed, but for him there would have been no Fasti
at all. Soured at the lack of preferment, Scott volunteered for service in
Canada, and was actually on his way to the boat when Laing met him
and persuaded him to remain at home. Until he became the minister
of a parish, the accumulation of material for the Fasti engrossed most
of Scott's attention. He carried on researches in all the likely sources,
copied extracts with minute, painstaking care, and left no stone
unturned to ensure the thoroughness and completeness of his task. The
xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HKW SCOTT, D.I).
first portion of the work (it was in three volumes of two parts each)
appeared in 1866, the last in 187L The price was twenty-live shillings
a part, and the impression was limited to 250 copies.
The Fasti was pre-eminently a labour of love. Whatever profits might
accrue from it were to be devoted to the Societies for the Sons of
the Clergy and the Ministers' Daughters' College. At least £200 are
known to have reached those institutions out of the Scott exchequer. That
amount may or may not have been a contribution from Fd*ti profits.
From Scott's letters to Laing we learn that the prospects were anything
but rosy : " I thought, at least was always told, that the sales were
greater, and as I expected something would be gained, perhaps not
much, I find myself disheartened, and tremble at proceeding further.
No o-m-horse has worked harder than I have done for years, and
&
here is the result — only making business for printers and booksellers. '
And again : " I am puzzled about going on with such a loss. The
sales show that few of the great or literary folks care for it." A
third letter informs l)r Laing that of 250 copies of one part, 90
were sold, 12 were in the author's hands, while 142 remained on the
booksellers' shelves. Hew Scott's last letter to David Laing is full of
pathos: "I received yours when in bed yesterday (4th Dec. 1871), where
I have been for eight or ten days. 1 am very thankful my humble, or
what you call great work, is so near a close. l)r Gordon wrote me lately
something similar when 1 told him 1 intended doing no more, but IK;
persuaded me it would be necessary to give the Moderators. The work
at the very outset brought me into trouble, even with the purest
intentions, and has been carried on under sometimes great privations, at
times under great depression of spirit, exertions few constitutions could
have undergone, and an expense which to many might have been a little
fortune. For the last twelve months it has been carried on in a sick
room and nursing an affectionate partner, and last of all, threatened with
blindness. So you may judge if I would not gladly be done with it.
Whoever is dissatisfied with my past labour is very welcome to try his
hand and make it better. I know of none such except two individuals.''
But if the author of the Fasti toiled and sowed in tears, the herculean
labour of his life has not been lost. The Fu#ti has filled a noble niche in
Scottish ecclesiastical history. As a work of reference it has long taken
a high place, and its pages have been a mine for the digging of every
local annalist. By the triumphant realisation of his early dream, Hew
Scott made not merely the Church but the whole of Scotland his debtor.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HEW SCOTT, D.D. xiii
II.
The story of his career can be told in few words. Hew Scott was
an admirable illustration of the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.
Born at Haddington, 5th February 1791, he was the son of Robert Scott,
an Excise officer (8<:ottici>, ganger), who counted kin with Sir Walter's
own sept of the romantic Border clan. His mother (her husband's second
wife) was Catherine Dunbar, a native of Coldingham. Hew took to learn
ing early, "could conjugate nmo in his tenth year," and was altogether a
promising "lad o' pairts." l)r Lorimer of the First Charge of Hadding
ton encountered him deciphering Latin lines on an old tombstone there.
'• You'll be a minister yet," said the clergyman, arid the words so rang in
the boy's ears that he could not sleep. His father died about this time,
leaving wife and family practically penniless. The opening of a little
shop helped to keep the wolf from the door, arid Hew was apprenticed
to an ironmonger of the burgh. There is a tradition that he added
~ *— *
stationery to his mother's slender stock, hawking that commodity from
house to house in the evenings. At twenty we find him blossoming into
a bookseller.1 But the minister's prophecy was coming true. Ambition
may have been fostered by the example of George Dunbar, who, from a
disabled gardener's boy, found his way to the University, and was rising
into fame as a Greek scholar. It is more than likely that Dunbar himself
paved the way for his kinsman's entrance on a scholastic career. Hew
Scott's name appears in the Edinburgh matriculation album for the first
time in Session 1813-14, and for the last time in Session 1819-20. He
followed a somewhat unsystematic but comprehensive course— giving
attendance on the classes of Humanity, Logic, Greek, Natural Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Scots Law, Anatomy, Surgery, Chemistry, Practice
of Medicine, Agriculture, Hebrew, and Divinity. " Had the war con
tinued," he said, " I would have been a doctor in the army instead of
a minister of the Kirk." During two sessions he acted as assistant-
librarian of the Uni versify, and for this service he was rewarded by a
remission of the matriculation fee of half a sovereign. It is singular to
find him graduating at Aberdeen in preference to Edinburgh. Aberdeen,
it seems, was "a more frugal Senatus," and having applied to King's
College, the degree of M.A. was conferred, 2nd December 1816, " in
1 The Foundtiny, a tale, in verse, by Thomas Adams, Royal Artillery, Drivers. . . .
Haddington : Printed for the Author by U. Miller, and sold by Hew Scott, bookseller
(1811 ; 70 pp.).
xiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HEW SCOTT, D.D.
consideration of his attainments as a student, and on the recommendation
of James Ferguson of Pitfour and John Buchan, W.S."
III.
Sometime in his Arts curriculum, Hew Scott became known to
Thomas Thomson, Deputy Clerk-Register of Scotland, most erudite of
legal antiquaries. Thomson had set out to reform the whole system of
public registries and the method of the custody of records in rendering
these records accessible to research, in rescuing and repairing old records,
in editing the Acts of the Scottish Parliament and other governmental
registers, under authority of a Record Commission. Scott became one
of Thomson's best helpers. The work was congenial, and it may have
inspired the idea of the Fasti, although the zealous researcher was
acquainted with Le Neve's Fasti Eeclesicv Anglicance — a monumental
work like his own that was to be.
His divinity course completed, Scott was licensed by the Presbytery
of Haddington 24th October 1820. In 1829 he received ordination in
order to proceed to Canada — a step frustrated by the appeal of David
Laiiig, as has been already stated. Assistantships followed at Garvald,
Ladykirk, Cockpen, and Temple. The minister of Cockpen was his
college friend, James Grierson. " I was not a little encouraged by his
story," Scott used to say ; " like many of us, he had two strings to his
bow, and kept a drug shop for years in the North Bridge till he was
presented to a parish, Lord Dalhousie writing the preferment on the
field of Echlar."
Promotion came at long last to the indefatigable investigator. On
the death of Dr Carstairs, Sir Windham Carmichael Anstruther offered
Scott the parish of Anstruther Wester, and he was admitted 12th June
1839. The Rev. Jardine Wallace, of Traquair, used to relate how Hew
Scott arrived one evening at his father's manse of St Michael,
Dumfries. In the course of conversation he spoke somewhat sadly
of the changes which had taken place from the Secession of 1843.
Mrs Wallace said : " Mr Scott, were you not tempted to go out ? "
" No ! no ! " he naively replied, " I had too much difficulty to get in."
Scott's curious story about the actual genesis of the Secession may be
recalled : "In the arrangement of viands for a party at dinner, one of
the guests, wife of the schoolmaster, who was also assistant minister in
the parish [Marnoch], happened to make some observations about its
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HEW SCOTT, D.D. xv
impropriety, whicli gave offence to her hostess. This caused considerable
ill-feeling, and laid the foundation for disputes of various kinds in the
Presbytery, which at length terminated in the Secession of 1843, inflicting
a severe wound 011 the Church of Scotland." The author of the Fasti
had no leaning towards the popular part}'. He stoutly opposed the
measures of the non-Intrusionists, and supported Charles Rogers (after
wards his assistant) in the attempt to depose Sir David Brewster from
the Principalship of St Andrews for his adherence to the Free Church.
Hew Scott received the honorary degree of D.D. from St Andrews in
1867. He was an exemplary minister of the old school — "his preaching
much, but more his practice wrought, a living sermon of the truths he
taught." Into all his work — both in the pulpit and out of it — he put
his best. Parochial movements were assured successes under his sagacious
CT
pilotage. He had his peculiarities and foibles. From the established
mode of worship he would brook no variation. A "repeating" tune was
anathema — and he declined to preach in a church where the Doxology was
sung. He was the strictest of disciplinarians, but behind all his outward
severity beat a heart that was warm, and true, and kind. He was penu
rious to a proverb — his besetting fault — a relic, doubtless, of less fortunate
days. " No nail, or potato, or turnip, or piece of coal was ever left on the road
by Hew Scott." Dr Rogers declared that he never bought writing paper,
but wrote all the Fasti on letter-backs — a precursor of the modern card
index method, quaint, but in his hands thoroughly effective, the result
showing a marvellous mastery of the multifarious materials collected at
divers times and places. He used turned envelopes for his correspond
ence, a fact whicli was demonstrated after his death, when his desk was
opened and disclosed "nearly 2000 envelopes all reversed, the stamps and
addresses being in the inside, according to which the old economist had
been in the habit, almost from the day of Sir Rowland Hill's penny
postage, of refolding the covers of his correspondence for future use." It
has been hinted that he was the hero of the story told by Dr William
Chambers, about a minister who married the schoolmaster's widow for
the sake of the dead dominie's new coat. That, however, is baseless.
He married the lady (one who knew him well, told Dr Hay Fleming)
" because she had shown so much kindness to her husband [Alexander
M'Dougall] in his illness, and because if he married her she would receive
a substantial allowance from the Ministers' Widows' Fund, and thus be
rewarded for her untiring devotion to the schoolmaster." Dr Scott died
at Anstruther, 12th July 1872; his widow, Sarah (daughter of James
xvi BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HEW SCOTT, D.I).
e eompiier o£ th. ^. Seldo ..... as a ^ piece
out with almost the minimum ol encouragement.
„„.„„»„.,*,«
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W. S. CROCKETT.
SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TWEEDDALE
Achn.
App.
Bapt,
Coll.
Cont.
Dem.
] >ep.
Ind.
lust,
Licon.
admitted
appointed
baptized
collated
contract
(marriage)
demitted
deposed
inducted
instituted
licensed
Marr. .
Min. .
Ord. .
Pros. .
Presb. .
Pro. .
Pies. .
Trans. .
Univ. .
Uniuarr.
married
minister
ordained
presented
presbytery
proclaimed
resigned
o
translated
university
unmarried
ERRATA
Page 11.— Col. 1, lino 45, ,ldet<- " to St Bo.swells, 1G62 ; trans."
„ Col. 2, line 2, ddcte "(1) Esther Scougall, and had issue - Janet ((/. -A'. ,sVrs.,
xxix., 11): (2).;;
Page 77.— Col. 1, line 35, for " Canongate (Second Charge) ;; read " South Leith.''
Page 175. — Col. 1, line 20, for "Edward Kinnear" read "Andrew Kinncar."
Page 189. — Col. 1, line 19, for "John Laing " read "James Laing."
Page 317.— Col. 2, line 23, delete " llobert John, died at school, 1877. ;;
Page 36-1.— Col. 2, line 32, delete " died 14th Nov. 1903."
SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TWEEDDALE
[THE RECOKDS, contained in nineteen volumes, date from 1st April 1589 to
27th April 1596 (volume recovered from University of Edinburgh — vide
Presbytery); from 14th April 1640 to May 1661; and from July 1687
to the present day.]
PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH
[Excepting blanks from 1st November 1750 to 3rd June 175:5, the Registers are com
plete from 14th May 1701 to the present day. One volume previous to 1G38, and all
after till 14th May 1701, were destroyed by a fire at the Presbytery Clerk's house
in the Lawnmarket, 28th October 1701. Three volumes of Records, from 19th April
1586 to 24th August 1G03 (with blanks from 24th March 1589-90 to 13th April
1591) — and the Synod volume mentioned above -were restored by the University of
Edinburgh, in whose possession they had been for over two hundred years. The
Presbytery raised an action in the Court of Session, which was defended. On 16th July
1890, Lord Well wood gave judgment in favour of the pursuers, finding the Presbytery entitled
to the books and documents claimed, and ordaining the defenders to deliver them up.
The grounds of decision were: (1) that the Presbytery were the successors of the
Presbytery to whom they belonged ; (2) that the Records, being those of the established
courts of the country, were c,rirn '•oiunu'rawn, and the pursuers were not barred by
prescription or the presumption arising from long possession or acquiescence. The decision
was appealed to the Inner House, but was abandoned by the University when the
case was about to be heard in the Second Division of the Court, 28th November 1890.
For a complete statement of the case see Appendix to Report to Assembly, 1891, and
Scottish Law Reporter, xxviii., 567.]
ADDIEWELL (<£&).
[A Mission in connection with West
Calder was started in 1871, the services
being held in a hall. Amongst those
April 1885, and on 23rd Jan. 1893 Addie-
well was erected into a parish quoad sacra}
WILLIAM PETER M'LAREN, born
Edinburgh, 12th July 1843; edu-
who served as missionaries were William cated at Edinburgh Univ. ; student
Fotheringham Cameron (afterwards of missionary at Addiewell from 1879 ; licen.
Tweedmouth) ; John Kerr (Dirleton) ; John by Presb. of Edinburgh 6th May ]882 ; ord.
Gunson (Kingston, Glasgow): and, in 12th July 1882; died 2nd May 1894. He
1879, William Peter M'Laren. The Mission j marr. 1871, Jean Robertson, and had issue
became a separate charge in 1882. A j —William David, professor in Thomas-
church, costing £1550, was opened 3rd son College, Roorkee, India; David John,
VOL. I. A
ADDIEWELL— COLINTON
[PRESB. OF
min. of Patna; James Archibald, died in
infancy.
1894
THOMAS HENRY JONES, a native
of Canada ; educated at Edinburgh
Univ. ; M.A. (1887) ; Keen, by Presb.
of Edinburgh 15th May 1891 ; assistant at
St George's, Edinburgh ; ord. 8th Nov. 1894 ;
res. 15th June 1898 ; min. at Bulawayo,
Rhodesia, 1898, at Beaconsfield, Cape
Colony, 1914.
1898
WILLIAM LOW JAMIE, born Edin
burgh, 22nd Feb. 1860, son of David
J. ; educated at Canongate Burgh
School and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1887) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 14th May
1890; assistant at Northesk ; ord. 27th
Sept. 1898. Marr. 28th Aug. 1909, Eliza
beth Forster, daugh. of W. R. Scott,
Addiewell.
COLINTON, ORIGINALLY HAILES.
[St Cuthbert's Church and parish of Halis
or Hailes, now Colinton, was founded about
1095 A.D. by Ethelred, Earl of Fife, son of
Malcolm III. and Queen Margaret. A
church dedicated by David de Bernham,
27th Nov. 1248, was probably destroyed
during the English invasion, 1544-5. A
church built on the present site in 1636 was
rebuilt in 1771, and again in 1907. Before
the Reformation the church belonged to
the Preceptory of St Anthony, Leith.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, probably
1567 of the Corstorphine family, reader in
1567.— [Reg. Min,}
JOHN DURIE, mentioned as min. in
1569 1569; trans, to Leith, May 1570.—
[Spottiswood's Hint., iii., 83 ; Re<j.
Min. ; Wodrow's J//S'. Bioy., i. ; Edin, Chr.
Inst,, v. ; Relig. Mon,, v. ; New Stat.
Ace., ix.]
ADAM LETHAM [LICHTON, LE1GH-
__,_, TON], had charge of Currie, Hailes,
and St Catherine's of the Hopes
in 1574. There were readers at Currie
and Hailes, and the office of reader at St
Catherine's was vacant. The reader at
Hailes Avas Andrew Robeson. — \_Reg.
Min.]
JOHN HALL, min. in 1579; trans, to
157g Leith 24th Oct. 1596.- [AV/- Ansiy.,
JJooke of the Kirk, Wodroio Miscell. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv.]
PETER HEWAT, trans, from the High
Kirk, Edinburgh, 26th Oct., and adm.
5th Nov. 1596; trans, to Greyfriars
Jan. 1597. — [Edin. Co'iinc. Rey., x. ; Rey.
Assig.]
1598
JAMES THOMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
12tl1 Aug" 1592); culled 23rd Jan.
1597 ; elected 23rd May, and adm.
14th July 1598. He refused to conform to
the Bishop's instructions regarding the
method of celebrating Communion, 5th
March 1634 ; died before 2nd April 1635,
aged about 63. He marr. Helen, daugh. of
John Lcyis [Lees], merchant, Edinburgh,
and through her was entered burgess
and guild-brother of that city, 18th May
1608. His widow was admitted "as ane
ordinar pensioner by the Session of Edin
burgh, to receive quarterly the sumo of
20 merkis," llth Oct. 16U.—[Test., Edin.
Gen, tiess., Guild, and Re<j. (Bapt.); Re<j.
Assig., Xec. Siyill., cvi. ; Old Dec., i. ; .SW.
Book of Teinds ; Row's and Stevenson's
Ilists., i. ; Inq. Ret. Edin., 220.]
WILLIAM OGSTON, M.A. ; regent in
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1619 ;
on the commendation of Bishop
Forbes, he was pres. by Charles I. 1635.
Previous to the celebration of Communion,
he caused his parishioners to undergo his
examinations kneeling. Refusing to take
the Covenant, he was abused in Edinburgh
by a mob of women, 9th May 1637, who
waited on him after sermon, "and did
showre him with strokes." Deposed 4th
Jan. 1639, for deserting his flock "twenty
weeks togidder," etc. ; coll. at Corstorphine
in 1664.— [Wodrow's MtiS. ; Baillie's Lett.,
i. ; Peterkin's Rec. ; New tftat. Ace., i. ;
Stevenson's Hist.'}
EDINBURGH]
COLINTON
THOMAS GARVINE [GARVEN,
1639 (RAVINE], M.A. ; adm. 1639 ; trans,
to Old Kirk, Edinburgh, 1649.—
[Man. Uni». Glasg., iii. ; Dalkeith Presb.
ami Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Stevenson's Hist.,
ii. ; Rutherfurd's Lett.]
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON, M.A.
(1 Glasgow 1633). On the occupation
of the country by the English army
after the battle of Dunbar, he absented
himself from his parish from Sept. 1650 to
Sept. 1651. Died at Edinburgh, 4th July
1660. He marr. Mary Sharp (Reg. of
Deeds, Mack., 6th Dec. 1671), and had issue
— Elizabeth, died Xov. 1675 ; Margaret
(marr. an officer in the army) ; Alexander,
died February 1664. — [Test, and Edin.
Reg. (]>ur.\ TomlM.}
ROBERT BEN NET, M.A. (St Andrews,
20th July 1650) ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 28th Sept. 1659. Deprived
for refusing the Test, 1681 ; inst. to Ancrum
1687 (q.v.). Died before 4th June 1709.
He marr. Magdalen, daugh. of Adam
Cunningham, Commissary of Dumfries
(Edin. tias., xxvi., 303, 307), and had issue
— Mary ; Adam, M.D., who was served
heir. — [Act. Red. Univ. tit And., Test. Reg.;
Spec. Ret. Fife, 101 ; Wodrow's Hist.}
THOMAS MURRAY, adm. and inst,
26th Oct. 1682 ; trans, to Kinloch
1685.
SAMUEL NIMMO, M.A. (Edinburgh,
16g6 27th July 1663); ord. min. of Old
Cumnock 1673 ; trans, and adm.
15th April 1686. Accused of not having
read the Proclamation of the Estates, and
of not praying for King William and Queen
Mary, but for King James; acquitted by
the Privy Council 22nd Aug. 1689 ; was
" hindered to preach by some of the Earl
of Argyll's Regiment '; ; dep. by the Com
mission of Assembly, Jan. 1691, for
declining their authority. He died June
1717, aged about 74. He marr. as a
second wife (pro. 20th Aug. 1704), Isobel,
daugh. of Thomas Halyburton, cordiner,
Edinburgh. He had issue — William, died
June 1692 ; Charles, died December 1694
(Gret/friars Reg.} — [Test, and Edin. Reg.
(Bur.); Acts Part., ix. ; Peterkin's Con
stitution of the Church ; JfS. Ace. of Min.,
1689; Murray's ]>io<j. Annals, Warrick's
Hist, of Old Cumnock.}
JAMES THOMSON of Newton of Col-
16Q4 lessie; called 19th Nov. 1693; ord.
7th March 1694 ; trans, to Elgin 21st
May 1696. — [Murray's Jjioy. Annals.}
THOMAS PATER SON, called 3rd Jan.,
16Q7 and ord. 21st April 1697 ; trans, to
St Cuthbert;s, Edinburgh, 22nd Oct.
1699. — [Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Murray's
Ptiog, Annals.}
\VALTER ALLAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
170Q llth July 1696); called 20th Aug.,
and ord. 25th Dec. 1700 ; died 22nd
Nov. 1732, in 54th year. He marr. (1)
6th June 1703, Margaret, daugh. of James
Pillans, regent in the College of Edinburgh,
and had issue — James, served heir 1734 ;
Elizabeth, died unmarried before 1780 ;
Bridget, died before 1738 : (2) (cont. 28th
Aug. 1717) Isobel, daugh. of John Brown,
merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue-
Helen (marr. 19th April 1733, James
Clerk, mason, burgess of Edinburgh) ;
Isobel (marr. 22nd Feb. 1747, Alexander
Maconochie of Meadowbank, writer, Edin
burgh).— [Test. Reg., Tombst., Edin. Mar.
Reg.}
GEORGE GIBSON, born 1706, son of
John G., physician, Kelso, and
1703 Catherine, daugh. of George Home
of Bassendean ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
1st June 1731 ; pres. by Charles, Earl of
Lauderdale, 16th May, and ord. 25th July
1733; died 1st Jan. 1746. He marr. 1st
Oct. 1736, Janet Black wood (marr. (2)
21st June 1747, Alexander Young, brewer
in Potterrow : Edin. >Sas., cxxxiii., 115).—
[Test, and Edin. Reg. (Bur.)}
JOHN HYNDMAN, called 14th Aug.,
and ord. 25th Nov. 1746; trans, to
1746 StCuthbert's 20th Feb. 1752. [Car-
lyle's Autob., Murray's ]>iog. Ann.}
COLINTON
[PUESB. OF
ROBERT FISHER, born 1716, son of
Francis F., Cochram, Cumberland ;
ALA. (Glasgow 1739); liccn. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 27th Oct. 1742 ; orcl. to
Lander 22nd Sept. 1747 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Lauderdale, 13th July 1752 ; trans.
and adm. 3rd March 1753: died 8th April
17S2. He marr. 29th March 1703, Ann
(died 24th Aug. 1774, aged 39), third
daugh. of Sir John Jardine of Applegarth,
Bart. Their only child, Jane Charteris,
born 21st Jan. 1770 (marr. John Stewart,
of the Trustees' Office, Edinburgh). —
[Presb. Rey., Tombst., Murray's Jtioy. Ann. ;
S~civ Stat. Ace., i.]
1783
JOHN WALKER, born 1731, son of
J°nn ^-j sector of the Grammar
School of the Canongate, Edinburgh,
and Eupham Morison ; educated by his
father, and at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 3rd April 1754 ;
ord. to Glcncorse 13th Sept. 1758; trans.
to Moffat 8th June 1702. In 1704 he
was appointed by the General Assembly
to make a survey of the Hebrides,
being at the same time commissioned to
make a report to the Society for the Pro
pagation of Christian Knowledge. He
travelled 3000 miles in seven months. His
report, found among his papers after his
death, was printed by his friend Charles
Stewart, M.D. (Glasgow 1765), D.D. (Edin
burgh 1765); app. Professor of Xatural
History, Univ. of Edinburgh, 15th June
1779, retaining also his post as min. of M.
The Presb. of Lochmaben found the holding
of both offices to be incompatible, but the
Synod reversed the finding. On 13th Feb.
1783 he was adm. to this charge ; Moderator
of Assembly 20th May 1790 ; died 31st Dec.
1803. During the last years of his life he
was blind. He marr. 24th Xov. 1789, Jane
Wallace (died 4th May 1827), eldest daugh.
of Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie. Publica
tions — Two single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1756, 1791) ; Classes Fossilium, sive Char
acter es naturales ct Chymici elassium et
ordinum in systemate minerali, cum nomibus
Genericis adscrijitis (Edinburgh, 1787) ;
Institutes of Natural History (Edinburgh,
1792); Memorial concerning the Present
Scarcity of Grain (Edinburgh, 1801); An
Economical History of the Hebrides and
JHyhlands of Scotland, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1808; reissued in London, 1812) ; Essays on
Xnfural History and Rural Eeonomi/
(Edinburgh, 1808 ; London, 1812) ; " Report
to the General Assembly, 1772, concerning
the State of the Highlands and Islands ''
(Scots May., xxxiv.) ; " Experiments on the
Motion of the Sap in Trees :; (Trans. Ro;/.
tioc. Ed in.) ; many papers in Trans, of
the Iliyhland Soc. ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xix.). — [Grant's Uni».,
ii. ; Jardine's iY<it. Lib., xxvi. ; Murray's
]>ioy. Ann.; Xew titat. Ace., i. ; Diet. J\at.
Biog.'}
1804
JOHN FLEMING, born 1750, son of
James F. of Craigs, and great-
grandson of Edward Marshall of
Keymuir, Muiravonside, who suffered
martyrdom in 1685 ; educated at Bathgate
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 23rd Feb. 1785;
ord. to Carrington 7th May 1790 ; pres.
by James, Earl of Lauderdale ; trans,
and adm. 22nd Nov. 1804; died un
married, 23rd Jan. 1823. In early life he
succeeded to his father's property, and
devoted himself with much success to
agriculture. He was, for a time, factor to
Neil, Earl of Rosebery, and even after being
called to the ministry, was frequently em
ployed as a valuator of landed estates. He
bequeathed his library to the parish, after
thirty of his most intimate friends had
each selected a book as a token of re
membrance. He left £240 for educating
" a certain number of free scholars in
the parochial school," and the remainder
of his fortune he conveyed to trustees for
behoof of his nearest relatives, but in the
event of their leaving no issue, for establish
ing professorships of Political Economy in
the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Publication — Account of Primrose or Car
rington (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiv.). He
is said to have been offered a hundred
pounds for the right of publishing the
sermon preached at the admission of John
Kellock to Crichton, but it never appeared
in print. See Memoir by Archibald Con-
EDINBURGH]
COLINTON— CORSTORPHINE
stable (one of his trustees) in Scots Mag.,
xci., xcii. — [Scot's Fun. Semi., Murray's
P>iog. Ann.]
LEWIS BALFOUR, born Edinburgh,
1823 30t^ ^Ug< 1'*"77' third son of John
B. of Pilrig, and Jean, daugli. of
Robert Whyte [Whytt] of Bennochy, Pro
fessor of Medicine in the Univ. of Edin
burgh ; educated at Edinburgh High School
and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
30th Jan. 1805; ord. to Sorn 28th Aug.
1806 ; pres. by James, Earl of Lauderdale ;
trans, and adm. 28th Aug. 182,3; D.D.
(Glasgow 1853) ; died 24th April 1860. He
marr. 26th April 1808, Henrietta Scott (died
13th March 1844), third daugli. of George
Smith, D.D., min. of Galston, and had
issue — John, surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., born 8th
July 1809, died 13th Dec. 1886 ; Marion,
born 29th Oct. 1811 (marr. 7th April 1835,
Colonel J. A. Wilson, R.A.), died 14th Dec.
1884; George Smith, born 20th July 1813,
died 3rd May 1816 ; Jane Whyte, born 6th
Nov. 1816, died 6th Feb. 1907 ; Lewis,
merchant, born 14th Sept. 1817, died 13th
Feb. 1870; James, born 30th July 1819,
died 20th June 1824 ; William Somerville,
born and died 1821 ; George William, M.D.,
LL.D.Edinburgh, born 2nd June 1823,
died 9th Aug. 1903 ; Mackintosh, manager,
Agra Bank, born 9th March 1825, died 7th
June 1884 ; a son, born and died 1826 ;
Henrietta Louisa, born 14th Jan. 1828
(marr. 14th Dec. 1847, Ramsay H. Tra-
quair), died 25th Nov. 1855 ; Margaret
Isabella, born llth Feb. 1829 (marr. 28th
Aug. 1848, Thomas Stevenson, C.E., and
was mother of Robert Louis Stevenson),
died 14th May 1897 ; James Melville, C.E.,
born 8th June 1831, died 18th Dec. 1869.
Publications — Sermon on the Death of the
Rev. Daniel Wilkie (Edinburgh, 1838);
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., i.). —
[The Balfours of Pilrig, Graham Balfour's
Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, Simpson's
The Stevenson Originals],
WILLIAM LOCKHART, born Denny,
1861 17tk May 1825, son of Robert L.
and Isabel Williamson ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1853), F.S.A.Scot. ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 23rd Nov. 1853 ;
assistant at New Greyfriars, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Queensferry llth Feb. 1855; trans,
and adm. llth Jan. 1861; D.D. (St
Andrews 1893) ; died unmarr. 30th Sept.
1902. By the will of his sister, Margaret,
a considerable sum was bequeathed for
the erection of a church (preferably in
the Grange district of Edinburgh), in his
memory, to be called The Lockhart
Memorial Church. Publications — On the
Place and Importance of Ordinances ; On
Authority in the Institution of Ordinances ;
On Oath's (Edinburgh, 1852); The Church
of Scotland in the Thirteenth Century, the
Life and Times of David de Bernliam,
1239-58 (Edinburgh, 1889 ; 2nd ed., 1892) ;
Dies Tristes, Sermons for Seasons of Sorrow
(Edinburgh, 1892) ; contributions to the
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries
of Scotland.
NORMAN MACLEAN, M.A. ; trans,
from Glengarry, and adm. 18th May
903 1903; trans, to the Park Parish,
Glasgow, 23rd June 1910.
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, born 3rd
1910 April 1871, son of George M., D.D.,
min. of Stenton; educated at Stenton
School, Collegiate School, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1891), B.D. (1894) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar 2nd May 1894 ; assist
ant at West Parish, Aberdeen, and St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Houndwood,
9th Dec. 1898; trans, to Callander 27th
Feb. 1903 ; trans, and adm. 25th Nov. 1910.
Marr. 9th Jan. 1907, Mary Ord, daugli. of
William Logan, Madras Civil Service, and
Anne Selby Burrell Wallace, and has issue
—George, born 19th May 1908; William
Logan, born 26th Feb. 1910 ; James Alex
ander Milne, born 29th May 1911. Publica
tions — In the Likeness of Men, Studies in
the Life of Our Lord on Earth (Edinburgh,
1908); The Fulness of the Godhead, Further
Studies in the Life of Our Lord (Edinburgh,
1910); The Sevenfold ' I Am' (Edinburgh,
1913) ; editor of In Far Fields.
CORSTORPHINE.
[The church, dedicated to St John
Baptist, and made collegiate by Sir John
CORSTORPHINE
[PRESR OF
Forrester in 1429, was, previous to the
Reformation, an appanage of the Abbey
of Holyroodhouse. Nicol Ballantine, the
first Provost, died 1470. Robert Cairn-
cross, Bishop of Ross, King's Chaplain,
and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland,
was Provost in 1544. (Jogar, which
formerly belonged to the Trinity College
Church, was united to Corstorphine on
22nd May 1599.]
1554 JAMES SCOTT, reader.
1560 ALEXANDER M'GILL, reader.
1561 JOHN COISE, reader at (iogar.
WALTER COUPE] I, reader; died Nov.
1 7 1570 ; probably progenitor of the
Coupers of Gogar ; Adam C. was
Laird of Gogar in 1600.
JOHN NIMMILL [NIMMO], M.A.,
formerly of Keith-Marischal ; trans,
to Cranstoun 1590. — [Reg. Assig.]
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, M.A.
Had a son James, apprenticed to
George Lindsay, hatmaker, Edin
burgh, llth Nov. 1590.
ANDREW FORRESTER, trans, from
Glen corse ; Gogar also was in his
charge 1593 ; trans, to Dunfermline
1598.— [Reg. Assig.]
1590
1590
WILLIAM ARTHUR, M.A. ; adm. 8th
June 1599. At a visitation by the
Presb., 16th Oct. 1599, a complaint
was made that he was " overleirnit a man
for thame." It was found " Mr Will, edifiet
them, but that he suld be mair plain to
the people in deliverie," though "he was
honest in lyf, and careful in discharging
his dewtie." At the same time the Presb.
enacted " that the parishioners of Gogar
[who objected to the suppression of
their parish on 22nd May], sail come
to Corstorphine one day, and those of
Corstorphine sail go to Gogar another " ;
and they again ordered, 10th June 1600, a
like exchange on the part of both parishes.
A. was nominated by the Assembly, 15th
May 1601, for supplying the kirks in Niths-
dale ; trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
in 1007.— [/ty/. Amy., Booke of the Kirk,
Calderwood's I fist. ; Nei" Stat. Ace., {.]
ROBERT RUTHERFURD, M.A. (Edin-
16Q7 burgh, 1st Aug. 1590) ; ord. 14th Oct.
1607; died 25th April 1616, aged
about 46. He marr. Christian Dick, who
survived him, and had issue — Katherine ;
Isobel ; Margaret ; Agnes. (See Priv;/
Council Record, 10th Sept. 1609, for a
curious attack on Rutherfurd at a burial
in church.) — [Reg. A wig., Ifaddington Presli.
and Test. Reg,]
ROBERT LINDSAY, M.A. (St Andrews,
1617 28th July 1610); adm. in 1617 ; died
April 1624, aged about 34. He marr.
Elizabeth Abercrombie, who survived him,
and had issue — David; Helen. — [Act. Rcct.
Univ. St And. ; S. Leith .SV.w., Text., and,
Edin. Reg.
DAVID BALSILLIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
16o6 July 1612); adm. 1626; died 1654,
aged about 62. He marr. (cont. 23rd
Aug. 1624 : Reg. of Deeds, ccccxv., 8th April
1629) Margaret (who survived him), claugh.
of Michael Cranstoun, inin. of Cramond,
and had issue — George ; Margaret, bapt.
12th April 1635; Bethia, bapt. 10th Dec.
1639 (marr. William Munro of Culcraigie :
Edin. fias., xxv., 74) ; Alexander, bapt. 1st
Jan. 1643; Helen (marr. (1) George Mar
shall, tailor, burgess of Edinburgh : (2)
before 3rd Jan. 1656 (G. 7^. lnhib.\
Nicol Hamilton, writer, Edinburgh : (3)
John Forrest, burgess of Edinburgh) ;
Agnes (G. R. Has., xlviii., 382) ; Rebecca
(Reg. of Deeds, dxxiii., 224); Christian
(marr. James Sett, burgess of Edinburgh).
• — [Act. Rect. Univ. St And. ; St Cuthbert's
Sess. and Test. Reg. ; 8ed. Book of Teinds,
in. Sasines; Reg. Old Dec., ii.]
ROBERT HUNTER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1655 July 1G43)> callecl llt}l June 1654;
ord. llth April 1655. Deprived by
Act of Parliament llth June, and by the
Privy Council, 1st Oct. 1662, for not con
forming to Episcopacy. He is still called
min. in 1668 (G. R. Sas., xix., 83), probably
of a meeting-house. Marr. Margaret
Hunter. — [Wodrow's Hist. ; Mun. Univ.
Glasg., iii.]
EDINBUIlGIl]
CORSTORPHINE
[WILLIAM OGSTON, D.D. (Aberdeen),
1664 f°rmei'ly °f Colinton; coll. 19th
March 1664. Probably he was in
firm, as the Register is unsigned, and he
does not appear to have taken charge.
After the former min. "gave over to
preach, the church lay vacant till 1665,
so that the children were baptized in
other churches for the most part." He
died Dec. 1667. He marr. Isabel Ewen,
and had issue — Rachel. Publication—
Oratio funebris in obit urn Georgii, Afari-
schalli Comitis (Aberdeen, 1623). — [Reg.
Collat., Test. Reg. ; Wodrow's MM., Ixiii.]
THOMAS MOWBKAY, M.A. (Edin-
1665 burgh, 15tn April 1645); teacher
in the parish school of Dalkeith ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith, 30th May
1650; chaplain to Lord Cranstoun's Regi-
ment in Prussia ; assistant at Campvere ;
adm. min. there 26th Sept. 1660 ; resigned
1664 ; adm. to this charge 13th March 1665 ;
died May 1666, aged about 41. He marr.
Sarah Cranstoun, and had issue — Margaret,
and a posthumous son, Thomas, bapt. 1st
July 1666. Publication— The Honour of
Kings Vindicated and Asserted, a sermon
Davidson's The Scottish Staple at Veere.]
ARCHIBALD CHISHOLM, born 1633,
son of Walter C., bailie of Dunblane ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 13th May 1653) ;
ord. to Newbattle 20th Nov. 1663; pres.
by James, Lord Forrester of Corstorphine ;
trans, and coll. 21st Nov., adm. 7th Dec.
1666; died in 1670. He marr. Margaret
(died 23rd April 1680), daugh. of Oliver
Colt, min. of Inveresk, and had issue —
Jean, bapt. 8th March 1668.— [Reg. Collat.,
Test. Reg., Malcolm's Jfouse of Drummond.]
JOHN PRINGLE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
6th March 1669); pres. by James,
Lord Forrester of Corstorphine ; ord.
and coll. 23rd, and adm. 24th July 1670 ;
disappears from the Record of \Wl\.-\Reg.
Collat^
GEORGE HENRY, M.A. (Glasgow,
1672 1656); ord. to Dairy 1663; trans.
to Stoneykirk 1665 ; pres. by James,
Lord Forrester of Corstorphine ; trans, and
adm. 9th May 1672. Deprived by the
Committee of Estates 10th May 1689, for
not reading the Proclamation, nor praying
for King William and Queen Mary. He
died in Edinburgh, 17th April 1723, in
his 92nd year. He marr. Nov. 1649,
Margaret, elder daugh. of Geo. Lundie,
town-clerk of Dysart, and had issue —
James ; John ; William ; Margaret ;
Edward, bapt. 19th Sept, 1680; Mary;
Janet; Hugh.— [Test. (St And.), Edin.
Guild, and Reg. (Bur.) ; Fountainhall's
Diary; J/#. Ace. of Min., 1689; Acts
Parl., ix. ; Monro's Apology, Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
ROBERT LAW, M.A. ; mentioned as
minister 16th March 1689 ; (probably
only officiating for a time, and per
haps the late min. of Kilpatrick).— [$. Leith
Reg.
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, son of
Arch. H., min. of Wigtown ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 28th Aug. 1683) ; ord. to
the Presbyterian Congregation at Wy combe,
Buckingham!*., in 1688 ; adm. 1692 ; died
30th April 1709, aged about 46. He marr.
Sarah Winne (Edin. tias., Ix., 368). He
was, presumably in right of his wife, pro
prietor of lands in Montgomeryshire (Edin.
Com. Deeds, 6th March 1710). His only
daugh. Sarah (marr. John Kenrick, Noncon
formist min. at Wrexham, Denbighsh.), died
22nd Oct. 1775, aged 80.— [Hart's Journal^
GEORGE FORDYCE, born 1683, son of
Alex. F., min. of Rafford (Reg. of
Deeds, Mack., 22nd Dec. 1709);
studied at King's College, Aberdeen, 1696-
1700; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd
April 1708 ; called 29th July, and ord. 18th
Oct. 1709 ; died 30th Aug. 1767. He marr.
9th July 1713, Jean, daugh. of Henry
Douglas of Friarshaw, and had issue —
Anne (marr. John Dickie, W.S.) ; Sarah
(marr. David Moubray, min. of Liberton).
JOHN CHEISLIE [CHIESLEY], licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 12th June
1768 1754 . or(^ to Abercrombie 1757 ;
pres. by Sir Alexander Dick of Preston-
field, Bart., trans, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1768 ; died 12th June 1788. He marr. 26th
8
CORSTORPHINE
[PRESB. OF
Oct. 1751, Helen (died 13th Dec. 1*1-1. in
her 83rd year), daugh. of James I'illans,
brewer, Pleasance, Edinburgh, and had
issue — John ; Barbara, born 1st June
1TGO; Robert, born Kith Nov. 1703;
Agnes; Alexander, born 1st Jan. 1709,
died 8th Feb. 1812; Ann, born 28th Aug.
1772 (marr. 6th July 1813, William Forbes,
Keeper of the Records of Council). The
introduction of the Paraphrases into public
worship gave offence to various persons in
the parish, and resulted in the formation
(1783) of a Secession congregation at Sight-
hill, now represented by Slateford U.F.
Church.— [Murray's Jlioy. Annals.']
THOMAS SHARP, licen. by Presb. of
1789 kinlithgow 5th Aug. 1778; ord. to
Ettrick 20th April 1781 ; trans, to
Hawick 22nd Oct. 1784; pres. by Sir
William Dick of Prestonfield, Bart., trans.
and adm. 15th Oct. 1789 ; died 13th July
1791. He marr. 5th March 1782, Alison,
daugh. of James Russell of Ashestiel, who
died 1st June 1793, and had issue— Thomas
Boston, born 9th July 1784; Jean, born
24th April 1786, died 27th Oct. 1786 ; Jean
Boston, born 29th May 1788.
JAMES OLIVER, ord. to Aucrum 14th
1792 July 1791 ' Pres> ky Sir Wimam
Dick of Prestonfield, Bart., trans.
and adm. 5th July 1792 : died 10th March
1814, in 56th year. He marr. 24th July
1790, Elizabeth (died 17th Feb. 1809),
natural daugh. of Douglas, Duke of Hamil
ton, and had issue— Stephen John, born 5th
Nov. 1793, died 22nd Nov. 1811 : James,
born 4th Aug. 1796 ; John Hamilton, born
llth Jan. 1798, died 1860 ; Archibald Hamil
ton, born 20th April 1800 ; William Douglas,
born 3rd July 1803. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Xtat. Ace., xiv.).
DAVID SCOT [SCOTT], born 1770,
1814 son of William S., Carrington (a
ploughman whose love for specu
lative theology caused him to sell his cow
to enable him to publish (1778) a pamphlet
in refutation of Arianism) ; educated at
Penicuik and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Nov. 1795;
studied medicine ; took the degree of M.D.
25th June 1812 ; sometime a private
teacher, and devoted himself to the study
of Oriental languages, in the knowledge of
which he had few equals; pres. by Sir
Robert Dick Keith of Prestonfield, Bart.,
22nd Aug., and ord. 17th Nov. 1814; res.
on app. to the Chair of Hebrew in St
Mary's College, St Andrews, 26th June
1833; died 17th Sept. 1834. Marr. 15th
Nov. 1832, Helen (died 18th Aug. 1870),
daugh. of John Heugh of Gartcows.
Publications — Observations on the Pro
priety of an, Establishment in Edinbnrnli,
for teaching Oriental Languages (Edin
burgh, 1820); edited Dr Murray's pos
thumous work, History of the European
Languages, Ancient as well as Modern, 2
vols. (Edinburgh. 1823) ; Essays on Various
Subjects of Jjelles Lettres (Edinburgh,
1824) ; Discourses on some important sub
jects of Natural and liercaled Religion
(Edinburgh, 1825); Key to the Hebrew
Pentateuch (London, 1826); Key to the
Psalms, Proverbs, Ecdesiastes, and Song
of Solomon (London, 1828); A Hebrew
Grammar (Edinburgh, 1834) [said to have
been dictated extempore to the printer].
—[Scots May., Ixxiii. ; Murray's ]>iog. A nn.,
Diet. Nat. Jiiog.]
DAVID HORNE, born Braziets,
1833 Kirkintilloch, 25th Aug. 1802, sixth
son of Robert H. and Margaret
Stevenson ; educated at Glasgow Univ. •
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Aug.
1827 ; tutor in the family of Sir Robert
Keith Dick, Bart,, of Prestonfield ; ord. to
Tester 12th May 1831 ; pres. by Sir Robert
Keith Dick, Bart., trans, and adm. 28th
Nov. 1833; died 24th April 1863. He marr.
18th Dec. 1832, Caroline (died 7th May
1875), daugh. of Edward Cook, H.E.I.C.S.,
and had issue — Robert Keith Dick, his
successor ; David, born 2nd April 1835, died
14th Jan. 1864 ; Harriet Margaret, born
13th Dec. 1836, died 26th Jan. 1909;
Caroline Mary Patricia, born 28th Dec.
1838 (marr. 1867, Rev. James Roberts,
Indian chaplain) ; Edward Keith, born 8th
June 1840, died 3rd July 1841 ; Annie
Gordon, born 8th June 1840 ; Elizabeth
Fleming, born 27th Nov. 1842, died 24th
Sept. 1851 ; Emily Cunningham, born 23rd
Feb. 1846 (marr. Fred Turner).
EDINBURGH]
CORSTORPHINE— CRAIGLOCKHART
9
JIOBERT KEITH DICK HORXE, born
Tester, 25th Sept. 1833, son of pre-
863 ceding; educated privately, and at
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh ; tutor in family of Lord President
Inglis; assistant at Kedgorton and Bath-
gate; ord. 23rd July 1RG3 ; res. 3rd June
1881 ; died at Eastbourne, 20th May 1907.
He marr. 14th April 1868, Helen, daugh.
of James Macfarlane, D.D., miu. of Dud-
dingston, and had issue — Agnes Alexandra,
born 17th July 1869; David Macfarlane, born
7th April 1874 ; Helen, born 4th Sept, 1883.
JAMES DODDS, born Rosneath, 29th
May 1831, son of John D., parish
1881 schoolmaster, and Mary Macalister ;
educated at Rosneath School and Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton
1854; assistant at Alloa ; ord. Melville
Church, Montrose, llth Sept. 1856; trans,
to St Clement's, Dundee, 23rd Sept. 1858 ;
trans, to St Stephen's, Glasgow, 2nd Aug.
I860; trans, to Paisley Abbey (Second
Charge), 21st Dec. 1865; trans, to St
George's, Glasgow, 7th Jan. 1875 ; trans.
and adm. 22nd Dec. 1881 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1879); died 17th Feb. 1907. He marr. (1)
llth Dec. 1856, Elizabeth (died 4th April
1871), daugh. of John Miller, Alloa, and
had issue — John Macalister, M.A., Fellow
and Tutor of St Peter's College, Cam
bridge, born 23rd April 1858 ; Sir James
Miller, K.C.B., M.A., LL.D., Under Secre
tary for Scotland since 1909, born 31st
May 1861 ; Elizabeth, born 4th Nov. 1862,
died 3rd July 1911 ; Agnes Jeanie, born
31st July 1864 (marr. Robert Stevenson,
min. of Gargunnock) ; Mary Janet, L.R.C.P.,
D.C.S., formerly missionary at Poona, India,
born 8th Nov. 1869: (2) 9th Oct. 1872,
Elizabeth Leishman, Dublin. Publications
— Ed. Diary of William Cunningham of
Craigends (Scottish Hist. Soc., 1887) ; Our
Duty to the Lower Animals (1897) ; Presbi/-
terianixm (ordination address : Edinburgh,
1898); The Apostles' Creed (Guild Text-
Book Series).
JAMES FERGUSSON, born Lochmaben
17th Dec. 1866 ; educated at Noble-
hill School, Dumfries, and St Andrews
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 1891 ;
assistant at St Columba's, London, and
Corstorphine ; ord. (assistant and successor)
12th Dec. 1895; marr. llth June 1913,
Caroline Manuel, daugh. of John Potter,
London, widow of Donald Macleod, D.D.,
min. of St Columba's, London.
ST AXNVS, COKSTOKPHINK
( Ch apel-of- Ease).
[Church built after a design by P. Mac-
gregor Chalmers, and dedicated 4th Oct.
1913.]
JOHN ANDERSON ROBERTSON,
born Neilston, Renfrewshire, 21st Feb.
1861, son of Robert R, and Mary Ander
son ; educated privately, and at Univ. of
Glasgow: M.A. (April 1883); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 9th June 1886 ; assistant
at Rutherglen and West Kirk, Perth ; ord.
to Tenandry 14th May 1889 ; res. 17th May
1903, to take charge of the new church of
St Anne, Corstorphine. Marr. 25th June
1895, Jean, daugh. of William Mathewson
and Mary Spedding, Dunfermline, and has
issue — Athol, born 29th March 1897;
Douglas William, born 30th Nov. 1898;
Aileen, born 5th Oct. 1901.
CRAIGLOCKHART (Q.S.}.
[Erected into a parish quoad sacra, 10th
Dec. 1897, out of the parish of St Cuthbert,
and the Slateford district of the parish of
Colinton. A church in the fifteenth-
century style of Scottish architecture,
designed by Hay and Henderson, was
dedicated 9th June 1899.]
ROBERT WALKER MACKERST, born
Edinburgh, 1833, son of William
1898 M., W.S., and Elizabeth, daugh. of
Robert Walker of Sunnybank, Fife ; edu
cated at High School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
missionary at Roslin 1861 ; assistant at
West Church, Aberdeen; ord. 1870 to
Caledonian Church, London; pres. to
Chapel of Garioch, but (after objections
had been repelled by the Presb.) withdrew
on account of opposition; app. to Craig-
lockhart iron church 20th Nov. 1880 ; adm.
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CRAIGLOCKHART— CRAMOND
[PRESB. OF
1903
first min. of the parish 12th Jan. 1898 ; res.
12th Xov. 1902; died 21st Xov. 1902. He
marr. 24th Jan. 18G7, Margaret Glenny (died
13th Nov. 1897), daugh. of Arthur Thomson,
banker, Aberdeen, and had issue — William
Arthur, actor, born 7th March 1869.
ALFRED WILLIAM ANDERSON,
born 20th Sept. 1809, son of Alex
ander A., min. of Rhynie ; educated
at Aberdeen; M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893):
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 1893 ;
assistant at Duimottar; ord. to Leslie,
Aberdeenshire, 28th Aug. 1895 ; trans, and
adm. 18th May 1903. He marr. 8th April
1896. Elizabeth, daugh. of William Bain,
Aberdeen.
CRAMOND.
[A mcnsal or patrimonial kirk, dedicated
to St Columba. Previous to the Reforma
tion it belonged to the Bishop of Dunkeld.]
WILLIAM CORNWALL, reader and
exhorter ; had a glebe assigned to
him 6th April 1573. — [Act. <in<l
Dec., 214.]
GEORGE LUNDIE is mentioned by
Calderwood (iii., 47) as min. 6th Aug.
1575. He was then at Dalmeny,
with Aldcathie, Abercorn, and Crarnond
in his charge, till 1577. — [Reg. Assiy.]
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, trans, from
Lesmahagow ; trans, to Mordington
1575
1580
in 1581.— [Reg. Assig.]
PATRICK SIMSON, M.A. ; trans, from
. _„„ Spott ; trans, to Stirling 7th Aug.
1590. — [Key- Assiy., Uooke of the
Kirk.]
MICHAEL CRANSTOUN, son of
Thomas C., min. of Liberton ; ord.
to Selkirk 1580 ; trans, to Liberton
1585 ; trans, and adm. to the vicarage
Feb. 1592, to which he was pres. by
James VI. 20th March 1603; declined a
call to Leith 1593 ; another to Lanark
1597. In 1596 he was styled " a verie
forward minister," and on 20th Dec. im
prisoned for "stirring up a tumult and
uproare" in Edinburgh. In 1603, on the
Union of the Crowns, he was one of the
ministers who met His Majesty "on their
knees, and prayed for him," at Haddington,
on his way to London ; and also one of those
who met at Linlithgow in 1606 to confer
with " the imprisoned ministers :; previous
to their trial for declining the royal
authority in " causes spiritual." He died
in 1631. He marr. Agnes, sister of James
Murehead, min. of North Leith, and
had issue — John, min. of South Leith ;
Nathaniel, apprenticed to Walter Scott,
merchant, Edinburgh, 1607 ; Caleb, ap
prenticed to Andrew Lauder, bookbinder,
Edinburgh, 1603 ; Jean ; William; Margaret
(marr. David Balsillie, min. of Corstor-
phine).— [J?e<jr. Assiy., Test. Reg., MelvilFs
Autob. ; Calderwood's Hist., v.-vii. ; Orig.
Lett., i. ; Wood's Hist, of Cramond.]
1631
WILLIAM KING, M.A. (Edinburgh,
2;")fck '^U^ i60"); regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. 1631 ;
died June 1632, in his 44th year, and was
buried in the Canongate. He marr. (1)
a daugh. of Alex. King, advocate : (2)
29th Aug. 1616, Margaret (died Nov. 1620),
daugh. of Richard Casse of Fordel, and
had issue — William ; Jean (marr. George
Trotter, W.S.), died 20th Dec. 1644 ; Mar
garet : (3) Margaret (died 1645), daugh.
of And. Couper, writer, and had issue — •
William and Alexander (who both died
young) ; Margaret ; Isobel ; Marie (pos
thumous). Publication — Two Poems in Tlie,
Muse's Welcome, 1617. — [Craufurd's Univ.,
Test, and Edin. Reg. (Marr. and Hapt.) ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 1908, 3098— de Tut., 355,
356, 1338, 1339, 1340; Wood's Hist, of
Cramond ; Dempsterii Jfixt. Eccl., ii.]
WILLIAM COLVILL, M.A. ; ord. 1635 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
1639. — [Edin. Counc. Reg., xiv.,
xv.; Wood's Cramond; Wodrow J/>S'>S'.,
Ixiii. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Guthrie's Mem. ;
Stevenson's Hist., ii. ; Murray's Life of
Rutherford.']
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, born 1599,
son of James D., grandson of Robert
D. of that ilk ; M.A. (St Andrews
1615); ord. to Kirkmabreck 1634; dep. by
EDINBURGH]
CRAMOND
11
the Bishop of Galloway for nonconformity
1635, but reponed ; a member of the As
sembly of 1038 ; trans, and adm. 16th Jan.
1639 ; one of the commissioners for visit
ing the Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh in 1649. Deprived in 1662,
and died about 1676. He marr. Elizabeth,
daugh. of Robert Colvill of Cleish, and had
issue— James; John, min. of Roxburgh,
served heir to his father 16th Sept. 1676 ;
Alexander, min. of Linlithgow ; Janet
(marr. Richard Dawling, skipper, Bo'ness).
—[Wood's Cramond ; Acts ParL, vi. ; Wod-
row's Hist.,\.; Inq.Ret. OH,, 5933; Murray's
Life of Rutherford.']
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A. ; regent in
St Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
got a certificate from the Presb. to
the Archbishop for ordination llth March,
and was adm. before 31st July 1663 ; trans,
to South Leith 10th Sept. 1663.— [Ander
son's House of Hamilton, Lament's Diary,
fit Andrews Fresh. Reg., Reg. Collat]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, trans, from
Dalmeny and adm. 1664 ; trans, to
the Archdeaconry of St Andrews in
1666. In 1671 he became Bishop of Edin
burgh, and in 1679 Bishop of Ross ('/.''•).
—[Edin. Reg. (Man:}, Wood's Hist, of
Cramond, Lament's Diary.]
DAVID FALCONER, M.A. ; regent in
1666 ^fc Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews ;
got a testimonial to the Archbishop 17th
Aug. 1665 ; adm. in 1666 ; pres. to the
second mastership of St Andrews College
in June 1674 ( Warrant Jlk. Scot., ii., 377) ;
app. to the Professorship of Divinity in
St Mary's College, St Andrews, in 1675
(q.v.). — [St Andreu's Presb. Reg., Wood's
Hist, of Cramond, Lament's Diary.]
JOHN SOMERVILLE [SOMERVELL],
a cadet of the family of S. of
Cambusnethan ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
July 1642); ord. to St Bosvvells 1662;
trans, to Kirkcowan 1666 ; trans, to
Glasserton 1667 ; trans, to West Calder
1668 ; trans, to Mid-Calder 1672 ; trans, and
adm. 1675 (G. R. Norn,, 22nd Aug. 1678) ;
deprived 2nd May 1689 for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, etc. ; died
at London, 1692. He marr. (1) Esther
Scougall, and had issue — Janet (G. R.
Sas., xxix., 11): (2) 5th Feb. 1674,
Katharine, daugh. of James BroAvn,
merchant, burgess of Edinburgh (G. R.
Sas., xli., 204), who survived him, and in
whose right he entered burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1689 ; she
succeeded to his estate, 12th Feb. 1692, and
had issue — Margaret, born 30th Aug. 1675 ;
James, born 17th May 1679 ; Hugh, born
7th July 1681 ; William, born 10th Dec.
1682 ; Anne, born 9th Jan. 1685 (marr.,
cont. 21st Aug. 1704, George Dundas,
surgeon - apothecary, Edinburgh : Edin.
Has., Ixxvi., 230) ; John, born 19th Sept.
1686, died 24th March 1689 ; Robert, born
1st Oct. 1689 ; and three children who died
in infancy. — [Test, and Edin. Reg. (Marr.
and Bapt.); Acts J'arL, ix. ; Wood's Jfist.
of Cramond; Min. Book Reg. Priv. Seal,
v. ; Fountainhall's Dec., i. ; Peterkin's Con
stitution of the Church, Grey/friars Burials]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A. ; adm. 16th
Dec. 1689 ; trans, to Greyfriars, Edin
burgh, 7th Sept. 1692. — [Colinton
Scss. Reg., Wood's Cramond ; Reid's 7//V.
of Presb. Ch. in Ireland, ii., iii.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, called 14th
1694 Aug'» and °rd> 26th tSept 1G94;
app. Professor of Divinity in the
Univ. of Edinburgh, and dem. 21st Sept.
1709. He was Principal in 1730 (</.?>.).—
[Anderson's House of Hamilton, Wood's
Cramond ; Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Grant's
Uni». of Edin., WTarrick's Moderators.]
JAMES SMITH, trans, from Morham
(after a vacancy of two years);
called 3rd Aug. 1711; adm. 16th
Jan. 1712; Moderator of Assembly 9th
May 1723; trans, to New North Parish,
Edinburgh, 23rd July 1730. — [Wood's
Cramond]
ROBERT HAMILTON, called 10th Dec.
1730; ord. 4th April 1731; trans.
to Lady Tester's, Edinburgh, 7th
Oct. 1736. — [Wood's Cramond; Bower's
Univ., ii. ; Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Morren's
Ann., ii.]
CRAMOX1)
[PIIESB. OF
1737
GILBERT HAMILTON, born 10th May
1715, son of William H. above
mentioned : educated at Univ. of
Edin. ; Keen, by Presb. of Dalkeith
7th Sept. 173G ; pres. by John, Earl of
Ruglen, 21st Sept. 1730; ord. 28th March
1737; D.I). (King's College, Aberdeen,
1760); Moderator of Assembly 19th May
1768; died 17th May 1772. He marr. (1)
9th Jan. 174-2, Isabel, daugh. of James
Smith of Nether Alders ton : (2) 4th March
1754, Margaret, daugh. of John Craigie of
Dunbarnie, and had issue— Anne Cock-
burn, born 27th June 175G ; Mary, born
24th Feb. 1758 (marr. William Dirnviddie,
Manchester); Susan, born Gth Jan. 17G1
(marr. 14th Sept. 1786, Patrick Anderson,
W.S.), died 18th July 1821. Publication
— The Disorders of a Church, and their
Remedies, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1752). —
[Wood's Cramond.'}
1773
CHARLES STUART, born 1745, son
of James S. of Dunearn, Lord
Provost of Edinburgh, a descendant
of James, fourth Earl of Moray, and
Elizabeth Drummond ; licen. by Presby
terian ministers in and about London,
25th Aug. 1772, and enrolled as a preacher
by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Sept. follow
ing ; pros, by Willielma, Lady Glenorchy,
and orcl. 27th April 1773. Entertaining
scruples about Church Establishments, he
resigned 17th May 1776 and formed an
Anabaptist congregation in Edinburgh,
which was ultimately dissolved. Having
studied medicine, he took the degree of
M.D., 12th Sept. 1781, and practised as a
physician ; died 28th May 182G. He suc
ceeded to Dunearn, and marr. (1) 29th Oct.
1773, Mary (died 12th April 1817), daugh.
of John Erskine, D.D., Edinburgh, and had
issue— Christian, born 24th Aug. 1774, died
unmarr. 5th June 1808 ; James of Dunearn,
W.S., born 24th Nov. 1775, engaged in a
fatal duel with Sir Alex. Boswell of Auch-
inleck in 1822 (see Diet. Xat. Kiog.), died
3rd Nov. 1849; Elizabeth Ann, born 29th
Aug. 1777, died 6th April 1836 ; Mary, born
14th July 1786, died 1st March 1872 (marr.
June 1814, John Burnett of Kemnay) ;
John Alexander of Carnock, born 4th Nov.
1787. died 3rd Nov. 1869; Alison, born
Gth Dec. 1791 (marr. 1816, Capt. J. W.
Carmichael), died 1885 : (2) 18th Jan. 1819,
Margaret (died 10th Nov. 1821), youngest
daugh. of Alex. Parlane, surgeon, Glasgow.
Publications— The Present State of Human
Xaticre according to the Word of God (Edin
burgh, 1773) ; Probation Sermon preached in
Edinburgh (1777), from John xviii. 36 ; The
Distinction Letiveen the Kingdom of (Christ
and the Kingdoms of this World, ami
applied to confirm the. Loyalty and assert
f/«' Liberty of Christians, a sermon (Edin
burgh, 1777); see Essays in Speculative
Society's Proceedings on "The Motives of
Human Actions"; Dissert atio Medica in-
aitguralis De systematis nervosi officiis
(Edinburgh, 1781); edited the Edin
burgh Quarter/;/ Magazine, 1798-1800. —
[Douglas's Peer., ii. ; Wood's Jfist. of
Cramond, Haldane's Mem., Kay's Portr.]
ROBERT WALKER, pros, by Willielma,
1776 Lady Glenorchy, and ord. 27th Nov.
1776; trans, to the Canongate 19th
Aug. 1784. — [Wood's Cramond.]
ARCHIBALD BONAE, born 23rd Feb.
1785 l"""^' fi^1 son °f John B., min. of
Cockpen and Perth ; originally in
tended for the legal profession ; educated at
High School and Edinburgh Univ. ; tutor
in the family of David, Earl of Leven :
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Oct.
1777; ord. to Newburn 31st March 1779;
trans, to North-West Church, Glasgow, 17th
July 1783; pres. by Willielma, Lady Glen
orchy ; trans, and adm. 19th April ] 785 ;
died 8th April 1816. He marr. (1) 15th
Aug. 1782, Bridget (died 4th Jan. 1787),
daugh. of David Black, min. of Perth :
(2) 16th Aug. 1792, Anne (died 8th May
1861, in her 94th year), daugh. of Andrew
Bonar of Litchfield, and had issue— John,
born 10th Nov. 1793, died 4th Oct. 1800;
Elizabeth, born 31st May 1797 (marr. 13th
March 1827, John Purves, min. of Lady
Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, afterwards of Jed-
burgh), died 6th June 1865; Archibald,
banker in Edinburgh, born 25th June 1799,
died 29th Feb. 1872 ; John, min. of Lar-
bert and Dunipace, afterwards of the Free
Church, Aberdeen and Glasgow, and secre-
EDINBURGH]
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13
tary of the Colonial Committee, born 22nd
July 1801, died 20th Dec. 1863 ; Ann, born
17th June 1804 (marr. John Morrison, min. of
Free Church, Port-Glasgow), died 21st Feb.
1875; Bridget Black, born 8th July 1807,
died 8th June 1838 ; Sarah, born 1st June
1809, died 28th Feb. 1895. Publications—
(Genuine Religion the Best Friend of the
People (Edinburgh, 1790); A Sermon
preached before the Sonet;/ for the Iknefit
of the Sons of the Cleryi/ (Edinburgh,
1800); Sermons, with Memoir by hi.s
brother James (Edinburgh, 1815-17, 2
vols.).— [Sermons, ii. ; Wood's Cramond,
Family Pajiers.]
GEORGE MUIRHEAD, born llth Feb.
1764, son of Patrick M., D.D., min.
of Dysart ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; Keen, by Presb. of Hamilton 25th
Sept. 1787 ; ord. to Dysart, Second Charge,
4th Sept. 1788; trans, to First Charge
10th June 1807 ; prcs. by William Ramsay
of Barnton, trans, and adm. 24th Oct.
1816; D.D. (Glasgow, 8th Nov. 1816).
He was the oldest ordained min. who
joined the Free Church ; min. of Cramond
Free Church 1843; died 5th April 1847.
He marr. 27th Aug. 1807, Maxwell (died
18th Aug. 1854), claugh. of Thomas Fleming,
D.D., min. of Lady Tester's, and had issue
—Anne, born 12th Sept. 1808 ; Elizabeth,
born 1st June 1815; Patrick Thomas, min.
of the Free Church, Kippen, born 9th Nov.
1819, died 1888 ; Isabella Maxwell, born
2nd Nov. 1822. Publications — Sermon on
the Death of Thomas, Davidson, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1827) ; Sermon on the Death
of George Wright, D.D. (Stirling, 1827);
Pastoral Address to the Inhabitants of
Cramond Parish (Edinburgh, 1837); Hints
respecting the Low State of Vital Godliness
among Professing Christians ; Conversion
of the Jews (Edinburgh, 1842) ; Account of
Dysart (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii.).
WALTER LAIDLAW COLVIN, born
4th June 1812, son of Robert C., D.D.,
min. of Johnstone, Dumfriesshire ;
educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Univs. ;
MA. (Glasgow 1830); licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben 5th Aug. 1834 ; assistant at
East Kilbride; ord. to Shotts llth Aug.
1836 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Nov. 1843 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 26th April 1859) ; died 19th
Nov. 1877. He marr. 22nd Oct. 1844, Anne
Grace (died 9th March 1896), claugh. of
William Hine, Falmouth, Jamaica, and had
issue— Mary Ramsay, born 23rd Jan. 1846
(marr. William Macfie of Clermiston), died
llth Aug. 1895; Eliza, born 5th March
1847 ; Annie Marion, born 26th March 1849,
died 21st July 1895; Walter Robert, born
6th July 1850, died at San Francisco 1872 ;
Alice Jane, born 18th Oct. 1851 ; Jessie
Louisa, born 1853 ; William, stockbroker,
Glasgow, born 17th Dec. 1854 ; Francis
Henry, M.B., C.M., born 1856, died 17th
June 1895 ; Victor Albert, min. at Connel
Ferry ; Charles Edward, died young.
Publications — Two Sermons on Election
a iff the Extent of the Atonement (Edin
burgh, 1843) ; Sermon preached before
the Societ;/ for the Sons of the Clergi/
(Glasgow, 1868) ; " Accounts of Cramond
and of Shotts " (Xeto Stat. Ace., vols. i., vi.).
GEORGE WILSON, trans, from Tol-
booth, Edinburgh, and adm. llth
July 1878 ; res. 4th May 1887 to be
come min. of St Michael's Mission Church,
and first min. of St Michael's Parish.
JOHN WEBSTER, born Forglen, 1827,
son of Robert W. ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1843) ; schoolmaster of Banchory-Devenick
1844-52; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen;
Murray Lecturer at King's College, 1850-
52 ; ord. to Strichen 2nd Sept. 1852 ;
trans, to East Anstruther 29th Oct. 1857 ;
trans, to Cameron 10th March 1864 ; trans,
to St John's, Edinburgh, 28th Dec. 1876 ;
trans, and adm. llth March 1884; D.D.
(Aberdeen 1885) ; res. 16th Oct. 1889 ; died
23rd Jan. 1903. He marr. 10th Feb. 1857,
Anna Milne, who died 30th May 1913, and
had issue— James Melville, died llth June
1913 ; Edward, solicitor, Edinburgh ; and
others. Publication — Two Lectures from a
series of discourses on the Epistle to the
Hebrews and on the Parables, 2 vols.
(Aberdeen, 1852).
THOMAS MARTIN, MA. ; trans, from
Forgan 17th May 1890; trans, to St
Mary's, Edinburgh, 15th May 1896.
1878
1884
1890
14
CRAMOND— CURRIE
[PKESB. OF
1896
1910
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Turriff, and
adm. 15th Oct. 1890: trans, to
Peebles 9th May 1907.
JAMES ALEXANDER MILNE, born
1907 Auchinblae, Kincardineshire, 23rd
July 1869, son of James M. and
Christina Anderson ; educated at Fordoun,
High School, Edinburgh, privately at New-
lands Manse by his uncle, Aberdeen Univ,,
and Univ. of Paris ; M.A. (Aberdeen, 1890) :
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun ; assistant at
Forgue, Aberdeen (West Church), and St
Andrews; elected in 1897 min. of Alyth,
but declined in order to accept appointment
as min. of the Scots Church, Paris ; ord.
there 25th Oct. 1897 ; ind. to Lyne and
Megget 6th Dec. 1901 ; trans, and adm.
26th Sept. 1907 ; died 14th Nov. 1909.
He marr. 7th Aug. 1906, Mary Lee, daugh.
of John Davis Bowden, Church of Scotland
chaplain, Dresden.
GEORGE CORDON STOTT, born
Montrose, 29th March 1868, .son of
Ceorge S. and Isabel Cordon Grant ;
educated at Craig Public School and St
Andrews Univ. ; M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893) ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 12th May
1893 ; Assistant Professor of Hebrew, St
Andrews Univ. 1893-4 ; assistant at St
Columba's, London, and South Leith ; ord.
to Dulwich, London, 15th Dec. 1898 ; trans.
to Northesk 24th Sept. 1906 ; trans, and
adm. 10th June 1910 ; Examiner for
Degrees in Divinity, St Andrews Univ.
Marr. 5th April 1899, Flora Corsar, daugh.
of Mark Louden Anderson, D.D., min. of
the Second Charge, St Andrews, and has
issue — Richard Corsar Gordon, born 13th
May 1900 ; Ian Fergusson Gordon, born
14th Jan. 1904 ; George Gordon, born 22nd
Dec. 1909. Publications— Contributor to
Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the Gos
pels, and to One Vol. llible Commentary.
ST COLUMBA'S, BLACKHALL
(Chapcl-of-Easc).
WILLIAM BLACK STEVENSON, born
1900 10t^ ^ay 1862, son of Robert Home
S., D.D., min. of St George's, Edin
burgh ; educated at Edinburgh Academy
and Univ. (M.A., 1884), and at Berlin and
Bonn ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1888 ; assistant at Galashiels and St
Bernard's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Athelstaue-
ford 17th Sept. 1891 ; res. Dec. 1899, in
order to take charge of Blackball Chapel-
of-Ease, Edinburgh, and adm. 5th Jan.
1900: res. 1912, on appointment as organ
ising secretary of the Foreign Mission
Committee. He marr. 5th June 1894,
Jean Lilias, daugh. and co-heiress of
Alexander James Dennistoun Brown, of
Balloch Castle, Dumbartonshire, and has
issue— Robert Dennistoun, born 7th June
1895 ; Meta Frances, born 26th Dec. 1897 ;
Alexander James, born 15th July 1901.
Publication — The St Colxmba tit-rip (Edin
burgh, 1904).
CECIL TAYLOR THORNTON, born
1913 ^m^urgh, 26th March 1886, son
of George Boyd T. and Elizabeth
King Galbraith ; educated at Merchiston
Castle School, and Univs. of Oxford (B.A.
1911) and Edinburgh: licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1910; assistant at St Mark's,
Dundee; ord. 12th Feb. 1913. He marr.
5th June 1912, Hilda Buchanan, daugh. of
Robert and Elizabeth Batchelor.
CURRIE.
[Formerly Killeith. Belonged to the
Archdeaconry of Lothian previous to the
Reformation. The church was dedicated
to St Mungo. Near by is St Mungo's
Well.]
ADAM LETHAM [LICHTON, LEIGH-
1568 TO^J> atlm- -^OV> 1568< In 1574
Hailes and St Catherine's of the
Hopes were also under his care : said
to be "in his old age" 1588 (Pr<-d>. AVy.) ;
continued in 1591. His son Matthew
succeeded to the charge. — [AVr/. Min. and
Assig., Test. lte<j., llooke of the Kirk, Wod-
row MixcdlJ}
MATTHEW LICHTON, son of pre
ceding ; educated at the Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (Aug. 1588). In
1590 he was "not of the age" required by
Act of Provincial Assembly of Linlithgow,
but was permitted " to serve with Mr Adam,
1591
EDINBURGH]
15
his father"; proposed 21st -Tan. 1591 ; adm.
(colleague and successor) 16th Dec. 1591.
In 1594 there was a complaint to the
Presb. that William Wardlaw of Curriehill
"brak up his rooms, cuist out his guds and
geir, tramping his books under feitt," and
" misused himselff by catchand him by ye
neck and pulling him under his feet.'' He
dem. Jan. 1631; died 12th Oct. 1634,
aged about 66. He marr. (1) before 1596,
Isobel Matheson : (2) after 1606, Janet Aird,
who survived him, and had issue— Henry ;
Adam; James; William, apprenticed 18th
June 1628 to James Wright, hatmaker,
Edinburgh ; Ronald ; Helen (marr., cont.
26th Sept. 1621, George Straiten, hatmaker,
burgess of Edinburgh : Reg. of Deeds,
cccxxxvi., 105); Martha (marr. Alex. Hay
of Ravelrig).— [Rey. Amy. ; Test., Edin,
Counc., and Re<j. Has. and J>apt. ; Mat.
Rep., 1627 ; Inq. Ret. Edin,, 772, 890, 1386
— et Gen, 2093.]
1631
JOHN CHARTERIS, son of Henry C.,
Professor of Divinity in the Univ. of
Edinburgh ; educated at Edinburgh
Univ.; M.A. (25th July 1624); pms. by
the Town Council of Edinburgh 19th
Jan., and adm. before 17th June 1631 ;
died 14th Feb. 166«, aged about 64. He
marr. 26th Sept. 1633, Piebecca, died 23rd
March 1676 (she is called Sara in the
register of her interment in Greyfriars),
second daugh. of Laurence Henderson,
merchant, Edinburgh (A. Guthrie, 1'rot.
Ilk., iv., 225), and had issue — Rebecca ;
Isobel; Laurence, advocate, 1668, died
19th Aug. 1676; John (A. Peters, 1'rot.
Bk., 10th Oct. 1664) ; Barbara.— [Craufurd's
Univ.; Edin. Counc., xiv. ; Edin. Text, and
Reys. ; Wodrow's Hist., i. ; tied. Book of
Teindx; Inq. Ret. A>/r, 346; dm. 2-192— ile
Tut. 635, 636.]
JAMES SCRYMGEOUR, son of John S.
1668 °^ Kirkton, Dundee, and Jean, daugh.
of James M'Gill of Rankeillor ; edu
cated at St Leonard's College, St Andrews ;
M.A. (25th July 1663); ord. and coll.
22nd Oct. 1668; became Presb. clerk;
deprived by the Committee of Estates,
May 1689, for taking away the key of the
kirk door, not preaching, not reading the
1691
Proclamation, and not praying for King
William and Queen Mary. He died
in 1699, aged about 56. He marr. 17th
Dec. 1668, Elizabeth, daugh. of Walter
Chisholm, bailie of Dunblane, and had
issue— James, died in 1680; Henry, W.S.,
of West Lochgelly, held a bursary on
Robert Johnston's foundation, 7th Aug.
1685, died 9th Oct. 1731 ; John, student
at the Univ. of Edinburgh, bursar of
the Presb. in 1686 and 1687 ; and two
daughters alive in June 1772 (The Scottish
Antiquary, Sept. 1880).— {Act. licet. Univ.
St Ami. ; Corstorphine and Ratho >sV.«w.,
Edin. Counc. Rey., xxxiii. ; Rey. Coll at. ;
Aft* 1'arL, ix. ; Peterkin's Constitution of
the Church, Malcolm's Home of Drum-
mo nd ; J/X. Ace. of Min,, 1689; Douglas's
Peerage."}
HENRY HAMILTON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
llth Feb. 1681); ord. to Falkland
1690 ; trans, and adm. 1691 ; trans,
to Donaghadee 6th Nov. 1700. He marr.
Esther, daugh. of Andrew Stewart, min. of
Donaghadee.— {Corstorphim ,sVs,s-. Rey.]
ROBERT TAYLOR, ord. to Houston
1695; trans, and adm. 13th Nov.
1701; died 10th Aug. 1713. He
marr. March 1699, Margaret, daugh. of
Hew Verner, merchant, Edinburgh, and
had issue— Margaret (marr. 13th July 1727,
Andrew M'Farquhar, Excise officer in South
Leith).— [Edin, Test, and Keys.]
MUNGO CLARKSON, a native of
1714 Selkirkshire, brother to John C.,
baker, Edinburgh (Services, 1729);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th April
1711; called 29th Dec. 1713; having
previously been presented to Galashiels,
his ordination was delayed till 23rd Dec.
1714; died 28th Oct. 1717.
JOHN SPARK, tutor in the family of
Erskine of Grange; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 6th July 1718; called
22nd April; ord. llth Aug. 1719, in
opposition to the Magistrates and Town
Council of Edinburgh. When returning
from a meeting of the Presb. at Edinburgh,
he was drowned in crossing the Water of
Leith on horseback, at the " Sclait fuird,:>
16
CURRIE
[PKESB. OF
1752
27th June 1739. The Caledonian Mercury,
1739, calls him "a serious, honest, and
worthy pastor, one of the most popular
preachers of the time." He had six
children, one being posthumous. Three
years after his death appeared : Help to
Patience under Affliction, in a poem written
upon occasion of the late accideiitid death
of a worthy >'cn<-rable yen tie-man eery MUC/I
lamented (Edinburgh, 1742). - [Scots May. ,i. ;
Diary of a Senator of the College of Justice!]
DAVID MOUBUAV, called 17th July;
ord. 25th Sept, 1740; trans, to
Liberton 28th May 1751.
•JAMES CUAIG, born Innerwick, 1721 ;
one of the masters in Heriot's
Hospital 4th June 1739; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar 1st Sept. 1742; ord.
9th April 1752; app. Presb. clerk 31st
Jan. 1753; died 24th June 1792. He
marr. llth Sept. 1744, Mary Buntine or
Bontein, a quakeress with whom he had
eloped, who died 5th June 1805, and had
issue — Ann, born 20th April 174G (marr.
24th Jan. 1781, John Bird of Cresfinhall,
Norfolk, who was buried at Currie). —
[Steven's Mem. of lleriot. Carlyle's Autob. ;
..Yew Stat. Ace., i. ; Grant's Old and. Xen.<
Edin., ii., 224.]
JAMES DICK, tutor in the family of
Admiral Duncan ; pres. by the
Magistrates and Town Council of
Edinburgh Aug. 1792; ord. 21st March
1793; died 12th Dec. 1815, in his 52nd
year. He marr. 3rd June 179G, Elizabeth
Lawrie, who died at Edinburgh 15th Feb.
1829.— [Tombst.']
JOHN SOMEUVILLE, born Dalmeny
1816 ^4 •' *n agricultural employment till
he met with an accident which injured
his spine. He then entered the Univ. of
Edinburgh, and distinguished himself by j
his proficiency in classical knowledge ; j
was one of the masters in Heriot's Hospital |
llth Nov. 1801; and House Governor Gth ;
Sept. 1805, where " by a happy mixture of
severity and gentleness, he came to be
respected and loved by his numerous pupils
beyond any former example." He was
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 25th July
1809; pres. by the Magistrates and Town
Council of Edinburgh, and ord. 20th Dec.
1815; M.A. (Edinburgh, 31st May 1816);
D.D. (St Andrews, 13th April 1833); died
unmarr. 7th June 1837. He was the
inventor of several articles for use in
curling - the justice, the iron tee, the
counter, and the crampits. The death of
one of his congregation by the accidental
discharge of a firelock led him to an in
genious contrivance for the prevention of
similar accidents, for which he obtained a
patent, 4th Nov. 1824. He preached the
sermon at the laying of the foundation
stone of the National Monument on the
Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Publications—
Speech in the General Assembly on the
Coirt/afe Cliapel (Edinburgh, 1818); Presen
tation (if the Kcr. Dr MlFarlane to the
Ilnjh Church, Glasgow, Vindicated (Edin
burgh, 1824) ; Substance of a Speech in the
Symul of Glasgow a/id Ayr on Pluralities
(Edinburgh, 1825); On tin- M<-tliod* of J're-
venting the Accidental Discharge, of Fire-
Arms (Edinburgh, 1825): Direction* for the.
Use of the Safeti/ Gun, (Edinburgh, 182G),
with Attestations in -its faroirr (Edinburgh,
1827); Sermon on Cruelty to Animals,
preached in the Jl/'i/h Kirk, 1827 ; Ess<ty on,
the Safety Gun (Edinburgh, 1828); The
Duty of Relieving Strangers in Distress
(Edinburgh, 1834) : Essai/ on the Construc
tion, Advantages, and ^[ode of Usin<j Dr
Somernille's Patent Safeti/ Gun (Edinburgh,
1835); Sermon XIII. (({illan's Scott.
Pulpit); Two Songs (.Lit. and- Stat. May.,
ii.). — [Steven's Mem. of Jleriot, Williamson's
Fun. Serm., Taylor's Curlin<j.~]
ROBEUT JAMIESON, trans, from
1837 Westruther ; pres. by the Magistrates
and Town Council of Edinburgh, and
adm. 14th Dec. 1837; trans, to St Paul's,
Glasgow, 14th March 1844.
1844
THOMAS BARCLAY, born 14th June
1792, son of James B., min. of Unst ;
educated at home, and at King's
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (28th March
1812) ; teacher of elocution at Aberdeen ;
from 1818 to 1822 he was a Parliamentary
reporter for the Times in London ; licen.
EDINBURGH]
CURRIE— DUDDINGSTON
17
by Presb. of Lerwick 27th June 1821 ; ord.
to Dunrossness 12th Sept. 1822 ; trans, to
Lerwick 13th Dec. 1827 ; clerk of the
Synod of Shetland 27th April 1831 ; trans,
to Peterculter 24th Aug. 1843 ; trans, and
adm. llth July 1844 ; D.D. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 10th Feb. 1849); Principal of
Glasgow University 13th Feb. 1858; died
23rd Feb. 1873. He marr. 21st Sept.
1820, Mary (died 18th Jan. 1881), daugh.
of Captain Charles Adamson of Kirkhill,
and had issue — Archibald, born 23rd Oct.
1821, drowned in China 9th April 1850;
Elizabeth Mitchell, born 8th April 1823
(marr. 7th Oct. 1851, William Alexander
Peterkin, general superintendent, Board of
Supervision), died 1st April 1901 ; Charles
Frederick, born 31st Dec. 1825 ; John, born
17th May 1827 ; Ursula Euphemia, born
5th April 1829, died 5th Dec. 1831 : Bruce,
M.D., born 14th Feb. 1833 ; Jean Adamson,
born 31st Oct. 1835, died unmarr. ; Mary
Caroline, born 7th July 1837 ; Thomas, born
26th Feb. 1841. Publications— A Speech
delivered in the Presbytery of Edinburgh,
25th March 1857, against the Transmission
of an Overture condemning the System of
Government Education in India ; " Charity,
the Characteristic of Christianity " (Church
of Scotland Pulpit, 1845) ; "Explanation of
Inscription on the Chambers of the Maes-
Howe'"' (Collectanea Archceologia, vol. ii.)
[see Wilson's Prehistoric Annals, ii., 284 ;
Caird's Memorial Sermon, Sir Henry Hol
land's Recollections, Diet. Nat. Bioy.~\
1859
JAMES LANGWILL, born Greenock,
2nd April 1824, third son of
Archibald L., H.M. Customs, and
Rosina Watson ; educated at Greenock
Public School and Glasgow and Edinburgh
Univs. ; entered the Belief Theological
Hall 1844 ; joined the Church of Scotland ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock 1850; assist
ant at Currie ; ord. to Legerwood 8th Sept.
1853 ; trans, and adm. 21st Jan. 1859 ;
Presbytery clerk 1872; D.D. (Glasgow
1888); died 2nd June 1898. He marr.
2nd April 1856, Anne Adair (died 17th
July 1908), daugh. of Robert Balfour
Graham, D.D., min. of North Berwick,
and had issue— Archibald, C.A., born 14th
VOL. I.
June 1857 ; Robert Balfour, Royal Bank
of Scotland, born 30th Sept. 1858 ; James,
born 22nd Aug. 1860, died 25th Feb. 1872 ;
Mary, born 13th Jan. 1862, died 26th April
1880 ; William, M.A., student of medicine,
born 28th Feb. 1865, died 16th June 1887 ;
Hamilton Graham, M.D., born 24th April
1867.
DAVID CALDWELL STEWART, born
1898 Ochiltree) 25th SePk 186° ') educated
at Ochiltree Parish School, Normal
Training College, Glasgow, and Edinburgh
Univ.; M.A. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1894 ; assistant at St Cuth-
bert's and Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh ;
ord. 25th Nov. 1898. Marr. 7th Feb. 1899,
Annie (died 10th July 1902), daugh. of
Hugh Morton, Barnockholm, Ochiltree,
and had issue — Quintin Ridgley, born
llth Aug. 1900; Annie Morton, born 30th
June 1902.
UUDDINGSTON.
[The church previous to the Reformation
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.]
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, styled
1560 vicar.
JOHN BRAND, min. of Holyrood, had
the oversight for some years, with
the addition of the church in the
Castle of Edinburgh. — [Reg. Assiy,]
NINIAN HAMILTON (Key. of Deeds,
xxi.), a prebendary of St Giles as
far back as 1542, and in 1553 and
1556. He is called "Exhorter" in 1576,
and held office till the appointment of a
minister in 1588, in which year he probably
died. — [Reg. Min.'}
CHARLES LUMSDEN (primus), son of
Andrew L., tailor, burgess of Edin
burgh, and Agnes Cor (G. R. Inhib.,
2nd Series, viii., 77 ; Prot, Bk., John Hay,
iv., 21) ; adm. burgess of Edinburgh in
right of his father, 14th Dec. 1614 ; M.A. ;
regent in the Univ. of Edinburgh 1587 ;
pres. by James VI. in 1611, and 30th Oct.
same year had 50 merks allowed by the
Town Council of Edinburgh, "for his
paynes and travell in examination of the
B
18
DUDDINGSTON
[PRESB. OF
North-West quarter sen March last to 1st
Nov." Signed the protest to the King and
Parliament in support of the Liberties of
the Kirk, 14th June 1617. He long offici
ated as Presb. and Synod clerk, and died
30th Nov. 1630, aged about 69. He marr.
(l) Beatrice, daugh. of Robert Pont, min. of
St Cuthbert's, and had issue— Robert, bapt.
30th July 1595 ; James, bapt. 28th March
1599; Rachel, bapt. 8th Aug. 1602: (2)
Katherine Bruce, Avho died before 1609 (G.
K. Inhib., xix., 242 ; xxxvii., 204), and had
issue— Robert : (3) Beatrix Muirhead, who
survived him, and had issue— John, bapt.
2nd Sept. 1610 ; Margaret ; Charles, his
successor ; Andrew ; Jean ; Rebecca (marr.,
cont. 22nd June 1640, James, son of James
Ritchie, merchant, burgess of Edinburgh:
Reg. of Deed*, dxxxix., 227) ; Thomas, died
23rd Feb. 1649. Publication— Translation
of an Exposition iqmn some Select Psalms of
David, written by Mr Robert Rollock, out
of Latine (Edinburgh, lQOQ).—[Seg. Assig. ;
Edin. Counc. Bapt., and Test. Reg. ; Calder-
wood's Hist. ; Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, ii. ; New
Stat. Ace., i. ; Craufurd's Univ. ; Rollock's
Sel. Works, i. ; Lee:s Memorial.]
ROBERT MOXTEITH [MONTETH,
MENTEITH] "of Salmonet," bapt.
25th Jan. 1603, third and youngest
son of Alexander M., merchant, Edin
burgh, and Rachel Sandilands, Edin
burgh; educated at the Univ. of Edin
burgh; M.A. (14th July 1621); Professor
of Philosophy in the Univ. of Saumur,
where he continued four years, and
returned, "with an great shew of learn
ing." He was pres. by Charles I., ord.
(at St Andrews) by the Archbishop, and
adm. 28th Dec. 1630, but engaging in an
illicit amour with Dame Anna Hepburn,
wife of Sir James Hamilton of Priestfield,
he fled the country, and was denounced
rebel 7th Oct. 1633. He joined the Roman
Catholic Church at Paris, where he obtained
the patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, and
was made a canon of Notre-Dame by the
Cardinal de Retz. He died before 13th
Sept. 1660. From his brother, William
M. of Carribber and Randeford, was
descended Sir James Stuart M., Bart.,
of Closeburn. He marr. Marion Broun,
1630
who was dead 1639 (Edin. Sas., xxviii.,
150). Publications — A Remonstrance to the
King of fri-eat Britain, in French (Paris,
1652) ; Histoire des Troubles del a Grande
Bretagne depiiis 1663 jusques a 1646
(Paris, 1661), translated by Captain James
Ogilvie (London, 1739) ; also a Pasquil
against Robert Bruce of Kinnaird, formerly
min. of Edinburgh ; and some Essays
which were admired as specimens of the
purity of style and facility of diction which
a foreigner could attain in the French
language. — [Craufurd's and Bower's Univ.,
i. ; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.) ; Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., xviii. ; New Stat. Ace., Scot's Stagy.
State; Morrison's Dec., x. ; Scots Mag.,
Ixxxiv. ; Calderwood's Hist., viii. ; Bail-
lie's Lett., iii. ; Riddel's Comment., Brace's
Sermons (Life) ; Nimmo's Stirlingsh., i. ;
Hill Burton's The Scot Abroad, Francisque
Michel's Lcs Ecossais en France, Baird's
Duddingston, Diet. Nat. Bio*/.]
JASPER HUME, M.A. (Edinburgh,
24th July 1619) ; pres. by Charles
I. 20th Sept. 1633 ; died Feb. 1635,
aged about 34. Marr. Margaret, daugh. of
John Livingstone, in Wester Duddingston
(Edin. Sas., xxv., 207), who survived him
and marr. Charles Lumsden, min. in 1640.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig., cvi.]
ARCHIBALD NEWTON, M.A. ; pres.
by Charles I. 14th Feb. 1635 ; trans.
to Liberton 19th May 1639.
CHARLES LUMSDEN (secundus), son
of Charles L. (primus), bapt. 22nd
March 1614 ; educated at the Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (22nd June 1633);
adm. 8th Sept. 1640 ; pres. by Charles I.
23rd Aug. 1641 ; continued in 1681, and
was alive at the baptism of a grandchild,
3rd May 1686. He marr. (1) Margaret
(died Sept. 1643), daugh. of John Living
stone, in Wester Duddingston (Reg. of
Deeds, dxi., 249), widow of Jasper Hume,
and had issue— Charles, min. of Kirk-
newton; Jean; Margaret; Robert: (2)
Beatrix Melvill, who was buried in Grey-
friars, 8th June 1696, and had issue-
Beatrix, bapt. 25th Nov. 1655 ; Margaret
(marr., cont. 7th March 1673, Robert Bell,
writer, Edinburgh : Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 23rd
DUDDINGSTON
Nov. 1710); James, bapt. 16th Nov. 1651 ;
Michael, advocate, died 5th April 1739 ;
Daniel ; Andrew, his successor ; James ;
Thomas ; John ; Charles ; William ; Robert
and Beatrix (twins). — \Dcdkeith Presb.
and Edin. Reg. Sas. and Bapt. ; Reg. Sec.
Sig., cix. ; Fountainhall's Dec., i. ; Wod-
row's Hist., i.]
ANDREW LUMSDEN, son of preced-
j ing, bapt. 8th Oct. 1654 ; educated
at the Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1671); licen. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 4th Aug. 1675 ; charged before
the Privy Council, 22nd Nov. 1681, for
refusing to take the Test. He was
assoilzied, but the church was declared
vacant by the Bishop. He petitioned the
Council, 6th Dec. thereafter, "for liberty
to take the Test from his Ordinary," and
this being allowed, he was reponed to the
charge, but was deposed by the Commiss.
of Assembly, Jan. 1691, for declining their
authority. He was consecrated a bishop
by the Nonjurors, 2nd Nov. 1727, and died
20th June 1733. He marr. 26th Oct. 1682,
Katherine, only child of John Craig, and
had issue — Elizabeth (marr. William Alex
ander) ; Beatrix ; John ; Charles, surgeon,
Edinburgh ; William, writer, Edinburgh ;
Margaret (marr. Capt. Dalzell). — [Wodrow's
Hist., St Cuthbert's Sess. and Edin. Reg. Sas.
ami Bur. ; Acts Part., xi.]
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd
1694 May 1655) ; ord. to Hoddam 1661 ;
trans, to Selkirk 1666 ; trans, to
Tranent 1676 ; deprived for not taking the
Test in 1681 ; adm. min. of the Canongate
14th Sept. 1687; trans, and adm. 1694;
died 31st May 1704, aged about 72. He
marr. (his wife's name is unknown), and
had issue — John, vicar of Gillingham,
Dorset, 1696, died in London 1731 ;
William, prebendary of Sarum (G. A'.
Inhib., 14th Sept. 1706).
DAVID MALCOLM, licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 1 1 th Jan. 1700 ; called
1704; ord. 28th March 1705. He
was. rebuked 10th Nov. 1721, for celebrating
the marriage of Lord Provost George
Drummond, Edinburgh, a chief promoter
of the improvements in the city, to
Catherine, daugh. of Sir James Campbell
of Aberuchill, Bart. ; dep. 24th March 1742,
for deserting his charge two years without
leave. He demitted 27th April 1743, the
sentence of deposition being recalled. He
I claimed to be entitled to the benefit of
I the Ministers' Widows' Fund. This the
Trustees refused, and brought an action of
declarator, which he defended, when it was
found by the Lord Ordinary, 21st Nov.
1747, " that having demitted his charge as
min. of 1). in April 1743, he was not in the
sense of the Act of Parl. a min. of the
, Church of Scotland on the 25th March
1744, and that he, his wife and children,
are entitled to none of the benefits arising
from the Act." The decision was confirmed
by the whole Lords. He died 7th Feb.
1748. He was a Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries of London, and was " eminent
for learning, honesty, moderation, good
nature, and a benevolent disposition." His
leisure hours were employed in the study
of philology. Publications — Essay on the
Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland
(Edinburgh, 1738); Tracts illustrating the
Celtic Antiquities of Great Britain and
Ireland (Edinburgh, 1738); Collection of
Letters, in which the Imperfection of Learn
ing, even among Christians, and a Remedy
for it is Hinted (Edinburgh, 1739)— ail
these, with slight modifications, being the
same book, although under different titles ;
Letters, Essays, and other Tracts relating
to the Antiquities of Great Britain and
Ireland (London, 1744). He proposed
publishing a Celtic Dictionary, but it
went no farther than a prospectus and
specimen page, though receiving every en-
| couragement from a committee of the
General Assembly in 1737. — [Trustees'
Reports; Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xviii. ; New
Stat. Ace., i. ; Scots Mag., x. ; Morren's Ann.,
i. ; Acts of Ass., 1736, 1737.]
ROBERT POLLOCK, M.A. ; pres. by
7 Archibald, Duke of Argyll, 19th
Nov. 1743; ord. 13th March 1744;
trans, to Greyfriars, Aberdeen, 31st July
1745.
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DUDDINGSTON
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM BENNET, son of Andrew
B., min. of Muiravonside ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 10th July 1734 ;
ord. to Denny 22nd Aug. 1738: pres. by
James, Earl of Abercorn, 27th Feb., trans.
and adm. 14th May 1746; died unmarr.
14th July 1785, in 78th year. — [Carlyle's
WILLIAM BENNET, born 1st July
1786 1^3, son of Patrick B., min. of
Polmont, and nephew of preceding ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 21st Dec.
1785 ; pres. by James, Earl of Abercorn ;
ord. 12th May 1786; chaplain to the
Eastern Regt. of Midlothian Volunteers ;
found drowned in the loch adjoining
the manse, 15th April 1805. He marr.
18th Doc. 1787, Mary (died 9th Jan.
1798), daugh. of John Archibald, wine
merchant, Leith, and had issue — Patrick
of Whiteside, born 1st Feb. 1790, died 4th
May 1825 ; Margaret, born 10th Aug. 1791
(marr. 23rd Aug. 1814, William Clark, W.S.,
one of the clerks of Session), died 18th
July 1830 ; John, min. of Ettrick, born
10th Aug. 1793 ; Elizabeth, born 19th July
1795. Publications — Three single Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1801-5) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's 8tat. Ace., xviii.).
JOHN THOMSON, bora 1st Sept. 1778,
youngest son of Thomas T., min. of
Dailly ; educated at Dailly school
and Edinburgh and Glasgow Univs. ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 17th July 1799; ord. to
Dailly 24th April 1800; pres. by John,
Marquess of Abercorn, 29th Aug., trans.
and adm. 14th Nov. 1805 ; died 28th Oct.
1840. Distinguished as a landscape painter
(//.R.S.A.). He marr. (1) 7th July 1801,
Isabella (died 18th April 1809), daugh.of John
Ramsay, min. of Kirkmichael, and had issue
Thomas, M.D., Mayor of Stratford-on-
Avon, born 17th May 1802, died at Leaming
ton, 17th Jan. 1873 ; John, capt. H.E.I.C.S.,
afterwards inspector of the Coast Guard
at Cromarty, born 15th Nov. 1803, died 4th
May 1870 ; Margaret, bora 13th Oct. 1805,
died 12th Feb. 1827 ; Mary, born 27th Nov
1806, died in infancy ; Isabella, born 1st
April 1809 (marr. 10th Sept. 1833, Robert
Scott Lauder, R.S.A.), died 27th Aug.
1869 : (2) 6th Dec. 1813, Frances Ingram
Spence (died llth Oct. 1845), widow of
Martin Dalrymple of Fordel and Cleland,
and had issue — Francis, M.D., born 17th
Oct. 1814, died at Peterhead, 4th Oct.
1S5S; Emily, born 4th Sept. 1816; Mary
Helen, born 6th Dec. 1817, died 13th Jan.
1819; Henry Francis, coffee-planter, born
3rd Aug. 1819, died in Ceylon; Edward,
born 19th April 1821, died in Australia.
Publications — Contributions to the Edin-
Inmjh Encyclopaedia. — [Murray's Bioy.
Ann., Baird's Duddingston, and Memoir;
M 'Kay's rf/te Scottish School of Pain-tiny.']
1841
JAMES MACFARLANE, born Water-
beck, 27th April 1808, third son of
John M., min. of the Relief Church ;
educated at Glasgow LTniv. ; M.A. (1825) ;
entered the Relief Hall in 1825, but joined
the Church of Scotland before his course
was finished ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
31st March 1830; pres. by Town Council
of Stirling to the Third Charge, and ord.
min. of the North Church 3rd May 1831 ;
min. of Stockbridge Chapel-of-Ease (now
St Bernard's) 18th Jan. 1832; trans, and
adm. 18th May 1841 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1848) ;
F.R.S.E., Moderator of the General As
sembly 1865 ; died during his tenure of
office 6th Feb. 1866. He marr. 15th July
1841, Agnes Jane, only surviving child of
Alexander Goodsir, manager of the British
Linen Co. Bank (who marr., secondly,
April 1869, John Gunn, secretary, British
Linen Bank, and died 17th May 1895),
and had issue — Agnes Goodsir, born 26th
May 1842 (marr. 28th Oct. 1873, John
Adam Macfarlane, min. of L'rray) ; Helen,
born 24th July 1843 (marr. Robert K.
D. Home, min. of Corstorphine) ; Eliza,
born 13th Nov. 1844 ; John, a soldier,
born 7th Oct. 1845, died 4th May 1878;
Mary, born 3rd Aug. 1847, died 2nd July
1850 ; Alexander Goodsir, born 5th July
1849, died 6th March 1897; James, a mer
chant, born 17th Feb. 1852, died 15th June
1880 ; William, a merchant, born 27th Aug.
1855 ; Malcolm David, a lawyer, born 31st
May 1860, died 25th Sept. 1895. Publi
cations — A Nation's True Glory (Edin
burgh, 1838) ; Three single Sermons
EDINBURGH]
DUDDINGSTON— ABBEY
21
(Edinburgh, 1839-43) ; Remarks on the
Tracts lately published on the Intrusion
of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1839) ; Letter to
Sir James Graham on the Proposed Aboli
tion of Tests (Edinburgh, 1845) ; A Version
of the Prophecies of Ezekiel (Edinburgh,
1845) ; The Late Secession from the Church
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1846) ; A Glance at
the Temple (Edinburgh, 1847) ; The Church
and the Nation (Edinburgh, 1849) ; Lectures
on Popery (Edinburgh, 1854) ; The Disciple
whom Jesus Loved (Edinburgh, 1855) ;
The India Mission of the Church of Scot
land (Edinburgh, 1856); The Reign of
Harmony (Edinburgh, 1859) ; The Railway
(Edinburgh, 1863).
JOHN ALLAN HUNTER PATON,
1866 k°rn Greenock, 8th July 1830, son of
John P., writer, and Margaret Park,
sister of John P., D.D., St Andrews ; edu
cated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Greenock ; assistant at Corsock, and
St Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Crawford-
john, 23rd July 1862 ; pres. by James, Duke
of Abercorn ; trans, and aclm. 13th Sept.
1866 ; died at St Andrews 4th Feb.
1911. He marr. 14th April 1869, Margaret
Sheriff Fulton, and had issue—John Hunter
Paton, M.D., St Andrews, born 19th Feb.
1875.
WILLIAM SERLE, born East Linton,
19Q3 llth Nov. 1866, son of William S.
and Euphemia Imrie ; educated at
East Linton Free Church School and Edin
burgh Univ.; M.A. (1889), B.D. (1892);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th May
1892; assistant at Peterhead, Northesk, and
St Aidan's, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 16th April 1903. Marr. 15th
Dec. 1903, Isabella, daugh. of William
Ingram, and has issue — Isabella Murray,
born 1st March 1905 ; William, born 29th
July 1912.
ST JAMES'S, PORTOBELLO
( Cliapel-of-Ease).
[Formed as a mission station in 1874.
Services were begun in Portobello Town
Hall, and conducted for a time by the min.
of Duddingston until the appointment of
William Adam Stark (afterwards min. of
Kirkpatrick-Durham). In 1876 John Miller
Darling was in charge, but res. in 1878
on appointment as min. of St Andrew's
Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool. From
1878 to 1880 William Dunbar Dey (after
wards of Tomintoul) officiated, and in 1880
the present min. took up the work. Church
opened 9th June 1912.]
JAMES OLIVER, born Tcviothead,
10th May 1845, son of John O. and
Helen Sibbald ; educated at Hawick
Grammar School and Edinburgh Univ. ;
M.A. (1863) ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
1865 ; ord. min. of the Church of Scotland,
Tweedmouth, 3rd Feb. 1870; adm. 14th
Dec. 1880. He marr. 24th June 1884,
Elizabeth Young (died 1st Jan. 1900),
daugh. of John Scott, Howford, Ettrick.
EDINBURGH
ABBEY (Q.S.}.
[Disjoined from Greenside and South
Leith, and erected into a parish quoad
sacra, Jan. 1876. The present church was
opened 19th Dec. 1875. An endowment
was provided by money obtained under
sanction of an Act of Parliament for the
discontinuance of the Second Charge,
South Leith (36 & 37 Viet. cap. 171).]
ROBERT MILNE, born East Bal-
hagarty, Garvock, 8th July 1837,
son of Kenneth M. and Elizabeth
Cadenhead ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
ord. to Macleod Parish, Glasgow, 7th Aug.
1872; trans, and adm. 23rd March 1876;
died unmarr. 28th March 1909.
JAMES ROBERTSON SABLSTON,
born Sand wick, Orkney, 15th May
1856, son of Peter S. and Euphemia
Halkland ; educated at Sandwick and Kirk-
wall schools, and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A.
(1879), B.D. (1882); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1882; assistant at St
Ninian's, Stirling ; ord. to Libberton and
Quothquan 12th Jan. 1883 ; trans, and aclm.
(assistant and successor) 16th Oct. 1889.
Marr. 31st Oct. 1882, Gretchen Smith.
BUCCLEUCH
[PRESB. OF
BUCCLEUCH (Q.S.).
(Formerly St Cuthbcrfs Chapel-
of-Ease.}
[Proposed 1754 as a Chapel-of-Ease to
St Cuthbert's (in place of "The Little
Kirk '' built in 1593 as an additional church
at the west end of the Pre-Refornmtion
church of St Cuthbert, and destroyed by
the Ironsides of Cromwell 1650), built
1755, and opened 1756. The bell which
hung in the steeple of St Cuthbert's Church
from 1700 to 1753 was used in the belfry
of the daughter church at the Crosscause-
way from 1763 to 1866, when the church
was considerably altered and a new bell
supplied. Declared a parish quoad sacra
by Act of General Assembly 31st May 1834,
and named Buccleuch Parish. Erected by
the Court of Teinds 2nd Feb. 1859.]
JAMES ROY, ord. 13th June 1758;
Prestonpans 28th Nov.
1758
trans-
1765.
JOHN TOUCH, born 12th July 1740,
eldest son of John T., min. of Aber-
lour ; educated at Aberdeen ; M.A.
(King's College 1759) ; one of the teachers
in Heriot's Hospital 10th Dec. 1759 ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th June 1765,
elected by the Kirk-session of St Cuth
bert's 3rd Jan., and ord. 20th March 1766 ;
D.D. (King's College, Aberdeen, 1781) ; dem.
27th Jan. 1808; died 29th Oct. 1820. He
was for many years chaplain of the Grand
Lodge of Freemasons. He marr. Flora
(died 23rd Sept. 1805, in her 71st year),
fifth daugh. of Murdoch M'Donald, min. of
Durness.
[During these years of vacancy the chapel
1808-1813 was suPPlied by the Rev. Sir
Henry Moncreiff Well wood, and
Dr David Dickson, ministers of St Cuth
bert's.
HENRY GREY, trans, from Stenton
1813 18th Nov. 1813 ; trans, to New North
Parish, Edinburgh, llth Jan. 1821.
ROBERT GORDON, trans, from Kin-
1821 fauns 22nd Feb. 1821 ; D.D. (Aber
deen, Nov. 1823); trans, to Hope
Park Chapel (now Newington Parish) 5th
Jan. 1824.
PATRICK CLASON, born 13th Oct.
_. 1789, third son of Robert C., min.
of Dalziel (afterwards of Logie,
Stirlingshire) ; educated privately, and at
Glasgow and Edinburgh Univs. ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 9th June 1813 ; ord. to
Carmunnock llth May 1815 ; trans, and
adm. 16th April 1824 ; D.D. (Glasgow, March
1836). Joined the Free Church ; min. of
Free Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 1843 ; joint-
clerk of Free General Assembly 18th May
1843 ; Moderator of Free General Assembly
1848; died 30th July 1867. Publica
tions — Considerations on the Propriety of
erecting the Chapels-of-Ease in the Parish
of St CutJibert into Parish Churches (Edin
burgh, 1833) ; Strictures on the Statement
of the Central Board of Scottish Dissenters,
two letters (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Speech on <i
Suitable Provision for the Ministers of the
Gospel (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Speech in the
Presbytery of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1839);
Three single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1829-
1857).
HENRY RUTHERFORD took charge
from 1843 to 1851 ; he died 16th
Dec. 1855.
[During most of this period the chapel
IQCI IOKH was under the charge of the
lool-loo/ . , . .-.,..
Edinburgh L mversity Mission
ary Association.]
ALEXANDER M'LAREN, M.A. ; ord.
1857
5th March 1857 ; trans, to Houston
17th Sept. 1863.
FINLAY MATHIESON, born Inverness-
shire ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1846-9, 1856-7; M.A.
(1857) ; schoolmaster of Dunoon 1853-63 ;
missionary at Kirtle, Annan, 1863 ; ord.
10th March 1864; dep. 28th May 1875.
He marr. 24th Nov. 1849.
JOHN YOUNG SCOTT, trans, from
Invertiel, and adm. 16th Dec. 1875 ;
trans, to Campsie 20th Sept. 1881.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Pictou County,
1882 Nova Scotia, 29tn Feb. 1844, son of
John C. ; educated in Canada and
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow ; ord. to Newark 7th Jan. 1879;
EDINBURGH]
BUCCLEUCH— CANONGATE
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trans, and adm. 8th March 1882 ; died 22nd
Jan. 1901. He marr. Margaret Johnston
(died 26th Dec. 1901), daugh. of James
Caie, Inspector of Post Offices, Chatham,
New Brunswick, and had issue — Ian Went-
worth, Wairoa, New Zealand, born 31st
Dec. 1876.
DAVID ANDREW ROLLO, MA.,
1901 B.D. ; trans, from Avendale 17th
May 1901 ; trans, to Springburn,
Glasgow, 24th Sept. 1907.
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, M.A.,
loos B.D. ; trans, from Cambuslang, and
adm. 15th Jan. 1908 ; trans, to Shaw-
lands, Glasgow, 19th Feb. 1913.
NEIL MACLEOD ROSS, born Glen-
1913 C^e' ^kye, 24th Sept. 1873, son of
Kenneth R. and Margaret Macleod ;
educated at Glasgow High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1904), B.D.
(1908) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1904 ;
assistant at Holburn, Aberdeen, and St
Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. to St James's,
Kirkcaldy, 13th March 1907 ; trans, to
Rosemount 10th Aug. 1911 ; trans, and
adm. 17th Sept. 1913. Marr. 21st Aug.
1907, Helen Annand, M.A., claugli. of
David Smith, Alyth, and has issue— Janet
Morag, born 21st Feb. 1909 ; Kenneth
David, born 25th Feb. 1913, died 3rd
March 1914.
CANONGATE, FOKMEKLY
HOLYROODHOUSE.
[The Privy Council, at His Majesty's
desire, 13th Sept. 1672, forbade the use
of the church at Holyrood as a Parish
Church, that it might be set apart as a
Chapel Royal, and a chapel for the Knights
of the Thistle (Treas. Reg., iii., 449). The
congregation worshipped in Lady Tester's
Church until the new church in the
Canongate was opened in 1691.]
JOHN CRAIG, app. in 1561 ; trans.
1661 (coUeague to John Knox) 2nd July
1562. " The counsale, understanding
the tedious and havie laboris be thair
minister, Johnne Knox, in preiching thris
in the ouek and twis on the Sounday,
ordanis with ane consent to solist and
persuade maister Johnne Craig, presentlie
minister of the Canongait. to accept upoun
him the half chargeis of the preaching in
the said kirk of Edinburgh for sic gude deid
as they can aggre on.''J
JOHN BRAND, formerly a canon in the
1564 Abbey of Holyrood, was employed
by Archbishop Hamilton, during
the progress of the Reformation, to carry a
message to John Knox, "That howsoever
he had introduced another Form of Religion,
and reformed the doctrine of the Church,
whereof it might be there was some reason ;
yet he should do well not to shake loose the
Order and Policy received, which had been
the work of many ages, till he were sure of
a better to be settled in place thereof."
Examined and admitted by the Superin
tendent of Lothian in 1564. He was pres.
by James VI., 5th Jan. of that year, to the
chaplaincy of St Ninian ; died 2nd Sept.
1600, having " served many years with good
commendation." He marr. (1) Elizabeth
Johnston, and had issue — James, who had
a pension of £40 out of the Archbishopric
of St Andrews, 1580 (Reg. Sec. tiig., 475) :
(2) Abigail Smyth, and had issue — Eliza
beth ; Katherine ; John, student of philo
sophy, who killed a young man with a
knife at St Leonard's Crags, 27th May
1615, for which he was sentenced to be
beheaded at the cross of Edinburgh ; James
(Xt Andrews K. 8. Reg. ticot. Hist. Hoc.,
627) ; Janet (marr. James Brown : Reg. of
Deeds, xlv., 277); Katherine, bapt. 19th
March 1600 (Edin.).— [Keith's Hist., Reg.
Min. ; Assig., Test., and Reg. (Bapt.} ; Book
of the Kirk ; Zurich Lett., ii. ; Wodraw
and Maitland Miscell., ii. ; Pitcairn's Cr.
Trials, iii. ; Wodrow's Biog., i.]
HENRY BLYTH, M.A. ; trans, from
1601 Second Charge, and adm. 1601 ;
deprived by the Court of High
Commission, 26th Jan. 1620, it being His
Majesty's pleasure he "should not return,
and that he wald give obedience in some
other place." He was settled at Eccles in
1622. — [Reg. Assig., Priv. Counc. Reg.;
Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, ii. ; Row's and Calder-
wood's Hists. ; Orlg. Lett.}
24
CANONGATE
[PKESB. OF
ROBERT SEYMOUR [SYMMER],
1620 M.A. (St Andrews 1601); ord. to
Kinnaird 1G07 ; was a member of
the General Assembly and Privy Conference
at Perth 1G18 ; pres. by James VI. 12th
Feb., trans, and adm. before 16th June
1621 ; died 30th Nov. 1623, aged about 43.
The oversight of his affairs he committed
to Patrick, Bishop of Ross, and George
Symmer, min. of Fern, his brother, as was
also Archibald S. of Montrose. He left
a widow, Agnes Lindsay. — [Reg. 8ec. <SV;/.,
Test.. Reg.}
JAMES HANNAY [HANNA], M.A. ;
trans, from Kilmaurs ; pres. by
James VI. 5th Dec. 1623 ; adm.
1624; trans, to the Deanery and High
Kirk of Edinburgh in lG35.—[Maitland
Miscell., iii. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Baillie's Lett., iii.]
MATTHEW WEMYSS, born 1603, son
of Patrick W., min. of Dunbarney ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1623); ord. to
Second Charge 1630; trans, and adm.
about 1635. Subscribed the Covenant 16th
March 1638 ; preached before the King
7th Sept. and 31st Oct. 1641 ; died Aug.
1645. He marr. 29th July 1631, Margaret,
daugh. of James Durie, in the parish of
Dunfermline, and had issue — Margaret ;
John ; Janet ; Matthew ; William. — [Dun-
fermline Sess. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ;
Balfour's Hist. Works, iii.]
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1646 1619) > orc*' to Second Charge 22nd
Nov. 1639 ; a member of the Com
missions of Assembly 1643-5 ; pres. by
Town Council of Edinburgh 18th Feb.
1646 ; trans, and adm. soon afterwards ; a
member of the Commissions of Assembly
1647-9, and commissioner for visiting the
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh in
the latter year ; died 26th Aug. 1656, aged
about 57, and was buried in the Easter
Kirk of Holyrood (Canongate. Reg.). He
marr. (1) 19th Aug. 1640, Elizabeth Murray,
who died 20th June 1641, and had issue —
John, bapt. 7th June 1641, who was served
her heir 14th July following : (2) Elizabeth,
daugh. of Henry Charteris, Professor of
Divinity, by whom he had George ; Henry
and Isabel (twins), bapt. 19th May 1650 ;
Margaret, buried Feb. 1658; Elizabeth,
buried July 1661.— [Edin. Counc., Guild,
Edin. Test. Regs. ; Lament's and Nicoll's
Diaries ; Acts of Ass. and Parl., vi. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 2584 ; Craufurd's Univ. ; Baillie's
Lett., iii.]
JAMES NAIRNE, M.A. ; trans, from
Second Charge ; adm. in 1657 ; trans,
to Bolton in 1662.— [Wodrow's I fist.]
JAMES KID, educated at the Univ. of
1663 Edinburgh; M.A. (21st July 1632);
instituted to the vicarage of Long-
haughton, Northumberland, but was ejected
during the civil war; he had £100 allowed
by Parliament on account of his sufferings,
12th July 1661 ; coll. 26th, and adm. 29th
March 1663; died Dec. 1673, aged about
62. He left to the church and session, for
his burial within the church, 100 merks.
[Elizabeth Hill, widow of John (sic) Kid,
minister, was buried in Greyfriars, Edin
burgh, 29th Oct. 1689.]— [Test. Reg., Reg.
Collat. ; Acts Parl., vii. ; Walker's Suffer
ings ; Hutchinson's Northumberland, i.]
JAMES INGLIS, son of Cornelius I. of
1673 Eastbarns, Dunbar ; educated at
Univs. of St Andrews, Aberdeen,
and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1664).
He passed his trials at Dunbar, and being
recommended to George, Bishop of Edin
burgh, was licen. 13th Jan. 1671. In
consequence of the infirmity and sickness
of the preceding min., he was recom
mended by the Bishop to supply his
place 30th May 1673, and officiated till
22nd Aug. 1676. — [Dunbar Presb. and
Edin. Counc. Reg., Reg. Collat.]
ROBERT SCOTT, trans, from Inver-
keithing, adm. before 28th Nov.
1676 ; trans, to (Hamilton) the
Deanery of Glasgow. — [Act. Red. Univ.
St And. ; Fountainhall's Dec., i. ; Maitland
Miscell., iii.]
ALEXANDER BURNET, bapt. 2nd
1687 June 1653, son of Robert B., advo
cate, and Katherine Pearson (Reg. of
Deeds, Dal., 19th Feb. 1733) ; ord. to Cross-
EDINBURGH]
michael about 1G72 ; trans, to Kirkton
17th April 1G84 ; trans, to Second Charge
13th Aug. 1685 ; trans, and adm. 28th June
1687 ; deprived by the Privy Council 23rd
Aug. 1689, for refusing to read the Procla
mation of the Estates, or pray for King
William and Queen Mary. He marr.
Elizabeth Kirk, who was buried in Grey-
friars, 31st Jan. 1696.— [Peterkin's Con
stitution of the Church; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Hist. Eel. of the Gen. Ass., 1690.]
THOMAS WILKIE, born 8th April
1645 ; nephew of Thomas W., min.
of the Tolbooth Parish; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (31st July
1662) ; was a member of the meeting of
ministers in the province of Lothian and
Tweeddale (after the Toleration) 6th July
1687 ; pres. by the Town Council of Edin
burgh 6th May 1689, and adm. soon after ;
formed a kirk-session 14th Jan. 1690 ;
continued his services in the meeting
house till 22nd Aug. 1691, when the keys
of the church were delivered to him by
order of the Privy Council ; Moderator of
Assembly 17th Feb. 1701, and a second
time 16th March 1704; died 19th March
1711. He bequeathed about four hundred
volumes to the Library then recently
founded for the use of the Divinity Hall
at Edinburgh. He marr. Rachel, daugh. of
John Sinclair, min. of Ormiston (Reg. Sec.
Sig., vi., 497), and widow of William
Hog, W.S.—[Edin. Guild and Reg. (Bur.),
Tombst. ; Monteith's Mort., ii. ; Edin. Chr.
Inst., xxv. ; Bower's Univ., i. ; Wodrow
MSS., Ixxxii. ; Bonar's Canongate.]
JOHN WALKER, trans, from Second
ll?12 Charge and adm. 30th Jan. 1712 ;
retrans. to Second Charge 9th April
1712, Avith an admonition from the Presb.
" not to be so changeable in future."
JAMES WALKER, M.A. (St Andrews,
1713 12th July 1698) ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 21st Nov. 1700; ord.
to Auchtergaven 30th April 1701 ; trans,
to Forteviot 29th Jan. 1707 ; trans, to
Ferryport-on-Craig 14th June 1710 ; called
15th April 1712 ; trans, and adm. 23rd
June 1713; died 3rd March 1752, in 73rd
year. He marr. Isobel Oliphant, who died
llth Jan. 1762, and had issue— Samuel.
JAMES WATSON, formerly master of
George Watson's Hospital, Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
5th June 1745; ord. to Newbattle 19th
Aug. 1746; called 28th Nov. 1752; trans,
and adm. 7th Aug. 1753 ; died at Peffer-
mill, Liberton, 5th Nov. 1673. Three of
his letters to James Pillans, the son of a
cousin, who became Rector of the High
School of Edinburgh, and Professor of
Humanity in the University, have been
preserved. They show shrewdness and
great knowledge of the world, and teach
sound lessons of morality. He marr. 14th
Dec. 1750, Anne (died at Edinburgh, 15th
Nov. 1824, aged 93), daugh. of Walter
Foggo, principal clerk in G.P.O., Edin
burgh. — [Scots Mag., xv., p. 423; Morren's
Ann., ii. ; Acts of Ass., 1753; Steven's High
School.]
WILLIAM LOTHIAN, born 5th Nov.
1740, son of George L., surgeon,
Edinburgh ; educated at Edinburgh
High School and Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh ' 1762 ; pres. by George III.
12th April (Rey. Sec. Sig., ix., 372), and
ord. 16th Aug. 1764; D.D. (Edinburgh,
15th Oct. 1779); died 17th Dec. 1783. He
marr. 1st Oct. 1776, Elizabeth (died 8th
Aug. 1815), daugh. of Edward Lothian,
jeweller in Edinburgh, and had issue — •
Edward, W.S., afterwards advocate, born
20th Sept. 1769, died 12th April 1840;
William, born llth Nov. 1770; George,
merchant, Leith, born 30th Jan. 1772 ;
Helen, born 24th July 1773 ; John, born
7th May 1775, died 5th Aug. 1779 ; Thomas,
surgeon, Edinburgh, born 13th Nov. 1776.
Publications — History of the United Pro
vinces of the Netherlands (London, 1780);
Sermon XXI. (Scotch Preacher, ii., Edin
burgh, 1776).— [Steven's High School, Test.
Reg., Diet. Nat. JJiog.]
ROBERT WALKER, born 1776, son of
William W., min. of the Scots
Church, Rotterdam ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 24th April 1770; ord. to
Cramond 27th Nov. 1776; pres. by George
CANONGATE
[PKESB. OF
III., trans, and adm. 19th Aug. 1784;
F.R.S. ; died 30th June 1808. He uiarr.
8th May 1778, Jean (died 10th June 1831),
daugh. of John Fraser, W.S., and had
issue— Magdalene, born 23rd Feb. 1779
(marr. 3rd March 1800, Richard Scougal,
merchant, Leith) ; Jane, born 30th Sept.
1781 (marr. James Thomson, merchant,
Leith); John, born 6th April 1784;
William, born 13th March 1786, died 1st
April 1787; Robert, born 9th Sept. 1788.
Publications — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1791);
Three single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1794-8);
Observations on the National Character of
the Dutch, and the Family Character of
the House of Orange (Edinburgh, 1794);
The Psalms of David Methodized (Edin
burgh, 1794) ; Kolf, a Dutch game (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xvi.). — [Kay's Portr.]
ANDREW GRANT, D.D. ; trans, from
Kilmarnock ; pres. by George III.,
and adm. 20th Oct. 1808; trans.
to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, llth Oct.
1810.— [Anderson's Sketches.]
HENRY GARNOCK, born Dunblane,
1768; educated at St Andrews
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
llth Feb. 1794; ord. to Legerwood 14th
March 1798; pres. by the Crown, trans.
and adm. 25th July 1811 ; Synod clerk
14th Nov. 1815 ; died in a carriage on his
way home, 22nd Jan. 1820. He was un-
marr. — [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER STEWART, born 29th
Jan. 1764, son of Alexander S., min.
of Blair Athole ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; tutor in the family of Graham
of Greigston ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
8th Feb. 1786; ord. to Moulin 21st Sept. 1786;
M.A. (St Andrews 1792) ; trans, to Dingwall
1805 ; pres. by George IV., trans, and adm.
13th July 1820; died 27th May 1821. A
proficient Gaelic scholar, he did great
service to the Highlands in revising the
translation of the Scriptures in his native
language (S.P.C.K.), and for this work he
received the unanimous thanks of the
General Assemblies 1819 and 1820. He
marr. (1) 31st Oct. 1793, Louisa (died '6th
Feb. 1799), eldest daugh. of Capt. Lachlan
Macpherson, and had issue — Alexander,
min. of Cromarty, born 25th Sept. 1794 ;
Catherine, born llth May 1797 (marr.
Hector Allan, min. of Kincardine) : (2) 4th
March 1802, Emilia (died at Bayswater,
12th Nov. '1855), eldest daugh. of Charles
Calder, min. of Urquhart, and had issue —
Charles Calder, min. of Aberdalgie, born
22nd Nov. 1804 ; Duncan, M.I)., H.E.I.C.S.,
born 21st Jan. 1805 ; James Calder, born
29th Aug. 1806 ; Patrick, born 30th May
1808 ; Margaret Brodie, born 16th Aug.
1810 (marr. 3rd March 1829, Sir John
Herschel, the astronomer) ; Isabel Robert
son, born 27th May 1812, died unmarr. ;
John, born 18th June 1814. Publications
— Elements of Gaelic Grammar (Edinburgh,
1801) ; Account of a Late Revival of Religion
in a Part of the Highlands (Edinburgh,
1802); Address to the Royal Athole Retjt.
of Volunteers (Edinburgh, 1804); A Primer
or Spelling Book, in Gaelic ; Sermons, with
a Memoir (Edinburgh, 1822) ; Hints on
Faith and Hope (Edinburgh, 1 858) : trans
lated into Gaelic Isaac Watts' Preservative
from Vice and Folly ; revised the Original
of Ossian, under the superintendence of
the Highland Society of London ; Account
of Moulin (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., v., xxi.).
— [Sermons (Mem.), Bonar's Canongate ;
Memoir, by James Sieveright, D.D.,
Markinch.]
JOHN LEE, LL.D., M.D., Professor of
Divinity and Ecclesiastical History,
St Mary's College, St Andrews ;
pres. by George IV. 15th June 1821 ; adm.
21st March 1823 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th
Dec. 1823); trans, to Lady Tester's, 17th
Feb. 1825. — [Bonar's Canongate.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, a native of Edin
burgh, whose parents belonged to
the Cameronian Church ; licen. by
Presb. of Stranraer 2nd Aug. 1797 ; assistant
at Dundee ; ord. to East Church, Greenock,
10th Nov. 1807; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May
1812); pres. by George IV.; trans, and
adm. 25th Aug. 1825 ; died 23rd May 1849,
in 79th year. He marr. 26th Oct. 1812,
Catherine (died 24th Oct. 1842), daugh. of
James Addie, min. of Kilmaronock, and
had issue — Margaret, born 2nd Aug. 1813,
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died 17th March 1834 ; Mary, born 27th
Oct. 1814 ; Anne, born 4th April 1816 ;
George Baird, born 4th Dec. 1818, died
6th Oct. 1831; John, born 20th April
1820, died 30th Aug. 1829. Publication—
Sermons awl Lectures (Edinburgh, 1833).—
[Bonar's Fun. Serm., and Canongate.]
ANDREW REDMAN BONAR, born
28th March 1818, son of James B.,
accountant of Excise, Edinburgh,
and Ann, daugh. of Archibald Lawrie,
Spylaw, Colinton; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 1843 ; ord. to
Fogo 26th Sept. 1843; trans, to Second
Charge, Canongate, 13th March 1845 ; trans.
and adm. 28th Nov. 1849 ; died 25th Feb.
1867. He marr. 5th Aug. 1856, Jane Bell
(died 5th Nov. 1862), daugh. of James Weir,
and had issue — Agnes Ann, born 22nd
Nov. 1857. Publications— Last Days of
the Martyrs (1841) ; Last Days of Eminent
Christians (1843) ; The Holy Land (London,
1844) ; Incidents of Missionary Enterprise
(1846) ; The Church's Duty to the Masses
(1857) ; Presbyterian Liturgies (1858) ; Poets
and Poetry of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1864) ;
The Canongate of Edinburgh : Its History,
Remarkable Houses, and Traditions (1856
and 1865) ; The Crown of Thorns (London,
1866).
DANIEL M'FEE [MACFIE], born Ross-
shire, 9th Aug. 1811, son of John M'F.;
educated at King's College, Aber
deen, and Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to St
Andrew's, Kilmarnock, 15th Aug. 1848 ;
trans, and adm. to Second Charge, 15th
Aug. 1850 ; became sole min. 1867 ; res. 1st
April 1869; he was at Pittsburg, U.S.A.,
1872-7; Seattle, U.S.A., 1877-8; Chehalis
and Freeport, U.S.A., 1878-9; Port Town-
send, 1879-81 ; Cambria, California, 1881-6 ;
died at Edinburgh, 26th Nov. 1899. He
marr. (1) 17th April 1835, Jane Gibson,
whom he divorced 23rd June 1863 : (2) 13th
Jan. 1865, Margaret Livingstone Macleod,
widow of Thomas Ker, surgeon, Edinburgh.
JAMES MACNAIR, born Ballantrae,
1869 Ayrshire, 24th April 1821, son of
Robert Macnair, D.D., Abbey Parish,
Paisley ; educated at Paisley Grammar
1867
School and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1841) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley ; assist
ant at Lanark ; ord. to Legerwood 19th
Dec. 1844; trans, to Auchtermuchty 1st
July 1853 ; trans, and adm. 23rd Dec. 1869 ;
died 13th Nov. 1888. He marr. (1) 8th
June 1852, Jane (died 2nd March 1868),
daugh. of John Gregorson of Ardtornish,
Sheriff -substitute of Argyll, and Mary
Maclaine of Lochbuie, and had issue —
Mary, born 31st Aug. 1853, died 15th Nov.
1871 ; Robert, stockbroker, Edinburgh, born
17th April 1855, died 21st May 1904 ; John
Gregorson, banker, Edinburgh, born 27th
Sept. 1857, died 26th March 1899 ; Angus
Gillian Maclaine, engineer in Mexico, born
18th March 1860, died 28th Feb. 1903 ; James
Alexander Hill, C.A., London, born 23rd
Oct. 1861 : (2) 7th April 1875, Harriet
(died 22nd June 1892), daugh. of Professor
Hill, Glasgow.
THOMAS WHITE, born Applegarth,
Dumfriesshire, 29th Sept. 1858, son
of George W. and Jean Frood ; edu
cated at Sandyholm and Lockerbie Schools,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1886 ; assistant at
Canongate; ord. 13th Feb. 1889. He
marr. 7th Jan. 1890, Janet Barbara, daugh.
of Peter Stuart and Margaret Wilson, and
has issue— George Thomas Frood, born 29th
Nov. 1890 ; Margaret Stewart, born 3rd
Aug. 1891.
SECOND CHARGE.
[Uncollegiated by Act of Parliament (30
& 31 Viet. cap. 107) 20th Aug. 1867.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A.; formerly at
Liberton. He officiated for a time
in the East (or New) Kirk of
Edinburgh, "who, as well as the Synod,
allowed weill of his travellis," 1st Dec.
1592, and was found qualified by the Synod
1st Oct. 1594; proposed for Haddington,
Second Charge, 2nd April 1595, and took his
farewell on 9th Dec. ; trans, to Prestonpans
1595, but continued on the Register 1599.—
[Reg. .Assig., Edin. Counc. Reg., Wodrow
Miscell. ; Booke of the Kirk, Calderwood's
Hist."}
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CANONGATE
[TOESB. OF
1598
HENRY BLYTIT, M.A. ; app. by the
Presb. 20th Oct. 1594, to officiate
occasionally in room of John Brand ;
called 4th Feb., and adm. Gth April 1598;
trans, to First Charge about lGQl.—[Act.
Rect. Univ. St And., Test. Reg., Raj. Assig.,
Wodroiv Miscell.']
OLIVER COLT, M.A. ; regent of
1Q11 Humanity in Univ. of Edinburgh ;
adm. 1611 ; trans, to Foulden 1G14.
MATTHEW WEMYSS, adm. 1630;
1630 trans, to First Charge 1635.
JOHN WATSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1636 23rd July 1631); adm. about 1636;
dep. 1st Jan. 1639, "for desert
ing his charge."— [ Wodroiv J/,SW., Ixiii. ;
Ace. of Ass., Peterkin's Records, Stevenson's
Hist.}
GEORGE LESLIE, M.A. ; adm. 22nd
1639 -Nov- 1639' trans< to First Charge
1646.
JOHN HOG, M.A. ; trans, from West
1646 Linton ; nominated by the Town
Council of Edinburgh 25th Feb., and
adm. 19th May 1646; trans, to South
Leith in 1653.— [Edin. Comic. Reg., Lament's
Diary,]
JAMES NAIRNE, called 12th Nov.
1656 1655, and adm. 17th April 1656 ;
trans, to First Charge \§Sl.—[Edin.
Coimc. Reg.']
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, M.A.
1658 (Edinburgh, May 1653); called 8th
Dec. 1657; adm. 14th April 1658.
Deprived by the Act of Parliament llth
June, and of the Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. Having been summoned to appear
before the Privy Council in 1673, and not
obeying, he was ordered, 4th Sept., to be
apprehended wherever found. He died 2nd
April 1676, aged about 43. He marr. 14th
Dec. 1658, Janet (died 20th Jan. 1709, aged
71), daugh. of Robert Hardie, burgess and
guild-brother of Edinburgh, in right of
whom he entered on both 22nd July 1668.
They had issue — Mary (marr. 23rd Nov.
1702, Nicol Spence, writer, Edinburgh) ;
Jean (marr. Jan. 1698, Dugald Simpson,
min. of Applegarth) ; John, bapt. 19th Aug.
1670 ; Elizabeth (posthumous), bapt. 6th
April 1676.— {Edin. Rey., Wodrow's Hist.,
Canongate Rey.~\
PATRICK HEPBURN, M.A. ; formerly
166S of Bolton ; elected by the Magistrates
and Kirk-session 9th July, ord. and
coll. 20th, and adm. 22nd Nov. 1663 ; trans.
to St Cuthbert's in 1680.— [Reg. Collat.]
ARCHIBALD CALDERWOOD, bapt.
1680 19t^ June I65?, son of Thomas C.,
Dean of Guild in Edinburgh, and
Elizabeth Mortimer ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (7th April 1675) ; adm.
about end of 1680, and died unmarr. in
Nov. 1681. — [Calderwood's Hist., viii. ;
Edin. Rey. (Bapt.) ; Inq. Ret. Edin., 1279.]
JOHN LUMSDEN, trans, from Dal-
1682 gety> a(lm< 1682' trans- to Lauder
1685.— [Fountainhall's Dec., i.]
ALEXANDER BURNET, trans, from
Kirkton ; adm. 13th Aug. 1685 ;
trans, to First Charge 1687.
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. ; formerly of
Tranent ; elected by the Kirk-session,
Magistrates, Heritors, and Deacons
of Crafts 29th Aug., and adm. 14th Sept.
1687 ; trans, to Duddingston about 1694.
WILLIAM MITCHELL, called (after
12th April), and ord. in 1695 ; trans,
to the Old Kirk Parish 27th June
1708.
JOHN WALKER, licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 9th Feb. 1709; called
19th July, and ord. 27th Sept. 1709 ;
trans, to First Charge 30th Jan., but this
was recalled 1st, and he was readm. 9th
April 1712 ; died 13th Nov. 1741, aged 61.
He was distinguished for his services to the
Society for Propagating Christian Know
ledge. He marr. (pro. 15th July 1710)
Mary, daugh. of Adam Leslie, merchant,
Dumfries (Canongate Reg.). His son
Robert was min. of the High Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh. — [Morren's Ann., i. ; Kay's
Portr., i.]
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HUGH BLAIR, M.A. ; trans, from Col-
lessie ; called 13th Jan. and 10th
Feb., and adrn. 14th July 1743;
trans, to Lady Tester's, Edinburgh, llth
Oct. 1754. — [Bonar's Canongate.~\
JOHN WARDEN, son of John W., rain.
1755 of Gargunnock ; M.A., (Glasgow,
May 1725) ; licen. by Presb. of Stir
ling 9th Dec. 1730 ; ord. to Campsie 21st
March 1732; trans, to Perth 19th March
1747 ; pres. by the Heritors and Kirk-
session (another presentation being given
by George II. on 16th Jan. 1755 (R. Sec.
Sig., 560) to Hugh Bannatine, min. of
Dirleton ; both were withdrawn, and a
moderation at large allowed). He was
called 21st Aug., and adm. 6th Xov. 1755 ;
died 29th Dec. 1764. He marr. (1-) Anne,
daugh. of Hugh MacFarlan of Ballan-
cleroch, and had issue — Elizabeth ; Helen ;
Margaret ; Lilias, born 26th Dec. 1738 ;
John, his successor ; William, born 5th
Oct. 1745 ; James, born 21st Jan. 1747 : (2)
13th Feb. 1750, Janet (died 18th March 1762),
daugh. of James Campbell of Burnbank.
Publications — An Inquiry into the Nature,
Obligation, and Advantages of Religious
Fellowship (1746) ; The Happiness of
Britain illustrated, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1749) ; A System of Revealed Religion,
composed in the express Words of Scrip
ture (London, 1769 ; another edition, 1843).
JOHN WARDEN [MACFARLAN],
1765 born 29th May 1740, son of pre
ceding ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1761) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 27th Oct. 1762 ; elected by the
Heritors and Kirk-session 17th Jan., and
ord. 18th April 1765. Assumed the name
of MacFarlan on succeeding to the estate
of Ballancleroch ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 2nd
March 1778) ; secretary to the Society
for Propagating Christian Knowledge,
1784; Almoner to His Majesty 12th
July 1785; died 24th Dec. 1788. He
marr. 16th Feb. 1766, Helen (died 10th
May 1819), daugh. of James Macdowall
of Canonmills, and had issue — John of
Ballancleroch, advocate, born 12th Jan.,
1767, died 18th Dec. 1846; Lilias, born
16th Aug. 1768, died 15th April 1769 ; Ann,
born 5th Dec. 1769, died 13th Nov. 1774 ;
James, born 22nd Jan. 1771 ; William, born
17th June 1772, died 18th Dec. 1772 ;
Archibald, born 15th April ] 774 ; Elizabeth
Home, born 13th Aug. 1775, died 1794 ;
William, born 2nd Dec. 1776 ; Hew, born
31st March 1778, died 29th July 1778;
Helen, born 15th Sept. 1779 ; Patrick, min.
of Greenock, born 4th April 1781. Publi
cations — On the Perpetuity of tfie Gospel
Dispensation, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1778);
A Defence of the Clergy of the Church of
Scotland, who have appeared in Opposition
to an, unlimited Repeal of the Penal Laics
against Roman Catholics (Edinburgh, 1779) ;
Inquiries concerning the Poor (Edinburgh,
1782) ; A Summary Account of t/te Rise
and Progress of the Society in Scotland
for Propagating Christian Knowledge (Edin
burgh, 1783) ; Tracts on Subjects of National
Importance (London, 1786) ; revised his
father's System of Revealed Religion (see
Scotch Preacher, 1789). — [Moncreiff's Life
of Erskine, Bonar's Canongate.~\
W ALTER BUCHANAN, born llth Jan.
17 1755, second son of Andrew B., malt-
man, Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1774) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 2nd Dec. 1778 ; ord. to Stirling
23rd Nov. 1780 ; elected by the Magis
trates, Kirk - session, Deacons of Crafts,
and Heritors 19th Feb., and adm. 18th
June 1789; D.D. (Edinburgh, 9th Dec.
1805); died 6th Dec. 1832. He was the
friend of Charles Simeon of Cambridge,
who thought "it one of his greatest
blessings to have known him." He marr.
22nd Feb. 1785, Margaret Stobie, who died
28th July 1847. Publications— 7%e Bene
ficial Influence of the Gospel, a sermon
preached before the Christian Knowledge
Society (Edinburgh, 1804) ; Account of the.
Life of John Witlierspoon, D.D., LL.D.
(Witherspoon's Works, i.) ; edited The Re
ligious Monitor till its close in 1819.—
[Haldane's Mem., Bonar's Canongate,
Tombst.]
JOHN CLARK, M.A. ; trans, from New
Street Chapel; pres. by the Heritors,
etc., and adm. 12th Sept. 1833 ; trans,
to the Old Kirk 6th June 1844.
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CANONGATE— GAELIC CHAPEL
[PKESB. OF
ANDREW REDMAN BONAR, trans.
from Togo 13th March 1845 ; trans.
to First Charge 28th Nov. 1849.
1850
DANIEL M'FEE [MACFIE], trans, from
St Andrew's, Kilmarnock, and adm.
15th Aug. 1850 ; became sole min. on
death of preceding in 1807. (See First
Charge.)
DEAN (Q.S.)
[First church opened by Dr Chalmers,
15th May 1836 ; disjoined from St
Cuthbert's and declared a parish quoad
sacra by the General Assembly, 30th May
1836. Erected into a parish quoad sacra
by the Court of Teinds in 1870. A new
church was opened, 30th May 1903.]
JAMES KEITH HAY, born (?) Avon-
bridge ; studied at the United
Secession Hall ; joined the Church
of Scotland about 1824 ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane 18th Sept. 1832; ord. 18th
Aug. 1836 ; dep. 30th March 1842.
JAMES MANSON, ord. 10th Nov. 1842.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the
Free Church, Duns, 1843 ; died 21st
Feb. 1890.
1842
JOHN BIRKMYRE, born Kilbarchan,
14th Dec. 1796, son of William B.
and Elizabeth Stevenson; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1816) ; ord. to
St Paul's, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
1832; D.D. (Glasgow 1840); returned to
Scotland 1841 ; adm. 2nd May 1844 ; died
6th June 1864. He marr., and had issue-
William Frederick, actuary, Glasgow.
1865
ROBERT WILLIAM WALKER, born
Musselburgh, 6th Dec. 1840, son of
Andrew W., schoolmaster at White-
kirk, and Jean Telfer ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1859), B.D. (1861); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 3rd July 1863; ord. llth May
1865; res. 9th Jan. 1879; died 26th April
1882. He marr. 14th June 1870, Jessie,
daugh. of James Ogilvie, and had issue —
Helen Ogilvie, born 24th Aug. 1876.
JAMES WILLIAMSON, born Kirkcud
bright, 26th June 1833, son of James
W. and Janet Gordon ; educated at
Kirkcudbright Academy and Glasgow
Univ. ; M.A. (25th April 1854) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 9th June 1858 ;
assistant at Kirkmabreck and St Michael's,
Dumfries ; ord. 22nd June 1859, as chaplain
on the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment ;
ind. 26th June 1879; convener of the
General Assembly's Committee on Indian
Churches from 1881 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1905).
Marr. (1) 4th Nov. 1861, Agnes (died 24th
March 1870), daugh. of Robert Wallace,
D.D., min. of St Michael's, Dumfries, and
had issue — James Gordon, M.B., Gates-
head, born 28th Oct. 1862; Elizabeth
Wallace, born 31st Jan. 1864, died 22nd
Nov. 1884 : (2) 1st Nov. 1875, Isabella Agnes
Jane, daugh. of John Donaldson, min. of
Kirkconnel, and has issue — Mary Gordon,
M.A., born 14th June 1877, authoress of
Edinburgh (Series of "Ancient Cities").
GAELIC CHAPEL-OF-EASE.
[Proposed July 1766, built 1768, opened
June 1769 ; united to the Gaelic and English
Chapel, and closed 22nd Oct. 1815.]
JOSEPH ROBERTSON [MAC-
1775 GREGOR], a native of Perthshire,
for sometime clerk in an upholstery
warehouse in the city ; licen. by the New
castle Classis [Presbytery] of Dissenting
Ministers, 13th April 1773, and ordained
by them next day. Officiated among this
people, and was received into communion
and authorised by the Presb. 26th July
1775. Assumed the name of MacGregor
in 1784 (which had long been proscribed),
and died 12th Jan. 1801. He marr. Janet
Brown, who died 5th April 1789, and had
issue— Robert Brown, Colonel of the 88th
Foot ; Margaret (marr. Joseph Maclaren,
surgeon, Royal Scots).— [Kay's Portr., i. ;
Duncan's Elog. Sepulch., Epitaphs.]
JAMES M'LAUCHLAN, formerly
chaplain to Eraser's Regt. of Scots
Fencibles, and Missionary at Strath-
glass ; nominated by the Society for Propa-
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gating Christian Knowledge, and adm.
(assist, and sue.) 12th Sept. 1799. He
officiated also as chaplain to the 10th
Militia, then stationed in the Castle;
trans, to Moy and Dalarossie 3rd Sept.
1806.— [Kay's Portr.}
JOHN M'DONALD, M.A. ; missionary
1807 at Berriedale > adm- 29t]l Jan' 1807 >
trans, to Urquhart (Ferintosh) 1st
Sept. 1813; afterwards known as "the
Apostle of the North."
GAELIC PARISH (ST GRANTS).
[Originally the Gaelic and English
Chapel-of-Ease, Edinburgh ; declared a
parish quoad sacra by Act of Assembly,
31st May 1834 (constitution revised 29th
May 1837). and erected by the Court of
Teinds 27th Nov. 1850. The original
chapel, of which no trace remains, was
built in the Castle Wynd in 1789. In
1815 a chapel in Horse Wynd belonging
to the Gaelic and English congregation
was acquired, and occupied until 1877,
when the church in Broughton Street was
purchased from the Catholic Apostolic
congregation.]
CHAELES ROSS MATHESON, M.A. ;
called by the Proprietors 7th April ;
trans, from Kilmuir-Easter, and adm.
29th July 1813; clem. 31st Aug. 1814,
having been pres. to Kilmuir-Easter, his
native parish.
JOHN MUNRO, M.A.; missionary at
Strathmore and Strath-Halladale [or
Dirlot] ; nominated by the Society
for Propagating Christian Knowledge Oct.,
and adm. 14th Dec. 1815 ; clem. 10th May
1821, having been pres. to Halkirk.
DUNCAN M'CAIG, bapt. 23rd March
1823 1T96, son of Duncan M. in Ballgar ;
ord. by Presb. of Abertarff, 19th
June 1822, as missionary at Fort William ;
nominated by the Society for Propagating
Christian Knowledge, and adm. 25th April
1823 ; pres. to Uig by George IV. June
following, but did not accept ; dep.
llth July 1831. He became a teacher in
Van Diemen's Land, where he died.
Publication — Translation of the Shorter
Catechism into Gaelic. — [Lismore Sess. ;
Kay's Port)-., i.]
JOHN MACALISTER, trans, from
1831 (^lenlyon ; nominated by the Society
for Propagating Christian Knowledge
5th Oct., and adm. 1st Dec. 1831 ; trans, to
Nigg 20th April 1837.
HUGH M'LEOD, M.A.; missionary at
1839 ^e^ness [Erriboll] ; nominated by
the Society for Propagating Christian
Knowledge Sept., and adm. 10th Nov. 1837 ;
trans, to Logie-Easter 19th Sept. 1839.
JAMES NOBLE, born Killearnan, 1805 ;
1840 educated at King's College, Aber
deen, 1819-24, and Edinburgh Univs. ;
schoolmaster of Lochbroom 1826-38 ; licen.
by Presb. of Lochcarron, 12th Feb. 1834;
ord. to Lybster 2nd Jan. 1839 ; trans,
and adm. 1st Sept. 1840. Joined the Free
Church ; inin. of the Free Church, Poolewe,
1848 ; died 28th Oct. 1864.
1846
ALEXANDER MACKELLAE, ord. 17th
Dec. 1846 ; trans, to Kirkmichael,
Perthshire, 15th Feb. 1849.
1850
ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, M.A. ;
trans, from Kilmuir, and adm. first
min. of the parish, 28th Aug. 1850 ;
trans, to Inverness, West Church, 13th
May 1853.
DONALD TOLMIE MASSON, born
Flemington, Nairn, 21st Jan. 1826,
son of William M., tacksman, and
Margaret Tolmie ; educated at Knockbain
School, Ross-shire, and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1849) ; parish school
master at Knockbain 1844 ; licen. by
Presb. of Chanonry 1851 ; ord. to Stoer
4th May 1852 ; trans, and ind. 21st Feb.
1854; M.D. (St Andrews 1862); res. 30th
June 1897; died 9th Nov. 1913. He
marr. 18th May 1855, Helen Jane (died 8th
Oct. 1905), daugh. of Archibald Browne,
min. of St Andrew's Church, Demerara,
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GAELIC PARISH— GREENSIDE
[PRESB. OF
first Presbyterian chaplain sent by the
British Government to the West Indies,
and Martha Eraser, daugh. of Colin Mathe-
son of Bennetsfield and the Suddies, chief
of the clan Matheson, and had issue— Grace
Isabella, born Gth April 1850; William
Archibald, born 10th May 1858, died 5th
Nov. 18G1 ; Helen Margaret, born 2nd Dec.
1859; Jane Eraser, born 29th Oct. 1861,
died 13th Nov. 1861 ; Donald Hugh, Frc-
mantle, West Australia, born 3rd Nov. 1862 ;
Christina Amelia, born 22nd March 1864 ;
Alice. Isobel, born 15th July 1866 (marr.
Raymond Dexter Clark, fiockmaster, Aus
tralia); Flora M'Donald, born 18th July
1868 (rnarr. William Green, min. of Inver-
allan); William Muir, manager of the
Panjab Bank, in succession to his uncle,
(Sir David Masson, born 2nd Feb. 1871 ;
Kathcrinc Hamilton, head mistress of
County High School for Girls, Sale,
Cheshire, born 14th Jan. 1874. Publications
— Vestigia Celtica; various papers in Celtic
and other periodicals.
GEORGE ROBERT MACLENNAN,
M.A. ; trans, from Coll, and adm.
8th Dec. 1897 ; trans, to Thurso llth
Nov. 1910.
1897
JOHN CAMPBELL MACGEEGO1!,
born Ardenny, Taynuilt, Argyll,
2nd Nov. 1869, son of John MacG.,
surgeon, and Catherine Campbell ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Lorn,
May 1898 ; assistant at Kilfinichen, Steven-
ston, Maxwell, Glasgow ; F.R.G.S. (1908) ;
V.D. 1912; ord. to Strachur 17th July
1901 ; trans, and adm. 29th June 1911.
Marr. 3rd Sept. 1902, Robina Ralston, daugh.
of Alexander Campbell Macintyre, min. of
Kilbrandon, and has issue — Constance
Evelyn Campbell, born 25th Sept. 1903;
John Alexander, born 29th Nov. 1904;
Robert George, born 17th June 1907, died
2nd Jan. 1908 ; Angus Duncan, born 28th
Jan. 1909 ; Alistair Macintyre Campbell,
born 3rd Nov. 1912. Publications— Ap
preciation of Wordsworth's Ode on the
Intimations of Immortality (Ardrossan,
1898); Comparative Geography for the
Use of Teachers (Ardrossan, 1898).
GREENSIDE.
[Disjoined from St Cuthbert's and erected
into a parish by the Town Council with
concurrence of the Presbytery, 29th June
1836, when the Old Kirk Parish was made
an uncollegiate charge ; church opened Gth
Oct. 183!).]
WILLIAM GLOVER, born Leith, 27th
Aug. 1801, son of William G. and
Anne Kennison ; educated at High
schools of Leith and Edinburgh (he was
dux of the latter) and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside llth Oct. 1825 ;
assistant at Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; ord. to
Crossmichael 17th Jan. 1828 ; pres. by the
Town Council of Edinburgh, and adm. 31st
March 1837; D.I). (Edinburgh, 9th April
1849); died 30th Jan. 1871. Perhaps no
man of his time exercised a more whole
some influence on young men looking
forward to the ministry. He marr. 4th
Oct. 1831, Elspeth (died 5th June 1873),
daugh. of Cunningham Burnside, min. of
Terregles (afterwards of Dunscore), and had
issue — Isabella Riddle, born 5th Sept, 1832
(marr. 15th June 1858, John Caird, D.D.,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow), died
10th Sept. 1913; Jane Burnside, born
7th July 1835, died 18th March 1838.
Publication— Tract IX. on the Sabbath.
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, trans, from Lin-
lithgow, and adm. 21st Sept. 1871 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1876); trans, to St
George's, Edinburgh, 29th Jan. 1880.
JOHN MILNE, M.A. ; trans, from
Kirkurd 12th Aug. 1880; trans, to
Newlands, Peeblesshire, 30th Jan.
1884.
JOHN RUDGE WILSON, M.A. ; trans,
from Morton, and adm. 10th July
1884; trans, to Wilton, Hawick,
18th May 1887.
JOHN PATRICK, trans, from Monkton
and Prestwick, and adm. 28th Dec.
1887; D.D. (Edinburgh 1895); res.
on appointment to the Chair of Biblical
Criticism, Edinburgh Univ., 5th Oct. 1898.
EDINBURGH]
GREENSIDE— NEW GRE YFRIARS
33
1899
JOHN LAMOND, born Auchterhouse,
Forfarshire, 2nd Feb. 1855, son of
William Ogilvy L. and Jane Hendry ; ,
educated at Wateresk School, Glen Clova,
and Aberdeen and Edinburgh Univs. ; |
M.A. (Edinburgh 1885), B.D. (Edinburgh
1886); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 5th May
188G ; ord. to Kelton 7th Sept. 1880 ; trans.
to Skelmorlie 19th May 1891 ; trans, and
aclm. 20th April 1899. Marr. 28th April
1887, Mary, daugh. of John Logan, Provost
of Troon, and Catherine Simpson, and has
issue— John Logan, born 5th Sept. 1889 ;
Kathleen Ogilvy, born 14th Oct. 1890;
Isabella Ogilvie, born 6th Oct. 1899.
Publications — Modern Palestine (Edin
burgh, 1896) ; The Elherfeld Si/stem (Edin
burgh, 1907); The Eternal Christ and other
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1914); The World's
Outlook (Univ. of Colorado, 1913); Our
Little Niche. (Edinburgh, 1913).
NEW GREYFRIARS.
[A church ordered by the Town Council
to be built in 1719 was finished in 1721,
and the parish was erected in 1722 ; formed
out of portions taken from the Tolbooth and
Old Greyfriars.]
JOHX HEPBURN, trans, from Torry-
burn ; called 29th Nov. 1722. This |
appointment was signed by only j
seven of the fifteen ministers, and about
twenty elders, without any of the Town
Council — the minority being in favour of
James Smith, min. of Cramond, who came
to the city about eight years after. The
Assembly sustained the call 18th May, and
H. was adm. 3rd Oct. 1723 ; trans, to Old
Greyfriars 28th June 1732.— [Acts of Ass.,
1723; Wodrow's Corresp., Ed In. Chr. Inst.]
JOHN GLEN, trans, from Stichiil ;
called 31st Aug., and adm. 14th
Dec. 1732 ; trans, to the New North
Parish 22nd Nov. 1733.
ROBERT WALLACE, trans, from
1723
1732
1733 called 23rd Aug., and adm.
22nd Nov. 1733. About 1735 he
assisted in establishing the Philosophical
Society, which merged some fifty years
after into the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
VOL. I.
He was trans, to the New North Parish
30th Aug. 1738.— [Scots May., xxxiii., Ixxi. ;
Morren's Ann.]
WILLIAM; WISHART, D.D., min. of
the Scottish Church, Founders'
Hall, London ; called 6th Jan. 1737.
Charges of heresy alleged to be contained
in two published sermons, were brought
against him by the Presb., but he was
acquitted by the Synod and by the As
sembly, 18th and 20th May 1738. He
was adm. 13th July following, and app.
to this charge 7th Feb. 1739 ; trans, to
Tron Parish 25th July 1744.— [Observations
on Two Serm., Answers for Dr W. ; Acts of
Ass., 1738 ; Morren's Ann. ; Erskine's Disc.,
i. ; Bower's Univ.]
JAMES STEVENSON, M.A. ; trans.
from South Leith, Second Charge ;
called 28th March, and adm. 20th
June 1745 ; trans, to Old Greyfriars 24th
Dec. 1747.
FREDERICK CARMICHAEL, born
1708, son of Gershom C., Professor
of Moral Philosophy, LTniv. of
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (4th May 1725); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 27th Sept. 1733; ord. to Monimail
31st March 1737; trans, to Inveresk, 15th
April 1741 ; nom. Professor of Divinity in
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 24th Nov.
1744, but declined ; called 4th May, trans,
and adm. 24th Dec. 1747 ; died 17th Oct.
1751. He marr. (pro. 7th Aug. 1743) Isobel
(died June 1790), daugh. of John Lauder,
surgeon, Edinburgh. Publications— Chris
tian Zeal, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1753);
Sermons on Several Important Subjects
(Edinburgh, 1753). — [Test, and Re<j.
(/>«/•.), Watt's Uibliotheca JJritannica.]
GEORGE KAY, M.A. ; trans, from St
7 Cuthbert's ; called 30th July, and
adm. 26th Oct. 1752 ; trans, to Old
Greyfriars llth Oct. 1754.
ROBERT DICK, M.A. ; trans, from
Lanark ; called 8th March, and
adm. llth Oct. 1754 ; trans, to Old
Kirk Parish 21st, but changed to Trinity
15th June 1758.
34
NEW GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ERSKINE of Carnock, M.A. ;
1758 trans, from Culross ; called 13th
Aug. 1756; adm. 15th June 1758;
trans, to Old Grey friars 9th July 1767.
JAMES BROWN, trans, from Melrose ;
called by the Town Council, ministers,
and elders 28th Nov. 1766 ; adm. 9th
July 1767; trans, to New North Church
24th Nov. 1768.
ROBERT HENRY, min. of the High
1768 Acting) Berwick - upon - Tweed ;
called by the Town Council 13th
May, and adm. 24th Nov. 1768 ; trans, to
the Old Kirk Parish 19th Dec. 1776.—
[New Stat. Ace., viii. ; Scots May., liii.]
JOHN KEMP, trans, from Trinity
..«-„ Gask ; called 2nd Aug., and adm.
19th Dec. 1776 ; trans, to Tolbooth
Parish 25th Nov. 1779.
ANDREW HUNTER of Barjarg, D.D. ;
1779 trans, from New Church, Dumfries ;
elected by the Town Council 3rd
Sept., and adm. 25th Nov. 1779, being
elected Professor of Divinity in the
University, which he was to hold in
conjunction ; trans, to Iron Parish 2nd
April 1786.
WILLIAM MARTIN, licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 1773; ord. to Gar-
gunnock 6th April 1773 ; pres. by
the Town Council 3rd Aug. 1 786 ; trans,
and adm. 22nd Feb. 1787, holding in con
junction the chaplaincy of Stirling Castle ;
pres. to Tron Parish 8th Oct. 1788, but
died previous to the day fixed for his
admission, 10th Feb. 1789, in 45th year.
He marr. 4th June 1787, Margaret Cock-
burn, who died 5th Feb. 1855, having sur
vived her husband sixty-six years.
HENRY GRIEVE, D.D. ; trans, from
1789 Dalkeith; l'res- ky tlie Town
Council, and adm. 22nd July 1789;
trans, to Old Kirk Parish 27th April 1791.
JOHN SCOTLAND, born 1735, son of
John S., Dunfermline ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 12th Nov.
1760; ord. to Eskdalemuir 6th Jan. 1763;
trans, to Westerkirk 16th June 1768 ; trans.
to Linlithgow 17th Dec. 1778 ; pres. by the
Town Council, and adm. 13th Oct. 1791.
In the delirium of fever he terminated his
life by throwing himself from a window,
3rd May 1792. He marr. 21st April 1778,
Helen (died 17th Sept. 1793), claugh. of
Professor John Millar, Glasgow. Publica
tions — The Eml of Preat-hiiKj, ami the Wai/
io Attain to It, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1780) ;
Sermon IV. (Scotch Preacher, ii., Edinburgh,
1776). — [ticots Mai/., xxxvi.]
GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD, D.D. :
trans, from Dunkeld ; pres. by the
Town Council 8th Aug., and adm.
loth Nov. 1792; trans, to New North
Parish 10th Jan. 1799.
ANDREW BROWN, D.D. ; trans, from
Lochmaben ; pres. by the Town
Council 3rd July, and adm. 18th
Oct. 1799 : trans, to Old Kirk Parish 24th
July 1800.
JOHN THOMSON, D.D. ; trans, from
is Markinch ; pres. by the Town Council
30th July, and adm. 18th Oct. 1800;
trans, to New North Parish 16th Dec.
1802; min. again in 1814.
ALEXANDER BRUNTON, trans, from
isoa Bolton ; pres. by the Town Council
23rd March, and adm. 15th Sept.
1803 ; trans, to Tron Parish 23rd Nov. 1809.
ANDREW MITCHELL THOMSON,
0,_ trans, from East Parish, Perth ;
lolU 1 „. . ..
pres. by the Town Council Dec.
1809; adm. 16th May 1810; trans, to St
George's 16th June 1814.
JOHN THOMSON, father of preced
ing, born 1741 ; licen. by Presb. of
Pen pout 1st April 1767 : ord. to
Sanquhar 7th Sept. 1769; trans, to Mark-
inch 5th May 1785 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 10th
Dec. 1789); trans, to this charge in 1800;
trans, to New North Parish 16th Dec.
1802 ; pres. by the Town Council, trans,
and adm. 20th Oct. 1814; died 17th Feb.
1822. He marr. (1) 6th June 1770, Helen
Forrest, who died 25th Oct. 1801, and had
issue — William, D.D., min. of Perth, born
28th Jan. 1773; James, born 29th Aug.
1774; Andrew Mitchell, D.D., above
EDINBURGH]
NEW GREVFRIARS
1829
mentioned; Jean, born 3rd March 1782
(marr. 20th Aug. 1806, George Irvine of
the High School), died 20th June 1808:
(2) 5th Jan. 1803, Ann (died 27th May
1837), daugh. of Francis Cowan, min. of
Gladsmuir, and had issue — John, min. of
Shettleston, born 25th Sept. 1803; trancis,
born 8th March 1807, died 23rd Nov. 1810 ;
Ann, born 19th Sept. 1809. Publications—
Three single Sermons (Glasgow, 1781-93);
View of the Agriculture of the County of
Fife (Edinburgh, 1800) ; Account of Mark-
inch (Sinclair's Xtat. Ace., xii.).
WILLIAM MUIR, D.D., LL.U. ; trans.
1822 ^I0m ^t George's, Glasgow ; pres. by
the Town Council 12th June, and
adm. 12th Sept. 1822; trans, to St
Stephen's 26th Feb. 1829.
DANIEL WILKIE, born 1781, son of
J ames W. of Gilchriston ; educated
at Haddington and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington 25th
March 1806 ; ord. to Stonehouse 28th Aug.
1806 ; trans to Tester 6th Dec. 1821 ; pres.
by the Town Council, and adm. 13th Aug.
1829; died of a malignant fever caught
while visiting among the poorer classes of
his parishioners, 29th Nov. 1838. He marr.
20th Sept. 1809, Jane Clark Elliot (who
died from having accidentally set her dress
on fire at Portobello, 10th Dec. 1866, aged
78), and had issue — Jane Bogle, born
19th Oct. 1810, died 14th June 1833 (marr.
Robert Batt of Purdie's Burn, Co. Down) ;
Anne Macqueen, born 14th Nov. 1811 ;
James, born 10th March 1813; William
Clark, born 23rd July 1814 ; David Elliot,
born 14th Aug. 1815 ; Daniel M'Queen,
born 26th Oct. 1816; Susan Charlotte,
born 7th Nov. 1817 ; Mary Elliot Lock-
hart, born 9th Aug. 1819 ; Christiana
Stewart, born 7th June 1821; Caroline
Nisbet, born 21st May 1823; Emilia, born
llth Jan. 1825; George Hay, born 13th
Oct. 1826; Patrick John, born 2nd Nov.
1828.— [Anderson's Sketches.]
JAMES JULIUS WOOD, born Jed-
1839 kurgh 4tn Sept. 1800, son of Dr
William Wood, a medical practi
tioner in Jedburgh, and Isabella Hedley ;
M.A. (Glasgow); licen. by Presb. of Jed-
burgh 5th Oct. 1825 ; ord. to Newton-on-
Ayr 16th Aug. 1827 ; trans, to First Charge,
Stirling, 12th March 1836 ; trans, and adm.
5th June 1839 ; when on leave of absence
for ill-health acted as chaplain to 42nd
Ptoyal Highlanders at Malta 1842. Joined
the Free Church ; was unable because of
ill-health to accept a church at once ;
resided two years in Madeira, and subse
quently assisted Dr Guthrie, Dr Clason,
and others ; became min. of the Free
Church, Dumfries, 8th June 1848 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1856); Moderator of the Free
Church Assembly 1857 ; died 27th March
1877. Marr. 21st Oct. 1 833, Christian Inglis
(died 14th Feb. 1886), daugh. of James
Henderson, I. II., and Sophia Young, and had
issue — William, born 31st July 1834, who
died in New Zealand ; Sophia, born 8th
March 1836 (marr. D. N. Mackay, min. of
Free Church, Rafford) ; Isabella Hedley,
born 13th May 1838 ; James, banker,
Sydney, Australia, born 14th March 1840 ;
Julius, M.D., lieut.-col. I.M.S., born 10th
April 1842 ; besides one who died in in
fancy. Publications — Two single Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1841-7); Letter to the Con
gregation of Neiv (rrei/friars, from Malta,
1843 ; A<hlrexs to the Congregation of New
G'ret/friars, on occasion of quitting the
Establishment (Edinburgh, 1843); Lecture
to Young Men (Glasgow, 1842). — [Smith's
Xcott. Clergy.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Alloa,
1843
11., corn merchant, Eyemouth (whose
father, Robert R. of Prenderguest and
Brownsbank, was descended from the
Robertsons of Ladykirk), and Margaret
Henry ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 10th June
1828; ord. to Muckhart 28th July 1831;
trans, to Logic, Bridge of Allan, 12th Jan.
1832; trans, and adm. 21st Dec. 1843;
convener of the Committee on Correspond
ence with Foreign Churches 1845-70; he
took a deep interest in the work of the
Waldensian Church, and (along with Drs
Guthrie and Andrew Thomson) raised a
sum of £12,000 in its behalf; D.D. (Edin
burgh 1868); died at Cannes, 21st Feb.
NEW GREYFRIARS— ROBERTSON MISSION [PRESB. OF
1882. He nmrr. 22nd July 183-1, Georgiana
Touchet (died 17th July 1892), daugli. of
James Cossins of Weymouth, and Eliza
beth, daugh. of George, Lord Audley, and
had issue —William Buxton, captain 79th
Highlanders, born '-2nd June 1835; James,
born 3rd April, died 13th April 1841 ; John
Hay, born 20th Dec. 1843; Henry Robert,
born 12th Jan. 1845, died 5th May 1855 ;
George Touchct, planter, born 14th July
1847 ; Gertrude Susan Audley, D.C.S., born
17th July 1849, died 24th Dec. 1900. A
man of rare spiritual gifts and consecration.
He devoted himself to developing Home
Mission Work in the Grassmarket on lines
which have since been widely followed.
The Vennel Ragged School, established by
him in 184G, was the first of its kind
in Edinburgh. The William llobertson
Memorial Mission Church in the Grass-
market was erected to his memory. Pub
lications — Four single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1845-61); Journal of a Clergyman during
(i Visit to the J'etti/isida (Edinburgh, 1845);
Letters to the Cony relation of New Gre//-
friars,from Home, 1850, and from Florence,
1851 ; Account of the Parish of Logic (New
8tat. Ace., \m.).~[JJorder Almanac, 1883;
private information.]
HENRY COWAN, trans, from Rubis-
1882 ^aw> Aberdeen, and adm. 1882 ; D.D.
(Aberdeen 1888); res. on appoint
ment as Professor of Church History in the
Univ. of Aberdeen 30th Oct. 1889.
ROBERT STEWART, born Dumbreck,
1890 Kirkintilloch, 13th Dec. 1847, son of
William S. ; educated at Southport
School and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (18G8),
B.D. (1871); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow;
assistant at Campsie ; ord. to Skelmorlie
llth June 1872; trans, to Duns 19th Aug.
1875 ; trans, to North Leith 4th Oct. 1877 ;
trans, to Jedburgh 15th Dec. 1881 ; trans,
and adm. 8th May 1890; D.D. (Glasgow,
24th April 1891); died 1st May 1905. He
marr. 12th July 1877, Margaret, daugli. of
John James Erskine Brown of Rosebank,
Kelso, and had issue — Wilhelmina Jane,
born 21st May 1878; William, born 28th
July 1879 ; John James Erskine Brown,
born 29th Dec. 1885.
JAMES NICOLL OGILV1E, born
19Q5 Monymusk 4th April 1800, son of
Alexander Ogilvie, LL.1X, head
master of Gordon's Hospital, Aberdeen,
and Maria Nicoll ; educated at Monymusk
School, Grammar School and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh; M.A. (1881);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1883 ; ord. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 21st April 1885 ; app.
chaplain on Indian Ecclesiastical Establish
ment, Madras, 8th June 1885; Fellow of
Madras Univ. 1899 ; returned to Scotland
1904; promoted Presidency senior chaplain
23rd Sept. 1904; elected to this parish,
and adm. 26th Sept. 1905 ; joint-convener
of the Committee on Indian Churches 1907 ;
convener of the Foreign Mission Committee
1909; D.D. (Aberdeen, 5th April 1911);
member of the World Missionary Con
ference Continuation Committee 1911 ;
Croall Lecturer 1914. He marr. 30th April
1885, Elizabeth Johnston, daugh. of John
Massie, Aberdeen, and has issue — Norman,
B.A. (Cantab.), born 20th April 1890.
Publications — The Presbyterian Churches
(Guild Library); Tide Marks of the Cove
nant (Edinburgh, 1909); Castle Jfo/tories,
Twenty Tales of Edinburgh Castle (Edin
burgh, 1911; 2nd edition, 1913); Women
of the Covenant (Edinburgh, 1912); The
G'rei/fr-iars' Churches (Edinburgh, 1913).
ROBERTSON MISSION CHURCH.
[Founded in 1885 in memory of William
Robertson, D.D., min. of New Greyfriars.]
DOUGLAS GORDON BARRON, M.A.
1884 [afterwards of Dunottar].
ALEXANDER FIDDES, M.A. [after-
1885 wards of St Bernard's, Edinburgh].
WILLIAM FRANK SCOTT, M.A.
1886 [afterwards of Logic Buchan],
THOMAS DAVID WATT, M.A. [after-
1889 wards of Powis].
DUNCAN COLQUHOUN KERR
1896 [afterwards of Shapinshay].
DONALD DAVIDSON [afterwards of
1899 Invergowrie].
JOHN RITCHIE, M.A. [afterwards of
1901 Halkirk].
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37
WILLIAM BRUCE MUIR [afterwards
1904 of Trinity, Aberdeen].
1907 WALTER SHAW.
OLD GREYFRIARS.
[In 1598 Edinburgh was divided into four
parishes, and on 18th May of that year the
High or Upper Tolbooth, then situated in
the west part of St Giles, was allocated as
a church for the South- West Quarter of the
city. In the following year the "bigging
of ane new kirk in the Kirk-of-Feyld
yaird" was proposed, being either to the
south or cast of the present University
buildings. That proposal was given up,
and another made, 6th Nov. 1601, of
"bigging a kirk in the Grey friars bury ing-
ground" (formerly the garden of the
Grey Friars convent), "ye maist meitt
and convenient plaice." Nothing, how
ever, was done until 1612. The church
was built very slowly, and was not
opened till Christmas 1620, when Patrick
Galloway preached. In Xov. 1650 much
of the inside work was destroyed by the
English soldiery. Following a reparation
about 1653, the church was soon after (1656)
divided into two by a partition wall, which,
however, was removed in 166.3. Unfortun
ately the steeple was used as a magazine for
holding gunpowder. On 7th May 1718 it
was blown up, and part of the church carried
away. Another catastrophe followed more
than a hundred years later. Through the
overheating of one of the flues the build
ing took fire on the morning of Sunday,
19th Jan. 1845, and in a few hours nothing
was left but the strong old rubble walls.
After considerable delay it was again re
stored, and reopened 13th June 1857.]
ROBERT BOLLOCK, born 1555, son
of David R., of Kincledie and
Powis, and Mariota Livingston
connected with the noble family of that
name; educated at Stirling Grammar
School and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1573) ; regent and sole teacher at Edin
burgh College, 1585-6: Principal 1587-9;
preached every Sunday at seven A.M., in the
East Kirk ; took full charge of the East
Kirk 1596 ; Moderator of General Assembly
1597 ; adm. 18th April 1598 ; died 8th Jan.
1599; a man of singular piety and integ
rity of life, unceasing in his labours, and
vigilant in his superintendence. He marr.
in 1587, Helen, daugh. of James Baron of
Kinnaird, who survived him, and had a
posthumous daugh., Jean, bapt. 22nd April
1599 (marr. Robt. Balcanquhal, min. of
Tranent). Publications — Comment in
epistol. ad Ep/tesios (Edinburgh, 1590) ;
Comm. in lil>r. Danielis (1591) ; Analysis
epistol. ad Romanos (Edinburgh, 1594) ;
Quaestiones et Jiesponsiones aliquot defocdere
Dei, et de Sacramentis (Edinburgh, 1596);
Tractatus de Vocatione efficaci (Edinburgh,
1597); Comm. in epistol. ad Tliessalonicenses
et Analysis in epistol. ad Pliilemonem (Edin
burgh, 1598) ; Comm. in selectos Psalmos
(Gcnev., 1598) ; Comm. in Evany el. secund.
Joannem (Genev., 1599) ; Certaine Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1 599) ; Comm. in epistol. ad
Colossenses (Edinburgh 1600) ; Comm. in
epistol. ad Corinthios (Herborn, 1600) ;
Anal i/sis in epistol. ad (Jalatas (London,
1602) ; Tractatus nrevis de Providentia
Dei, et de Ejccommunicatione (Genev.,
1602) ; Comment, in prioris E/n'st. Petri
(London, 1603) ; Analysis in epistol. ad
Hebra'os, et Tractatus de Justificatione
(Edinburgh, 1605) ; Lectures upon the
History of the Passion (Edinburgh, 1616) ;
Select Works, edited by William M. Gunn,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1844-9). -{Vita Rolloci,
Robert Crawford ; Grant's Hist. Univ.,
E<Un. Counc. and Guild Rey. (Bapt.), Sd.
Works, Melvill's Autob. ; Spottiswood's,
Row's, and Calderwood's Ilists. ; Living
ston's Charar., Mackenzie's Lives ; Dempster
Hist., i. ; Ecd. Anal, ticot., i. ; Middleton's
Appendix, Nimmo's Stirlingsh., Watt's Bibl.
Britt., Diet. Nat. Bio<j.~\
PETER HEWAT, M.A. ; trans, from
Second Charge; app. by the Town
Council 16th Jan. 1599 ; removed
to East or Little Kirk in 1610. — [Edin.
Coune. Re<j. ; Booke of the Kirk, Row's and
Calderwood's Ilists. ; Ori<j. Lett., i.]
38
OLD GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW RAMSAY, M.A. ; adm. 28th
1614 ^Pnl 1614 ; trans, to the Old Kirk
Parish, probably about 1640-1. —
[E< /in. Counc. Raj.; Row's, Stevenson's,
and Calderwood's Hist*, (vii.) ; Maitland
Miscell., ii. ; Reg. Sec. Si</., ci.]
GEORGE GILLKSPIE, M.A. ; trans.
1642 ^rom Wemyss j elected and pies, by
the Town Council 12th Oct. 1641 ;
adm. 23rd Sept. 1642 ; trans, to the High
Kirk Parish after Sept. 1647.— [Edin, Counc.
Reg., Murray's Lift' <>f Rutherford.']
[WILLIAM RAIT, min. at Brechin, was
1648 nommated 22nd March 1648, his
presentation being "imbraced with
ane hearty thanksgiving," but he did not
accept.]
ROBERT TRAIL, born 1603, son of
1649 ^°l°nel James T., of Killcleary,
Ireland, Gentleman of the Privy
Chamber to Henry, Prince of Wales, and
grandson of the Laird of Blebo, and
Matilda Melvill of Carnbee ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 21st July 1621) ; studied at the
Protestant College of Saumur ; English tutor
in France to the sister of the Due de
Rohan 1628; chaplain to Archibald, Mar
quess of Argyll (beheaded 1661); ord. to
Elie 17th July 1639 ; chaplain to the Scots
army at Marston Moor 1644 : elected by
the Town Council 7th Nov. 1648 ; trans.
and adm. 23rd March 1649. In 1650 he
attended the Marquess of Montrose on the
scaffold. He preached before Charles II.
at his coronation at Scone in 1651. In
1654 he was appointed by Cromwell one
of those for certifying the ability and piety
of such as were fit to be admitted to the
ministry in the Lothian and Border pro
vinces. With several others he was com
mitted to Edinburgh Castle, 23rd Aug.
1660, for engaging in a new Remonstrance,
where he lay for ten months, when, having
fallen sick, he was temporarily permitted
to return home. He was next charged
with high treason before the Privy Council,
when he obliged himself, llth Dec. 1662,
to remove from the kingdom within a
month, under pain of death. Owing to
tempestuous weather he experienced diffi
culty in finding a ship in which to sail
to Holland, and the Privy Council granted
him a month's further grace in which
to take his departure. In a petition he
states that he " is towards the age of
sixty years, if not more, and so cannot
weill take such a journey in such a season
without evident hazard of his life " (Reg.
I'. C.). For some years he carried on a
weekly correspondence with his friend
Guthrie of Fenwick. Returning to Edin
burgh, he died 12th July 1678, and was
buried in Grey friars. A portrait of him
is preserved in Smith's Iconographia Scot
and Pinkerton's Scottish Gallery. He marr.
23rd Dec. 1639, Jean (died ' Dec. 1680),
daugh. of Alexander Annand of Auchter-
allan, Aberdeenshire, and Margaret Cheyne
(who suffered imprisonment, June 1665,
for corresponding with her husband in his
exile), and had issue — William, min. of
Borthwick ; Robert, min. in London,
and Bass Rock prisoner, born 1642, died
16th May 1716 ; James, Lieut, of Stirling
Castle, bapt. 10th March 1650, died 1721 ;
Helen (marr. Thomas Paterson, min.
of Borthwick): Agnes, born 1646, died
1690 (marr. Sir James Steuart of Good-
trees, Lord Advocate) ; Margaret, born
1648, died 1717 (marr. James Scott of
Bristo, writer in Edinburgh). Publication
— A Letter from, a Father to his Children,
— \_Elie SPSS., Edin. Counc., (fen. Sess.,
Guild, and Reg. (Bapt. and Bur.) ; Act*
Par/., vii. ; Lament's and NicolFs Diaries ;
Rutherford's and Baillie's Lett., iii. ; Peter-
kin's Rec. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., ii., and Anal.
iv. ; Edin. Chr. fust., xxiii. ; Chambers's
Ann., ii. ; Wilson's Diss. Churches, i. ;
Jfun. Univ. Glasg., ii. ; Steven's Scott. C/i.,
Rotterd.; Murray's Life of Rutherford,
Lockerby's Life of J. Brown, Lord
Outline's Chalmers and Trail Ancestry,
Bryce's Old Greyfriars (portrait).]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A.; trans, from
1662 the East (St Giles) Church, to make
provision for the new Bishop of
Edinburgh, 2nd June 1662, but deprived
EDINBURGH]
OLD GREYFRTARS
39
for not submitting to Episcopacy, 1st Oct.
1662 ; settled at Pencaitland 1669.— [Edin.
Counc. Reg., Lament's Diar>j ; Wodrow's
Hist., i.]
JOHX ROBERTSON, a West country-
1662 man ' ^'^' (('^asS°w 1<554); chaplain
to Alexander, Earl of Leven ; min.
of the .Second Charge, Kirkcaldy, 1658 ;
trans, to Dysart 1661 ; pres. by the Town
Council 6th Oct., trans, and adm. (in the
High Church) 6th Nov. 1662. Having
countenanced a movement in favour of
a National Synod, he incurred the king's
displeasure, who, 16th July 1674, directed
his removal to the manse of Auchterless.
In 1675 he submitted, petitioning to be
restored to his charge, and wras released
by the Privy Council 27th April of that
year ; was Almoner to His Majesty 24th
March 1681 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 6th Nov.
1686) ; died llth Jan. 1691. He marr. Jan.
1659, Elizabeth Scott, a gentlewoman in the
Leven family, who was buried in Grey-
friars, 26th Jan. 1692. — [Edin. Counc.,
Guild, Corstorphine Sess., and Rey. (liur.) ;
Lament's and Nicollls Diaries; Wodrow's
Hist., ii. ; Rule's -SVc. Vindication ; J/A'.
Arc. of Min., 1689.]
GILBERT RULE, born about 1629,
probably in Edinburgh, where his
brother, Archibald, was one of the
bailies (there is some likelihood, however,
that he was born at Elgin in Oct. 1628, see
Tate's Alnwick) ; after a distinguished
career at the Univ. of Glasgow, where he
was regent, he became (at an unusually early
age), Sub-Principal of King's College, Aber
deen. Thence he went to Alnwick to be
minister of a Dissenting congregation. After
the Restoration he was much molested by
local authorities, who tried to force upon
him the use of the English Prayer Book.
In 1662 he was ejected under the " Barthol
omew Act." He returned to Scotland,
preached for a time in Fife, but incurring
the displeasure of the Privy Council, fled
to France and Holland. He took the degree
of M.D. at Leyden, and practised medicine.
In 1679 he was in Berwick-on-Tweed, where
he was engaged both as a minister and a
doctor. He was indulged at Linton Bridge,
East Lothian, in the same year, but on
going to Edinburgh and officiating at the
baptism of a niece's child in St Giles
(though with the full consent of Turner,
the Episcopal minister), he was appre
hended and sent to the Bass. The sea
air made him seriously ill, and after three
months he was discharged under bond to
quit the kingdom. He returned to Berwick,
where he evaded arrest by keeping on the
English side of the Tweed. For a time he
was minister of a congregation in Dublin,
and on 7th Dec. 1688 he received a call to
this charge, which was confirmed by the
Town Council, 24th July 1689. He was
Principal of the Univ. in the following
year, and retained both situations till his
death, 7th June 1701. Engaging usually
in study till a late hour, he was termed
" the Evening Star " (in contrast to the
Professor of Divinity, who was called
"the Morning Star"), and was dis
tinguished for great learning, piety,
candour, and moderation. He marr. 4th
Feb. 1655, Janet Turnbull (who was buried
7th March 1699), and had issue— Gilbert,
M.D. ; Andrew, advocate, died Dec. 1708 ;
Alexander, Professor of Hebrew in Edin
burgh Univ. 1694 ; Rachel ; Janet. Pub
lications — A Modest Answer to Dr Stilliny-
fleet's Irenicum (London, 1680) ; Historical
Representation of the Testimonies of the
Church of Scotland (1687); "A Sermon
preached before Parliament from Isaiah ii.
2" (Edinburgh, 1690), and others; A
Rational Defence of Kon - Conformity
(London, 1689) ; A Vindication of the
Church of Scotland (London, 1691); A
Second Vindication of the Church of Scot
land (Edinburgh, 1691); A Defence of
the Vindication of the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1694); A Sermon preached
at the Meeting of Council of George
Heriot's Hospital (Edinburgh, 1695) ;
The Cyprianick Bishop Examined, and
Found Not to le Diocesan (Edinburgh,
1696); The Good Old Wai/ Defended.
(Edinburgh, 1697) ; Discourse of tiuppress-
IH/J Immorality and Promoting Godli
ness (Edinburgh, 1701) ; A Vindication
of the Purity of Gospel-u'orship ; A Reprc-
40
OLD GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
sentation of Presbyterian Government;
Answer to Ten Questions concerning
Episcopal and Presbyterian Government.
— [Edin. Counc., Test., and Rey. (Bapt. ami
])ur.} ; Wodrow's Hist., J/AW., ami Anal.;
Calamy's Account and Continuation ; Watt's
Bibl. Britt., ii. ; M-un. Unix. Glas</., ii. ; ,S'.
Presb. Eloq. ; Acts Par!., ix. ; (J rant's Edin.
Univ., Diet. J\'at. ]liot/.~\
JAMES HART, born 16(53, son of James
1702 IT., Provost of Jedburgh ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, llth July 1087): ord.
to Ratho 4th July 1692 ; called 29th July,
app. by the Presb. 9th, and acini. 20th
(Sept. 1702. In autumn 1714 he was ap
pointed by the Commission of Assembly
one of those to congratulate George I.
on his accession to the throne of Great
Britain, and in Aug. 1726 Almoner to His
Majesty ; died 10th June 1729. He was
greatly opposed to the Union, and de
nounced from the pulpit as a traitor to the
Church, his colleague Carstares, who was a
chief promoter of the measure. .He marr.
(1) 4th Aug. 1692, Margaret Livingston : (2)
Mary Campbell, and had issue — John, born
1703; Alexander, born 1705; Mary, born
1707 ; William, born 170S ; James, born
1709 ; David, born 1711 ; Charles, born 1712 ;
Archibald, wine merchant, Edinburgh, born
1713; Margaret, born 171"); Katherine,
born 1716 (marr. 22nd Feb. 1741, James
Thomson, merchant, Edinburgh) ; George
and Wilhelmina, born 1717; Frances, born
1718 (marr. 30th Aug. 1741, Andrew Steven
son, writer, Edinburgh). Publications —
The Qualifications of Rulers and the. Duff/
of Subjects Described, a sermon (Edin
burgh, 1703) ; The Journal of Mr James
Hart in 1714, ed. by Principal Lee
(Edinburgh, 1832).— [Test, and Reg. (Bur.};
Wodrow's Ann.,iv.; Stevenson's Hist., ii. ;
Murray 's-Jlioy. Ann., Journ. (Mem.}, Experi
ences of John Ronald-, Diet. Xat. Bioy.~\
WILLIAM BROAYX, born Edinburgh ;
1(7go educated at High School and Univ. ;
M.A. (30th April 1700) ; Keen. 22nd
April 1708; ord. to Second Charge, South
Leith. 25th July 1712; trans, to Lady
Tester's 19th Jan. 1721 ; trans, and adm.
23rd July 1730; died 23rd March 1736, in
54th year. He marr. Bridget Balfour,
and had issue— Janet, born 3rd Dec. 1756,
died Dec. 1789 ; James, born 26th Jan.
1762. Publication — The, Jienrft and Com
fort of the, Christian Revelation, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1736).— [Test-, and Reg. (Bur.);
Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSOX, born Chapel
of Wemyss, Fife, 30th June 1686;
third son of William 1?. of Gladney
and Brunton, and Margaret Mitchell ; Keen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 14th June 1711 ;
ord. to a congregation in London 1711 ;
adm. to Borthwick 23rd Sept. 1714; trans.
to Lady Tester's 22nd Xov. 1733 ; trans.
and adm. 10th Oct. 1736; died 16th Xov.
1745. For many years he employed his
leisure hours investigating the transactions
: occurring in the reign of Queen Mary,
| which may have led his son, the Principal,
at an after period to complete them in his
valuable History. He marr. 20th Oct.
1720, Eleanor (died six days after her
husband), daugh. of David Pitcairn of
Dreghorn, Colinton, and Mary Anderson,
and had issue — William, his successor, the
historian ; Robert, born 10th Xov. 1722,
died 15th Jan. 1723; Mary, born 6th Xov.
1723 (marr. 17th Oct. 1751, James Syme,
min. of Alloa, and was the grandmother of
the 1st Lord Brougham and Vaux), died
9th April 1803 ; Margaret, born 16th Feb.
1725 (marr. 15th June 1750, Alexander
Bruce, merchant, Edinburgh), died May
1781 ; Elizabeth, born 25th Oct. 1727
(marr., pro. 2nd June 1754, Archibald
Hope) ; Patrick, jeweller, Edinburgh, born
6th Aug. 1729, died 8th Sept. 1790 ; Helen,
born 5th Feb. 1734, died 24th Jan. 1816,
unmarr. ; James, born 30th June, died
1st July 1737; Jane, born 4th July 1738
(marr. 4th July 1756, William Gifford) ;
Eupham, born 13th Feb. 1739 (marr. James
Cunningham of Hyndhope), died March
1807; Archibald, born 28th March 1741,
died March 1742. Publication— Ministers
ouijht to please God rather than Men, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1737). He contributed
Paraphrases XXV., XLIL, and XLIII. to
the Collection published in 1745.— [y5V/».
Coioic., Bortkwick Sess., and Re/j. (Bur.};
Edin. and Alloa Reg., Edin. Test., Grey-
EDINBURGH]
OLD GRFATRIAHS
41
1747
friars Bur. Rey. ; Wodrow's Anal., iv. ;
family information.]
JAMES STEVENSON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 6th May 1713); licen. by
Prcsb. of Dunblane 25th Oct. 1720;
ord. to Second Charge, South Leith, 17th
Aug. 1721 ; trans, to New Greyfriars 20th
June 1745 ; trans, and adm. 24th Dec.
1747; died 15th July 1760, aged 67. He j
marr. 16th Sept. 1724, Anne Lamont, of .
the parish of Scoonie, who died 24th March i
1766, and had issue — Anne, died 4th July I
1760 (marr. 12th April 1747, Robert Norie, !
painter, Edinburgh); Christian (marr. ;
William Aitken, min. of South Leith) ; j
James ; Barbara ; Andrew ; Mary ; William,
died 25th Dec. 1759 ; Alexander. — [ticoonie.
Hess. Re<jJ\
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Borth-
1761 w^c^' 8tk ^Pk 1>721' son of "WiUiam
R., min. of Greyfriars ; educated at
the Grammar School of Dalkeith, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 28th June 1743; ord. to Glads-
muir 17th April 1744 ; enlisted as a
volunteer 1745 ; trans, to Lady Yester's
15th June 1758 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1758) ;
chaplain of Stirling Castle 1759 ; one of
His Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary 1761 ;
trans, and adm. 26th Nov. 1761 ; Principal
of the Univ. of Edinburgh 1762 ; Moderator
of the General Assembly 26th May 1763 ;
Historiographer-Royal for Scotland 6th Aug.
following ; died 1 1 th June 1 793. Unrivalled
in persuasive eloquence, he acquired great
influence in the General Assembly and
guided its business for twenty-eight years.
He insisted on the independence of the
Church in opposition to dependence on the
policy of political parties ; on obedience
being shown to the General Assembly by
the inferior judicatories ; and on the en
forcement of the law of patronage, unless
on cause shown, of erroneous doctrine, or
immoral conduct. His industry, accuracy,
and profound views, joined to the elegance
and beauty of his style, entitle him to a
high rank among historians. He marr.
22nd Aug. 1751, Mary (born 10th Jan. 1723,
died llth March 1802), daugh. of James
Nisbet, one of the min. of the Old Kirk
Parish, and had issue— Mary, born 2nd
Aug. 1752 (marr. 4th April 1785, Patrick
Brydone, F.R.S., author of a Tour throng//,
tiicily and Malta, by whom she had three
daughs., who marr. the 2nd Earl of Min to,
Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B., and
Gilbert Elliot, Dean of Bristol) ; William,
advocate, Procurator of the Church of Scot
land 26th May 1778, Senator of the
College of Justice, with the title of Lord
Robertson 14th Nov. 1805, born 15th Dec.
1753, died 20th Nov. 1835 ; Eleanor, born
5th Aug. 1755 (marr. 8th June 1778, John
Russell, jun., W.S.), died 17th Jan. 1837 ;
Janet, born 3rd Dec. 1756, died Dec. 1789,
unmarr. ; James, born 26th Jan. 1762,
served in 1st Batt. of Lord Macleod's
Highlanders (afterwards the 71st Regt.),
was It.-col. 92nd Gordon Highlanders 1798-
1804, and subsequently promoted general,
died 29th March 1845 ; David, bom 29th
Sept. 1764 (marr. 2nd Oct. 1799, Margaret
Macdonald of Kinloch-Moidart,and took the
additional surname of Macdonald when his
wife succeeded to the estate of her brother,
Lt.-Col. Donald Macdonald of Kinloch-
Moidart), served in the 92nd Regt., and
then in the 23rd Regt., was Deputy
Adjutant-General of Ceylon 1801-3, and
retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel,
died 7th Sept. 1845. Publications — 27*6
Situation of the World at the Time of
Christ's Appearance and its Connection
with the Success of his Religion Considered,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1755), which went
through several editions, and was trans,
into German; 77/6 History of Scotland
(Jnrinrj the Rei<jns of Queen Mary and Kiixj
James VI., till his Accession to the Croivn
of Emjland, 2 vols. (London, 1759 ; 17th
ed., with his last emendations, 3 vols.,
Edinburgh, 1806); The History of the
Reiijn of the Emperor Charles V., 3 vols.
(London, 1769) — The History of America,
2 vols. (London, 1777), (its translation into
Spanish was far advanced, when it was
stopped by order of the Spanish Govern
ment); Books IX. and X., containing the
History of Virginia to 1688, and the History
of New England to 1652 (edited by his son,
William), (London, 1798); An Historical
Disquisition concerning Ancient India
OLD GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
(London, 1791) ; eight Articles in the Edin
burgh Review (Edinburgh, 1755).— [Edin.
Count: Ret/., Stewart's Life; Erskine's
Disc., i. ; (Grant's Univ., ii. ; Grei/friars
J>itr. Rec., Brunton and Haig's Senators
of the College of Justice, Diet. Nat. J>io</.,
family information.]
JAMES FINLAYSOX, M.A. ; trans.
1794 from Lady Tester's ; elected and
pres. by the Town Council 20th
Nov. 1793; adm. 9th Jan. 1794, holding
in conjunction the professorship of Logic
in the Univ. ; trans, to the High Kirk
Parish 14th March 1799.
JO FIX IXGLIS, born 1762, youngest son
1799 of Harry I., min. of Forteviot ; edu
cated at Lfniv. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth 28th Sept. 1785; ord.
to Tibbermore 20th July 1780 ; pres. by
the Town Council 3rd July, trans, and
adm. 17th Oct. 1799; D.I). (Edinburgh,
March 1804); Moderator of the General
Assembly 17th May following; one of the
Deans of the Chapel Royal 23rd Feb. 1810 ;
died 2nd Jan. 1834. He had great weight
in the councils of the Church, and was
sometime leader of the Moderate party.
In personal appearance he was stately and
commanding. Through his influence the
General Assembly, on 27th May 1824, agreed
to appoint a committee for Foreign Missions.
He was the first convener, and did
much to forward its interests. He marr.
16th Oct. 1798, Maria Moxham Passmore,
who died 12th Jan. 1864, aged 87, and
had issue — Harry, of Loganbank, W.S.,
born 25th May 1800, died 7th May 1883 ;
Abraham Passmore, an officer in the army,
born 14th Jan. 1803 ; William Bryce, born
30th Aug. 1806, died 1808 ; The Eight Hon.
John, of Glencorse, Lord President of the
Court of Session, born 21st Aug. 1810, died
20th Aug. 1891 ; Mary Jane, born 7th
Dec. 1804 (marr. Dr John Mackenzie
of Eilanreach). Publications— Four single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1803-26) ; A Letter on
the Case of Mr John Leslie (Edinburgh,
1805) ; An Examination of Mr Duyald
* Almost all the notices of Robert Lee's life contain
erroneous statements as to his earlier years, his poverty,
Stewart's Pamphlet relative to the Election
of a Mathematical Professor (Edinburgh,
1806) ; Reply to Professor Playf air's Letter
to the Author (Edinburgh, 1806) ; The Im
portance of Ecclesiastical Establishments
(Edinburgh, 1821) ; A Vindication of
Christian.- Faith, (Edinburgh, 1830); A
Vindication of Ecclesiastical Establishments
(Edinburgh, 1833); Account of Tibbermore
(Sinclair's Htat. Ace., xvii.).— [Brunton's and
Gordon's Fun. Menus., Anderson's Sketches,
Cockburn's Mem.]
JOHX SYM, born Paisley, 19th Jan.
1834 1^09, fourth son of James S. and
Jean Melvill ; educated at Glasgow
Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 14th
Dec. 1831 ; ord. to Sprouston 6th June
1833 ; pres. by the Town Council, trans,
and adm. 25th Sept. 1834. Joined the Free
Church 1843, and died 28th Jan. 1855.
He conducted the Church History class
in the Xew Coll., Edinburgh, during the
last illness of Dr Welsh ; was convener of
the Presb. of Edinburgh Home Mission
Committee ; suggested better accommoda
tion for the houseless poor, and promoted
the Lodging-house Association. He marr.
28th June 1836, Catherine Glassford (died
27th Oct. 1886), only daugh. of Lieut.-Col.
John Munro, H.E.I.C.S., and had issue-
James, born 6th Sept., died 21st Dec. 1837 ;
Major-General Sir John Munro, K.C.B.,
born 15th Feb. 1839 ; Margaret Scott, born
23rd March 1840 ; Jane Melvill, born 12th
June 1842 ; Catherine, born 14th Sept.
1846 (marr. 16th Dec. 1886, Alexander
Gordon Miller, F.E.C.S.E.); Mary Agnes,
born 21st Oct. 1848 (marr. 22nd June,
1869, George Tait, min. at South Yarra,
Australia) ; Georgina Violet, born 29th
Xov. 1851, died 23rd July 1876 ; Henrietta
Wilson, born 29th Oct. 1853. Publication
— A posthumous volume of Discourses
(1856, with Memoir).
ROBERT LEE,* born Tweedmouth,
1843 llt;k ^T°V- 1804' S0n °f George IJ-»
boatbuilder, and Jane, daugh. of
Robert Lambert ; educated at the Gram-
tion. His grandfather, Robert Lee, was a shipbuilder,
and marr. Lily, daugh. of Isaac Davidson, a clever
etc. The following is derived from first-hand iiiforuia- "- woman, a sweet singer, and a good violinist. Their son,
EDINBURGH]
OLD GREYFRIARS
43
mar School of Berwick-on-Tweed, and in
1824 entered the Univ. of St Andrews.
When he finished his studies in 1832,
Principal Haldane said : " This Univer
sity has not for many years sent forth a
more distinguished student. He has gained
during a succession of years the highest
honours which the University can award ;; ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 10th May
1832 ; ord. to Inverbrothock Chapel-of-Ease
10th April 1833 ; pres. to Campsie, and adm.
5th May 1836 ; trans, and adm. 9th Nov.
1843; D.I). (St Andrews 1844); Dean of
the Chapel Royal, and one of H.M. Chap-
lains-in-Ordinary 1846; Professor of Bibli
cal Criticism in Edinburgh Univ. 20th
Jan. 1847. Tn"1857>{he began his reform
of the Presbyterian Church service. He
restored the reading of prayers, and intro
duced the custom of kneeling at prayer and
standing during praise. In 1863 a har
monium was placed in his church, and in
1865 an organ. These innovations provoked
keen opposition in the Church Courts, and
the Greyfriars' case was still pending before
the General Assembly when on 22nd May
1867 he fell from his horse in Princes Street,
struck with paralysis. He died at Torquay,
1 4th March 1 868. He marr. 21 st June 1 836,
Isabella Carrick Buchanan, who was granted
a Civil List pension of £100 a year on 17th
Nov. 1868 ; she died 4th Sept. 1889, and had
issue— Margaret, born 29th July 1837 (marr.
Lockhart Thomson, S.S.C.), died 26th March
1862; George, born 17th March 1839, died
13th Sept, 1862 ; Bella, born 7th Dec. 1840,
died 11 th Xov. 1863; Jane Anne, born
5th April 1843, died 19th Aug. 1858;
Catherine Napier, born 13th July 1845.
Publications — Lectures on the Causes of
Departure from the Parochial Economy
and the Evils of that Departure, especially
George Lee, was precentor in the Scots Church, Tweed,
mouth, and later treasurer, elder, and session clerk.
George early entered on business as a boatbuilder on his
own account, and became a fairly prosperous man,
employing from eight to ten men in addition to appren
tices. Robert, his son, was educated under a good
classical leauher, Guy Gardiner, and served an appren-
'iceship of six years with his fa'.her as a boatbuilder.
Hien he was nine years old the father was able to
"" - substantial house, still occupied by a relative.
ti
Wl
buy
The
EIU voMKiiuifti uvmBOj ftuin occupied uy A rt la
story of his having to sell a boat, for
his
in Large Towns (1835); The Theses of
Erastus Touching Excommunication, trans-
I lated, with a preface (1844); A Handbook
' of Devotion (1845) ; The Holy JHble, wit It
the Marginal References revised and im-
\ proved (1854; another edition, 1855);
Prayers for Public Worship, with Extracts
from the Psalter and other parts of Scrip
ture (1857; 2nd edition, 1858; 3rd edition,
1863; 4th edition, 1864); The Order of
Public Worship and Administration of the
Sacraments as used, in the Church of the
Greyfriars, Edinburgh (5th edition, 1873) ;
Prayers for Family Worship (1861 ; 3rd
edition, 1884); The Family and its Duties,
u'ith Other Essai/s and- Discourses for
Sunday Reading (1863); The Reform, of
the Church in Worship, (Government, and
Doctrine (1864); The Clerical Profession,
some of its Difficulties and. Hindrances
(1866) ; A Letter to the Members of the
General Assembly respecting Innovations im
puted to the Writer (\W1); Sermons (1874) ;
numerous newspaper articles, addresses,
discourses, and single sermons.— [Life and
Remains (2 vols., 1870), by llobert Herbert
Story ; St Giles' Lecture (XI.\ by Principal
John Cunningham; Diet. Nat. JtiogJ]
ROBERT WALLACE, born 24th June
1869 1831' 80n of JasPer W-, gardener,
Kincaple, Fife, and Elizabeth Archi
bald ; educated at the parish school of
Culross, and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1853) ; Classical Master of Cupar Academy
1854; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh July
1857; ord. to Newton-on-Ayr 23rd Dec.
1857; trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
21st Dec. 1860 ; trans, and adm. 26th Dec.
1868; D.D. (Glasgow 1869); app. to the
Chair of Church History in Edinburgh
Univ. 1 872 ; res. his professorship as well
college fees is unlikely, as his father was a prosperous
man. In his vacations Kobert Lee used to bring fellow,
students down with him and take them out in a
boat, probably built by himself. lie was the eldest
son. Anthony I'ye, his brother, entered the Church of
England, but died at the early age of twenty-five, in 184:2.
Another, William, who was an engineer, entered the
Mint at St Petersburg, but fell under suspicion during
the Crimean War, was banished to Siberia, and never
more heard of.
44
01,1) GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
as his charge, and dem. his clerical
orders on becoming editor of the Scotsman
newspaper, 1st Aug. 187G. Retired from
the editorship, 1st Nov. 1880 ; studied law,
and was called to the English Bar at the
Middle Temple, 17th Nov. 1883; became
radical Member of Parliament for the
East Division of Edinburgh at the General
Election of 1886, and sat (re-elected 1892
and 189')) till his death at London, Gth June
1899. He marr. 10th March 1858, Mar
garet (died 30th Jan. 1898), daugh. of James
Robertson, Cupar-Fife, and had issue —
Robert Lamb, barrister-at-law, born 12th
Dec. 1858, died 16th Feb. 1894; James
Robertson, M.D., born 23rd March 1800;
William John, born 31st Oct. 1861, died 8th
March 1862 ; Patrick Robertson, born 29th
Oct. 18G2 ; Archibald Duncan, born 4th
April 1864, died in infancy ; Maggie Ireland,
born 27th Aug. 1806 (marr. Alfred Gray,
London) ; Arthur Stanley Jowett, born 8th
Feb. 1872, died young; Alfred Campbell,
actor, born 1st Oct. 1875, died 6th Feb.
1911. Publications — Church Tendencies in
Scotland (Recess Studies, Edinburgh, 1870);
The Study of Ecclesiastical History in its
Relation to Church TheoJo'jy (Edinburgh,
1873) ; Geort/e Buchanan, in " Famous Scots
Series," completed by J. Campbell Smith
(Edinburgh, 1900). — [Recollections and
Anecdotes, by Roderick Lawson (Paisley,
1899); Life and Last Leaves, edited by J.
Campbell Smith and William Wallace
(London, 1903); Diet. Nat. JJioff.]
1877
JOHN GLASSE, born Auchtermuchty,
27th Jan. 1848, son of John G. ;
educated at the Free Church School
there, Univ. of St Andrews, and New
College, Edinburgh ; M.A. (St Andrews
1872) ; licen. by Prcsb. of Edinburgh July
1876; ord. 27th March 1877; D.D. (St
Andrews 1895); res. 13th Oct. 1909. He
marr. (1) 16th July 1878, Jane Scott (died
9th Nov. 1904), daugh. of Provost White,
Auchtermuchty, and had issue — John
Morley, M.D., Haltwhistle, Northumber
land, born 13th April 1879; Helen Mar
garet, born 16th June 1881 (marr. E. P>.
Scott Melville, Dundee) : (2) 4th June 1907,
Louisa Plymer, daugh. of Alexander Gibson,
Ceylon. Publications — John Knox, a Criti
cism (London, 1905) ; Modern Christian
Socialism ; The Relation of the Church to
Socialism ; Robert Owen and* his Life-work ;
Pauperism in Scotland, Past ami Present.
ALEXANDER BROWN GRANT, born
1910 ])owanllill> Glasgow, 16th Feb. 1871,
eldest son of Colonel Alex. Brown
(!., M.V.O., D.L., Killochan Castle,
Ayrshire, and Helen Underwood Marr ;
educated privately, and at Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1895), 15. J.).
(1898); licen. by Presb. of Stranraer, 9th
Aug. 1898; assistant at East Church
(Aberdeen), Greenside (Edinburgh), and
Barony (Glasgow); ord. to Garelochhead
19th Sept. 1900 ; trans, to Ecclesmachan
26th Oct. 1905; trans, and adm. 10th May
1910. He marr. 19th Feb. 1901, Agnes
Bryclon, third daugh. of John M'Lean
MacKendrick, C.E., Glasgow, and Janet
Turner, and has issue — Juanita Turner,
born 12th March 1903 ; Alexander Brown,
born 6th Dec. 1908. Publication— Eccles
machan Church and, its Patron Saint,
Saint Machan.
Coi-LKGIATK, OR SKCON'I) CuAJUiK.
[Uncollegiated by the Town Council,
with concurrence of the Presbytery, on the
erection of the parish of St John, 28th
Oct. 1840.]
PETER HEW AT, M.A. : trans, from
Colinton, elected by the Commis
sioners of Assembly at Falkland,
and adm. before 31st Jan. 1596-7;
readm. 18th April 1598; trans, to first
charge in 1599. — [Edin. Counc. Rey.; (balder-
wood's Hist., v. ; Spottiswood's Ifist.]
PATRICK SANDS, M.A., Principal of
the Univ. of Edinburgh ; appointed
by the Town Council to supply in
the afternoon, 1st Dec. 1620. He demitted
office as Principal, Aug. 1622, and died in
1635, aged about 68. He marr. 23rd July
1606, Marion, sister of David Aikinhead,
Lord Provost of the city, who survived
him. Publication — Two Latin poems in
The Jfuse's Welcome.— [Edin. Counc., Test.,
and Rey. (J/a?v.) ; Craufurd's and Bower's
1597
EDINBURGH]
OLD GREYFRIARS
45
Hints., Univ. Eilin. ; Dempsteri Ecii. Hist.,
ii. ; Jnq. Ret. G'en., 3557.]
ROBERT BOYD of Trochrig, M.A. ;
formerly Principal of the Univ. of
Glasgow ; elected by the Town
Council 18th Oct. 1622, being at same
time Principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh.
The magistrates having received a com
munication from James VI. intimating his
displeasure at Boyd:s continued want of
conformity to the " five Articles of Perth,''
sent for him to their meeting of Council,
31st Jan. 1023. when he demitted both
situations, but continued in the city, and
countenanced the disaffection of the people
against the aforesaid Articles. He was
charged to appear before the Privy Council,
23rd June 1624, and this he did, rebutting
the charge, and obliging himself to remove
instantly with his family to Trochrig, his
property in Ayrshire. He was minister
at Paisley in 1626. — [Edin. Counc. Re<j. ;
Wodrow's Bioy,t ii. ; Craufurd's and Bower's
Univ., i. ; Livingston's Charm-. ; Row's and
Calderwood's Jfists., vii. ; Oriy. Lett., ii. ;
Rivet's Life, Diet. Nat. Bioy. ]
1626
JOHN DUNCANSON, app. by the
Town Council 16th Aug. 1620.—
[Edin. Counc. Re<j., xiv., 12.]
1629
[HEXHY ROLLOCK, nephew of Robert
^"> aPP°inte^ ky tne Town Council
17th June 1629, but did not accept.]
JAMES FAIRLIE, M.A. ; Professor of
163Q Divinity in the University 1629 ;
pres. by the Town Council 29th Oct.,
and adm. 17th Nov. 1630 ; clem. 28th July
1637, having been elected to the Bishopric
of Argyll, of which he was deprived by the
Glasgow Assembly 1038. In 1644 he became
min. of Lasswade. — \_Edin. Counc. Re<j. ;
Row's and Stevenson's /lists., i.J
MUNCO LAW, M.A. (Glasgow 1627);
1644 schoolmaster of Kirkcaldy 15th July
1628 ; tutor to George, Master of
Ramsay, 1635 ; min. of Dysart (Second
Charge) 2nd Oct. 1636; elected by the
Town Council 25th Dec. 1643; trans, and
adm. 27th March 1044 ; a member of the
Commissions of Assembly 1044-9; acted
as an army chaplain, and witnessed the
defeat of Argyll's forces at Invcrlochy,
2nd Feb. 1645. In 1049 he was nomin
ated by Parliament one of the Com
missioners for visiting the Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh. He was in
Edinburgh Castle when it was surrendered
to Cromwell, 17th Dec. 1050. At Alyth
he was taken prisoner, 28th Aug. 1651, and
carried off to England ; returned to his
charge Jan. 1653 ; died Feb. 1660, aged
about 54. He marr. May 1638, Lilias (died
Oct. 1658), claugli. of Patrick Turner, min.
of Dalkeith, and had issue — Mungo, min.
at Perth ; John ; Katherine ; Lilias, died
May 1666; Anna (marr. John Liddell,
min. of Scone) ; James ; Andrew ; David.
— [E<lin. Counc., Di/sart Sess., Test., and
Reg. (Bapt. and Bur.) ; Baillie's Lett., iii. ;
Acts Part., vi. ; Acts of Ass., Lament's and
Nicoll's Diaries; Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ;
Guthrie's Mem. ; Rey. Sec. Siy., iii.;
Editt. Chr. luxt., i. ; Arm;/ Treasurer's
Ace., Pardovan's Collec., Muir'.s CleaninyK
of Dysart.]
DAVID STIRLING, M.A. ; trans, from
Foulden ; elected by the Town
Council 25th May 1664; clem, in 1669;
became min. of Cockburnspath in 1071. —
[Edin. Counc. Rey.; Edin. />«,<?., xviii., 124.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A. ; trans.
from Auchinleck ; elected by the
Town Council 8th May 1669 ; trans.
to tiic High Kirk Parish in 1072. — [Edin.
Counc.
ALEXANDER IRVING [IRVINE],
•72 born at Aberdeen ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1666);
min. of West Kilbride 1069 ; elected by
the Town Council 23rd Aug., trans, and
collated 12th Dec. 1672. He was adm.
burgess and guild-brother of the city
12th Nov. 1073; clem, at Whitsunday
1074 ; assistant at Logie-Buchan 1682-5.
He marr. 20th Dec. 1672, Grizel Ramsay,
and had issue — Andrew, bapt. 8th Jan.
1674; Jean (marr, 1705, James Miller,
40
OLD GREYFRIARS
[PRESB. OF
servitor to Sir Hew Dalrymple of North
Berwick, Lord President). — [Edi/t. Counc.
and (r'mld Re</., Kirkton's If int. ; Mair's
J'resl. of Ellon, p. 199.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A., above
1674 nientioned ; rctrans. from High Kirk ;
appointed by the Town Council 14th
June 1G74 ; trans, to the Old Kirk Parish in
lG$l.—[Edin. Counc. Reg.]
ALEXANDER MALCOLM, trans, from
Newbattle ; elected by the Town
Council 16th, pres. 18th, and insti
tuted 31st March 1681 ; trans, to Tron
Parish in 1687.— [Ed in-. Counc. Rey.~\
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. ; trans,
from North Leith ; elected by the
Town Council llth Aug. 1687 ; dep.
in 1691 " for contumacy " ; restored by the
Commission of the Gen. Assembly in 1699 ;
min. of Fintray 1702. — \_Edin. Counc. Rey. ;
J/.S'. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Acts of Ax*., 1699.]
[JAMES WTLKIE, min. of North Leith ;
was appointed by the Town Council,
but on account of opposition his
induction was not proceeded with. —
Counc. Reg.]
JOHN HAMILTON, born 1651, son
of Archibald H., min. of Wigtown;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1668); ord. to the Presbyterian
Church at Comber, Co. Down ; adm. to
Cramond 16th Dec. 1689; trans, and
adrn. in 1693; died 17th Oct. 1702. He
bequeathed to the poor of Bally, £20 ; of
Comber, £7 (both in Ireland) ; of Cramond,
£10 ; and of Edinburgh, £17. He marr. (1)
in 1673, Anne Rainalds, who died 28th
Dec. 1692, aged 42, by whom he had issue —
Archibald, who predeceased him ; James,
who succeeded to the estate of Ballikeigly,
Co. Down ; Jean (marr. Hugh Hawthorn,
merchant, Edinburgh) ; Dorothy (marr.
Philip Mair of Billcleugh, Co. Down) : (2)
5th Feb. 1696, Jean (buried 16th June
1697), daugh. of Peter Blair, min. of Jed-
burgh : (3) 29th June 1698, Maybel, daugh.
of Hew Campbell, collector at Donaghadee :
(4) (pro. 25th May 1701) Elizabeth, daugh. of
Henry Cunningham of Carlung.— [Test.
1693
1704
and Cramond Sess. Rey. {Mar. and
Bur.); Acts of AM., 1694; Wood's Jfixt.
of Cramond.]
WILLIAM CARSTARES, M.A.; Princi
pal of the Univ., and chaplain to His
Majesty ; called 9th Sept. ; app. by
the Presb. llth Oct., and adm. 8th Nov.
1704 ; trans, to the High Kirk Parish 28th
Dec. 1707.
MATTHEW WOOD, trans, from Leslie :
1711 ca^e<l 5tu Dec. 1"10 ; app. by Presb.
14th Feb., and adm. 18th March
1711 ; trans, to the Tron Parish 16th
Jan. 1715.
WILLIAM MILLAR, an Englishman,
1721 M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1694);
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 14th
Jan. 1698 ; ord. to Chirnside 6th April
1699 ; trans, to Meigle 31st Dec. 1702 ;
trans, to Lady Tester's 18th July 1708 ;
app. by Presb. 18th, trans, and adm. 22nd
Jan. 1721 ; Dean of the Chapel Royal in
1727 ; died 18th May 1732, in his 59th year.
His daughter Jean marr. Robert Dunbar,
min. of Dyke.— [Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv. ;
Playfair's Jlar., iii.]
JOHN HEPBURN, son of John H.,
1732 m*n> °^ ^rr> ord- to Torryburn 26th
Dec. 1717 ; trans, to New Greyfriars
3rd Oct. 1723; trans, and adm. 14th Dec.
1732 ; Almoner to His Majesty 13th Feb.
1747 ; died 29th April 1749. He marr. 2nd
April 1721, Margaret (died 26th June 1769),
daugh. of Thomas Fenton, one of the
bailies of Edinburgh, and had issue — Emilia
(marr. 24th Jan. 1742, Daniel Carmichael of
Mauldslie, and was mother of Thomas and
Andrew, 6th and 7th Earls of Hyndford). —
[Scots Peer., iv. ; Carlyle's Auto?/.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, born 19th May
17 1707, fourth son of William H., min.
of Cramond (afterwards Principal of
Univ. of Edinburgh) ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Sept. 1730; ord.
to Cramond 4th April 1731 ; trans, to Lady
Tester's 7th Oct. 1736; trans, and adm.
6th Dec. 1750; app. Professor of Divinity,
and dem. 6th Feb. 1754 ; Moderator of
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47
Assembly 23rd May 1754; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 13th March 1759) ; again Moderator
15th May 1700, and one of the deputation
appointed by the Commission to congratu
late George III. on his accession ; Dean
of the Order of the Thistle 1766 ; died 3rd
April 1787. He marr. 31st March 1745,
Jean (died 4th April 1804), eldest daugh.
of John Hay of Haystoun, and had issue
— Tames, M.D., distinguished Edinburgh
physician ; Grizel (marr. Benjamin Bell,
surgeon, Edinburgh) ; Gavin ; and others.
—[Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Tombst. ; Kay's
Portr., ii. ; Morren's Ann.; Grant's Univ.,
ii. ; Somerville's Life, Carlyle's AntobJ]
GEORGE KAY, M.A. (St Andrews, 7th
^ May 1729) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 7th Nov. 1734; ord. to
Collessie 13th Sept. 1739; trans, to Minto
23rd Oct. 1741 ; trans, to Dysart 8th Dec.
1743 ; trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
3rd Sept. 1747 ; trans, to Xew Greyfriars
26th Oct. 1752; trans, and adm. llth Oct.
1754 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 13th March 1759);
Moderator of the General Assembly 24th
May following, and chaplain of Stirling
Castle; died 10th April 1766. He marr.
14th Dec. 1747, Charlotte Sherriff, and had
issue — David, born 12th July 1749 ; Charles,
born 5th Oct. 1751, died 15th Oct. 1762 ;
Margaret, born 2nd March 1757 : (2) 20th
Aug. 1761, Ann Forth, who died 10th
June 1788. — [Morren's Ann., ii. ; Carlyle's
Autob.]
JOHN ERSKIXE of Carnock, born
2nd June 1721, eldest son of John E.
of Carnock, Professor of Scots Law,
Edinburgh Univ., and Margaret, daugh. of
the Hon. James Melvill of Balgarvie ;
educated at Cupar-Fife, and High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; originally in
tended for the law, but studied divinity
and was licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 16th
Aug. 1743; ord. to Kirkintilloch 31st May
1744; trans, to Culross 21st Feb. 1753;
trans, to Xew Greyfriars 15th June 1758 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1766); trans, and adm. 9th
July 1767; died 19th Jan. 1803. He was
a classical scholar of distinction ; for many
years leader of the evangelical party in
the General Assembly and a master of the
preacher's art. He warmly supported a
proposal in favour of foreign missions, which
was opposed by Hamilton of Gladsmuir and
the moderate party generally. His open
ing words, when replying to Hamilton,
became famous in the history of the
mission cause. Pointing to a Bible which
lay on the table, and of which he intended
to make use, and employing an expressive
Scottish idiom, he said, " Moderator, rax
me that Bible." The best pen-portrait of
him is contained in Guy Mannering (chap.
37). He marr. 15th June 1746, the Hon.
Christian Mackay (died 20th May 1810),
fourth daugh. of George, Lord Reay, and
had issue — John, born 30th Sept. 1747, died
June 1776 ; George, born 21st Aug. 1748,
died in Bengal in autumn 1770; Mary,
born 19th Feb. 1750 (marr. 29th Oct. 1773,
Charles Stuart of Dunearn), died 15th April
1817 ; Margaret, born 17th Sept. 1751, died
5th Feb. 1795; Ann, born 30th Dec. 1752,
died 18th May 1820 ; Alexander, born 28th
July 1754, died 25th Feb. 1760; Robert,
born 4th May 1756, died 9th April 1784 ;
Charles, born 20th Oct. 1757, died 28th
June 1782; Christian, born 28th June
1759 ; Hew, born 27th Jan., died 25th
Sept. 1763 ; James Bruce, born 8th Sept.
1764, died llth Oct. 1771; Harriet, born
llth Oct. 1766, died 10th Oct. 1771 ; David
of Carnock, born 18th April 1770, died
16th March 1838. Publications — Theo
logical Dissertations (Edinburgh, 1765 ;
another edition with account of the author
by Thomas Davidson, D.D., Edinburgh,
1808) ; Considerations on the Spirit of
Popery (Edinburgh, 1778) ; Sketches and
Hints of Church History and Theological
Controversy, chiefly translated and abridged
from Modern Foreign Writers, 2vols. (Edin
burgh, 1790 and 1797); Letters on Loss of
Children and Friends : A Supplement to
Crilliei's Historical Collections (Edinburgh,
1796) ; Discourses on Several Occasions, 2
vols. (1798, 1804) ; and others. In addition,
he edited at least twenty publications,
chiefly the works of Jonathan Edwards
(with whom he was on terms of intimacy),
and other American divines. See Life by
Sir Henry Moncreiff Well wood, Bart. (Edin-
48
OLD GREYFRIARS— ST GILES
[FRESH. OF
burgh, 1818). — [MoncreifTs /<<>; Kay's
J'urtr., i. ; Douglas's J'rer., ii. ; Davidson's
and Inglis's Fun. Serms. ; Carlyle's A ittob.,
Haldane's and Cockburn's Mem.; H<-ot*
M<KJ., Ixv. ; Conolly's Eminent Men of Fife,
Diet. Nat JJio'j.]
110BERT ANDERSON, born Gth June
17G8, son of George A., farmer,
Amulree ; liccn. by Presb. of Ayr llth
Oct. 1791 ; ord. to Symington (Lanarkshire),
29th April 1795 ; trans, to Eastwood f>th
July 1798; trans, to Trinity College, Edin
burgh, 16th July 1802 ; pres. by the Town
Council 15th June 1803 ; trans, and adm.
(in New Greyfriars) 12th Jan. 1804; D.I).
(Edinburgh, 16th Sept. 1809); died 24th
Jan. 1837. He marr. 12th May 1797, Anna-
bella (died 10th April 1853, in her 86th
year), daugh. of Thomas Brown of Water-
head, and had issue — Helen, born 1st Jan.
1798, died 26th Jan. 1805 ; Annabella, born
30th May 1802, died 20th April 1804;
George, born 31st May 1804 ; Agnes Helen,
born 27th April 1806, died 23rd Sept. 1818 ;
Jane Hamilton, born 22nd June 1808, died
15th Aug. 1828; Thomas of Glendrissaig,
advocate, born 7th Oct. 1810, died llth
May 1885; Henry, born 16th Dec. 1812;
Mary, died 10th Dec. 1820 (marr. 12th
June 1820, James Anderson, younger, of
Stroquhan). Publications — Sermons', (Leith,
1837).— [Anderson's Sketches, Tombst.]
THOMAS GUTHPJE, trans, from
Arbirlot ; pres. by Town Council,
and adm. 21st Sept. 1837 ; trans, to
St John's 28th Oct. 1841.
ST GILES, on THE HIGH KIRK.
[There is record evidence of a church
here, very likely on the present site, in the
year 854. In 1120 King Alexander I. re
built the church in the Norman style.
Of this building characteristic features
survived until 1798. During the four
teenth century, Edinburgh was captured
and plundered by the English under
Edward II. and Edward III., and twice
St Giles was laid waste. After restora
tion, the church was more thoroughly
ruined at the Burnt Candlemas in 1387,
I when Richard II. sacked the city. The
, western part of the fabric was soon in use
again ; but the restoration of the choir
and transepts, which were much enlarged,
lasted on into the sixteenth century. In
1467 the city endowed St Giles as a
- collegiate church.
It now became usual to speak of the
nave, where the stonework was ancient, as
i the Old Kirk, while the eastern part of
the building was called the New Kirk.
When the movement for reform drew
! large crowds to St Giles, separate services
i began to be regularly held in the Old and
i New Kirks. Soon this was not enough, and
I the great church was partitioned off into
smaller sections. In 1571 St Giles was
! seized by Kirkcaldie of Grange, and held
by him as a stronghold for Queen Mary.
This resulted in serious damage to the
I structure.
At the Reformation the parish of St
Giles was coextensive with the city of
I Edinburgh. Our Lady's Kirk of Field
'; and the other College Kirk of the Holy
1 Trinity were not parochial charges. To
! meet the spiritual needs of the growing
i population, the first plan of the Pieformers
was to add to the staff of the parochial
clergy. Thus St Giles was given four, and
even five ministers. The better to carry
out this method, the parish was divided
into four districts, called the Quarters
of the city. These were distinguished
as the North-East Quarter, the South-
West Quarter, etc. Each Quarter was
placed under the special care of one of
the ministers.
The choir of St Giles was known as the
New Kirk, the East Kirk, or the Little
Kirk, while the Old Kirk to the west was
also called the Great Kirk. At length, in
1598, Edinburgh was broken up into four
parishes. The North- West Quarter, as
the remanent part of the ancient parish,
continued to occupy the choir of St Giles,
which alone became the High Kirk of the
city. In it the Magistrates, the Court of
Session, and other dignitaries officially
worshipped. In it also was the royal
pew. From its place of worship this dis
trict became known as the High Kirk
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Parish. The South-East Quarter became
the Old Kirk Parish, and its congregation
still met in the Old Kirk. For the other
two Quarters separate churches were pro
vided. To the North-East Quarter was
given the fine old church of the Holy
Trinity, and for the South- West Quarter
a new place of worship was built at the
top of the Greyfriars burial-ground.
In 1633, when a bishopric of Edinburgh
was set up, the choir of St Giles was made
to serve as its cathedral. But all that was
annulled in 1637. Again in 1661 the choir
was fitted up anew for cathedral functions.
This lasted till 1689, when once more it
was made a parish church. It had been
intended to make the whole church a
cathedral, but that was not carried out.
In 1641 the parochial areas of Edinburgh
were recast, and two new city parishes were
founded. Each of these got its name from
an outstanding public building in it. One
was called the Tolbooth Parish, and the
other the Tron Parish, from the city Tron,
or Weighhou.se, which stood very near the
east end of St Giles, close to the Cross.
From 1829 till 1833 a restoration of St
Giles was carried out by the city, at a cost
of nearly £21,600. Toward this Govern
ment gave a grant of £12,000. That
renovation is remembered rather for what
the restorers destroyed than for what they
achieved. In 1870 Dr William Chambers,
who had been Lord Provost of the city,
began a far more real restoration. With aid
from various sources, and very largely at his
own expense, this was finished in 1883. But
just as his great undertaking saw its end,
the generous worker died. Two days after
the reopening of the restored church (23rd
May 1883), the funeral service of Dr Cham
bers was held in it. The renewed church
can seat a congregation of 3000.]
1560
JOHN KXOX was born in or near
Haddington. There are grounds for
accepting Morham as his birthplace.
He was the son of William Knox, a peasant
cultivator of the soil. All that is known
of his mother is that her name was
Sinclair. It seems likely that 1513-15,
and not the commonly accepted date
VOL. I.
1505, was the year of his birth. He
was educated at the burgh school of
Haddington, and probably at the Univer
sities of Glasgow and St Andrews, in
both of which another Haddingtonian,
John Major, taught for a time — at the latter
place for more than half a century. For
twenty years of Knox's manhood there is
little known of his career. He is believed
to have returned to East Lothian, where
he acted as a notary and as private tutor
in the families of the local gentry. When
he took priest's orders is unknown, but in
1540 we find him styled "Sir John Knox"
(a "Pope's knight ;;), and in a deed of
27th March 1543 he is described in his
own handwriting as " John Knox, minister
of the sacred altar of the diocese of St
Andrews, notary by Apostolical authority.''1
Three years later, in 1546, he had avowed
the Protestant doctrines, and wras carrying
a two-handed sword before George Wishart,
then in peril of arrest and condemnation
to the stake at the hands of Archbishop
Beaton. In 1547, with two pupils, he took
refuge within the Castle of St Andrews,
now held by the murderers of Cardinal
Beaton. And here he had his call to the
ministry of the Reformed Church. The
Sunday after, he preached in the parish
kirk of St Andrews, denouncing the Pope,
and striking straight at the root of the
evils of which the papacy was the fruit.
A month later the castle fell to the
French, and the captured garrison were
consigned to the galleys and to prisons in
France. For nineteen months Knox toiled
as a galley-slave, amid much suffering
of body and mind. Released in Feb. 1549,
he went to England, and was appointed
by the Privy Council to minister to the
garrison and town of Berwick-on-Tweed.
In 1551 he was removed to Newcastle-on-
Tyne. He acted as chaplain to Edward
VI., and declined the Bishopric of Rochester
as well as the vicarage of All-Hallows in
London. In 1554 he was in charge of the
English church at Frankfort-on-the-Maine,
but went to Geneva in 1555, where he
became intimate with Calvin, and
ministered to the English colony who
had gathered there and had been granted
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a place of worship. Next year he re
visited Scotland, returning to Geneva by
the end of July. On the 2nd of May
1559, Knox was again in .Scotland, and on
29th June he preached in St Giles for the
lirst time. At a meeting held on 7th July
he was elected minister, and commenced
his labours immediately, preaching twice
on Sundays and thrice during the week.
He bore an active share in drawing up
the Confession of Faith, approved of by
Parliament in 1560, and the Book of Dis
cipline. A member of the First General
Assembly, 20th Dec. 1560, he was Moderator
25th Dec. 1562, and again in 1568. In
1564 he was appointed to superintend the
northern churches, and in the next year
those of Fife and Perthshire. He preached
at the coronation of James ATI., 29th July
1567. Tn the autumn of 1570 he was
struck by apoplexy, and preached for the
last time, 9th Nov. 1572, at the induction
of James Lawson. He died 24th Nov.
1572. At his burial in St Giles1 graveyard,
the Regent Morton pronounced his tlo<j<- :
"There lies one who neither feared nor
flattered any flesh." He marr. (1) 1553,
Marjorie (died Dec. 1560), fifth (laugh, of
Richard Bowes, governor of Norhain
. Castle, and Elizabeth Aske of Aske, in
the County of Durham, and had issue —
Nathaniel, M.A., born May 1557 ; Eleazer,
B.D., bapt. 29th Nov. 1558 ; both took orders
in the Church of England, became Fellows
of St John's College, Cambridge, and died
without issue— Nathaniel in 1580, and
Eleazer 23rd May 1591. At the time of
his death, Eleazer was vicar of Clacton
Magna, in the archdeaconry of Colchester :
(2) on Palm Sunday, 1564, Margaret Stewart,
claugh. of Andrew, Lord Ochiltree, and
had issue— Martha, born 1565 (?) (marr.
1584, Alexander, eldest son of Robert
Fairlie, laird of Braid, Edinburgh), died
1st Dec. 1592; Margaret, born 1567 (?)
(marr. Zachary Pont, inin. of Bower);
Elizabeth, born 1570 (?) (marr. John
Welch, min. of Ayr). Within two years of
his death, Knox's widow married Andrew
Ker of Faldonside (one of those who
attacked Rizzio). She died 1612, leaving
a son, John Ker, min. of Prestonpans.
Publications — See David Laing's edition
of Knox's Work* in 6 vols. (Edinburgh,
1846-64).— -[/sV/. Min., E<lin. Counc. R«J.,
7V.x7. 7iV;/. (AW///.), JJookr of the Kirk:
Keith's, Calderwood's, Petrie's, and Spot-
tiswood's Uistx. ; Dirt. Xat. J^io'i. ; Lire* by
M'Crie,] Lume Brown, Macmillan, MacCunn,
Andrew Lang, Glasse, Cowan, Stalker ;
Leishman's A Son of KIIOJC. Dr Hay Flem
ing has in preparation a Life of A'no.i-.']
JOHN WILLOCK. At first he appears
as a friar of the Franciscan House
at Ayr. Having joined the party of
reform before 1541, he tied for his life to
England. There he became noted as a
zealous and taking preacher. This led to
his arrest for heresy under an Act of
Henry VIII., " for abolishing diversity of
opinion :; in matters of religion. Found
guilty of preaching against purgatory, holy
water, priestly confession, and prayer to
the saints, and of holding that priests
might lawfully be married, he was for
some time confined in the Fleet prison.
After the accession of Edward VI. he was
chaplain to Henry, Duke of Suffolk, who
had married King Henry's niece, and is
best known as the father of Lady Jane
Grey. He preached for a time in London,
in St Katherine's Church, when both he
and John Knox, his fast friend, were
granted general license to preach any
where in England. Henry, Earl of Hun
tingdon, presented him to the rectory of
Loughborough in Leicestershire, a living
which he continued to hold during King
Edward's reign, and again during that
of Queen Elizabeth for the rest of his life.
Thus in his later years he was in the
unique position of being at the same time
a parish minister in both England and
Scotland. When Mary Tudor came to
the English throne in 1553, Willock fied to
Embden, in the Protestant Duchy of Fries-
land. There he practised as a physician
with much success, and rose to some
eminence. In 1555, and again in 1556, the
Duchess Anne of Friesland sent him to
Scotland as her Commissioner on matters
of trade. In 1558 he returned home, and
preached for some time in Dundee, with
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much acceptance among the friends of
reform. In 1559, when John Knox had to
leave Edinburgh in peril of his life, Willoek
took his place as the evangelist of the
Reformation. It was then that he con
ducted in St Giles what is believed to have
been the earliest public celebration of the
Holy Communion in Scotland after the
reformed ritual. In 15GO, when Queen
Mary of Guise lay dying, the Earls of
Argyll and Moray, and other Lords of the
Congregation advised her to "send for a
godly, learned man of whom she might
receive instruction ;; ; and Willoek was
chosen to minister to her, which he faith
fully did. That same year he was made
Superintendent of Glasgow and the West.
He was also one of the six Johns entrusted
with the drawing up of the First Book of
Discipline, the others being John Knox,
John Winram, John Spottiswood, John
Douglas, and John Row. Sometime in
that year he went to England, and brought
home his wife, Katherine Picknavell, an
English lady. He was chosen Moderator of
the General Assembly in 1503, 1504, 1565,
and 1568. In 1">G5 Queen Mary endeavoured
to put a stop to his activity by having him
imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle ; but the
Reformers were now too strong for her, and
she had to depart from her purpose.
After that, Willoek went back to his
English rectory at Loughborough. In
1567 the General Assembly sent him a
strong letter of appeal, begging him to
come again to aid the good cause. This
led to his return, and he was Moderator of
Assembly in 1568. He went again to
Loughborough, and was there in 1570 when
the Regent Moray was assassinated. Knox
then wished much to have the aid of his
old friend in the perplexities of the time,
but Willoek could not come. His letter
to Knox tells of his sorrow at the loss
of the good regent, and of his great admira
tion for that departed statesman.
Willoek died at the rectory of Lough
borough, 4th Dec. 1585. His wife survived
until 1599. His last will makes provision
for his son Edmund, and Edmund's wife
Grizel, also for their children John, Kath
erine, Mary, Bridget, Dorothy, and George.
— [Knox's Histori/, Keith's History, Foxe's
Martyrs, Wodrow's Works; Transactions
of Scott. Ecclesiological Society, 1913.]
JAMES LAWSON, born 1538, at Perth,
1572 °^ humble parentage ; received his
early education at the Grammar
School of his native city under the
celebrated Andrew Simson. In 1559 he
became the fellow-student and friend of
Andrew Melville at St Andrews ; and
afterwards travelled on the Continent as
tutor to the young Earl of Crawford. In
1568 he was appointed to teach Hebrew
in the New College, St Andrews ; in 1569,
after the "purging1' of the University
of Aberdeen, he was promoted to be
Sub-Principal of King's College, and the
same year he became min. of Old
Machar. In 1572, "after long reasoning,"
he was called to be successor to Knox.
Following a "trial" sermon preached on
19th Sept., he was admitted to the charge
by Knox himself on 9th Xov. He assisted
in the drawing up of the First Book of
Discipline, and was an examiner of all
books proposed to be printed. He wras
Moderator of the Dundee Assembly, 1st
July 1580 ; attended the Regent Morton on
the scaffold in 1581 ; and was zealous in
defending the authority of the Church in
the affair of Archbishop Montgomery, 1582.
In 1584 he declaimed so vehemently against
the Parliament, that the Earl of Arran
said : " If Lawson's head were as great as
an haystack, I shall cause it to leap from his
hawse [throat]." For this he was compelled
to fly, and accompanied by Balcanquhal,
sought refuge at Berwick, 27th May 1584.
Always a man of melancholic mood, he was
so affected by the troubles of the times
and the unworthy conduct of some of
his Hock that he resolved to leave the
country altogether, and make his home in
England. He had barely reached London
when he was seized with illness, and died
12th Oct. 1584. James Melville spoke of
him as " a man of singular learning, zeal,
and eloquence, whom I never heard preach
but he melted my heart with tears '''
(Diary, p. 146). Lawson's great educational
achievement was the founding of the
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University of Edinburgh. He may be
said to have been its principal promoter,
and its best and wisest friend during the
first year of its history, 1583. He inarr.
Janet (died 1592), daugh. of Alexander
Guthrie, common clerk of Edinburgh, and
had issue— James ; Elizabeth ; Katharine
(marr. (1) Gilbert Dick; (2) Patrick Gallo
way, min. of St Giles, 1GU7). Publications
— Heads and Conclusions of t/te Policie oj
the Kirk [jointly]; Letters to their Flocke
in Edinburgh [jointly] (Calderwood's Hist.,
iv.) ; Account of t/te Life and Death of
that Illustrious Man, John Knox (Knox's
Works, vi. ; Christ. Mag., vi.).—[Edin.
COKHC. and Test. Key., Reg. Assiy., Petrie's
and Calderwood's Jlists., Wodrow's Bioy. ;
Grant's Univ. of Edin., i. ; New S^aldiny
Club Collections, Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT BRUCE, recommended by
1587 Andrew Melville to the General
Assembly, and called 1587. On the
division of the city into parishes, he was
translated to the New or Little Kirk in
1598. — [Edin. Counc. Key., Sermons (Wod
row's Life), Reg. Assiy., Petrie's and Calder
wood's Hists. ; Scots Mag., Ixiv. ; Maclaren's
Ann. Tax ; Acts ParL, iii., iv.]
THE COLLEAGUES, or those to whom no
parochial district had been allowed, or has
been discovered : —
JOHN CRAIG, trans, from Holyrood-
house; adm. after 18th June 1562.
He proclaimed, or rather denounced,
the marriage of Queen Mary and the Earl
of Bothwell in May 1567 ; was Moderator
of the General Assembly, 2nd March
1569 ; trans, to Montrose in 1571.— [Edin.
Conn. Reg. ; M'Crie's Knox, ii. ; Spottis-
wood's, Petrie's, How's, and Calderwood's
Hists. ; Edin. Chr. List., iii. ; Lee's Lett.,
Maclaren's Ann. Tax.]
JOHN DURIE, trans, from Leith ; adm.
1573 beforo 6tl1 Au8'' 1573' In 158° ^e
was Visitor or Superintendent of
Teviotdale. With his colleagues, Lawson
and Balcanquhal, he attended the Earl of
Morton at his execution, 1581. He became
conspicuous in the conflicts between the
King and the Church, and for inveighing
against the Court on a Fast Day, 23rd May
1582, he was called before the Privy Council
and ordered to quit Edinburgh and desist
from preaching. By and by he was per
mitted to return, when he was met and
welcomed by a great concourse of people,
4th Sept, 1582. " At the Nether Bow they
took up the 124th Psalm, ' Now Israel may
say, and that truly,' and sang it in such a
pleasant tune, in all the four parts, these
being well known to the people, who came
up the street bareheaded and singing, till
they entered the kirk. This had such a
sound and majesty as affected themselves
and the huge multitude of beholders who
looked over the shots and forestairs with
admiration and amazement. The Duke
[Lennox] himself was a witness, and tare
his beard for anger, being more affrayed at
this sight than anything he had ever seen
since he came to Scotland. When they
entered the kirk Mr Lawson made a short
exhortation in the reader's place to thank
fulness, and after the singing of a psalm
the people departed with great joy"
(Calderwood's History, iii.)- In Nov. 1583
he was again charged to leave the city,
and was confined to Montrose, of which
parish he became minister the year
following.— \_Rey. Assiy., Melvill's Autob.,
Wodroiv Miscell.; Wodrow's Bioy. (i.) and
MS. Bioy. (i.) ; Petrie's, Spottiswood's, and
Row's Hists. ; Edin. Counc. Rey. ; Edin.
Chr. Inst., v.
WALTER BALCANQUHAL, adm.
Whitsunday 1574; dem. May 1596,
so as to allow a parochial division of
the city which had been proposed for some
time; adm. to Trinity Parish for the
North-East Quarter of the city, 1598.—
[Rey. Assiy., Edin. Counc. Reg., Melvill's
Aiitob. ; Petrie's, Spottiswood's, Row's, and
Calderwood's Hists., i., ii.]
JOHN CAIRNS, probably sou of Henry
C., skipper in Leith (who was forced
to leave the country, being denounced
as a fugitive and condemned for heresy in
1538), was one of those who privily held
meetings in maintenance of the Protestant
faith in the city in 1555, and was " lectour
of the morning prayers," or reader, in 1561.
1574
1578
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Application was made to the Assembly,
26th June lf>66, for his admission to the
ministry in the city, and the matter was
remitted for consideration as to his fitness
and sufficiency. He is mentioned as fourth
minister, 23rd Jan. 1578, though in the
Book of Assignation he appears as reader
only, ten years afterwards, 1588. He died
in 1595, leaving a widow, Janet Wilson.—
[Knox's Works, ii. ; M'Crie's Knot, ii. ;
Edin. Counc. Beg., Reg. Assig. ; Wodrow:s
Biocj., i. ; Wodrow Miscell., Booke of the
Kirk; Keith's, Spottiswood's, and Calder-
wood's Hints. ; Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ;
Lee's Lett., Maclaren's Ann. Tax.]
JOHN EDMESTOUN [EDMON-
STON], formerly of Grail ; adm.
1584 ; trans, to Dunning in 1586.—
[Edin. Counc. Reg.']
JAMES HAMILTON, min. of Dairy, in
Galloway; elected 27th Nov. 1584,
and "admitted for a time at His
Majesty's command," 16th April 1585. He
returned to his former charge in same year.
—[Edin. Counc. Beg.]
WILLIAM WATSON, entreated by the
Council to remain and teach " fifteen
days," 5th March 1584; adm. 13th
April 1585. He was imprisoned for a time
in the end of that year, for comparing James
VI. to Jeroboam. After the tumult, 17th
Dec. 1596, for which he and his brethren
were blamed, he withdrew to Fife, made
an apology, and was restored to civil
liberty, 22nd April 1597. He returned
and re-entered on duty 24th July follow
ing. On the division of the city, he was
admitted to the South or Old Kirk Quarter.
—[Edin. Counc. Beg., Beg. Assig., Melvill's
Autob., How's and Calderwood's Ilists]
JOHN COWPER supplied the vacancy
for a time, and was elected by the
Town Council 23rd Nov. 1586.
Refusing to pray for Queen Mary, then
under sentence of death, he was ordered by
the King to leave the pulpit, that his place
might be supplied by Patrick, Archbishop
of St Andrews, and was imprisoned in the
Castle of Blackness, on which the city
gave him £40 Scots in consideration of
1589
the expense to which he had been sub
jected; trans, to High Church, Glasgow,
Feb. 1587.— [Test, and Edin. Counc. Beg.;
Booke of the Kirk, Melvill's Autob. ; Spottis
wood's, Petrie's, Row's, Calderwood's, and
Cook's Ilists. ; Beg. Assig. ; Wodrow J//S'.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, formerly of Liber-
ton ; ordered to continue " till he be
provided as the Kirk and Council
crave " ; chosen 3rd June 1589 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Canongate.— [Booke of tJ/e
Kirk, Calderwood's Hist.]
JAMES BALFOUR, trans, from Idvies
1589 8tl1 Oct> 1589- ^fter tllC tumult in
the city, 17th Dec. 1591, he was
apprehended, but escaped to Fife by the
assistance of the citizens, was put to the
horn, made an apology, was relaxed there
from 22nd April 1597, and returned to his
charge 24th July 1597. On the division of
the city he was admitted to the North-
West Quarter, in the East or Little Kirk, in
lM8.—[Edin. Counc. Beg., Beg. Assig.,
Booke of the Kirk, Melvill's Autob., Calder
wood's Hist. ; Acts ParL, iv.]
PATRICK GALLOWAY, born about
1551, son of Thomas G., baxter,
burgess of Dundee, and Christian
Nicoll ; was min. of Fowlis Easter in 1576 ;
trans, to Perth 25th April 1581 ; suspected
of attachment to Gowrie interest, he had
to take refuge in England, and failing to
appear before the Council, was outlawed
6th June 1584. He became min. of the
King's House llth Feb. 1589-90, and was
Moderator of Assembly 4th Aug. 1590 and
10th Nov. 1602 ; chaplain to James VI.,
and attended His Majesty at the Hampton
Court Conference, 1604, acting as inter
mediary between the Presb. of Edinburgh
and the King ; adm. end of June 1607 ;
member of the Courts of High Commis
sion, 15th Feb. 1610, 21st Dec. 1615, and
15th June 1619. He signed the Protesta
tion for the Liberties of the Kirk 27th
June 1617, but withdrew his protest, the
most obnoxious of the measures by which
James sought to override the Assembly
having been withdrawn. On the division
of the city in 1625, he was nominated to
St Giles, and his admission appointed for
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24th Jan. 1620 ; illness supervened, and
he died before 10th Feb. following. He
man*. (1) 1st May 1583, Matilda Guthric,
who died June 1592, and had issue — James,
created Baron Dunkeld 15th May 1015 ;
William; Dorothy (marr. William Adam-
son of Craigcrook) ; Christian : (2) in
1000, Kathcrine, daugh. of James Lawson
(Knox's colleague), widow of Gilbert Dick,
merchant, burgess of Edinburgh. Pub
lications — Catechisme (London, 1588); A
Xhort Discourse of the Good Ends of the
Ifigher Providence, in the Late Attempts
at I/ is Majesty's Person (Edinburgh, 1000) ;
Letters to the Prcsh. of Edinburgh and to
James VI. (Orig. Lett.) ; The Apology when
lie Fled to England — Discourses on the
(rou'rie Conspiracy (Bannatyne Jfiscell.,
i. ; Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, ii.). — \_Edin.
Guild, Counc., and Test. Reg. ; Douglas's
Peer., Rollock's Works, Melvill's Autob. ;
Jlann. MiscelL, i. ; Row's and Calderwood's
Hists., Wilson's Pr. Perth, Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
THOMAS SYDSERFF, M.A. ; adm. by
the Archbishop 30th May 1011. He
signed the Protestation for the
Liberties of the Kirk 27th June 1017, and
on the division of the city in 1025 was
given the North-East Quarter, or Trinity
Parish. — [Ed/'n. (hold and Counc. Re*j.,
Law's Univ. Edin., Orig. Lett., Calder-
wood's Ifist. ; Wodrow's JJioy., i.]
1622
1614
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, M.A. ; trans,
from High Church, Glasgow ; elected
28th April, and adm. 15th June
1014 : and on the division of the city in
1025 nominated to the North- West Quarter,
or High Church. — [Edin. Guild and Counc.
Keg. ; Spottiswood's, Row's, and Calder-
wood's J fists. ; Scot's Apolog. A'arr. ; Ori<j.
Lett., ii. ; Acts Parl, iv.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, M.A. ; trans, from
1621 Pertn; electcd 2Gtn March 1620,
but refused to accept. The Council
again dealt with him 9th May, and he was
adm. 15th June 1621 ; he became Bishop of
Moray in 1023 (?.".). — [Edin. Counc. Reg. ;
Spottiswood's, Row's, and Calderwood's
Hists.; Orig. Lett., ii.]
WILLIAM FORBES, D.D. ; trans, from
Aberdeen ; elected by the Town
Council and Session 19th Dec. 1621 ;
adm. 21st March 1022. On the division of
the city in 1025 he was nominated to the
South-East Quarter. — {Edin. Counc. Reg. ;
Spottiswood's, Row's, and Calderwood's
Ifists. ; Orig. Lett., ii. ; Wodrow's J/VV.
Jiiog., ii.]
ROBERT ROLLOCK, M.A., Principal
of the 1 Tniv., was appointed to teach
in the East Kirk in the morning, 5th
Sept. 1587, but, 13th Dec. 1589, another
was appointed for that duty ; in 1590 he
took full charge, was Moderator of Assembly
10th May 1597, and removed to the South-
West Quarter, or the Upper Tolbooth, prob
ably the west portion of St Giles, in 1598. —
[Presb. a)i,d Edin. Counc. Reg., Calderwood's
J/ist., Craufurd's Univ.']
1598
ROBERT BRUCE, born 1554, second
son of Sir Alexander B. of Airth
and Janet, daugh. of Lord Living
ston and great-granddaughter of James
I.) ; educated at St Leonard's College,
St Andrews ; M.A. (1572) ; studied law in
Paris and practised his profession in Edin
burgh. He was on his way to becoming
a judge, but a remarkable spiritual
experience "on the last night of Aug.
1581 '' sent him to study for the Church.
He was licensed by the Presb. of St
Andrews in 1587, and almost immediately
called to this charge. He was Moderator
of the Assembly summoned to meet on Gth
Feb. 1588 to consider means of defence
! against the threatened invasion of the
I Spanish Armada. In Oct. 1589, when
James VI. (who both respected and feared
him) sailed to Norway to fetch his bride,
and parties in Edinburgh were somewhat
I excited, the King appointed Bruce an extra-
! ordinary Privy Councillor, and such was
his influence that he kept all quiet, and
' on His Majesty's return received a cordial
i letter of thanks, 19th Feb. 1589-90. He
I crowned the Queen 17th March 1590, and
was again Moderator May 1592. His power
' and success as a preacher were very remark -
! able, and he continued to enjoy the King's
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favour till 1596, when, giving offence by his
opposition to James's prelatic tendencies,
he, with others, was banished from Edin
burgh. He was allowed to return after a
time, and in May 1598 was admitted to the
Little Kirk. At first he refused the im
position of hands, not judging it an essential
part of the ordination ceremony, but ulti
mately he consented to accept it "as a
ceremony of entry only." In August 1000
the Gowrie Conspiracy took place, and
Bruce being one of those who entertained
doubts as to the treason of the Ruthvens,
refused to offer up thanks in the manner
prescribed for the King's deliverance. As
a result (and spite of the efforts of his
friends to get the matter settled), Bruce
was ordered to quit Edinburgh, and pro
hibited from preaching anywhere in the
kingdom upon pain of death. The last
thirty years of his life were spent in various
places. From 1005 to 1009 he was confined
to Inverness, where he met with much hard
treatment from Lord Enzie and others,
but where his preaching was much appreci
ated by his friends. On a vacancy he
supplied the charge of Forres for a time,
after which, on the solicitation of his son,
he received permission to return to his
patrimonial estate of Kinnaird, near Stir
ling, where he repaired at his own expense
the church of Larbert, and discharged all
the duties of the ministry, officiating some
times also at Stirling. Occasionally he
resided on his other property at Monkland.
"Wherever he had an opportunity of
preaching, great crowds attended ; he
preached with remarkable power, and his
own life being in full accord with his
preaching, the influence he attained was
almost without parallel in the history of
the Scottish Church/' In 1020 he was
again banished to Inverness, where, broken
in health and in increasing weakness, he
remained till 1024. On King James's death
in 1625 the severity against him was much
mitigated, and by King Charles's order he was
allowed to return to Kinnaird, where he died
27th July 1031. In person he was tall and
dignified, with a majestic countenance and
venerable appearance in the pulpit. He had
a knowledge of the Scriptures beyond most
of his time. Andrew Melville described
him as a "hero adorned with every virtue,
a constant confessor and almost martyr to
the Lord Jesus," whilst Livingstone of
Ancrum said : " Mr Robert Bruce I several
times heard, and in my opinion never man
spoke with greater power since the Apostles'
days/1 He marr. 22nd Aug. 1590, Martha
(died Nov. 1020), second daugh. of Sir
George Douglas of Pittendreich, and had
issue— Robert, ancestor of James Bruce,
African explorer ; Anna, bapt. 10th March
1595 ; Rebecca (marr. Andrew Young,
minister : Xtirliwj ,S'as., iv., 89) ; Margaret,
bapt, 9th July 1598 ; Maria, bapt. 1st Sept.
i.:>99 ; James ; Jean, bapt, 21st Jan. 1001 :
Mary (marr. 15th Feb. 1018, Michael Klphin-
stone of Quarrel : Rey. of DM!*, cclxxviii.,
295) ; John, a clergyman of the Church of
England ; Elizabeth (marr. 20th April 1024,
•lames Campbell, younger, of Moy) ; Martha
(marr. in 1048. James Ramsay, son to Barn-
bougie). Publications — Sermons -upon the
S'lerninent of the, Lord* Xi(j>]>er (Edinburgh,
1 :>!)< > ; republished and edited by Prof. John
Laidlaw, D.D., Edinburgh, 1901)_; [see
AH surer to foregoing by William Reinolde,
priest at Antwerp, 1593]; The Wa;i to True,
Peaee awt Re*t (London, 1(517); [which,
with another, and Life by Wodrow, were
edited by William Cunningham, D.D., and
printed for the Wodrow Society, 1843].—
\_Sermons; The Ediii. (I>(i2>t.), Coune., mid
Text. Re<j. (Stirl.) ; llooke of the Kirk ; Pet-
rie's, Spottiswood's, Row's, and Caklerwood's
Mists. ; Melvill's Av.tob. ; tieots M<.«j., Ixiv. ;
Ori'f. Lett., Maitland's Hist, of E</i»/>ur>//t,
Diet. Nat. J>io</., W. Bruce Armstrong's
llruees of Airth. M. E. Gumming Brace's
Familif Reeor'h of the Jlrwes, Macnicol's
Master Robert Jlruee (contains account of
recently discovered MS. Sermons of R. B.).]
.JOHN HALL, son of Andrew TL,
burgess of Kirkcudbright ; mentioned
as min. of Hailes or Colinton in 1579 ;
one of the commissioners for trial of the
brethren in Lothian in 1580; trans, to
Leith 24th Oct. 1590; adin. min. of the
Second Charge, St Giles, 7th Dec. 1598;
along with others of the city ministers he
declined to believe in the genuineness of
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the Cowrie Conspiracy, or to offer thanks
giving for the King's escape ; on Gth Aug.
1600 he was inhibited from preaching,
and on 10th Sept, was called before the
Privy Council, when he declared himself
satisfied as to the truth of the plot
against the King. He was reponcd ; Avas
Moderator of Assembly in 1001 ; would
join in no steps for the relief of the
brethren who held an assembly at Aberdeen
in 1605 ; nominated constant Moderator of
Presb. in 1606 ; was a member of the Court
of High Commission 15th Feb. 1610 ; trans.
in terms of His Majesty's request, and adm.
after 21st Feb. 1610. He was a member of
Ceneral Assembly same year, and again of
the Court of High Commission 21st Dec.
1615. In 1616 he drew up (with John
Adamson, min. of Liberton), a Confession
of Faith and Catechism. In 1617 he signed
the Protestation for the Liberties of the
Kirk, but withdrew his protest, and de-
mitted March 1619, being then old and
infirm. In the latter years of his life, sus
pected of having encouraged resistance to
the Articles of Perth, he was ordered by
the Privy Council to remove to Montrosc.
He died Aug. 1627. He marr. Margaret
Arnot, niece of John Johnston, writer,
Edinburgh, and of John Arnot, burgess
of Edinburgh (Sas., 6th June 1592 ; Prof.
Ilk. of Henry Elder, p. 895), and had
issue— John ; William ; Andrew, bapt. 19th
July 1601 ; Robert, bapt, 19th Oct. 1604.
Publication — Catechism (Edinburgh, 1619).
• — [Edin. (Bapt.), Count-., Guild, and Test.
Reg. ; Orig. Lett., Boohe of the Kirk, Mel-
vill's Autob., Scott's Apolog. A~«?T., Row's
and Calderwood'a J/ists. ; Wodrow's JAS'.
Biog., ii.]
1626
WILLIAM STRUTHER [STRUTH-
^R'S]> horn at Glasgow about 1578 ;
probably son of the reader there ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1599) ; an " expectant ;; in the Merse in
1602; on the exercise at Glasgow 2Jst
March 1604 ; adm. min. of Kirkintilloch
8th March 1607; trans, to High Church,
Glasgow, 3rd May 1612 ; trans, to St Giles,
Edinburgh, after 15th June 1614 ; one of
four app. by the Assembly of 1616 to
answer the books and pamphlets written
by the Papists, and to revise the Confes
sion of Faith previous to publication. He
signed the Protestation for the Liberties
of the Kirk 27th June 1617, but withdrew
his protest; was a member of the Court
of High Commission 15th June 1619;
trans, and adm. 25th Jan. 1626. On the
erection of the diocese of Edinburgh, he
became Dean, and died 9th Nov. 1633. To
the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow
he left 6000 mcrks for theological bursaries.
He marr. Elizabeth (died Feb. 1641), daugh.
of Andrew Roberton of Stonehall, and
had issue— Andrew, whose son John was
served heir to his grandfather (G. A'. Inhib.,
9th May 1645); Margaret; William, bapt.
29th June 1617; James and Elizabeth
(twins); Samuel. Publications— C/tristian,
Observations and Resolutions (Edinburgh,
1628 ; another edition, 1629) ; A Looking
Glasse for ] 'rimes and People, with a
Looking (Masse for Princes and, Popes
(Edinburgh, 1632); True Happiness, or
King David:s Choice (London, 1633) :
Letter to the Earl of A i /ike ; Grievance*
of Ministers (1635); The Sanctuary of the
Troubled Soul (anon.). — [Ed in. (Bapt.),
Counc., and. Test. Reg. ; Row's and Calder-
wood's 1 fists. ; Baillie's Lett., iii. ; Demp-
terii Hist., ii. ; Deeds Coll. of Glasg., Kirk
Pap. ; Bannatyne MiscelL, ii. : Wodrow's
J/,S'. Biog., ii.]
THOMAS SYDSERFF, M.A. ; trans.
1634 ^rom Trinity Parish ; pres. to the
Deanery of Edinburgh by Charles
I. 18th Jan. 1634; elected by the Council,
adm. 19th Feb., and clem. 3()th July 1634,
having been consecrated Bishop of Brechin
(q.v.).— [Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Wodrow's J//S'.
Biorj., ii.]
JAMES HAXXAY, son of John H.,
bailie and burgess in the Canongate
(of the family of Hannay of Sorbie,
Wigtownshire); M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd July
1615) ; min. of Kilmaurs in 1620 ; trans, to
Canongate in 1624 ; pres. to the Deanery
by Charles I. 13th May and 20th Oct.
1634 ; pres. by the Council 30th March 1635,
and adm. soon after. On 23rd July 1637
he proceeded to read " Laud's Liturgy "
1635
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in St Giles. The result was a brawl, when
the famous Jenny Geddes flung her stool
at the Dean's head. The service was inter
rupted ; Bishop and Dean were pelted by
the mob, and protests against the English
Prayer Book were bitter and universal.
Seldom has there been a popular tumult
leading to greater results. "It not only
suppressed the English Liturgy almost until
the nineteenth century, but it gave an
impulse to the Civil War of England, which
ended in the overthrow of church and
monarchy " (Dean Stanley's Lectures on
the Church of Scotland). H. was dep. 1st
Jan. 1639, for declining the General
Assembly, and reading and defending the
Service Book. He died before 21st June
1661, when his children had £100 allowed
by Parliament, out of vacant stipends, on
account of their father's sufferings. He
marr. Isobel Brown, who was buried in the
Kirk of Holyrood House, July 1674 (Canon-
gate Reg.), and had issue — Magdalen ; John ;
Martha ; William ; James ; George ; Marion
(marr. George Smelholm, servitor to the
Earl of Tweeddalc : P. C. R., Third Series,
i., f>l7); Isobel. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., E/Un,
Counc. and Canongafe Reg. (l^aj>t.) ;
Baillie's Lett., i. ; Stevenson's Hist., Peter-
kin's Rcc., Wodrow's JlfSS. ; Acts ParL, v.,
vii. ; Jfaitland Miscell., ii. ; Charters of St
Giles, Lees' St Giles.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON was born
1639 at Luthrie, i]1 the Fife Parish of
Creich, in 1583. Of his parentage
and family history hardly anything is
known. Tradition says he was the son of a
feuar, and a cadet of the Hendersons of
Fordel. In support of the latter statement,
his remains lie in the burying-ground of that
family in Greyfriars Churchyard, and a
contemporary portrait of him is still in
possession of a representative of that house.
At the age of sixteen he matriculated
at St Salvator's College, St Andrews, and
took his degree of M.A. in 1603. From
1603 to 1611 he was a Regent of Philosophy,
and during that period he completed his
course in divinity. He adopted strong
prelatic principles, and was a staunch
upholder of Archbishop Gledstanes, who
afterwards became his patron, and pre
sented him to the parish of Leuchars.
His settlement was so unpopular that on
the day of his ordination, probably in
Jan. 1614, the church doors were found
securely nailed up, and he and his friends
were obliged to enter by the window.
A Communion sermon preached in a
neighbouring parish by Robert Bruce of
Kinnaird, was the means of changing
Henderson's spiritual outlook. Attracted
by the fame of the preacher, he slipped (so
goes the story) into the darkest corner of
the church, hoping to steal out again un
recognised. Bruce chose for his text the
words : " Pie that entereth not by the door,'''
etc. The effect of his earnest appeal won
Henderson to the side of Presbyterianism.
His first appearance in that connection was
at the Perth Assembly of 1618, when he
strenuously opposed the Five Articles, not
withstanding the threats of the Govern
ment. In Aug. 1619 he appeared before
the Court of High Commission charged
with the publication of a pamphlet
denouncing the Perth Assembly. But
nothing came of the matter, and Hender
son returned to his parish. Of the
next eighteen years we know little or
nothing. With the memorable year 1637
he reappears on the scene, a keen opponent
of "Laud's Liturgy," which King Charles
was determined to foist on the Church.
Mainly through Henderson's influence
the National League and Covenant was
signed, 21st Feb. 1638, and he was Modera
tor of the Assembly which met at Glasgow,
21st Nov. of the same year. He received
calls to St Andrews, and Greyfriars, Edin
burgh, and was translated to this charge,
10th Jan. 1639. He was appointed a Com
missioner for framing a treaty of peace
with England, and was again Moderator in
1639. In Jan. 1640 he was Rector of the
University of Edinburgh, and held office
for the rest of his life. In 1641 he preached
before King Charles at Holyrood, and was
made Dean of the Chapel Royal. A third
time he was Moderator, 2nd Aug. 1643, and
was elected a member of the Westminster
Assembly of Divines. He declined the
principalship of St Mary's College, St
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Andrews, and died unmarried 19th Aug.
1646. Xext to the Church, Henderson's
greatest service was devoted to the Univer
sity of Edinburgh. "He was the ablest
educationist and the man of clearest in
sight of all who had to do with the college
since its foundation. He saw what was
wanted, and had the energy and the tact
necessary for securing it. It would have
been an inestimable advantage for the
universities of Scotland if his life could
have been prolonged for twenty years "
((.rant's Univ. of Edinburgh, i., 209).
Publications — The Remonstrance of the
J\ ability, etc., within the, Kingdom of
Scotland, vindicating them ami their Pro-
ceedingx from the Crimes wherewith they
are charged, />>/ the fate1 Proclamation hi
England, (1639) ; The Government and
Order of the Church of Scotland (Edin
burgh, 1641 ; another edition, 1690) :
Speech delivered immediately before the
taking of the. Covenant by the House of
Commons and Assembly of Divines (Edin
burgh, 1643); Three single Sermons
preached before the Houses of Parliament
(London, 1644, 1644, 164.")); The Bishops-
Doom (Edinburgh, 1762) ; Declaration -upon
his Deathbed [concerning King Charles]
(1648) ; Sermons, Prayers, and Pulpit
Addresses, edited from the original MSS.
by Px. Thomson Martin (Edinburgh, 1867).
— [Life and Times, by John Aiton, D.D. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Christ. Mag., x. • Wodrow's
Anal, and Hist. ; Acts ParL, v. ; Grant's
Univ., i. ; Livingston's Charae. ; Burnet's,
Stevenson's, and Cook's Hixts. ; Tombst.,
Editt. Counc. and Test. Reg., lleid's Westm.
Divines, Turner's Scot. Secess., Lockerby's '•
Life of J. Brown, M'Crie's Life, Pringle j
Thomson's Alexander Henderson, Diet. Xat. \
Biog.]
GEORGE GILLESPIE, born 21st Jan.
1647 !^13' son °f J°hn (*•) mm- of Kirk-
caldy ; studied at St Andrews, and
is said to have graduated M.A. 1629,
though the date is probably that on
which he entered the University ; bursar I
of the Prcsb. of Kirkcaldy. He became
chaplain to John, Viscount Kenmure ; to
John, Earl of Cassilis, and tutor to his son,
[PRESB. OF
James, Lord Kennedy ; ord. to Wemyss
26th April 1638 ; had calls to Aberdeen and
St Andrews ; trans, to Grcyfriars, Edin
burgh, 23rd Sept. 1642. He was a member
of the Westminster Assembly of Divines,
1643, and though the youngest member, by
his learning, zeal, and sound judgment,
gave essential assistance in the preparation
of the Directory and Confession of Faith.
He took final leave of Westminster 10th
July 1647, and presented the Confession of
Faith to the General Assembly on 4th
Aug., obtaining its ratification. This dis
poses of the legend which connects him
with the Shorter Catechism, which was
not begun till nth Aug. Dr Hew Scott
mentions the fable that Gillespic drew it
up " in the course of a single night." H e
was elected to this charge by the Town
Council 22nd Sept. 1647, and adm. shortly
after ; Moderator of Assembly 12th July
1648 ; died at Kirkcaldy 16th Dec. 1648.
He marr. Margaret Murray, who had
£1000 sterling voted by Parliament im
mediately after his death, for the support
of herself and family, but, owing to the
distractions of the time, it was never paid.
His children were — Robert, bapt. 15th May
1643 (received ordination from the "outed"
ministers ; was imprisoned in the Bass for
preaching at conventicles (1673); subse
quently went to England, and died, his
widow and children being recommended by
Parliament to the royal bounty, 17th July
1695) ; George, bapt. 20th May 1644 ; Archi
bald, died in 1659 ; Elizabeth (marr. James
Oswald, merchant in Edinburgh, afterwards
of Fingleton). Publications — A Dispute
against the, English Popish Ceremonies
obtruded upon the Church of Scotland (1637 ;
another edition, 1844) ; An Assertion of the
Church Covenant of Scotland (1641) ; Dia
logue between a Civilian and a Divine,
concerning the Present Condition of the
Church of England, (London, 1644) ; A
Recrimination in Defence of Presbyterian-
ism (London, 1644); NHul Respondes
(London, 1645) ; The True Resolution of
a Present Controversy/ concerning Liberty
of Conscience (London, 1645) ; Wholesome
Severity reconciled with Christian Liberty
(London, 1645) ; Aaron's Rod Blossoming
EDINBURGH]
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(London, 1646) ; Male Awl is, an Answer to
Coleman's Male Die is (London, 1646) ; A
Treatise of Miscellany Questions (Edinburgh,
1649) ; An Useful Case of Conscience Dis
cussed (Edinburgh, 1649); Works, with
memoir by W. M. Hetherington, LL.D., 2
vols. (Edinburgh, 1843-6); Notes of Delate*
and Proceeding of the Assembly of Diri»es,
edited by David Meek (Edinburgh, 1846).
— [Wodrow's Anal, and II 1st., Livingston's
Charac. ; Mitchell and Struthers:s Minutes
of Westminster AssemUy, 1874; Mitchell's
Westminster Assembly, 1884 ; Brodie's
Diary, Diet. Nat. Jh'oy.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans, from
Tolbooth Parish ; elected by the
Town Council 22nd Dec. 1648, and
adm. in 1649. Refusing to accept the
Bishopric of Edinburgh on the establish
ment of Episcopacy, he was removed to
the Greyfriars, or South-West Quarter, 2nd
June 1662, "that the bishop might be pro
vided.'"— [E<l!n. Counc. AV/., Lament's and
Nicoll's Diaries, Baillie's Lett.}
ROBERT LAURIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Tron Parish ; pres. to the 1 )eanery
of Edinburgh by Charles II. 23rd,
and coll. 24th Sept. 1662 ; prom, to the
Bishopric of Brechin in 1672 (q.r.} — [Min.-
book Rev. Privy Seal, Rey. Collat., Keith's
CataL, Nicoll's and Brodie's Diaries, Kirk-
ton's and Wodrow's Ilists.]
JOHN PATERSON, trans, from Tron
Parish; pres. to the Deanery of
Edinburgh by Charles IT. 13th May,
and adm. before 6th Aug. 1672 ; adm.
burgess and guild-brother 13th Nov. 1673 :
prom, to the Bishopric of Galloway in 1674.
In 1679 he became Bishop of Edinburgh,
and Archbishop of Glasgow in 1687 (?.?'.).
— [Min, - book Re<i. Privy Heal, E<U)i.
Counc. and Guild Rey}
WILLIAM ANNAND, born Ayr, 1633,
son of William A., min. of Ayr,
afterwards vicar of Throwley, and
rector of Leaveland, both in Kent ; educated
at King's College and Univ., Aberdeen,
and University College, Oxford; M.A.
(Aberdeen 1649), B.A. (Oxford 1655),
M.A. (Oxford 1656); ord. by Thomas,
Bishop of Ardfert, 1656, as assistant
preacher at Weston-in-the-Green, Oxford
shire ; vicar of Leighton-Buzzard, Bed
fordshire ; chaplain to John, Earl of
Middleton ; min. of the Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 1st Feb. 1663; trans, to Tron,
Edinburgh, 16th Aug. 1672; pres. to the
Deanery of Edinburgh by Charles IT. 28th
April (Privy Seal, ii., 516), and coll. 19th
May 1675; D.D. (St Andrews, 1st Oct.
1685); died 13th June 1689. Interred in
Greyfriars. He marr. 14th Jan. 1670,
Helen (buried 2()th Feb. 1687), second
daugh. of John Lundie of Auchtermairnie,
and had issue— Barbara, buried 28th March
1687. Publications — Fides Catholica
(London, 1661-2); Panem Quotidiaunm
(London, 1661); A Sermon in the Defence,
of the Liturgy (1661); Pater Noster, a
Treatise on the Lord's Prayer (London,
1670); Mysterium Pietatis (London, 1671);
Dojcologia, or Glory to fhe Father, etc.
(London, 1672); Dwilitas, or a Twofold
Subject on fhe Power and Honour, etc.,
of Magistracy (Edinburgh, 1674) ; A
Funerall Elegie upon the, Death of George
Sonds, yr., 1665, is ascribed to A. in the
British Museum Catalogue. — [AV/. Privy
Seal, Monro's Apology ; Wood's Ath. Ojcon.,
iv. ; Lamont's Diary, G rub's Ecclesiastical
Hist, of Scotland, Diet. Nat. Jlio'j.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, son of
John H. of Bangour; M.A. (Glas
gow 1649) ; studied both medicine
and divinity; ord. to Dalmeny 2nd July
1656; dep. 1662; removed to Dalserf by
order of the Privy Council 1677 ; called
(after the Toleration) 6th Sept. 1687 ;
appointment confirmed by the Town
Council 24th July 1689 ; he removed to his
former parish (Dalmeny) in terms of the
Act of Parliament 25th April 1690, but
returned same year, and died Dec. 1696,
aged about 70. He bequeathed £100 to
the poor of Dalmeny. He was the means
of preventing the Duke of Hamilton,
during a sitting of the Convention of
Estates, from bringing in a measure
which would have included many of the
Episcopalian clergy under the benefit of
the Act for restoring the Presbyterian
ministers. He marr. (1) Anna Scott, who
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died 1st Oct. 1092 : (2) (pro. 24th June
1092) Helen, daugli. of Robert Elliot,
inin. of West Linton. She afterwards
marr. 14th April 1098, John Duncan,
merchant, Edinburgh. Sir William Hamil
ton of Whytlaw, Lord Justice-Clerk, was
his brother - german. Publication — A
Cordial for Christians Travelling Heaven
ward (Edinburgh, 1090).— [Edhi. Counc.,
Guild, Test., Crai/wnd Sens. Peg. ; AVod-
row's AnaL]
GEORGE HAMILTON of Cairns, born
1697 1R35> cMest son of George H., min.
of Pittcnweem ; M.A. (St Andrews,
13th May 1053); ord. to Newburn 10th
Feb. 1059; deprived 1002; restored 1090;
returned to Newburn 1092 ; trans, to St
Leonard's, St Andrews, 20th Feb. 1090;
Principal of St Leonard's College ; trans.
and adm. after 27th Jan. 1097 ; Moderator
of Assembly 20th Jan. 1099; clem. 18th
Jan. 1710 ; died 20th May 1712. He marr.
(1) Margaret, daugh. of John Boyd of
Trochrig, and had issue — Margaret (marr.
Piobert Clelland, min. of Kilrenny) ; Sophia
(marr. Thomas Spence, waiter, Edinburgh) :
(2) Elizabeth (died 2nd Oct. 1708), sister
of Dr John Hay of Cousland. — [Test. Keg.,
Wodrow's Hist, and J/*S'/SY.]
JOHN MATHIESON, born 1079 ; M.A.
1710 (Edinburgh, 20th June 1099) ; chap
lain to Lord Advocate Sir James
Steuart ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd
April, and ord. to Tolbooth, Edinburgh,
12th Dec. 1700; app. by the Presb. 19th
Oct., trans, and adm. 5th Nov. 1710 ; Dean
of the Chapel Royal 1735 ; died 8th Nov.
1752. He is said to have suggested (in
1741) the establishment of a fund for
supporting the widows and children of
ministers of the Church. That may be
true so far as the fund established in
1744 was concerned, but a similar pro
posal had been made as early as 1710, by
Patrick Couper, min. of Pittenweem. He
marr. (1) llth Feb. 1708, Margaret, daugh.
of Robert Douglas, merchant, Edinburgh :
(2) 28th April 1715, Isobel, daugh. of
Matthew Hairstanes of Craigs, who sur
vived him, and had issue — Gilbert ; Jean ;
Margaret (marr. 10th Oct. 1730, George
Ross, Provost of Montrose). Publication —
The XeceKsit;/ of Divine Revelation, and
Knowledge thereof, in order to Salvation
(Edinburgh, 1730).— [Text. Keg., Morrcn's
Ann.; Chambers's Jiioy. Diet., iv. ; Wod
row's Corrcsp., ii. ; foots Jfay., xxxiii.]
ROBERT WALKER, born 1710, son of
1754 John W., min. of Canongate ; edu
cated at Lyniv. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright Oth April 1737 ;
ord. to Straiten 14th Sept. 1738 ; trans, to
Second Charge, South Lcith, 20th Nov.
1740; trans, and adm. llth Oct. 1754;
Moderator of Assembly 23rd May 1771 ;
died Oth April 1783. He marr. 27th May
1743, Magdalen Dickson, who survived
him. Publications — ITe have, Xotliiixj
which We did not Receive, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1770); Sermons on Practical
Subjects, 4 vols. (Edinburgh, 1705-90).—
[Sermons, iii. ; Kay's Portr.~\
THOMAS HARDY, trans, from Bal-
Hngry; called 30th April, and adm.
25th Nov. 1784 ; trans, to New North
Parish, 3rd Dec. 1780.
WILLIAM GREENFIELD, son of ('apt.
1787 John G. and Grizel Cockburn : M.A.
(Edinburgh, 7th April 1778); ord.
to Wemyss Gth Sept. 1781 ; trans, to St
Andrew's, Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1784 ;
pres. by the Town Council 21st Feb.,
trans, and adm. 1st April 1787, holding in
conjunction the Professorship of Rhetoric ;
Almoner to the King, March 1789, which
he res. in 1798; D.I). (Edinburgh, 31st
March 1789) ; Moderator of Assembly 19th
May 1790 ; dem. 20th, and dep. 20th Dec.
1798. He was degraded by the L'niv. from
his degrees of M.A. and D.D. ; died in the
North of England 28th April 1827. He
marr. 22nd Nov. 1782, Janet Bervie, who
assumed the name of Rutherford, died 20th
June 1827, and had issue — -Margaret, born
25th July 1784; Hugh Blair of Crossbill,
captain 25th Regt., born 7th May 1780;
Grizel, born 5th Dec. 1787 (marr. Thomas
Clark, min. of St Andrew's, Edinburgh) ;
Jane, born 7th July 1789 ; Andrew, Senator
of the College of Justice, born 21st June
1791, died 13th Dec. 1854 ; James Hunter,
major R.E., born 13th Aug. 1794. Publica-
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tions — Sermon preached at the Opening of
the General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1797) ;
Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures
received from Literary Compositions, anon.
(London, 1809) ; " On the Use of Negative
Quantities in the Solution of Problems, by
Algebraic Equations " (Trans. Roy. Soc.
Ed in., i.).
1799
JAMES FINLAYSON, born at Nether
Cambushinnie, Dunblane, 15th Feb.
1758, eldest son of William F.,
farmer ; educated at Univs. of Edinburgh
and Glasgow ; tutor in the family of Sir
William Murray of Ochtertyre ; ord. to
Borthwick Gth April 1787 ; trans, to Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh, 29th July 1790 ; trans,
to Old Greyf riars 9th Jan. 1794; elected
by the Town Council 2nd Jan., trans,
and adm. 14th March 1799, holding in
conjunction the Professorship of Logic, to
which he had been appointed in 1787 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 28th March 1799);
Moderator of Assembly 20th May 1802;
Almoner to the King 1802, but resigned ;
died 28th Jan. 1808. Publications— Heads
of an Argument in Support of the Overture
respecting Chapels-of-Ease (1798) ; Preach
ing a Means of Promoting the General
Progress of Human Improvement, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1801); Sermons, with Memoir
(Edinburgh, 1809) ; Sermon VIII. (Scotch
Preacher, iv.) ; " Life of Dr Blair " (Blair's
Serm., v.). — [Tombst. ; Scots Mag., Ixx. ;
Chalmers's JJiog. Diet., ii. ; Cockburn's
Mem., Grant's University of Edinburgh.}
WILLIAM RITCHIE, bapt. 3rd Jan.
1748, eldest son of John Pi., Foulis-
Wester ; educated at the Parish
School ; became schoolmaster of Newtyle
1763, and of Foulis-Wester 17G6; studied
at St Andrews Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 14th Dec. 1774 ; tutor to Lord
Inverurie, with whom he travelled on the
Continent for five years ; declined the
parish of Trinity Gask, and a charge
in Dundee ; went a second time to the
Continent in 1789 as tutor to the sons of
Oswald of Auchencruive ; ord. to Tarbolton
24th April 1794; D.D. (Glasgow 1798);
trans, to Kilwinning 8th Nov. 1798;
Moderator of Assembly 1801 ; trans, to
St Andrew's, Glasgow, 1st Oct. 1802; pres.
by the Town Council ; trans, and adm.
18th Aug. 1808 ; Professor of Divinity 10th
May 1809, which he held in conjunction;
died unmarr. at Tarbolton 29th Jan. 1830.
Sir Robert Christison's recollection of him
was that 4i in his old age he had in the
pulpit the piercing gaze of an old eagle ; but
he was of mild disposition and gentle in
manners. His sermons were delivered with
great earnestness, a persuasive voice, and
the remains of an Ayrshire intonation."
Publications — Five single Sermons (Glas
gow, 1803; Edinburgh, 1809); Statement
connected with Employing an Organ in
Public Worship (relative to the use of an
Organ in St Andrew's Church). — [Nelson's
Life, Thomson's St Andreu's ; Grant's
Unit'., ii.]
ROBERT GORDON, born Old Craw-
183Q fordton, Glencairn, 5th May 1786,
only son of James G., school
master, and Janet MacAdam ; educated at
Tynron School ; became master of Kirkland
School in his native parish, and afterwards
taught in Perth Academy ; studied at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 27th July
1814; ord. to Kinfauns 12th Sept. 1816;
trans, to Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 22nd Feb.
1821 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1823) ; trans, to
Newington 5th Jan. 1824; trans, to New
North 8th Sept. 1825 ; pres. by the Town
Council, and trans, and adm. in the High
School, where the congregation were meet
ing for the time, 9th Sept. 1830 ; collector
of the Ministers' Widows' Fund llth Aug.
1836, which he resigned 28th Nov. 1843;
Moderator of Assembly 20th May 1841.
Joined the Free Church ; Professor of
Divinity in succession to Dr Chalmers ;
min. of Free New North Church ; declined
appointment as Principal of the Free
Church College, Edinburgh, 1843 ; died 21st
Oct. 1853. He had talents of the highest
order, which in early life were cultivated by
the careful study of some important depart
ments of science, and he was the inventor
of a self -registering hygrometer. He marr.
30th Nov. 1816, Isabella (died 23rd Sept.
1877), daugh. of Donald Campbell, school-
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master, Kinnaird, and Mary Halley, and
had issue— Janet Veitcb, born 2nd Aug.
1818, died 3rd Jan. 1877; Mary Ann,
l)0rn 10th Jan. 1820, died 2nd March 1821 ;
James, W.S., Sheriff-substitute of Banffshire,
1853-77, born 24th July 1821, died 23rd May
1914; Robert, min. of Buccleueh Free
Church, Edinburgh, born 18th May 1823,
died 10th Xov. 1910; Donald Campbell, min.
of South Free Church, Elgin, born 14th
Nov. 1824, died 6th Nov. 18GG; Alexander
Moncrieff, banker, born 15th May 182(5,
died Oct. 1889; Isabella Alison, born 13th
Jan. 1828, died 10th June 1900; Jean, born
25th Aug. 1829, died 2nd Oct. 1910 ; Susan
Campbell, born 14th April 1831 ; Georgiana
White, born 20th Feb. 1833; AVilliam,
M.D., born 12th May 1836; Ann Banner-
man, born 12th May 1836, died 19th Nov.
1910. Publications — Introductory Essays
for The Redeemer's Tears, Mourner'*
Companion, Emmanuel, Anderson's Scot
tish Nation; The Duty <>f Searching the
Scripture*, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1823) ;
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1825); Christ as
Made Known to the Ancient Church, 4 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1854); the articles Euclid,
Geography, Meteorology (Ed In. Encyclo-
])iedid). — [Presb. lie<j. ; E<lln. Enci/cl.,
xviii. ; Clason's, Cunningham's, and Bry-
d on's Fun. Serins. ; Diet. Nat. Bto<j.~\
1843
DAVID ARNOT, born Blacketyside,
Scoonie> 20tl1 ^arcn 1803> son of
William A., farmer, and Janet Kel-
lock ; educated at Largo Parish School,
Univ. of Edinburgh, and St Mary's College,
St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of St And
rews 2nd April 1828 ; assistant at Ceres ;
ord. (assistant and successor) St Paul's,
Dundee, 29th June 1836 ; trans, and adm.
20th Sept. 1843 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1843) ;
died 15th May 1877. He marr. (1) 16th
Aug. 1836, Helen Spence (died 8th March
1843), daugh. of Captain John Smith,
merchant, Leith, and had issue — Agnes,
born 2nd March 1838 (marr. Walter Scott
Ridclell, Hong-Kong and China Bank), died
6th Jan. 1914 ; Anna Fernie, born 29th
Jan. 1840 (marr. James Gourlay) ; Janet,
born 28th June 1841, died unmarr. 14th
March 1910; David William, born 7th
March 1843, died 31st May 1843 : (2) 1st
Sept, 1846, Mary Walker, daugh. of David
Walker Arnott of Arlary, and widow of
Edward Bayley, lieut. R.N. Publications
— The Witches of Ki-ll's <llen, and other
Poems (Cupar, 1825) ; The Strait date and
the Narrow Wai/ (Dundee, 1838); The
Vision Written, a discourse on the destruc
tion by fire of the three churches in Dundee
(Dundee, 1841); The Vision Speakimj, a
sequel (C/i. of Scot. Pulpit, i.), a discourse
on the death of the Prince Consort (1861).
Dr Arnot had considerable ability as a
painter and sculptor, and he was an
accomplished musician.
JAMES CAMERON LEES, born London,
1877 24th July 1834, eldest son of John L.,
manager of the Royal Caledonian
Asylum (afterwards min. at Stornoway) :
educated at London and Univs. of Glasgow
and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Lewis
28th Nov. 1855; ord. to Carnoch, Ross-
shire, 27th Nov. 1856; trans, to Paisley
Abbey, Second Charge, 1st Sept, 1859 ;
trans, to First Charge 28th June 1865 ;
trans, and adm. 19th Oct. 1877 ; D.D. (Glas
gow 1871, Aberdeen 1894, Edinburgh 1906),
LL.D. (St Andrews 1889), C.V.O. (1906),
K.C.V.O. (1909), Dean of the Order of the
Thistle and of the Chapel Royal of Scotland
from 1886 ; chaplain to Queen Victoria
1881-1901, to King Edward VII. 1901-10,
and to King George V. 1910 ; res. 15th May
1909; died 26th June 1913. He marr. 7th
Feb. 1872, Rhoda Clara Rainsford (died
4th Dec. 1887), daugh. of Major Rainsford
Hannay of Kirkdale, Creetown, and had
issue — Constance, born 28th Oct. 1873
(marr. 28th March 1898, Thomas Edward
Taylor, missionary at Darjeeling, and died
22nd Feb. 1902, leaving a son, Charles
Cameron, born 10th March 1900); Mary
Isabella Cameron, born 7th Aug. 1876,
died 23rd Feb. 1893; John Cameron, born
2nd Dec. 1880, died 3rd Jan. 1909 ; Arthur
Stanley, born 8th Nov. 1882. Publications
— The Abbey of Paisley from its Founda
tion to its Dissolution (Paisley, 1878) ; St
Giles, Edinburgh : Church, College, and
Cathedral (Edinburgh, 1889); Tobermorey
(Edinburgh, 1878), Stronbuy (Edinburgh,
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1881), both anonymous ; Life and Conduct
(Guild Text-Book); A History of the Count]/
of Inverness (Edinburgh, 1897); Visitation
of the Sick (Edinburgh).— [See Life of Dr
Lees by Rev. Norman MacLean.]
ANDREW WALLACE WILLIAMSON,
born Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, 29tli
Dec. 185G, youngest son of James W.
and Margaret Wallace ; educated at Morton
School, Wallace Hall, and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1878); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1881 ; assistant at North Leith ;
ord. to North Leith 15th April 1882 ; trans,
to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 6th Sept.
1883 ; trans, and adm. 19th Jan. 1910 ; D.D.
(1900) ; one of the Chaplains in Ordinary
to King Edward VII. and King George V. ;
Univ. Lecturer in Pastoral Theology 1897-8 ;
Croall Lecturer 1907-8; 7/.R.S.A. ; Joint-
Convener of Committee on Union with
United Free Church 1912 ; Moderator of
the General Assembly 1913 ; Dean of the
Order of the Thistle and of the Chapel
Royal 7th Aug. 1913. He marr. (1) 18th
Sept. 1883, Agnes (died 7th Aug. 1885),
second daugh. of Walter Blackstock, Edin
burgh : (2) 2nd Oct. 1888, Elizabeth Mary
Phoebe, daugh. of Robert Croall, Craig-
crook, Midlothian, and has issue — Agnes
Honor Margaret, born 7th Aug. 1889, died
1892; Robert Howard, born 28th March
1892 ; Verona Maud, born 27th Jan. 1898.
Publications — John Jlfacleod, his Work and
Teaching; Macleod Memorial Lecture
(Edinburgh, 1900); Ideals of Ministry
(Edinburgh, 1901); The Methodist Church
(St Giles Series) ; Social Unrest ; The
Unity of the Church ; Sacramental Vows
and Privileges ; " Foreign Missions, :> a
speech delivered in the General Assembly,
1905 ; A Farewell Message of St Paul
(1910); Ambassadors for Christ (1910);
The Spiritual Calling of the Church
(Assembly Closing Address, 1913).
SECOXD CHARGE.
PETER HEWAT, M.A. (Edinburgh
15Q4 1588); mentioned as min. in 1594;
trans, to Hailes (Colinton) 159G. — •
[Counc. Rey.]
[CHARLES FERME [FAIRIIOLM], M.A.,
JAMES MUIRHEAD, M.A., and GEORGE
GRIER, M.A., were severally authorised
by the Presb. to preach in the North-AYest
Quarter 13th Dec. 1589 to 18th Dec. 1599,
" at sic tymes as were necessary.'"
JAMES BALFOUR, son of David B. of
1598 Pmn*' grandson of Alexander B. of
Inchrye, Fife, and brother of Captain
John B. of Pitcorthy (Re<j. of Deed*, xl.,
272); adm. 19th May 1598. Hesitating to
offer public thanksgiving for His Majesty's
deliverance from the Gowrie Conspiracy,
he was inhibited from preaching under pain
of death, and two days after he left the
city. Called before the Privy Council, he
declared himself satisfied of the truth of
the story. By the continuance of the Royal
displeasure, he was ordered to be trans
ported, IGth May 1601, yet he continued in
his charge. He was summoned to London
(with seven others) 21st May 1GOG. After
various ineffectual conferences they were
handed over to the charge of different
bishops of England, Balfour being con
signed to the care of John, Bishop of
Norwich. On 8th March 1G07 he peti
tioned the Privy Council to be sent home,
when he was ordered to be confined to
Cockburnspath and Alford. He returned
and was preaching in the city, when he
was again removed by a royal warrant,
20th Jan. 1610, but the city continued
payment of his stipend until 1st May
1G13, when he died. He marr. (1) in
1575, his cousin once removed, Barbara,
youngest daugh. of Richard Melvill of
Baklowy, min. of Maryton, who survived
him, and had issue — James (G. R. AVt.s.,
liii., 385), servant to Lord Haddington ;
Andrew, min. of Kirknewton ; Nicolas
(marr. George Gordon of Lawtoun : G.
R. Inlnh., First Series, vi., 98), who was
threatened to be banished from the city
in 1G20 for entertaining conventicles in
her house : (2) 5th July 1595, Isobel or
Elizabeth King (buried 4th Dec. 1643),
widow of Robert Danielston, tailor,
burgess of Edinburgh (Ed in. Inhil>., viii.,
206 ; G. R. Inhi/>., Second Series, iii., 295).
Publication — The Great Work of Merc;/. — •
\_Edin. Counc. Rey., Booke of the
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MelvilPs Autob., Scott's Apoloy. Narr. ;
Petrie's, Spottiswood's, How's, and Calder
wood's Hists. ; Ori<j. Lett.; AVodrow's J/#.
Jliog., ii. ; The Balfours of Pilri<j,~\
PETER HEWAT, M.A., above men
tioned ; trans, from Colinton to Old
Greyfriars 1597; trans, in terms of
King James's request, and adm. after 21st
Feb. 1610 ; was a member of Assembly
same year, and of the Court of High
Commission, 21st Dec. 1615. He had a
gift from the King of the Abbey of Cross-
raguel, 29th Dec. 1612, which entitled him
to a seat in Parliament (ratified to him
and his children for nineteen years after
his death, on payment of 5 merks yearly,
by Charles II., 27th Oct., and by Parlia
ment, 17th Nov. 1641); one of those
appointed by the Assembly, 17th Aug. 1616,
for revising the Liturgy. He consulted with
the ministers regarding a Protest for the
Liberties of the Kirk in 1617, drew out one
of his own, and still adhering to it was
deprived by the High Commission, 12th
July of that year, and confined to Dundee.
He was still recognised, however, as minister,
and had his stipend paid by the city to
Candlemas 1619, but he was charged to
remove, and be confined at Crossraguel by
royal warrant, 12th, and by that of the
Privy Council, 17th June following. He
died in the parish of Maybole, Aug. 1645,
aged about 78. He marr. Isobel (died Aug.
1644), daugh. of William Smail, merchant
in the city, and had issue — Margaret, bapt.
23rd Nov. 1600; John, bapt. 30th May
1602; Lilias, bapt. 26th June 1603;
Margaret, bapt. 5th Sept. 1605 ; Jean,
bapt, 18th April 1611 ; William (Rey. of
Deeds, cclxxx., 24th Jan. 1619); Elspeth ;
Janet ; Elizabeth, or Elspeth (marr. Bryce
Blair of Goldring). Publication — Three
Excellent Points of the Christian Doctrine
(Edinburgh, 1621).— [Edin. Counc., Guild,
Rapt., and Test. Reg. (Glasy.) ; Acts Par!.,
\. ; Row's, Spottiswood's, and Calderwood's
Jfists. ; Melvill's Autob. ; Morrison's Dec., x.]
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A. ; trans, from
Mortlach; elected by the Town
Council 18th July 1622, and adm.
soon after. On the division of the city in
1625, he was removed to the North-East
Quarter, or Trinity Parish. — [Row's,
Spottiswood's, and Calderwood's Jlittts. ;
Edin. Counc. Rey.}
ALEXANDER THOMSON, son of
Alexander T., min. of Stonehouse
(Acts and Decreets, cccclxxiv., 13);
M.A. (Glasgow 1613): min. of Cambuslang
1623; elected by the Town Council 3rd
July 1628, and adm. soon after. Deposed
1st Jan. 1639 for declining the General
Assembly 1638, and reading and defending
the Service Book ; died in 1646, aged about
53. He marr. Margaret Moorehead, and
had issue — James, apprenticed to James
Stewart, merchant, Edinburgh, 6th Nov.
1639; John, who had £100 sterl. granted
him by Parliament, 5th July 1661, in
respect of his father's sufferings ; William ;
Margaret (marr. James Hamilton, Bishop
of Galloway). — [Ed hi. Counc., Test., and
Rey. (Jtapt.) ; Row's and Stevenson's Jfixts.,
Peterkin's Rec. ; Wodrow's J/,s',s'., Ixii. ;
Arts ParL, vii.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans, from
Second Charge, Kirkcaldy ; elected
14th Jan. 1639, and adm. after 22nd
Aug. same year ; removed to North- West
Quarter, or Tolbootli Parish, 24th Dec.
1641. — [Edin. Counc. Rey.}
HENRY ROLLOCK, M.A., son of John
11. of Woodside (G. R. Has., Iviii., 202) ;
adm. 24th Dec. 1641 ; died 2nd June
1649, aged about 47. He marr. Helen,
youngest daugh. of Alex., Lord Elphinston,
and widow of Sir William Cockburn of
Langton, and had issue— John of Wood-
side.— [Edin. Counc. Rey.; Baillie's Lett.,
ii. : Douglas's Peer., i.]
DAVID DICKSON of Busby, born
Glasgow 1583, son of John D., a
wealthy merchant of the Trongate,
was at first intended for the mercantile
profession, but afterwards studied for the
Church. After becoming M.A. of Glasgow,
he was appointed Regent of Philosophy in
the University, and on 31st March 1618
was ordained minister of Irvine. He
declared against the Perth Articles, and
was summoned before the Court of High
1641
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Commission. Declining its authority, he
was deprived. In 1G22 he was allowed to
return to his parish, but in 1637, having
given shelter to Robert Blair and John
Livingston, driven from their charges in
Ireland by the interference of the bishops
there, he M*as again cited before the High
Commission Court. He took an active
part in the Glasgow Assembly of 1G38,
and in 1639 acted as chaplain to an Ayr
shire regiment commanded by the Earl of
Loudoun. He was Moderator of Assembly
in 1640, and appointed to the Professor
ship of Divinity in Glasgow University.
In 1650 he was transferred to the Chair of
Divinity at Edinburgh. He was appointed
to this charge by the Town Council 12th
April 1650, and adm. shortly after ; a
second time Moderator of Assembly 21st
July 1652. In Oct. 1662 he was deprived,
and by the end of the year he was dead
(buried 31st Dec.). He was a popular
preacher, and highly instrumental in pro
moting the notable revival at Stewarton
about 1625. Nor was he less zealous and
useful in the overthrow of Episcopacy,
having taken a prominent part in the
business of the Assembly at Glasgow.
When the Church unhappily divided into
Resolutioners and Protesters, he became a
leader in the party of the former. He
marr. 23rd Sept. 1617, Margaret, daugh. of
Archibald Roberton of Stonehall, and had
issue — John, clerk to the Exchequer (who
predeceased him) ; James (G. R. >Sas.,
xxxviii., 241) ; David (who also predeceased
him) ; Alexander, min. of Newbattle, Pro
fessor of Hebrew in the Univ. of Edin
burgh. Publications — A Treatise on the
Promises (Dublin, 1630) ; Explanation
of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Aberdeen,
1635) ; Expositio Analytical Omnium Apos-
tolicarum Epistolarum (Glasgow, 1645) ;
True Christian Love, in verse (1649) ;
Exposition of the Gospel of Matthew
(London, 1651) ; Explanation of the Psalms,
3 vols. (London, 1653-5) ; Therapeutica
Sacra (Edinburgh, 1656 — trans., Edin
burgh, 1664) ; A Commentary on the Epistles
(London, 1659) ; Prcelectiones in Confes-
sionem Fidei ; trans, under the title of
Truth's Victory over Error (London, 1688,
VOL. I.
and Wodrow Society, 1847) ; several pam
phlets in the Disputes with the Doctors of
Aberdeen, and some in defence of the
Public Resolutions. The " Directory for
Public Worship " was drawn up by
him, with the assistance of Alexander
Henderson and David Calderwood — and
the " Sum of Saving Knowledge," in
conjunction with James Durham. Some
minor poems, " The Christian Sacrifice,"
and " O Mother dear, Jerusalem." — [Edin.
Counc., Test., Glas'jov) (Marr.}, Canonyate
(liur.), and, Re<j. (P>ur.) ; Baillie's Lett.,
Lament's and Nicoll's Diaries; Wodrow's
Life, Jlist., i., iv., and Anal., \., iii. ;
Livingston's C/iarac., Diet. Nat. 2>io<j.~\
JAMES LUNDIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Tron Parish ; elected by the Town
f _ -
Conned 1st May 1665, and adm.
soon after ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish 1672.
— [Ed in. Counc. Jtey.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A. ; trans.
1672 f rom Greyfriars ; elected by the Town
Council llth Dec., and adm. shortly
after ; retrans. to the Greyfriars in 1674.
— \_E'Un. Counc. and Guild Reg.~\
ANDREW CANT, son of Andrew C.,
min. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (Marischal
College 1644); regent in Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1649-58 ; min. of Liber-
ton 10th March 1659 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 1673; Principal of the
Univ. of Edinburgh 1675 ; elected by the
Town Council 29th Sept., trans, and adm.
soon after; died 4th Dec. 1685. He marr.
(1) about 1553, Ann, daugh. of Sir Thomas
Burnet of Leys (G. R. Inhib., 4th June
1662); she was buried 7th May 1662: (2)
13th July 1663, Jean Cockburn, who died
25th Oct. 1675, and had issue — Jean;
Anna ; Marion ; Andrew ; John, died 14th
Dec. 1675 ; Alexander : (3) Anne Murray,
who was buried 17th March 1685, and
had issue— Agnes, bapt. 24th Aug. 1678.
Publications — Theses Philosophise; De
Libero Arlitrio ; Oratio de Concordia
Theoloyorum ct Discordia (Edinburgh,
1676). — [Edin. Counc., Test., and Reg,
(Bapt. and JJur.).]
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ALEXANDER MONRO, fourth son of
16g5 Hugh M. of Fyresh, and Isobcl
Munro ; inin. of Second Charge,
Dimfermline, 1G73 ; trans, to Kinglassie
167G; trans, to Wemyss 1678; D.D. (St
Andrews 1G82) ; Professor of Divinity there
1082; Principal of Edinburgh University
9th Nov. 1G85 ; elected by the Town
Council 9th Dec. 1085; trans, and adm.
soon after. Befriended by Claverhouse, he
was nominated to the Bishopric of Argyll,
24th Oct. 1G88, but was never consecrated.
Expelled from office at the Revolution
•Settlement, 29th April 1G89 ; died in
London 1698. He was a staunch Episco
palian, and was suspected of a leaning
towards Romanism. In 1687 he altered
the sponsio which was administered to
graduates, making them promise persever
ance " in the Christian religion," the word
"Reformed" being omitted. He marr. (1)
6th May 1 673, Anna Logan, Aberdour, who
died 16th May 1674, and had issue— Anna.
born 18th March 1674, buried 20th Sept.
1G88 : (2) llth April 1676, Marion Collace,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 26th June
1677 (marr. Captain George Papley) ; David,
born 1679, died young; James, student of
Baliol College, Oxford, M.D., physician
to Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals,
London, a specialist in insanity, born 2nd
Sept. 1680, died 4th Nov. 1752 ; Margaret
(twin with James) ; Catherine, born 1682 ;
Christian, born 1683; Marion and Helen
(twins), born 1685 ; the last five died in
infancy. Publications — A Memorial for
His Highness the Prince of Orange ; Presby
terian Inquisition, as it was lately practised
against the Professors of the College of
Edinburgh, August and September 1690,
anon. (London, 1691); Sermons preached
on Several Occasions (London, 1693) ; An
Apology for the Church of Scotland
(London, 1693); Spirit of Calumny, etc.,
Slander Examined, Chastised, and parti
cularly addressed to Mr George Red-path
(London, 1693); An Answer to Dr Rule;
An Inquiry into the New Opinions of the
Presbyterians (London, 1696) ; Letter to
Sir Robert Howard, occasioned by his Two
fold Vindication of Archbishop Tillotson
(London, 1696). — [Edin. Counc., Aberdour,
Dunferml., and Kinglassie Sess. Reg. ; MS.
Ace. ofMin., 1688 ; Keith's CataL, Fountain-
hall's Diary ; Edin. Mag., xvi. ; Grant's
Univ., ii. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.}
JOHN LAW, born 1632, son of Thomas
L., min. of Inchinnan, began life as
an apothecary ; M.A. (Glasgow 1653) ;
ord. to Campsie 1656 ; deprived 1662 ;
restored 1678 ; again deprived on account
of the Test 1681 ; called 22nd July 1689;
app. to the charge 20th April 1692; con
firmed by the Town Council 24th July
1689 ; was a member of the General
Assemblies 1690, 1692, and Moderator 1694 ;
Almoner to His Majesty 2nd Oct. 1700
(P. S. Reg. Eng., v., 390) ; dem. 20th Nov.
1707; died 26th Dec. 1712. He marr.
Isabella (died 8th Nov. 1703, aged 70),
daugh. of Robert Cunningham, min. of
Holy wood, Ireland, and had issue — William,
Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Univ.
of Edinburgh, founder of the family of
Law of Elvingston, East Lothian.— [Edin.
Counc., Guild, Reg. (Ihir.} ; Tombst. ;
Monteith's Mort., ii. ; Wodrow's Anal.,
iii. ; Peterkin's Const., Leven and Melv.
Pap.}
WILLIAM CAR STARES, born llth
Feb. 1649, eldest son of John C.,
min. of Cathcart; studied first at
Edinburgh, and afterwards in consequence
of the troubled state of the times in Scot
land, at Utrecht, where he formed the
friendship of William, Prince of Orange,
and became his confidential adviser on all
matters relating to Britain. In 1682 he
was at home bent on entering the Church,
but discouraged by the spirit of persecution
which was so manifest, he returned to
Holland after receiving license to preach.
Passing through London he became in
volved in what was afterwards known as
the Rye-house Plot, which had for its
object the exclusion of the Duke of York
from the succession to the throne. He was
arrested at Tenterden, in Kent, and con
veyed to Edinburgh to be tortured by the
boot and thumbscrew. He was offered a
full pardon, and the promise was made that
no statement from him would be used
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against any person. But the information
extracted on such terms was freely used
against his friend Baillie of Jerviswood.
After lying in prison for a year and a half
at London, Edinburgh, and Stirling, he
returned to Holland in the winter of
1684-5, when he was made chaplain to the
Prince of Orange, and appointed minister
of the English Church at Leyden. He
accompanied William to England in 1688,
and when matters quieted after the I\ evolu
tion, and William and Mary sat upon the
throne, he was probably the most influ
ential personage in the land. The King
required his constant presence, assigned
him apartments at Whitehall, and paid
him liberally when abroad \vith the army.
From 1693 to William's death in 1702 he
was virtually prime minister of the country,
and his authority in Church affairs was such
that he was popularly called "Cardinal
Carstares " by the Jacobites and those who
were opposed to his policy. He became
Principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh in
1703, and in 1704 min. of Grey friars ; was
Moderator of Assembly 1705 (an office to
which he was re-elected 1708, 1711, 1715),
and was trans, to this charge 28th Dec.
1706. The Treaty of Union had his
enthusiastic support, and he warmly pro
moted the succession of the House of Han
over to the British crown. He was chaplain
to Queen Anne, and to King George I., and
died 28th Dec. 1715. He marr. 6th June
1682, Elizabeth (died 1724, without issue),
daugh. of Peter Kekewich of Trehawk,
Cornwall. Publications — The Scottish Tol
eration Argued (London, 1712); the State
Papers and Letters addressed to William
Carstares were published by Principal
M'Cormick (Edinburgh, 1774). — [Wod-
row's Hist., Corresp., MSti. Ixxxii., and
Anal. ; Feme's Life of J. Carstairs, Dun-
lop's Serm., Burnet's Hist., Grant's Univ.,
Edin. Mag. and Rev. ; Chr. Inst., xxvi. ;
Story's William Carstares, Proc. Soc. Ant.
Scot. 1892, Diet. Nat. Hioa.]
WILLIAM MITCHELL, born 1670, son
1721 °^ WiUiam M., min. of Footdee,
Aberdeen, and Margaret Cant;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen ; ord. to
Second Charge, Canongate, 1695 ; trans,
to Old Kirk Parish 27th June 1708 ;
Moderator of Assembly 1710 ; a second
time 1714 ; a third time 1717 ; called 10th
Jan. 1718 ; trans, and adm. 5th Feb. 1721 ;
a fourth time Moderator of Assembly 1722,
and a fifth time 1726, though the last was
carried by a single vote ; Chaplain in
Ordinary to George I. While on his way
to London as one of the deputation sent to
congratulate George II. on his accession,
he died at York, 8th Sept. 1727. He had
great influence at Court, and was the chief
figure in the Church after the death of
Carstares. He marr. (1) 29th Oct. 1705,
Margaret, daugh. of Hugh Cunningham of
Edinburgh, and widow of James Stewart,
advocate, and had issue— a daugh., who
died May 1726; Hugh, died young; Sir
Andrew, born 1708, K.C.B., M.P. for Aber-
deenshire 1747-54, and for Elgin burghs
1755-71, envoy to Berlin 1756, and
ambassador to Frederick the Great 1765,
died 28th Jan. 1771 : (2) 7th July 1723,
Barbara, daugh. of John Forbes, and
widow of Thomas Mitchell of Thainston,
bailie of Aberdeen. Publications— He left
behind him a Diary ready for the press, in
which he had noted incidents connected
with himself and the affairs of the Church.
See Catalogue of the Forbes of Craigievar
MSS. in Fifth Report of the Historical
M88. Commission.— [Rer/. (Marr.), Wod-
row's Corresp. and Anal.; Acts of Ass.,
1718.]
ROBERT KINLOCH, M.A. (St
Andrews, 7th May 1706); studied
at St Leonard's College; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee and Forfar 3rd Oct.
1711 ; called to Third Charge, Dundee,
22nd June, and ord. 26th Aug. 1713 ; trans,
and adm. 8th Oct. 1728; Moderator of
Assembly 7th May 1747 ; dem. 24th Feb.,
and died 3rd April 1756. He marr. Lilias
(died 12th July 1769), third daugh. of Colin
Campbell of Monzie, and had issue— John
(second son), W.S. apprentice 1738. Pub
lication— The Truth and Excellency of the
Gospel Revelation, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1731).— [.ff^. (Bur.\ Morren's Ann., Wod-
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HUGH BLAIR, born 7th April 1718,
son of John B., merchant, Edinburgh,
and grandson of Robert B., min. of
St Andrews ; educated at Edinburgh
Univ.; M.A. (1739); liccn. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 21st Oct. 17 II ; ord. to Collessie
23rd Sept. 1742; trans, to Second Charge,
Canongate, 14th July 1743 ; trans, to Lady
Tester's llth Oct. 1754 ; ]).].). (St Andrews,
13th June 1757) ; trans, and adm. 15th June
1758 ; Lecturer in Rhetoric and Belles-
lettres, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1759; Regius
Professor of the same 1702; chaplain to
the 1st Batt. 71st Foot 1770 ; retired from
the duties of his chair 1783; died 27th
Dec. 1800. He marr. 19th April 1748, his
cousin, Katherine (died 9th Feb. 1795),
claugh. of James Bannatinc, min. of Trinity
College Church, and had issue— a son, who
died in infancy; Katherine, born 24th Jan.
1749, died 23rd Aug. 1709. Blair's Sermons
are the chief source of his celebrity. They
were part of the literary revival in Edin
burgh, and, like Robertson's Histor;/, they
took people in London by surprise. His
discoverer may be said to be Dr Johnson,
for, when Strahan the publisher failed to
appreciate the merit of the MS. which had
been handed to him, Johnson got a sight of
it and said : " I have read over Dr Blair's
first sermon with more than approbation :
to say it is good is to say too little. ;/ The
volume was then published, and had at
once a great sale, no devotional work pro
duced in Scotland having attracted so much
attention. Both from diffidence and from
a singular deficiency as an extempore
speaker, he refrained from prominent
public appearances, and declined the
Moderatorship of Assembly. Publications
— De Fundam&ntis et Obligations Legis
Naturae (1728) ; The Wrath of Man prais
ing God, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1740);
The Importance of Religious Knowledge
to the Happiness of Mankind, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1750) ; Observations vpon the
Analysis of the Moral and Religious Senti
ments contained in the Writings of Sopho
and David Hume, Esq. (Edinburgh, 1755);
A Critical Dissertation on the Poems
of Ossian, the Son of Fingal (London,
1703); Sermons, 5 vols. (Edinburgh, 1777;
London, 1801); Lectures on Rhetoric and
J'x'tlcK-lettres, 2 vols. (London, 1783);
The Compassion and Benevolence of
the Delta, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1790) ;
four Articles in the Edinburgh Rt-vicvj
(Edinburgh, 1755); Translations and Para
phrases (used by the Church of Scotland),
iv., xxxiii., xxxiv., xliv., xlv. ; Pastoral
Admonition addressed by the General
Assembly, 23rd May 1799, to the people
under their charge.— [Hill's Life; Sermons,
v. ; Carlyle's Autob., Mackenzie's Life of
Home, Somerville's Life, Kay's Port/:, Diet.
Nat. Jtiog.]
GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD, born
1801 "*^^1 '^y 1"61> second son of James
B., Inveravon, Bo'ness ; educated
at the parish schools of Bo'ness and
Linlithgow, and at the Univ. of Edin
burgh ; tutor in the family of Colonel
Blair of Blair 1784; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 5th July 1780; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 29th March 1787) ; ord. to Dunkeld
3rd April 1787 ; pres. to Lady Tester's
1789, but declined; trans, to Xew Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 15th Nov. 1792; joint
Professor of Oriental Languages in the
Univ. of Edinburgh 1792 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
2!th Oct. 1792); Principal of Edinburgh
Univ. 1793 ; in in. of New North Parish
10th Jan. 1799 ; Moderator of Assembly
1800 ; trans, and adm. 30th April 1801 ;
died at Manuel, Linlithgow, 14th Jan.
1840. He was founder and first convener
of the General Assembly's Highlands and
Islands Committee 1824. Though advanced
in years, he travelled no fewer than seven
thousand miles in the interests of this work,
affirming that "he had found nearly one
hundred thousand human beings unable
either to read or write, and innumerable
districts where the people could not hear
sermon above once a year, and had seen
thousands of habitations Avhere a Sabbath
bell was never heard, where he had now
witnessed schools and libraries established,
knowledge increased, and greedily received."
He marr. 8th Aug. 1792, Isabella (died 18th
EDINBURGH]
ST GILES— OLD KIRK
G9
Aug. 1826), eldest daugh. of Thomas Elder
of Forneth, Lord Provost of Edinburgh,
and had issue — Emelia Husband, born 1st
Dec. 1793, died 5th June 1794 ; Thomas
Elder of Forneth, advocate, born 30th Sept.
1795, died 1876 ; Marion Spottiswood, born
13th July 1797 (marr. 8th Aug. 1823, Isaac
Bayley of Manuel, S.S.C.); James, born
27th Dec. 1799, died 21st May 1823;
Emelia Husband, born 22nd Oct. 1801,
died 23rd Aug. 1824. Publications — A
sermon on the Universal Propagation and
Influence of the Christian Religion (of
which only 48 pp. were printed, 1795);
edited Poems of Michael fir we (Edinburgh,
1799).— [Anderson's Sketches, Kay's Fortr.,
Grant's Univ., Diet. Nat. Bio'jJ]
JAMES BUCHANAN, born Paisley,
1840 14t^ April I804) son °f James B. ;
educated at Paisley Grammar School
and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 27th Sept.
182G; ord. to Roslin 23rd Nov. 1827;
trans, to North Leith 25th Sept. 1828;
trans, and adin. 20th Aug. 1840. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of the Free High
Church, Edinburgh, 1843-4 ; first min. of
St Stephen's Free Church, 17th March 1845 ;
Professor of Apologetics in Free Church
College, 30th May 1845; Professor of
Systematic Theology, 1847 ; res. 1868 ; D.D.
(Princeton 1844), LL.D. (Glasgow 1852) :
died 19th April 1870. He marr. (1) 10th
Feb. 1829, Elizabeth (died 6th May 1832),
daugh. of John Cochrane, merchant, Glas
gow, and had issue — James, born 13th Dec.
1829 ; Elizabeth, born 5th Feb. 1831 : (2)
12th Dec. 1836, Mary (died 25th Aug.
1887), daugh. of John Morison of Het-
land, and had issue — Janet Morison, born
22nd Aug. 1840. Publications— Two Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Preparatory Dis
course to Lectures on Civil Establishments
of Religion (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Comfort in
Affliction (Edinburgh, 1837); Improvement
of Affliction (Edinburgh, 1840) ; The Office
and Work of the Ifoly Spirit (Edinburgh,
1842); Faith in God and Modern Atheism
Compared, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1855) ; The
Essays and Reviews Examined (Edinburgh,
1861); Analogy Considered as a Guide to
1844
Truth and applied as an Aid to Faith
(Edinburgh, 1864) ; The Doctrine of Justifi
cation (Cunningham Lecture, 1866).— [Dis
ruption Worthies, Hist. Notices of Free. St
Stephen's, Diet. Arat. fiioy.]
JAMES M'LETCHIE, born Maybole,
24th Dec. 1800, son of John M'L.,
merchant, and Mary Thorn ; educated
at Dalrymple School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th Jan. 1826 ;
missionary at Larkhall, and ord. there 27th
July 1837 ; trans, to Gartsherrie llth Jan.
1838 ; trans, to St Thomas's, Leith, 6th May
1841 ; trans, to the College Church, Glas
gow, 28th April 1842 ; trans, and adm. 13th
July 1844; D.D. (Glasgow, 29th April
1857); died unmarr. 18th Sept. 1866. He
was a capable classical student, and had
few rivals as a linguist. Publication —
Sermon preached on a Special Fast (Edin
burgh, 1849) ; Sermons, with memoir, by
John Macrae, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1871).
OLD KIRK, OK SOUTH
EAST PARISH.
WILLIAM WATSON, min. of St Giles ;
15g8 adm. 18th April 1598. Doubting the
genuineness of the Gowrie Con
spiracy, he refused to return thanks for
the King's deliverance in the terms which
had been prescribed ; he was summoned
to appear before the Privy Council 9th
Sept. 1600, and ordered to be imprisoned,
but recanted on the following day, a step
he ever afterwards regretted. The King
was resolved, however, that he should no
longer retain his ministry in the city, and
he was removed by the Assembly 16th May
1601, and admitted to Burntisland.— [Fresh,
and Ed hi. Comic. Re</.; Spottiswood's,
Row's, and Calderwood's llists. ; fiooke of
the Kirk.~\
WILLIAM FORBES, D.D, min. of
St Giles; adm. 27th Jan. 1626.
He craved to be transported "on
account of weakness of body" 12th Aug.
thereafter, and was retrans. to his former
charge at Aberdeen about Michaelmas.
He became Bishop of Edinburgh Feb. 1634
(q.v.\— [E<Hn. Counc. Re<j., Row's Hist. ;
70
OLD KIRK
[PRESB. OF
Wod row's MS. Biog., ii. ; Irving's Lives of
Scottish Writers, Memoirs by Bishop 8yd-
scrff, Macmillan's Aberdeen Doctors.]
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A. ; trans, from
1626 >Q>econd Charge ; trans, to the
Bishopric of Ross 2Gth April 1630
(q.v.). — [Edin. Counc. Reg., Row's and
Calderwood's lfists.~\
1634
DAVID MITCHELL [MITCHELSON],
M-A- ; trans, from Second Charge in
1634; dep. 3rd Dec. 1638, for his
teaching of Arminianism and declining the
authority of the General Assembly. He
survived the Restoration, and on account
of his sufferings, had £200 allowed by Parlia
ment from vacant stipends, 21st June 1661.
He became Bishop of Aberdeen 1662 (q.v.).—
[Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Acts of Ass., 1638 ; Peter-
kin's Rec., Kirkton's Hist. ; Acts Parl., vii.]
ANDREW RAMSAY, born 1574, son of
Sir David R. of Balmain, Fetter-
cairn, and Catherine, daugh. of Sir
Robert Carnegie of Kinnaird ; M.A.
(Marischal College and Univ. of Aber
deen) ; prosecuted his theological studies in
France, and occupied a professorial chair
in the Univ. of Saumur. In 1606 he
became min. of Arbuthnott. In 1613 the
Town Council obtained authority from the
Archbishop of St Andrews, directing him
to proceed to Edinburgh to stand " trials "
as one of the city ministers ; and he was
appointed on the 28th April of the following
year to the pulpit of the South-West con
gregation. He continued his ministrations
there until Dec. 1620, when the new church
at the Greyfriars was taken over by the
South- West congregation. He was a member
of the Court of High Commission 21st Oct.
1615 and 15th June 1619; signed the
Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk
27th June 1617, but withdrew his protest ;
was proposed for the Principalship of Mari
schal College, Aberdeen, 1620, but trans.
was refused. From 1620 to 1625 he was
Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh. At a
division of the city into four parishes,
25th Nov. 1625, the South-West Quarter
was once more relegated to the Greyfriars,
with R. as minister. He seems to have
been readm. there on 31st Jan. 1626 ;
trans, and adm. to this charge 24th Dec.
1641 ; had a protection from the Marquess
of Montrose, after the battle of Kilsyth
in 1645 ; was Rector of the Univ. 1646
and 1647 ; dep. 27th July 1648, for favour
ing the Duke of Hamilton's Engagement
with Charles L, a sentence which was
recalled 8th Nov. 1655. He retired to
Abbotshall, where he died, 30th Dec. 1659.
Bishop Guthrie describes him as " a guid,
modest, learned, godlie man, full of pietie
and learning ; an ornament to the Church
of Scotland." He marr. (cont. 18th Dec.
1605) Marie, daugh. of Sir Alexander
Fraser of Durris (G. R. Sas., xviii., 337),
and had issue — Robert of Woodston, min
of Ecclesgreig (G. R. Sas., li., 65) ; Sir
Andrew of Abbotshall, Lord Provost of
Edinburgh, 1654, and Senator of the Col
lege of Justice, 1671, died 27th Jan. 1688 ;
Eleazer, bapt. 4th Dec. 1614 ; David,
bapt. 20th July 1625, died July 1660;
William, a preacher, who was presented
to Pencaitland 16th Aug. 1641, but gave
way to Calderwood, the ecclesiastical
historian, and subsequently was pro
prietor of Woodston. Publications —
Oratio (1600); Parcenesin et Orationes de
Laudibus Academice Salmuriensis ; Poemata
Sacra et Miscellanea et Epiyrammata Sacra
(Edinburgh, 1633) [Del. Poet. Scot. II.];
A Warning to Come Out of Babell, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1638) ; A Treatise
(IG46).—[Edin. Gen. Sess., Guild, Counc.
Reg., and Reg. (Bapt.) ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Mem. of Montrose, ii. ; Peterkin's Rec. ;
Nicoll's and Lament's Diaries, Row's and
Stevenson's Hists. ; Edin. Chr. List., vii. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Acts ParL, vi. ; Guthrie's
Mem. ; Grant's Univ., i. ; Wodrow's Anal.,
iii. ; Cameron's Hist, of Fettercairn.~\
THOMAS GARVINE [GARVEN,
1649
min. of Colinton 1639 ; trans, and
adm. 28th Dec. 1649. He declined the
authority of the Sheriff, 22nd Aug. 1655,
in not praying for His Majesty. Deprived
1st Oct. 1662, for not submitting to
Episcopacy; died 1669, buried 25th Feb.,
aged about 65. He marr. Catherine
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Whyte, who survived him, and had issue
— Thomas, apprenticed to Patrick Dickson,
merchant, Edinburgh, 28th Feb. 1649;
Jean ; David, died Aug. 1672 ; Anna, bapt.
20th Aug. 1654; Margaret, bapt. 17th
Nov. 1656 ; James, bapt. 4th July 1659 ;
Elizabeth (Edin, Sets., i., 243); Barbara,
buried 18th Jan. 1660 ; and Katherine,
buried 13th June lQGQ.—[Edin. Counc.,
Gen. Sess., Guild, Test., Key. (.Bapt. and
Bur.), and Cupar Reg. (Deaths) ; Nicoll's,
Lament's, and Brodie's Diaries ; Kirkton's
and Wodrow's Hists., Blair's Autob., Peter-
kin's Sec.]
ARCHIBALD TURNER, born 1629, son
of Patrick T., min. of Dalkeith ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, July 1642); ord.
to Borthwick 23rd March 1648 ; trans, to
North Berwick 18th Dec. 1649 ; elected by
the Town Council 22nd Oct., trans, and
adm. in the High Church 15th Nov. 1662 ;
Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal 4th June
1663. The Privy Council, 2nd July 1674,
being informed "of some insolent expres
sions at a meeting of Presbytery," removed
him to Glasgow; but having expressed
regret for his action, he returned in the
following year. The degree of D.D. was
conferred on him ; he died 30th March
1681. He marr. Rebecca (died 2nd Dec.
1675, aged 47, buried in Greyfriars), daugh.
of Alexander Couper of Failford, W.S.
(G. R. Inhib., 7th March 1666).— [Edin,
Counc., Guild, and Test. Re<j. ; Lament's
and Fountainhall's Diaries ; Kirkton's and
Wodrow's /lists. ; Nisbet's Her., i. ; Reg.
Sec. Sig., vii. ; Inq. Ret. Fife 1196, Jlad-
dingt. 342, and Gen. 6298 ; Blair's Autob. ;
Monteith's Mort., ii.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A. (Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, 1658) ; min.
1681 of Auchinleck 1663 ; trans, to Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 1669 ; trans, to High
Church 1672 ; retrans. to Greyfriars 1674 ;
trans, and adm. after 18th March 1681.
He was suspended, 16th Feb. 1686, for
expressing his fears of popery, but was
reponed. Deprived by the Privy Council,
10th Sept. 1689, for not praying for King-
William and Queen Mary, but praying for
King James and the bishops. He died
17th Aug. 1702, in his 64th year. He
marr. (1) Jean M'Lauchlan, buried in Grey
friars, 26th June 1689 : (2) Jean Orrock,
widow of Gilbert Lyon, D.D., min. of
Kinghorn (Privy Seal Eng. Reg., v., 112).
A son, Robert, merchant in the city, died
in Nov. 1716; a daugh., Jean, marr. 10th
Aug. 1720, Alexander Falconer, advocate.
—[Test, and Edin. Counc. Reg.; Fountain-
hall's Diary and Dec., i. ; Reg. Bur., Peter-
kin's Const. ; Kirkton's and Wodrow's Jlists.,
iii. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication, Monro's Apol. ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
DAVID BLAIR, born 1637, eldest son
of Robert B., min. of St Andrews,
1691 and his second wife, Katherine
Montgomerie of Braidstone, daugh. of
Viscount Montgomerie of Airds ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (28th July
1656). He emigrated to Holland and made
his residence at Leyden. On the erection
of a second charge in the Scots Church
at the Hague in 1688, he was ord. 20th
June of that year ; elected to Rotterdam
in the following year, but refused, having
been called, 28th June 1689, to Edinburgh
(New Meeting-house) ; chaplain to His
Majesty 1st Aug. 1690 ; a member of
Assembly 16th Oct. 1690 ; adm. 9th Aug.
1691 ; declined call to Inveresk Feb. 1693 ;
Moderator of Assembly 2nd Feb. 1700;
died 10th June 1710. He marr. 10th Feb.
1697, Eupham Nisbet of Hillhead, Parish
of Bothwell (Macfarlane's Top. Coll., i.,
421 (died 2nd June 1740, aged 75), daugh.
of Archibald Nisbet of Carfin, and had
issue — Robert, min. of Athelstaneford,
author of The Grave; Archibald, min. of
Garvald; Eupham (marr. Robert Hunter,
min. of Livingston) ; Katherine (marr.
23rd Feb. 1725, Andrew Dunlop, min. of
Ormiston).— [Blair's Autob., Hill's Life of
Blair, Blair's Serin. ; Steven's Ch. Rotterd, ;
Privy Seal, v. ; Peterkin's Constitution,
Wodrow's Anal, and MS., Hamilton's
Lanark ; Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Leven and
Melv. Pa}). ; Acts ParL, ix., xi.]
JAMES NISBET, born 1676, probably
brother-in-law of preceding; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(13th July 1625); chaplain to the Laird
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[PKESB. OF
of Woolmet ; Keen, by Presb. of Edinburgh
25th Feb. 1702 ; ord. to Tnncrwick 15th
April 1703: called 23rd May, and adm.
27th Sept. 1713; died from fracture of
the skull caused by a fall on a stair two
days before, 8th Aug. 1750. He marr.
June 1707, Mary (died 10th Jan. 1757),
daugli. of David Pitcairn of Dreghorn,
Colinton, and had issue — David ; William ;
Mary (marr. her cousin, Principal Robert
son) ; Patrick, min. of Hutton and Cor-
rie ; Janet, died 23rd April 1775. Publi
cation — The Perpetuity of the Christian
Religion, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1737). —
[Innerwick Sess. and Edin. Raj. (7>w.) :
Murray's liioy. Ann.'}
1758
DANIEL MACQUEEN, son of Daniel
M., merchant, Edinburgh, and Helen
Greig ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
29th June 1735; ord. to Dalziel 29th Oct.
1736; trans, to Stirling 31st Dec. 1740;
called 13th Aug. 1756; trans, and adm.
15th June 1758; D.D. (Edinburgh, 12th
April 1759); died 22nd Oct. 1777. He
marr. (1) 26th Dec. 1738, Elizabeth Nisbet,
who died 9th May 1748, and had issue —
Emilia, born 24th Oct. 1739 ; Daniel, min.
of Prestonkirk ; Ann, born 24th Jan. 1747 ;
Elizabeth (marr. John Moir of Hillfoot,
W.S.), died 2nd June 1783; Helen, died
9th May 1748 : (2) 10th Sept. 1762, War-
burton (died 7th Sept. 1766), daugh. of
Ronald Dunbar, W.S., and had issue —
Ronald, born 8th April 1764, died 22nd
July 1765 ; a daugh. (marr. James Wilkie
of Gilchriston). Publications — Observa
tions on Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy
Weeks (Edinburgh, 1748, anon.); Letters
on Mr Hume's History of Great Britain
(Edinburgh, 1756, anon.) ; A Sermon on
Co! oss. i. 23 (Edinburgh, 1759). — [Mon-
creiff's Life of Erskine ; Soc. Serm., 1780.]
JAMES MACKNIGHT, born 17th Sept.
77 1721, son of William M., min. of
Irvine ; educated at Irvine, Univs.
of Glasgow and Leyden ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine; preacher at Gorbals Chapd-
of-Ease; assistant at Kilwinning ; ord.
to Maybole 10th May 1753; D.D. (Edin
burgh 1759); Moderator of Assembly 1769 ;
trans, to Jedburgh 30th Nov. 1769; trans.
to Lady Tester's, Edinburgh, 21st July
1772; trans, and adm. 26th Nov. 1778;
joint-collector of the Ministers5 Widows'
Fund 17th Feb. 1784; died 13th Jan.
1800. One of the ablest commentators
and divines whom the Ghurch of Scotland
lias produced. He marr. 30th April 1754,
Elizabeth (died 10th March 1813), eldest
daugh. of Samuel M'Cormick, General
Examiner of Excise, and had issue —
Samuel, W.S., born 2nd Feb. 1757, died
24th Aug. 1807 ; James, born 8th Oct. 1759,
died 17th Nov. 1793; Thomas, D.D., min.
of Second Charge 1810. Publications — A
Harmony of the Four Gospels, with a para
phrase and notes (London, 1756; 2nd
ed., 2 vols., London, 1763); The Truth
of the Gospel History (London, 1 763) ; A
New Literal Translation from the Original
Greek of all the Apostolic Epistles, ivith a
Life of the Apostle Paul (4 vols., Edinburgh,
1795 ; 2nd ed., 7 vols.). — [Scots Mag., Ixix. ;
Memoir prefixed to Epistles, Diet. Nat.
1800
ANDREW BROWN, born Sillerknowes,
Biggar, 22nd Aug. 1763, son of
Richard B., weaver, and Isabella
Forrest ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Biggar 1786 ; ord. min.
of the Presbyterian Church, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 1787; D.D. (Edinburgh 1788);
min. of Lochmaben 1795-9; of New Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 1799-1800; elected by
the Town Council 19th Feb., trans, and
adm. 24th July 1800 ; Professor of Rhetoric
and Belles-lettres in the Univ. of Edin
burgh, 14th Nov. 1801, which he held in
conjunction ; Moderator of Assembly 20th
May 1813 ; died 19th Feb. 1834. He marr.
(1) 10th Sept. 1792, Daniel, daugh. of George
Cranstoun of Harvieston, and had issue —
George Cranstoun, W.S. apprentice 1810,
born 18th July 1794; Daniel Isabella
Elizabeth, born 2nd Nov. 1795, died 9th
Aug. 1809 : (2) 7th March 1805, Mary
(died 27th Jan. 1826), eldest daugh. of
Dr Gregory Grant, Edinburgh : (3) 10th
March 1830, Mary Ogilvie (died 18th April
1852), widow of Andrew Pearson, M.D., of
Primrose Bank. Publications — Two single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1801, 1810); Notice
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of the Life and Character of Alexander
Christison, A.M., late Professor of Human
ity (Edinburgh, 1820). He compiled an
elaborate History of America which has
never been published.— [Hunter's Biggar.']
1835
JOHN LEE, born 22nd Nov. 1779, son of
James L., weaver, Craenesshills, Tor-
woodlee Mains, and Helen Paterson ;
educated at the "Luggie,;; Clovcnfords
(John Leyden being his teacher there),
and at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.D. (24th
June 1801); M.A. (St Andrews 1801);
amanuensis to "Jupiter Carlyle " 1804-5;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 16th July
1804; ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh min.
of the Presbyterian congregation, Hanover
Street, London ; adm. min. of Peebles 7th
April 1808; Professor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History, St Mary's College,
St Andrews, 1812 ; and in 1820 Professor
of Moral Philosophy, King's College, Aber
deen, his lectures there being delivered by
proxy ; adm. min. of Canongate, Edinburgh,
21st March 1823 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th
Dec. 1823); F.R.S.E. ; trans, to Lady
Tester's 17th Feb. 1825; principal clerk
of the General Assembly 1827 ; Chaplain
in Ordinary to George IV. 1830 ; pres. by
the Town Council July 1834 ; trans, and
adm. 22nd Jan. 1835 ; Principal of the
United College, St Andrews, 12th June
1837, which he resigned in Nov. of same
year. On the establishment of a Board
in Scotland for printing and publishing
Bibles in 1839, he was selected as Secre
tary, but declined to accept ; Principal of
the Univ. of Edinburgh 12th March 1840, a
Deanery of the Chapel Royal of Stirling
being annexed. He demitted his parochial
charge 30th Sept. 1840, was app. Pro
fessor of Divinity at Edinburgh in 1843,
and Moderator of Assembly 16th May
1844; died 2nd May 1859. With vast
stores of varied and minute information
he had much ill-health, which destroyed
his energy and prevented him from accom
plishing many cherished literary projects.
He is the " Archdeacon Meadow " of Hill
Burton's Look Hunter. He marr. (1) 5th
July 1813, Rose (born 4th Jan. 1792, died
23rd Oct. 1833), daugh. of Thomas Masson,
D.D., min. of Dunnichen, and had issue
—James, born 2nd May 1814, died 10th
July 1870 ; Thomas Masson, M.D., Indian
Army, born 24th Dec. 1815, died 30th Nov.
1858 ; William, min. of Roxburgh, and
afterwards Professor of Church History,
Glasgow Univ. ; John Johnston, born 13th
May 1819, died 17th Dec. 1828; Jane,
born 21st March 1821 ; Helen Agnes, born
28th Sept. 1822, died 28th Feb. 1831;
Isabella Euphemia, born 9th May 1824,
died 19th Oct. 1895 ; David Henry, born
20th Jan. 1826 ; Alexander Henderson,
C.E., India, born 9th Feb. 1828 ; Robert,
Procurator of the Church of Scotland,
Senator of the College of Justice, born 1st
April 1830, died llth Oct. 1890; Rose
Masson, born 14th Oct. 1832, died 29th
May 1839 : (2) 30th June 1841, Charlotte
E. Wright, who died 19th March 1871.
Publications — Dissert. Med.,Inaiig.De Viri-
bus Animi in Corpus Argentibus [gradua
tion thesis] (Edinburgh, 1801); Six single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1809-29); Memorial
for the Lible Societies in Scotland, and
Additional Memorial (Edinburgh, 1824-6) ;
Letter relating to the Annuity Tax and
the Ecclesiastical Arrangements proposed for
Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1834); Refutation
of the Charges brought against him by the
Rev. Dr Chalmers and Others, 2 parts (Edin
burgh, 1837) ; Lectures on Church History,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1860 ; ed. by his son) ;
Inaugural Addresses (Edinburgh, 1862; with
Prefatory MemoirbyLord Neaves); Pastoral
Addresses of the General Assembly Edin
burgh, 1864). He contributed a number
of articles to Brewster's Edinburgh Ency
clopedia ; edited Vita Rob. Rollock, for
the Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, 1826) ;
Wodrow's Life of James Wodroiu, A.M.
(Edinburgh, 1828); contributed Introduc
tion to the Edinburgh Academic Annual
for 1840 ; edited Joceline's Mother's
Legacie to her Unborn Chihle (Edinburgh,
1852), and contemplated editing the
Tracts of David Fergusson, which was
afterwards done for the Bannatyne Club
(Edinburgh, 1860) ; edited Journal of
Andrew Hart.— [Hogg's Instruct., Ander
son's Sketches,GT3t,nt's Edin. University, Diet.
Nat. Jiiog., Craig-Brown's Selkirkshire, .]
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[PRESB. OF
THOMAS CLARK, trans, from Meth-
1841 ven' anc^ adm. 19th Aug. 1841 ;
trans, to St Andrew's, Edinburgh,
17th Nov. 1843.
JOHN CLARK, born Glasgow, 15th
1844 -M"arcu 1790, son of John C. ; edu
cated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1814) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th May 1819 ;
ord. to New Street Chapel, Edinburgh, 25th
April 1823 ; trans, to Second Charge, Canon-
gate, 12th Sept. 1833 ; trans, and adm. 6th
June 1844 ; died unraarr. 1st Sept. 1859.
COLLEGIATE, OH SECOND CHARGE.
[Uncollegiated by the Presbytery, 27th
April 1836, with a view to the erection of
Greenside.]
1598
JOHN HALL, trans, from Leith, and
adm. 7th Dec. 1598. Hesitating to
believe in the Gowrie Conspiracy,
or to offer thanksgiving for the royal
deliverance on 5th Aug. 1600, he was dis
charged from preaching in any part of His
Majesty's dominions, under pain of death,
but afterwards declaring himself satisfied
as to the truth of the affair, he was re-
poned; trans, to the East, or Little Kirk,
at the King's request, after 21st Feb. 1610.
— [Edin. Counc. and Privy Counc. Reg.,
Booke of the Kirk ; Eow's, Spottiswood's,
and Calderwood's Tlists. ; Orig. Lett., i. ;
Melvill's Autob.]
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A. ; trans, from
Trinity Parish ; elected by the
Town Council 14th Dec. 1625 ; adm.
27th Jan. 1626; trans, to First Charge
same year. — \_Edin. Coun. Rey.~\
1626
1628
DAVID MITCHELL [MITCHELSON],
M.A. ; trans, from Garvock ; pres.
by the Town Council 25th Jan., and
adm. before 9th April 1628 ; trans, to First
Charge about 1634. — [Edin. Counc. RefjJ]
DAVID FLETCHER, M.A. (St Andrews
1625) ; elected by the Town Council
29th April, and adm. 22nd May 1635.
Deposed 1st Jan. 1639 for declining the
preceding Glasgow Assembly, and reading
and defending the Service Book ; reponed
27th Aug. 1639. He became min. of Mel-
rose, and held the Bishopric of Argyll
in conjunction (q.v.\ — [Edin. Counc. Rey.,
Peterkin's Rec. ; Acts Gen. Ass., 1638;
Monteith's Mort., ii. ; Baillie's Lett., \. ;
Stevenson's Hist. ; Wodrow's MS., Ixiii.]
1647
JAMES HAMILTON, born 1600, son
of Gawen, third son of Hans H.,
vicar of Dunlop, and nephew of
Viscount Claneboye ; studied at Glasgow
Univ.; acted for a time as his uncle's
land agent in Ireland ; ord. by Bishop
Echlin min. at Ballywalter, Co. Down,
1626 ; dep. for refusing to use the Service
Book 1636 ; was adm. a min. of the
Church of Scotland in 1638, and settled
at Dumfries. He was commissioned by
the Assembly of 1642, 1643, to visit the
Presbyterians in the north of Ireland, and
when returning was captured by Sir Alex
ander Macdonald (Montrose's lieutenant),
and imprisoned for ten months with great
hardship in Mingary Castle ; pres. by the
Town Council 13th July, and adm. 26th
Nov. 1647. He was a member of Assembly
1648, and along with James Guthrie was
appointed to draw up an account of the
duties of elders, and a form for visitation
of families. He was nominated by the
Estates, May 1650, for examining Montrose
after his capture. In Jan. 1651 he was one
of those wiio met with the Protesters at St
Andrews to adjust their differences, but
without effect. While sitting with a com
mittee of the Estates at Alyth, 28th Aug.
1651, he was seized, with others, by the
English army, carried into England, and
detained in the Tower of London for nine
teen months. Released by Cromwell's
order, 20th Nov. 1652, he returned to
Edinburgh, where he preached till the res
toration of Episcopacy drove him from his
pulpit and compelled him to retire to Inver-
esk, 7th Aug. 1662. He died at Edinburgh,
10th March 1666. He marr. (1) Elizabeth,
daugh. of David Watson, min. of Killeavy,
Ireland, by whom he had fifteen children ;
of whom Archibald, min. of Killinchy,
Jane, Mary, Margaret, and Elizabeth, only
arrived at maturity : (2) Anna, daugh. of
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Sir James Pringle of Galashiels, and widow
of William Inglis, W.S., who in her old
age (being 80 years) and poverty on 10th
Feb. 1687 presented a petition to the
Exchequer ; she was buried 5th Sept. 1691
(Charity Pa^iers). — [Edin. Counc., Canon-
gate (Bur.), and Test. Regs.; Livingstone's
Cfiarac.; Nicoll's, Lament's, and Brodie's
Diaries ; Reid's Ireland, Acts of Ass., and
Pad. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., Peterkin's Rec. ;
Baillie's Lett., ii., iii. ; Stevenson's and
Wodrow's Hists., and Select. Biog., i. ;
Hamilton MSS., edited by T. K. Lowry ;
Diet. Nat. Biog.}
ANDREW KINNEAR, M.A. (Edin
burgh, 19th July 1660) ; ord. to East
Calder 24th April 1663 ; elected by
the Town Council 28th Oct., trans, and
adm. soon after ; died before 24th March
1682, aged about 42. He marr. 10th Sept.
1668, Marion Mason, and had issue — Alex
ander, bapt. 5th July 1670 ; Jean, bapt.
7th Sept. 1671 ; Andrew, bapt. 19th Oct.
1672; Barbara, bapt. 20th March 1674;
James, bapt. llth July 1675 ; William,
bapt. 13th May 1678 ; Andrew, bapt. 26th
Sept. 1679; Margaret, bapt. 18th Feb.
1681 (marr. 15th Dec. 1705, John Car-
michael, writer, Edinburgh) ; Elizabeth,
buried in Greyfriars, 4th July 1694 ; Andrew
(posthumous), 8th Aug. 1682. — [Edin.
Counc., Guild, and Reg. (Marr. and
Bapt.}.}
1683
JOHN FARQUHAR, regent in Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, 1674; min. of
the Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 1677 ;
elected by the Town Council 24th March
1683, and adm. soon after ; dep. by the
Commissioners of Assembly Jan. 1691, for
declining the authority of the Church.
What became of him is unknown. — [Edin.
Counc. Reg. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, son of George
1690 ^'' wr^er> Inveraray ; educated at
Glasgow and Edinburgh L^nivs. ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1656) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dumfries 20th July 1658 ; called same
day by the Town Council and Kirk-session,
and adm. llth Oct. 1658. He was
imprisoned at Edinburgh with his colleague
in 1661, for refusing to keep the anni
versary of the Restoration, and deprived
by Act of Parliament llth June, and of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. The Privy
Council indulged him at Loudoun 3rd Sept.
1672, but like many others he declined,
and was again imprisoned 17th Sept. 1684.
On being liberated he fled to Holland ; re
turned in 1687 ; became min. of a meeting
house in Dumfries 1688 ; was restored to
the First Charge there 25th April 1690;
and shortly afterwards adm. min. of this
parish, holding in conjunction the Pro
fessorship of Divinity in the Univ. He
was on the commission for visiting schools
and colleges the same year ; died 3rd July
1701. From his habit of early rising, in
opposition to that of his friend, Principal
Rule, who was accustomed to sit late into
the night, he was styled "the Morning
Star," and on hearing of Rule's death (only
twenty-six days before his own), he quaintly
observed, " the Evening Star has now gone
down, and the Morning Star will soon dis
appear." He marr. (1) Rose (buried 4th
June 1676), daugh. of Hew Henderson,
his colleague at Dumfries, and had
issue — Janet, bapt. 5th March 1665 ;
Margaret, bapt. 30th Dec. 1666 : (2) Marion
Fyfe (buried 22nd March 1696), and had
issue — James, bapt. 18th July 1685 ;
Marion ; Christian (marr., procl. 27th Sept.
1696, George Chalmers, min. of Kilwin-
ning): (3) 4th Feb. 1697, Catherine,
daugh. of Robert Blair, min. of St Andrews.
— [Edin. Reg. (Marr., Bapt., and JSur.) ;
Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Leven and Melv.
Pap. ; Calamy's Ace., ii. ; Wodrow's Anal.,
iii., and Hist., iii., iv. ; Acts Parl., ix. ;
Grant's Univ., ii.]
JOHN ORR, licen. by Presb. of Hamil
ton 27th Dec. 1687 ; ord. to Bothwell
26th Sept. 1688 ; app. by the Presb.
9th Dec. 1702 ; trans, and adm. 1703 ; died
25th Jan. 1707, in 44th year. He marr.
Grizel (died after 1745), daugh. of Andrew
Myreton, min. of Carmunnock (Lanark Sas.,
xiv., 108), and had issue — Andrew, min. of
Carluke ; John ; David ; Jean ; Elizabeth ;
Grizel; Janet.— [Test. (Edin., Glasg., and
Lan.) and Edin. Reg. (Bur.).}
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[I'EESB. OF
1721
WILLIAM MITCHELL, trans, from
1708 Canongatc; called 17th May, app.
by the Fresh. 23rd, and adm. 27th
June 1708; trans, to High Kirk Parish f)th
Feb. 1721.
JAMES CRAIG, bapt. 5th Sept. 1669,
second son of John C., Thornton-
loch ; educated at L'niv. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (9th July 1694) ; ord. to
Yester 15th April 1701 ; trans, to Dunbar
26th Nov. 1718 ; called 17th Nov. 1720 ;
trans, and adm. 16th March 1721 ; died
31st Jan. 1731. He marr. Margaret
Oswald, who survived him, by whom he
had fifteen or sixteen children, of whom
Margaret, who marr. 10th Dec. 1729, Thomas
Hay, baker, Edinburgh (Ed in. Marr. Reg.},
and another only survived him. Publica-
tions— Spiritual Life, or Poems on Divine
Suljects (Edinburgh, 1727) ; Sermons (3
vols., Edinburgh, 1733-8, of which two in
the first vol. were published singly, Edin
burgh, 1732).— [Wodrow's Anal., Brown's
Gospel Truth.'}
FATEICK CUMIN [CUMING], born
1695, eldest son of Robert C. of
Belugas ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 4th May
1716) ; chaplain to Lord Justice-Clerk
Grange ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
5th Jan., and ord. to Kirkmahoe 18th
Aug. 1720 ; trans, to Lochmaben 30th
March 1725 ; called 18th Nov. 1731 ;
trans, and adm. 20th Jan. 1732; Pro
fessor of Church History, Edinburgh
Univ., 1737-62 ; Moderator of Assembly
llth May 1749; D.D. (Edinburgh 1752);
a second time Moderator 14th May 1752 ;
a third time, 20th May 1756; died 1st
April 1776. He marr. 7th Dec. 1732, Jean
(died 23rd Nov. 1769), eldest daugh. of
David Lauder of Huntlywood, advocate,
youngest son of Lord Fountainhal] and
Margaret Maxwell of Pollok, and had
issue — Bobert, Professor of Church His
tory, Edinburgh Univ., 1762-88 ; John,
born 30th Nov. 1738; Patrick, Professor of
Oriental Languages, Glasgow Univ., 1761-
1814, born llth Oct. 1741, died 27th Oct.
1820 ; George, of Belugas, W.S., born 31st
March 1746, died 2nd Oct. 1804 ; Thomas,
surgeon, born 20th Nov. 1749, died in India
1776 ; Jean, born 3rd March 1753, died
1775. He was much consulted in regard
to Patronage by Archibald, Duke of
Argyll. For some years before Principal
Robertson rose to eminence in the General
Assembly he was leader of the Moderate
party. Publications — Three single Ser
mons (1726-60) ; The Fli'jht of the Timorous
Clcry i/man. — [Wodrow's Ana!., MoncreifFs
Life, of Erskine, Morren's Ann., Mackenzie's
Life of Home, Carlyle's Autol., Douglas's
Ear. ; Erskinc's Z)/.sr., i. ; Grant's Univ. of
Edin., ii. ; Somerville's Autobiography.]
BOBERT HENRY, born 1st March 1718,
17 son of James H., farmer, Muirton,
St Ninians ; educated at the Parish
School, Stirling Grammar School, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; master of the
Grammar School of Annan ; licen. by
Presb. of Annan 27th March 1746 ; ord.
min. of the Presbyterian congregation at
Carlisle 4th Nov. 1748 ; trans, to the High
Meeting, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 13th Aug.
1760 ; trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
24th May 1768; D.D. (Edinburgh, 24th
July 1770) ; Moderator of Assembly 1774
(his first appearance as a member) ; trans,
and adm. 19th Dec. 1776. He had a
pension of £100 yearly, 28th May 1781, "in
consideration of his distinguished talents
and great literary merit " ; died 24th Nov.
1790, and was buried in Polmont Church
yard. The great achievement of his life
was the History of Great Britain, a work
now forgotten, but of which David Hume
remarked that there " could hardly be found
in our language any performance that unites
together so perfectly the two great points of
entertainment and instruction.'' He devised
and carried into effect in 1762 a scheme for
the widows and orphans of Nonconformist
ministers in the North of England. A few
days before his death he bequeathed his
library to the Town Council and Presbytery
of Linlithgow, as a foundation for one which
might be used by the public. He marr. 26th
June 1763, Ann Balderston, who died 15th
Feb. 1800, without issue. Publications —
The History of Great Britain, 6 vols.— the
last vol. being posthumous, was edited by
Sir H. Moncreiff Wellwood, with additions
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by Malcolm Laing (London, 1771-93 ;
5th ed., 12 vols., 1823 ; translated into
French, 1789-96) ; Revelation the most
Effectual Means of Civilising and Reform
ing Mankind, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1773.
He translated Goguet's Origin of Laivs,
Arts, and /Sciences, 3 vols. (Edinburgh,
1761). — [Hist., vi. ; Nimmo's Stirling sh. ;
Scots Mag., liii. ; Transactions Antiq. 8oc.,
i., 1792 • Diet. Nat. Biog.}
HENRY GRIEVE, born 1736 ; licen. by
l31'08^. of Dunbar 4th April 1759 ;
ord. to Twynholm 30th March 17G2 ;
trans, to Eaglesham 16th Sept. 1762 ; trans.
to Dalkeith 7th June 1765; D.D. (St
Andrews 1775); Moderator of Assembly
1783 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to the King
1784 ; trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
22nd July 1789 ; pros, by the Town Council ;
trans, and aclin. 27th April 1791 ; died 10th
Feb. 1810. He marr. 14th June 1762, Janet
Home, who died 14th March 1810, and had
issue — Henry Home, min. of Crichton ;
and David, John, Christian, Alexander,
who died in childhood. Publications —
Observations on the Overture concerning
Patronage (anon., Edinburgh, 1769) ; Three
occasional Sermons (Edinburgh, 1784-96). —
[Brown's Fun. Serm.~\
THOMAS MACKNIGHT, born 15th
Aug. 1762, son of James M., D.D.,
min. of Old Kirk Parish ; educated
at High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th April
1788 ; ord. to Canongate (Second Charge),
17th Feb. 1791 ; assistant junior clerk of
Assembly 1802 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 21st June 1804; junior clerk
of Assembly 1808 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1808) ;
pres. by the Town Council, trans, and adm.
15th May 1810 ; Moderator of Assembly
18th May 1820 ; died 21st Jan. 1836. His
great learning in various branches of know
ledge, pointed him out as well fitted for a
professorial chair. He taught the Greek
and Natural Philosophy classes with great
distinction, and was a candidate for the
Chair of Mathematics in 1805, when Sir
John Leslie was appointed. He marr. 18th
April 1808, Christian Crawfurd (born 31st
July 1780, died 29th Jan. 1862), eldest
daugh. of Thomas Macknight of Ratho,
and had issue — Christian Crawfurd, born
17th Jan. 1809, died 18th Jan. 1890 (marr.
13th July 1340, Robert Hamilton, W.S.) ;
James, W.S., born 23rd Sept. 1810, died
6th Nov. 1878; Thomas, M.D., born llth
March 1812; William, born 29th Aug.
1813 ; Samuel Arthur, born 19th Sept.
1815, died 16th May 1816; Alexander
Edward, advocate, born 23rd July 1817,
died 8th June 1899 ; Charles Hamilton,
born 13th Aug. 1819. Publications — A
Discourse, addressed to the Volunteers of
Leith (Edinburgh, 1795) ; Account of the
Rev. Dr Macknight. [Trans, of the
Epistles, 2nd ed.]
OLD KIRK PARISH (Q.S.).
[By the passing of the Annuity Tax Aboli
tion Act (23rd July 1860), the Old Kirk
Parish was deprived of its ecclesiastical
endowment and of all the benefits of a
parochial ministry, the Ecclesiastical Com
missioners not making an appointment,
either permanent or ad interim, as had
been left to their discretion, but steps were
at once taken to continue the charge by
voluntary endowment. For some years
the congregation met in the south transept
of St Giles, and the session held regular
meetings, presided over by Dr David Arnot,
of the High Kirk, appointed Moderator
during the vacancy. The Presbytery elder
was elected, and all ecclesiastical rights and
privileges continued as before. Tn 1869
the congregation ceased to worship in
St Giles, and services were held in a hall
in Blackfriars Street. On 19th June 1872,
a petition was presented to the Court of
Teinds for the erection and constitution of
a church and parish quoad sacra, but was
opposed by the Magistrates of Edinburgh,
the Court, 9th Feb. 1874, refusing the
petition. A site at the south-west corner
of St John Street being secured for a
church, and approved by the Presbytery,
the present church was built thereon, and
decree of disjunction and erection granted,
13th March 1882. The new parish quoad
sacra includes all the old parish, plus the
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OLD KIRK PARISH— LADY GLENORCHY'S [PRESB. OF
piece of ground on which church and halls
now stand disjoined from Canongate Parish
immediately adjoining. The church was
opened llth June 1882.]
JAMES ANDERSON, born Conniven
farmhouse, Kirkgunzeon, 22nd Nov.
1883 1840 ; educated at St Andrews Univ.
and Congregational Hall, Edinburgh ; ord.
in Augustine Church, Edinburgh, a mis
sionary to China, 28th June 18G5, under
the London Missionary Society ; laboured
in Hong-Kong and Canton for five years,
returned, because of illness, to Scotland,
1870 ; ind. to Elgin Congregational Church
Sept. 1872, and to Norwood, London, 1879 ;
adm. a min. of the Church of Scotland
May 1882 ; adm. to this charge 20th
Dec. 1883 ; died 4th Aug. 1894. He marr.
29th June 1865, Mary Jemima, second
daugh. of William Walker, Kirkcaldy, who,
on her husband's death, became a deaconess
of the Church of Scotland, and laboured
for the Church's Mission in China ; she
died in Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1905. The
" Anderson Memorial Dispensary " at Ichang
was built in 1909 from a legacy by Mrs
Anderson for this purpose. — [See A Mission
ary Minister ; Memorials of the Rev. James
Anderson, with Selections from his Sermons,
and a preface by Arch. Scott, D.D. (Eclin.,
1895).]
THOMAS WILLIAM GRANT
SUTHERLAND, M.A., B.D. (Edin
burgh) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1894; trans, to Innerwick 16th
Nov. 1906.
1894
1907
JAMES RICHMOND AITKEN, born
Auchenlochan, Kilfinan, Argyllshire,
22nd June 1865, third son of James
A., builder and contractor, Glasgow, and
Jessie Richmond ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. and Regent's Park College, London ;
M.A. (Glasgow, April 1891); min. of the
Baptist Church at Pitlochry 1893-4, at
Olney, Bucks, 1894-8, at Dunnington,
Warwickshire, 1898-1906; adm. to the
Church of Scotland May 1906, and licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh Sept. 1906 ; assist
ant at St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord. 6th
March 1907. Marr. 2nd Sept. 1897, Ger
trude, eldest daugh. of Rev. Joseph Allen,
B.A., Olney, and has issue— Marguerite,
born 27th Dec. 1898; Ronald Richmond,
born 14th Sept. 1900 ; Malcolm, born 15th
Jan. 1904, died 19th Jan. 1904. Publica
tions — Love in its Tenderness (London,
1901) ; The Sim of a Saint (London, 1903) ;
The Christ of the Men of Art (Edinburgh,
1913); A City Garden (London, 1913);
My Garden of the Red, Red Rose (London,
1913).
LADY GLENORCHY'S (Q.S.}.
[Founded by Willielma, Viscountess
Glenorchy, Oct. 1772; opened 8th May
1774 ; and conveyed to five Trustees, 26th
Jan. 1786. The constitution was revised
20th May 1837, when the Trustees obtained
an Act of Parliament (1 & 2 Viet. cap. 22),
which extended and explained their powers.
It was then constituted a parish quoad
sacra. In 1845 the chapel was acquired
from the Trustees on erection of the
North British Railway Station. After a
protracted litigation Roxburgh Place
Chapel was purchased in 1856, and a
parish quoad sacra was created by the
Court of Teinds on 2nd July 1862. New
church and halls were built 1909-12, and
opened 10th Dec. 1913.]
FRANCIS SHERRIFF, born 1750, son
of Francis S., Dremhills, East
Lothian ; educated at Musselburgh
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1770); through the influence of John
Home, author of Douglas, he was for a
time tutor in a nobleman's family, and
afterwards a clerk in the War Office. In
1771 he visited Jamaica, and on his return
was licen. by the Presb. of Haddington,
30th March 1773 ; ord. 6th July 1775,
chaplain (assistant) to General Houston's
Regt. of the Scots Brigade in Holland ;
app. by Lady Glenorchy, and adm. 12th
Nov. 1777 ; died unmarr. 12th June 1778. —
[Lady Glenorchy's Account, Wood's Hist,
of Cramond, Jones's Life of Lady
Glenorchy."]
EDINBURGH]
LADY GLENORCHY'S
1779
THOMAS SNELL JONES, born 1754,
a native of Gloucester ; educated at
the Nonconformist Academy of Tre-
vecca, in Wales ; assisted for two years an
aged clergyman at Plymouth, when he
became known to Lady Glenorchy, and was
invited to be min. of her chapel. With this
view he was ord. by the Scots Presbytery
in London, 9th June 1779, and adm. 25th
July following. D.D. (Aberdeen 1810);
died 3rd March 1837. He marr. (1) Eliza
beth Pay ton, who died 10th Sept. 1780,
aged 26, and had issue — Elizabeth Payton,
died Dec. 1848, aged 68 : (2) Mary Belshes,
who died 27th May 1786, aged 35 : (3) Anne
Gardner, who died 6th May 1822, aged 70,
and had issue — Thomas, banker, Leith, died
3rd May 1868, aged 75 ; Anne, born 18th
July 1790, died 4th Jan. 1885 ; John, died
19th Nov. 1861, aged 69. Publications—
Mankind Accountable Creatures, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1786) ; A Herman on the Death
of Lady Glenorchy (Edinburgh, 1788); Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1816); Address delivered
at the Baptism of Joseph Davis, a converted
Jeiv (Grey's Sermon, Edinburgh, 1820) ; The
Life of Willielma, Viscountess Glenorchy
(Edinburgh, 1822). — [Anderson's Sketches,
Hunter's and Makellar's Fun. Serins. ;
Tombst., Haldane's Mem., Hanna's Life of
Chalmers, Duncan's Elog. SepulcJir., Kay's
Portr.]
GREVILLE EWING, born Edinburgh,
1793 1"67, son of Alexander E., teacher
of mathematics, and Isobel Gray ;
educated at the High School, Edinburgh ;
apprenticed to an engraver, but afterwards
studied for the ministry at the univ. of his
native city. He became tutor in the
family of Lockhart of Castlehill, and was
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 25th Sept.
1792. His gifts and popularity as a
preacher pointed him out to the Trustees,
by whom he was nominated 22nd June,
and he wa? ord. (colleague) 17th Oct. 1793.
Devotedly attached to the cause of
missions, he established the Missionary
Magazine, the first religious periodical
north of the Tweed. Having adopted
sentiments inimical to a National Estab
lishment of Religion, he demitted his
charge and was declared no longer a min.
of the church, 26th Dec. 1798. From
1799 to 1836 he ministered to a large
congregation at the Glasgow Tabernacle,
under the auspices of the Haldanes of
Airthrey, and was for the same period
tutor of the Glasgow Theological Academy
— a Congregationalist foundation. The
introduction of Congregationalism into
Scotland owed much to his efforts. He
had D.D. conferred by an American college
in 1821, but did not adopt it, and died
1st Aug. 1841. He marr. (1) 13th Nov.
1794, Anne (died 23rd Aug. 1795, aged
20), daugh. of James Innes, min. of Yester :
(2) Janet Jamieson, died 18th Jan. 1801,
aged 23, and had issue — Janet (marr. James
Matheson, D.D., Durham) : (3) 15th Nov.
1802, Barbara, daugh. of Sir James Maxwell
of Pollock, Bart., killed by the overturning
of a carriage near the Falls of Clyde, 14th
Sept. 1828, aged 55. Publications — Five
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1797-1834);
Animadversions on a Pamphlet entitled
Lay -preaching Indefensible on Scripture
Principles (Glasgow, 1800); Remarks on
Mr Dick's Sermon concerning the Qualifi
cations and Call of Missionaries (1801) ;
Rudiments of the Greek Language (Edin
burgh, 1801) ; The Ignorance of the Heathen
and the Conduct of God towards them, a
sermon preached before the L.M.S. (London,
1802) ; A Greek Grammar and Greek and
English Scrijrfure Lexicon (Edinburgh,
1802; 2nd ed., Glasgow, 1812; 3rd ed.,
1827); An Attempt towards a Statement of
the Doctrine of Scripture on the Govern
ment of the Church (Glasgow, 1807); Facts
and Documents respecting the Connexions
which have subsisted between Robert Hal-
dane, Esq., and G. E. (Glasgow, 1809);
Essays to the Jews, 2 vols. (1809-10) ; An
Essai/on baptism (Glasgow, 1823) ; Memoir
of JJarbara Ewing (Glasgow, 1829) ; Ser
mon III. in " Sermons by Ministers of the
Congregational Union" (Glasgow, 1823);
editor of the Missionary Magazine, vols.
i. to iii. (Edinburgh, 1796-9).— [Wardlaw's
Fun. Serm., Haldane's Mem., Kay's Por
traits, Tombst.; Memoir by his daughter,
J. J. Matheson, 1843; Ross's Hist, of
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LADY GLENORCHY'S— LADY YESTER'S
[PRESB. OF
Congregational Independency in Scotland,
Eraser's Maxwells of Pollok, Diet. Nat.
JOHN PUliVES, nom. (assistant and
successor) by the Trustees, and ord.
14th April 1826 ; res. 27th Oct. 1830
on presentation to Jedburgh.
JAMES BEGG, trans, from Maxwell-
town ; nom. by the Trustees (assistant
and successor), and adm. 23rd Dec.
1830; trans, to Middle Church, Paisley,
25th Nov. 1831.
1831
THOMAS LTDDELL, trans, from Mon-
trose Chapel-of -Ease ; nom. (assistant
and successor) by the Trustees, and
adm. 22nd Dec. 1831 ; res. on app. as first
Principal of Queen's College, Kingston,
Canada, 27th Oct. 1841 ; [afterwards min.
of Lochmaben].
GEOIIGE RAMSAY DAVIDSON, born
1842 Brechin, 1801> S0n °f David V- )
educated at Brechin Grammar
School and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1820) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
25th June 1823 ; ord. to Drumblade 8th
May 1828 ; trans, and adm. 14th July
1842. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
Free Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, 1843;
D.D. (St Andrews); died 17th May 1890.
He marr. 8th June 1830, Jessie (died 10th
Sept. 1876), daugh. of William Lumsden,
architect, Edinburgh, and had issue— Eliza
Maule, born 4th March 1831 (marr. 13th
June 1851, Sir Thomas Clark, Bart.);
Mary, born 15th Feb. 1833 (marr.
Alexander Cusin, her father's successor, in
Lady Glenorchy's Free Church); George
Ramsay, born 29th Jan. 1836 ; David
William, born 12th Feb. 1838. Publica
tions — Privilege and Dtitt/, a Pastoral
.depress (Edinburgh, 1845); Britain's Past
Policy, Penitence, and Pledge, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1857); Account of the Parish
of Drumblade (New 8tat. Ace., xii.).
1863
DANIEL M'LAREN, ord. 29th Jan.
1863; trans, to Carluke 19th
March 1874.
JOHN GRIGOR, trans, from Fullarton,
Irvine, and adm. 24th Sept. 1874 ;
trans, to St David's, Glasgow, 16th
Nov. 1876.
ANDREW FYFE BURNS, M.A. ; trans,
from St James's, Kirkcaldy, and adm.
17th May 1877 ; trans, to St George's,
Paisley, 21st March 1882.
THOMAS BURNS, born 3rd March 1853,
son of Thomas B., min. of Lesma-
hagow; educated at Glasgow High
School and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1876 ; assistant at St George's
Parish, Glasgow; ord. to Melville Parish,
Montrose, 8th Nov. 1877 ; trans, and adm.
30th Aug. 1882 ; governor of George Hcriot's
Trust 1890; chairman of Royal Blind
Asylum 1894 ; deputy - chairman, Edin
burgh School Board 1903 ; convener of the
General Assembly's Committee on Benefice
Register and Records of the Church ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1906) ; F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Scot. He
marr. 3rd June 1890, Sarah Frances Town-
send, daugh. of Charles Wilson Murray of
Croston Towers, Aldcrly Edge, and grand
daughter of Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair,
LL.D., St Andrews, and has issue— Agnes
Mary Frances, born 26th April 1891 ;
Reginald Thomas Murray, born 9th Aug.
1892 ; Norman Frederick MacGregor, born
4th April 1902. Publications— Old Scottish
Communion Plate (Edinburgh, 1896) ;
American Educational Institutions and
Methods (1901); Benefice Lectures, de
livered at the four Scottish Universities
(Edinburgh, 1905).
LADY YESTER'S.
[Founded by Margaret, third daugh. of
Mark, first Earl of Lothian, and wife of
James, seventh Lord Hay of Yester. She
died 15th March 1647. The church was
badly damaged by Cromwell's soldiers
in Nov. 1650, but being restored, was
erected into a parish church, 24th Aug.
1655, for the south-east portion of the
city. During the Episcopacy it was shut
up and the parish annexed to the Tron.
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LADY YESTEFTS
81
From 1687 to 1G91 the parishioners of the
Canongate used it while their own church
was in process of building, and it was
afterwards reconstituted as a parish. The
present edifice dates from 8th Dec. 1805.]
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. ; trans, from
1655 Tron Parish on the appointment of
the Town Council 3rd Sept. 1655.
In the same month he employed Patrick
Gillespie, who had been deposed, to preach
for him on a week day, which gave umbrage
to his brethren and many others. While
engaged with other Protesters in drawing
up a new Remonstrance, he was appre
hended and committed prisoner to the
Castle, 23rd Aug. 1660, where he continued
till the following year, when he Mas
brought before the Lords of the Articles,
25th Sept. For subscribing the Remon
strance, his stipend was sequestrated by the
Committee of Estates, but it was allowed
to be paid by Act of Parliament, 13th
March 1661. He was deprived by the
Privy Council, 1st Oct. 1662, for not
conforming to Episcopacy, and ordered to
leave the city with his family. Similar
authority, however, gave him leave to
return for twenty days, 22nd June 1665,
and on 20th July lie was allowed till 1st
Sept. After being " indulged " at Hounam,
he became min. at Irvine. — [Edin. Counc.
Reg., Lament's and Xicoll;s Diaries, Kirk-
ton's and Wodrow's Ilists. ; Acts Far!., vii. ;
Baillie's Lett.]
THOMAS WILKIE, born 1638, a native
1691 °' ^ie ^orc^er (probably Bowden) ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th July 1659);
ord. to a charge in London ; adm. in in. of
Galashiels 1665, of North Leith 1672, of
the Tolbooth (Second Charge) 1687 ;
elected by the Town Council, and adm.
30th Oct. 1691; dem. 21st April 1708;
died 7th Jan. 1715. He had sasine of an
annual rent of 300 merks out of the lands
of Feirlienowis and Bewlie in Lilliesleaf ;
and gifted to the church four silver
communion cups. He marr. (1) 4th April
1665, Margaret, daugh. of James Hepburn
of Eastcraig, North Berwick, and had issue
—John, W.S., born 1670, died 26th May
1704; George of Bridgeheugh, W.S., died
VOL. I.
March 1716 : (2) 7th June 1704, Margaret
Alexander, widow of George Paul, maltman
in South Leith. — [Edin. Counc., N. Berwick
/Sess., and Reg. (Bur.) ; New Gen. Reg. Sas.,
xxiv. : Hall's Galashiels.]
WILLIAM MILLER, M.A. ; trans, from
Meigle ; called 17th May ; app. by
Presb. 9th, and adm. 18th July 1708 ;
trans, to Old Greyfriars 22nd Jan. 1721.
WILLIAM BROWN, M.A. ; trans, from
1721 South- Leith, Second Charge ; called
19th Aug. and 17th Nov. 1720 ; adm.
19th Jan. 1721; trans, to Old Greyfriars
23rd July 1730.
JOHN GOWDIE, trans, from Earlston ;
1*780 ca^e^ 31st March, and adm. 23rd July
1730; trans, to New North Parish
14th Dec. 1732.
ARCHIBALD GIBSON, M.A. (Edin-
1732 burgh, 28th May 1714) ; tutor in the
family of Sir Robert Stewart of
Tillicoultry, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 30th July 1718 ; ord. to Dun
blane 18th Aug. 1719 ; trans, to St Ninians
5th June 1728 ; called by the General
Session 31st Aug., trans, and adm. 14th
Dec. 1732 ; died 2nd Feb. 1733, in 40th year.
He marr. (cont. 5th Oct. 1721) Margaret,
second daugh. of Robert Tod, merchant,
burgess of Edinburgh, and had issue — John,
min. of St Cuthbert's. Publication — Not
Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1732).— [Reg. (Bur.}.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, trans, from
1733 Borthwick ; called 23rd Aug., and
adm. 22nd Nov. 1733 ; trans, to Old
Greyfriars 10th Oct. 1736.
ROBERT HAMILTON, trans, from
173Q ( Tamond ; called by the Town
Council and General Session 29th
April 1736 (the kirk-session declaring "he
cannot be of use in that church, because of
his low voice " ) ; he was, however, a highly
successful min. ; adm. 7th Oct. 1736 ;
trans, to Old Greyfriars 6th Dec. 1750. —
[Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Morren's Ann-., ii.]
JOHN JARDINE, trans, from Liberton ;
called 26th July, and adm. 6th Dec.
1750; trans, to Tron Parish llth
Oct. 1754.
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LADY TESTER'S
[PHESB. OF
HUGH BLAIR, MA. ; trans, from
Canongate, Second Charge; called
8th March, and adm. llth Oct.
1754 ; trans, to Trinity Parish 28th Feb.
1750. A delay having occurred over his
admission to Trinity Parish, his translation
was fixed for St Giles instead, 15th June
1758. This was affirmed by the General
Assembly 2nd June 1758. — [Acts of Ass.,
1758; Kay's Portr., i. ; Morren's Ann.,
ii. ; etc.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, trans, from
1758 Gladsmuir; cMed 13th Aug. 175G,
but, owing to delay in the transla
tion of Dr Blair, not adm. till 15th June
1758; trans, to Old Greyfriars 29th April
1761. The kirk-session appealed ; the
translation, however, was confirmed by
the Synod 5th May, and by the General
Assembly 26th May thereafter.— [Carlyle's
Aittob.; Acts of Ass., 1761 ; etc.]
JOHN HYNDMAN, born 1723, son of
John H., shipmaster, Grcenock ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; ord. to
Colinton 25th Nov. 1746; trans, to St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 20th Feb. 1752;
D.D. (King's College, Aberdeen, 1761);
called 25th June, trans, and adm. 26th
Oct. 1761 ; died 10th Aug. 1762. Carlyle
of Inveresk, one of his intimates, char
acterised him as "a clever fellow, a good
preacher, and a ready debater." He marr.
5th Jan. 1747, Margaret Dalrymple of
Dreghorn, who died s.j>. Dec. 1811. Pub
lications — A Just View of the Constitution
of the Church of Scotland, and of the
Proceedings of the General Assembly, in
Relation to tie Deposition of Mr Gil/espie
(Edinburgh, 1753, anon.), (which called
forth other pamphlets, particularly Wither-
spoon's Ecclesiastical Characteristics) ; a
Sermon on Proverbs xiv. 34 (Edinburgh,
1761). — [Rtg. (J>ur.), Carlyle's Autob.,
Murray's JBiog. Ann.; Morren's Ann., ii.]
JOHN DRYSDALE, trans, from Kirk
liston ; pros, by the Town Council
1st Dec. 1762, by a majority of 23
to 5. the first instance of an appointment
by presentation since the Revolution. A
protracted litigation ensued before the civil
and ecclesiastical courts. It was main
tained that the Town Council had only a
joint right with the ministers and elders,
or general session, to call and settle
ministers in the city, but the Court of
Session found, 18th Feb. 1763, "that the
Magistrates and Town Council have the
sole privilege, exclusive of, and without
consulting the ministers and kirk sessions,
of presenting ministers to all the vacant
churches within the city," which decision
the House of Lords affirmed 13th March
1764. The General Assembly, 17th May
following, sustained the call, and he was
adm. 14th Aug. thereafter ; trans, to the
Tron Parish 29th April 1767.— [Scots May.,
1764, xxvi., pp. 237-48; Morren's Ann., ii. ;
Carlyle's Aiitob. ; Kay's Portr., i.]
WILLIAM GLOAG, trans, from Cock-
pen ; called by the Town Council
and general session 27th Feb., and
adm. 22nd Oct. 1767; trans, to the New
North Parish 21st July 1772.
JAMES MACKNIGHT, D.I). ; trans,
from Jedburgh ; called 28th Nov.
1771 ; adm. 21st July 1772; trans,
to the Old Kirk Parish 26th Nov. 1778.
1778
THOMAS RANDALL, trans, from East
Parish, Glasgow ; called 30th March,
and adm. 26th Nov. 1778; trans, to
the Tolbooth Parish 9th June 1785.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, trans, from More-
battle ; pres. by the Town Council,
and adm. 9th June 1785; trans, to
Tron Parish 2nd Aug. 1789.
JAMES FINLAYSOX, M.A.; trans, from
Borthwick ; holding in conjunction
the professorship of Logic in the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; pres. by the Town
Council 30th Dec. 1789; adm. 29th July
1790; trans, to Old Greyfriars 9th Jan.
1794.
DAVID BLACK, born 1762, son of David
B., min. of Perth ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 25th Aug. 1784; ord. to St Madoes
EDINBUKGH]
LADY TESTER'S
83
15th Sept. 1785 ; pres. by the Town Council
25th June, trans, and aclm. 20th Nov. 1794 ;
died 24th Feb. 1806. He marr. 26th March
1795, Agnes (died 14th Sept. 1844), daugh.
of George Wood of Warriston, and had
issue — Agnes, born 30th Jan. 1796, died
17th Oct. 1812 ; Jean MacVicar, born 30th
April 1797, died 6th Feb. 1799 ; Elizabeth,
born 20th Sept. 1798 ; Jean MacVicar,
born 24th May 1800 ; Veronica, born 15th
July 1802, died 31st Oct. 1816; David,
born 20th Feb. 1804 ; Bridget Bonar, born
4th June 1806, died 4th May 1819. Publi
cations—Two single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1798-1803) ; Sermons on Important Sub
jects, with an Account of the Author
(Edinburgh, 1808); Account of St Madoes
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iii.). — [Bonar's Serm.,
i. ; Kay's Portr., Haldane's Mem.}
THOMAS FLEMING, born 1754, a
native of Kirkmichael, Perthshire ;
educated at the Parish School of
Blairgowrie and Perth Grammar School,
and at the Univs. of St Andrews and Edin
burgh ; tutor to the Haldanes of Airthrey ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 5th Nov. 1777 ;
ord. to Kirkmichael 29th April 1779 ; trans.
to Kenmore 24th Aug. 1780 ; trans, to
Kirkcaldy 10th July 1788 ; D.D. (Harvard,
U.S.A., 1804) ; pres. by the Town Council
18th June, trans, and adm. 23rd Oct. 1806 ;
died 19th July 1824. "The benevolent
institutions of the city reaped much
advantage from his friendly counsels and
aid. He was particularly attentive to
the affairs of George Heriot's Hospital, the
Orphan Hospital, the Edin. Education
Society, and the Society for Propagating
Christian Knowledge." He marr. 14th
Nov. 1780, Anne Robertson, who died 17th
April 1829, in 78th year, and had issue-
William, banker in Edinburgh, born 28th
Aug. 1786; Thomas, lieut. 1st Batt. Berar
Native Infantry, born 22nd Dec. 1797, died
March 1821 ; Maxwell, born 9th Aug. 1781
(marr. 7th Aug. 1807, George Muirhead,
D.D., min. of Cramond) ; Catherine, born
30th Jan. 1785 (marr. 28th March 1810,
George Lyon of Wester Ogill, W.S.) ;
Isabella, born 27th March 1783, died 9th
Sept. 1852; Grace, born 14th July 1790;
Anne Campbell, born 13th July 1792 ;
James, born 6th May 1794. Publications
— Three single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1790-
1809); Sermons (Edinburgh, 1826); "A
Remarkable Agitation of the Waters of
Loch Tay" (Trans, Roy. Soc. Edin.}; Ac
count of Kirkcaldy (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
xviii.) ; " Memoir of Robert Cathcart of
Drum " (Edin. Chr. Inst., vi.) ; Translated
the Shorter Catechism into Gaelic, and
assisted in revising the Gaelic Translation
of the Scriptures, published by the Society
for Propagating Christian Knowledge. — •
[Sermons, Tomlst., Society Sermons; Scots
May., xciv. ; Stewart's Sermons (Mem.).]
JOHN LEE, D.D. ; trans, from Canon-
gate ; pres. by the Town Council in
1824 ; trans, and adm. 17th Feb.
1825 ; trans, to the Old Church 22nd Jan.
1835.
ARCHIBALD BENNIE, born Glasgow,
1st Nov. 1797, fourth son of William
B., merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
Sept. 1820 ; ord. min. of Albion Street
Chapel, Glasgow, 6th March 1823 ; trans,
to Third Charge, Stirling, 28th Oct. 1824 ;
trans, to Second Charge 17th June 1825 ;
trans, to First Charge 31st March 1829 ; pres.
by the Town Council, trans, and adm. 24th
Sept. 1835 ; one of Her Majesty's Chaplains
in Ordinary ; Dean of the Chapel Royal
1841 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 10th Jan. 1845) ; died
at Dunoon 21st Sept. 1846. He marr. 9th
July 1827, Eliza (died 25th Nov. 1867),
only child of James Noble, collector of
Excise, Stirling, and had issue — Ann
Young, born 10th May 1828 ; Agnes Mary,
born 7th Aug. 1829 ; James Noble, LL.D.,
Canon of Peterborough, born 6th Jan. 1831,
died 27th March 1899 ; Elizabeth Noble ;
Archibald, born 8th Nov. 1836. Publica
tions — -Five single Sermons, Christian
Benevolence, etc. (1825-39); Letter to Patrick
Arklei/, Esq., Advocate (Edinburgh, 1846) ;
Discourses, with a Memoir, by Rev. John
Paul (Edinburgh, 1847). He edited the
Edin. Christian Instructor (Edinburgh,
1836, 1837, Third Series, 2 vols.).— [Smith's
Scott. Clergy, i. ; TomlstJ]
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LADY Y ESTER'S— MORNINGSIDE
[PKESB. OF
JOHN CAIRD, M.A. ; trans, from
Newton-on-Ayr, and adm. 6th May
1847 : trans, to Errol 13th July 1849.
WILLIAM HENRY GRAY, trans, from
185Q St Paul's, Perth, and adm. 9th
May 1850 ; trans, to Libcrton 3rd
June 1880.
CHARLES MACGREGOR, born
1880 Crantown-on-Spey, 24th April 1839,
son of William MacG. and Isabella
Grant ; educated at Grantown School and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1861) ; school
master of Duthil 1861-7 ; licen. by Presb.
of Abernethy 6th May 1867 ; assistant at
Weem and Kenmorc ; ord. to Ardoch
6th May 1869 ; trans, to Dornoch 12th
March 1874 ; trans, (assistant and successor)
East Church, Aberdeen, 7th Aug. 1877 ;
trans, and adm. 8th Dec. 1880; D.D.
(Aberdeen 1893). He marr. (1) 2nd Sept.
1^73, Janetta (died 23rd July 1880), daugh.
of Duncan Campbell, inin. of Moulin, and
has issue — Duncan Campbell, merchant,
St Paul, Minnesota, born 6th June 1874;
Isobel Grant, born loth Sept. 1875 (marr.
Hans Artner, merchant, Hamburg) : (-2)
1st June 1882, Williamina, daugh. of
Samuel Blair, min. of Dairy, Galloway,
and has issue — Caroline Isabella, born
28th March 1883 ; Blair, farmer in Canada,
born 2nd July 1884; Campbell, W.S.,
born 23rd July 1886.
JOHX MORRISON M'LUCKIE, born
1910 Gartsherrie, Lanarkshire, 2nd July
1867, son of Colin M'L. ; educated at
Gartsherrie Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton May 1891 ;
missionary at Newton, Cambuslang, 1891-9 ;
ord. to Scots Church, St Vincent, West
Indies, 13th Jan. 1897; app. to Ruthrieston,
Aberdeen, 1901, and ind. as first min. there,
15th Jan. 1903; trans, to Wallacetown,
Dundee, llth April 1906; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 9th June 1910.
Marr. 27th Jan. 1897, Mabel Annie, daugh.
of William Henry Johnston, London and
has issue — Joyce Elinor, born 2nd March
1905.
MAYFIELD (Q.S.).
[A church was opened 6th July 1879;
disjoined from Liberton and erected into a
parish quoad sacra, 12th March 1888.]
ALEXANDER NEIL, born Larbert,
Stirlingshire, 7th June 1845, son of
Alexander N. and Jane Galloway
Russell ; educated at Falkirk Grammar
School and Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 10th June 1868; assistant at
Kingarth and St James's, GlasgOAV : ord. to
Lochryan 23rd Jan. 1873 ; app. to Mayfield
Chapel (iron church) 7th Dec. 1877; ind.
as first min. 8th July 1879. Marr. 23rd
May 1882, Cecilia, daugh. of Patrick
Graham Morison of Cuilvona, Aberfoyle,
and has issue — Cecilia M'Gregor, born 17th
July 1883 ; Patrick Graham Morison, born
17th Sept. 1885, died 16th Dec. 1896 ; Jane
Russell, born 24th Feb. 1889, died 23rd
June 1902; Norman Alexander Gordon,
born 15th Jan. 1899.
MORNINGSIDE (Q.S.).
[Declared a parish quoad sacra by the
General Assembly, 19th May 1838; dis
joined from St Cuthbert's and erected by
the Court of Teinds, 20th July 1864.]
GEORGE SMEATON, missionary in the
Parish of North Leith ; elected 31st
Dec. 1838; ord. 14th March 1839;
trans, to Falkland 26th Aug. 1840 ; [after
wards Professor in the Free Church College,
Edinburgh].
THOMAS ADDIS, born London, 23rd
Dec. 1813, son of William A. and
Ann Salmond ; educated at Perth
Academy and \Jniv. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; assistant at
South Leith; ord. 17th Dec. 1841. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of Morningside
Free Church 1843; D.D. (St Andrews):
died 18th July 1899. He marr. 30th Aug.
1842, Robina Scott (died 3rd April 1900),
daugh. of George Thorburn, merchant.
Leith, and had issue — William, Snell Ex
hibitioner, formerly R.C. priest, vicar of
All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, London,
Master of Addis Hall, Oxford, 1910, joint
1839
EDINBURGH]
MORNINGSIDE
author of the Catholic Dictionary and ol
various theological works, born 9th May
1844; George Thorburn, banker, born
1846 ; Thomas Chalmers, Inland Revenue,
born 1847; David Foulis, I.C.S., born
1849; Annie Forrester, born 1851 (marr.
Peter Graham, It. A., LL.D.) ; Susan
Foulis ; Robert Forrester Thorburn ;
Robina Scott, died young ; Henrietta
Thorburn (marr. Archibald Syme Black,
farmer, Bogany, Bute) ; Jane Thorburn
(marr. Alexander Martin, D.D., Professor
of Apologetics and Practical Theology,
New College, Edinburgh) ; Sir Charles
Stuart, banker, London ; Robina Scott
Thorburn (marr. Robert M. Adamson, U.F.
min., Ardrossan).
ROBERT WILLIAM MACGOUX, born
1844 ( lreenock) 9th ^av 1813> son °f J°^m
M. and Janet Stuart ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1831) ; Hcen. by Presb.
of Glasgow ; missionary at Dumbarton and
Wallacetown, Ayr ; ord. 22nd March 1844 ;
res. 21st March 18G4 ; died 9th Nov. 1871.
He marr. 28th July 1853, Isabella (died 30th
June 1903), daugh. of Robert Clarke of
Comrie, and Isabella Wellwood, and had
issue — Isabella Wellwood Preston (de
ceased) ; Janet Anne Stuart ; Mary Well-
wood : John (deceased) ; Susan Catherine
Clarke; Hannah Clarke Preston, R.S.W.,
died 20th Aug. 1913 ; Robert ; William.
ANDREW GRAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Mouswald, and adm. first min. of the
parish 19th Jan. 1865 ; trans, to St
John's, Glasgow, 1st Sept, 1867.
JOHN MARSHALL LANG, trans, from
1868 Anderston, Glasgow, and adm. 25th
June 1868; trans, to Barony, Glas
gow, 9th Jan. 1873.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR,
trans, from Crathie, and adm. 27th
Nov. 1873; res. 29th Oct. 1879, on
appointment as Professor of Church History,
Edinburgh Univ.
PEARSON M'ADAM MUIR, trans, from
188Q Polmont, and adm. 24th Feb. 1880 ;
trans, to St Mungo's, Glasgow, 6th
Aug. 1896.
1865
EBENEZER BROWN SPEIRS, born
1897 Millport, 20th Sept, 1854, son of
Andrew S. and Helen Gibb; edu
cated at Free Church School, Millport,
Univ. of Glasgow, and Univ. of Gottingen ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1876), B.I). (Glasgow 1879) ;
Keen, by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
New Kilpatrick ; ord. to Glendevon 20th
Sept, 1881 ; trans, and adm. llth March
1897; D.D. (Glasgow 1897); died 26th
March 1900. He marr. 10th Jan. 1882,
Wilhelmina Amalie Marie, daugh. of
Louis Moritz Pancke, and had issue-
Wanda, born 10th March 1883 (marr.
Walter Veitch) ; Margaret, born 9th March
1884 ; Louis Moritz, electrical engineer, born
23rd Oct. 1885 ; Marie, born 12th Jan. 1888 ;
Andrew, born 23rd Feb. 1890 ; Anna, born
22nd June 1891 ; Vera, born 2nd Dec.
1894. Publications — Reviews and contribu
tions to magazines, etc., including article in
Chctmlers's Encyclopaedia on " Moravians ;;
and the "Moravian Church"; numerous
translations — Erdmann's History of Philo
sophy ; Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy
of Religion (1895); Harnack's History oj
Dogma; see memorial volume of /vv-
inons (1902).
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, born 27th
April 1861, son of Matthew F., min.
of Cross and Burness ; educated at
George Watson's School and Univ., Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1880), B.D. (1884) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1884 ; assistant at
St Bernard's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Skel-
morlie 20th Aug. 1885 ; trans, to Jedburgh
20th Nov. 1890; trans, to West Church, Aber
deen, 19th May 1896 ; trans, and adm. 2nd
Oct. 1900 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1905) ; one of
H.M. Chaplains in Ordinary 1913; trans, and
adm. to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 6th May
1914 (q.v.). He marr. (1) 5th Oct. 1886,
Margaret Ada (died 15th Jan. 1899), daugh.
of Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, and has
issue — Matthew George, advocate, born 31st
March 1888 ; Mary Tait, born 2nd Feb. 1891 ;
Charlotte Williamina Tait, born 26th Dec.
1895 : (2) 16th April 1906, Edith Mary,
daugh. of Robert Strathern, W.S., and
widow of William Percival Lindsay, W.S.
Publications — Editor of Life and Work
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MORNINGSIDE— NEWINGTON
[PRESB. OF
since 1902; The Four Gospels (London,
1899; 2nd ed., 1910) ; The Beatitudes (Edin
burgh, 1912).
ANDREW BROWN, born at Craig,
1914 ^tcmtrose, 24th Feb. 1868, son of
Andrew B. and Jane Gray ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1890) ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 1895 ; assist
ant at Kirkcaldy ; ord. to Ceres 8th April
1897; trans, to West Parish, Aberdeen,
Cth June 1901 ; trans, to Queen's Park,
Glasgow, 15th Nov. 1907 ; trans, and adin.
8th Oct. 1914. He marr. 1st Sept. 1897,
Alice, daugh. of William Moir, Montrose,
and has issue — Andrew Chassar, born 24th
Sept. 1900 ; William Moir, born 14th May
1902; Alice Mary, born 17th May 1904;
David Moir, born llth Sept. 1906 ; Douglas
Chassar, born 17th Jan. 1909.
MURRAYFIELD (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from West Coates and Craig-
lockhart, and erected into a parish quoad
sacra, 6th June 1913. Church built 1907,
at a cost of £7000.]
ROBERT JOHNSTONE, M.A., B.D.,
1901 f°rmerly mm- °f St James's, Kirk
caldy, 16th Dec. 1901 ; trans, to
Aberdour, Fife, 1914.
NEWINGTON (Q.S.).
[Formerly Hope Park Chapel-of-Ease
under St Cuthbert's ; opened 4th Jan.
1834 ; declared a parish quoad sacra by Act
of General Assembly, 31st May 1834; named
Newington, and erected by the Court of
Teinds, 18th March 1859.]
ROBERT GORDON, D.D. ; trans, from
1824 St Cuthbert's Chapel (Buccleuch),
and adm. 5th Jan. 1824 ; trans, to
New North, Edinburgh, 8th Sept. 1825.
JOHN FORBES, elected by the Kirk-
1826 sessi°n °f St Cuthbert's ; ord. 16th
Nov. 1826; res. 26th Nov. 1828, to
become min. of High Church (Outer),
Glasgow.
DAVID RUNCIMAN, M.A. ; elected by
the Kirk-session of St Cuthbert's
Sept. 1829 ; adm. 24th Dec. 1829 ;
trans, to St Andrew's, Glasgow, 4th
April 1844.
[From 1844 to 1859 the congregation was
served by missionaries and otherwise.]
JAMES ELDER GUMMING, trans, from
185g East Church, Perth ; adm. first min.
of the parish 6th Oct. 1859 ; trans, to
Sandyford, Glasgow, llth May 1871.
JOHN ALISON, born 23rd June 1835,
1871 son of James Alison, farmer, Mearns,
and Janet Craig; educated at
Mearns School and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1854); licen. by Presb. of Paisley;
assistant at St Matthew's, Glasgow ; ord.
to Middle Parish, Paisley, 10th March 1859;
trans, to Bonhill 21st Nov. 1861 ; trans,
and adm. 19th Oct. 1871 ; sometime con
vener of the Jewish Mission Committee ;
convener of the Edinburgh Synodal Board
for the examination of divinity students ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1883); died 29th May
1902. He marr. 10th Aug. 1875, Margaret,
only child of Andrew Macgeorge, LL.D.,
Glasgow, and had issue — Margaret Dora,
born 13th Aug. 1876 (marr. George H.
Donald, min. of the West Parish, Aber
deen) ; Janet Helen, born 13th June 1878
(marr. David Denholrn Fraser, min. of
Sprouston); Mary Lilias, born 13th May
1885 (marr. Ernest Wolff). Publications—
Simple Lessons on the Lord's Supper;
Simple Lessons on Baptism : The National
Church and Religious Equality; Union in
a National Church. See Memoir, con
taining a selection of his sermons and
papers (Edinburgh, 1903).
HUGH CAMERON, born Glasgow, 4th
1898 l)an' 1855' son °^ J°hn ^- and Eliza
beth Macfarlane ; educated privately,
and at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1882 ; ord. to Second Charge,
Montrose, 14th Sept. 1883 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 8th June 1898.
He marr. 21st Nov. 1883, Maud Agnes,
daugh. of James Pennell, min. of Ballingry,
and has issue— James Douglas, born 18th
Dec. 1884; Dorothy, born 8th May 1886;
Maud, born 6th May 1888; Norah, born
28th July 1892; Elizabeth Leslie, born
5th Feb. 1897; Marjorie, born 7th May
1898 ; Ian Paul, born 27th July 1901 ;
Hugh Ross, died in infancy ; Donald
Morison Ross, born 17th Aug. 1906.
EDINBURGH] PRESTONFIELD— ROBERTSON MEMORIAL
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TRESTONFIELD (Q.S.).
[Begun 13tli Nov. 1898, as an extension
charge, by Robert Buchanan, B.D., formerly
min. of Clydebank (q.v.), who served till
Oct. 1903. Disjoined from Liber ton, Dud-
dingston, and Mayfield, and erected into a
parish quoad sacra, 30th Oct. 1908. A
church was built in 190:2.]
DONALD MACMILLAN, born 7th Dec.
I860, eldest son of Duncan M.,
1908 architect, Aberdeen; M.A. (Aber
deen 1887) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen Gth
May 1890 ; ord. to Careston Sept. 1892 ;
clem. 30th Sept. 1904, to undertake Preston-
field extension charge, and ind. first min. 8th
Dec. 1908. Marr. 12th July 1894, Edith Mar-
jorie Eveline, youngest daugh. of John Watt,
advocate, Aberdeen, and has issue— Sybilla
Catherine, born Gth May 1895 ; Duncan
Stewart, born 8th Nov. 1907. Publications
— Contributor to Aurora JlorealisAcademica
(Aberdeen, 1899); Farewell tiermou, Care
ston Parish Church (Brechin, 1904).
RESTALRIG (Q.S.).
[Prior to the Reformation Restalrig was
a collegiate parish church, founded (in
connection with the tomb and well of St
Triduana) by King James II., with a dean
and nine prebendaries. It was a noted
place of pilgrimage. After the Reforma
tion the church was allowed to fall into
decay, but in recent times it was partially
restored. The revived parish is taken
entirely out of South Leith, and was dis
joined and erected into a parish quoad
sacra, 31st May 1912.]
GEORGE BO YD, born 9th May 1824,
at Landguard Fort, Suffolk, son of
Thomas B. (H.M. Coastguard Ser
vice) and Elizabeth Haskell ; educated at
Grammar School, Cromarty, and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1851); licen. by Presb.
of Lewis 1855 ; ord. to St Andrew's, Hali
fax, Nova Scotia, 1856 ; res. 1865 ; assistant
at Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; app. to Restalrig
Mission 1870; res. May 1903; died 27th
Nov. 1905. He marr. 15th Aug. 1856,
Elizabeth (died 20th Feb. 1914), daugh.
of John MacKeddie, shipmaster, Cromarty,
1912
and had issue — Mary Matheson, born 1st
June 1857 (marr. 6th Sept. 1895, John
Deacon Murray, engineer, Egyptian Govern
ment Service) ; Thomas John, born 4th
Sept. 1858; George Haskell, W.S., born
25th Dec. 1859 ; Elizabeth MacKeddie,
born 27th July 1861 (marr. 2nd July 1896,
William Auchie Alexander, C.A.) ; Alex
andra Keith, born 17th Oct. 1863 ; John
William Parker, born llth June 1866, died
24th May 1912.
WILLIAM BURNETT, born Edinburgh
19th June 1864, son of Peter S. B.
and Elizabeth Mitchell ; educated at
George Watson's College and Edinburgh
Univ.; M.A. (1884), B.D. (1887); licen. by
the Presb. of Edinburgh, May 1887 ; assist
ant at Hawick and Dundee ; ord. 4th Oct.
1891 to Woolloomooloo, Sydney, N.S.W. ;
inducted here Dec. 1904; adm. first min.
of the parish 31st May 1912. He marr.
13th April 1892, Lena, daugh. of David
Russell Dawson, Tayport, and has issue-
Mary Johnston, born 16th May 1904.
ROBERTSON MEMORIAL, on
GRANGE PARISH (QA).
[Erected into a parish quoad sacra 30th
Oct. 1871. The foundation stone of the
church was laid, 28th May 1870, by John,
Earl of Stair, Lord High Commissioner, and
the building was opened, 1st Oct. 1874, as a
memorial of James Robertson, D.D., Pro
fessor of Ecclesiastical History in Edin
burgh University, formerly minister of
Ellon, and founder of the Endowment
Scheme of the Church.]
WILLIAM LYON RIACH, born Aber
deen, 28th March 1824, son of John
1872 11. and Mary Dawson; educated at
Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Marischal
College and Univ.; M.A. (1846); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 1851 ; assistant at
Broughton; ord. to Balmaghie 23rd. Dec.
1852; trans, to Pencaitland 1st Feb. 1855;
trans, and adm. 14th March 1872; res.
llth Dec. 1895; died 13th June 1912. He
marr. 25th July 1861, Agnes Geraldine,
daughter of Edward Potter, Cramlington,
Northumberland, and had issue— Margaret
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ROBERTSON MKMOIUAI.-ST ANDREW'S [PHESB. OF
1896
MacKinlay, born 19th July 1862, died 20th
Sept. 1865; Agnes Mary, born 8th Oct.
1863; Jessie MacKinlay, born 20th Jan.
1865 ; Matilda Mima, born 20th April 1866 ;
Augusta Charlotte; Catherine Alice;
William Lyon ; Arthur James ; David
MacKinlay Potter. Publication— Naaman,
the Syrian Soldier (Edinburgh, 1901).
DAVID PAUL, born 28th Aug. 1845,
seventh son of William P., D.D., min.
of Banchory-Devenick ; educated at
Banchory-Devenick School, Aberdeen and
Edinburgh Univs. ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1864);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1868; assist
ant at Udny 1868 ; took charge of Scots
Church, Dresden, 1869 ; ord. to Morebattle
29th July 1869; trans, to Roxburgh 8th
Feb. 1876 ; LL.D. (Aberdeen 1894) ; trans,
and adm. loth July 1896 ; examiner for
Degrees in Arts at Aberdeen 1871-6;
president of the Botanical Society of
Edinburgh 1899-1901 ; principal clerk of
the General Assembly 1912; Moderator of
Assembly 1915. Marr. 27th April 1876,
Katherine (died 8th Sept. 1913), fourth
daugh. of Alexander John Kinloch of Park
and Altries, and has issue — Alexander John
Kinloch, born 28th Feb. 1877 ; Katherine
Ethel, born 15th Dec. 1878; Alice Mary,
born 22nd Nov. 1880; David Hutcheon,
born 21st May 1883 ; George Morison, born
10th Nov. 1884. Publications — Numerous
botanical papers in the Transactions of
Botanical Society and inllistory of Berwick
shire Naturalists' Club.
ST AIDAN'S (Q.S.}.
[The building, constructed about 1800
as a chapel of Relief, was bought from the
U.P. Church by St Cuthbert;s congregation
in 1885. Erected into a parish quoad sacra,
14th March 1887.]
JAMES THOMSON, M.A. ; ord. mission
ary to Calcutta ; app. by the Kirk-
1887 session of St Cuthbert's ; ind. 28th
April 1887 ; trans, to St Andrew's, Glasgow,
11th Jan. 1894.
ANDREW BENVIE, born Abernyte,
Perthshire, 14th Nov. 1845, son of
William Benvie, jute manufacturer,
Dundee, and Isabel Robertson ; educated
at Normal College, Edinburgh, and Edin
burgh Univ. ; M.A. (1869), B.D. (1872), Pitt
Scholar (1872); licen. by Presb. of Perth
Oct. 1872; ord. Scone 10th July 1873;
trans, and adm. 22nd May 1894 ; D.D. (Edin
burgh 1912). He marr. 27th April 1875,
Elizabeth Williamson, younger daugh. of
David Crighton, Ardo, Stracathro, and has
issue — George William Rodney,New Mexico,
born 1887; Maybel Margarita, born 1881 ;
Bertha Crighton, born 1887. Publications
—-lli<jher on tJie Hill (London, 1900 ; 2nd
ed., 1903); The Minister at Work (Pastoral
Theol. Lectures; Edinburgh, 1911).
ST ANDREWS.
[A church and parish being required for
the increasing population of the New Town,
this erection was proposed by James Hunter
Blair (afterwards Lord Provost), 25th April
1780, and unanimously resolved upon by the
Town Council 31st Jan. 1781. Opened 12th
Dec. 1784. St Andrew's was thus the first
parish of the New Town. It was built after
designs by Major Fraser of the Engineers,
at a cost of £7000, and was seated for about
1053. A spire rising 166 feet in height, de
signed by William Sibbald, was erected in
1787. The General Assembly met in St
Andrew's Church for some years up till
1851, and it was the scene of the memor
able Secession of 1843.]
WILLIAM GREENFIELD, M.A.; trans.
1784 ^rom ^emvss; called 30th April
1784; adm. 25th Nov. 1784: trans,
to the High Kirk 1st April 1787.
WILLIAM MOODIE, born 2nd July
1787 1759, son of Roger M., min. of
Gartly ; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. in 1781 ;
tutor in the family of James Oswald of
Dunnikier ; ord. to Kirkcaldy 9th June
1784 ; pros, by the Town Council 1st Aug.,
trans, and adm. 25th Oct. 1787 ; app.
Professor of Hebrew in the University of
Edinburgh, which he held in conjunction,
llth Sept. 1793; D.D. (Edinburgh, 6th
Feb. 1798) ; Moderator of the General As
sembly 23rd May 1799; died llth June
EDINBURGH]
ST ANDREW'S
89
1812. He marr. 10th Nov. 178G, Johanna
Lindsay, who died 24th Aug. 1796, and
had issue — Margaret, born 29th Dec.
1789; John, born Dec. 1790, died 10th
Feb. 1791 ; George Mackenzie, born 7th
Feb. 1795, died 13th March 1800; Sarah,
born llth Aug. 1790 (marr. Dugald Camp
bell, min. of Glassary). Publications —
Political Preaching, or the Meditations of
a Well-meaning Man, in a letter addressed
to the Rev. William Dun, min. of Kirkin-
ttlloch (Glasgow, 1792) ; Four single Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1794-9) ; Observations
on the Overture respecting Chapels-of-Ease
(1797) ; A Cobbler's Remarks on a Tour
through the Northern Counties (Edinburgh,
1798); An Address to the Public on the
Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby (Edin
burgh, 1801) ; Hermans, with a Short Ac
count of his Life (Edinburgh, 1813) ;
Sermon IT. (Scotch Preacher, iv. ; Edin
burgh, 1789) ; edited Wilson's Hebrew
Grammar, 3rd edition. — [Sermons^ Grier-
son's St Andrew's.]
ANDREW GRANT of Limcpots, Scone,
son of David Grant of Limepots
and Margaret Henderson, bapt. 4th
June 1757 ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; Keen, by Presb. of Perth 25th
July 1781 ; assistant to Dr Wishart,
Edinburgh ; ord. Portmoak IGth Sept.
1784 ; trans, to Kilmarnock 6th May 1802 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1807); Moderator of
Assembly 1808 ; trans, to Canongate 20th
Oct. 1808; trans, to Trinity Parish llth
Oct. 1810 ; promoted by the Town Council
llth Sept. 1812 ; trans, and adm. 14th Jan.
1813 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III.,
George IV., and William IV. ; Dean of the
Chapel Royal 1820 ; joint collector of the
Ministers1 Widows' Fund 19th Sept, 1827,
and sole collector 24th Nov. 1835 ; died 2nd
July 1830. He marr. 20th Aug. 1793,
Agnes (died 2nd Dec. 1842), daugh. of
George Willis, min. of Leslie, and had issue
—David, born 1794, died 1800; George,
born 25th Nov. 1795, advocate, Sheriff-sub.
at Falkirk, and later at Cupar-Fife, died
15th Sept. 1857 ; Anne, born 23rd Aug.
1797, died 1881 ; James, min. of St Mary's,
Edinburgh ; Margaret, born 15th Nov. 1801,
died 1881 ; Andrew, H.E.I.C.S., bora IGth
Dec. 1803, died 1848; Agnes Willis, born
4th April 1807, died 21st May 1838;
Thomas, actuary, born 25th April 1809,
died 1st May 1855; David, probationer,
born 18th Dec. 1811, died 1892; Jane
Arnot, born 10th July 1813 (marr. 13th
Nov. 1838, Thomas Arnot of Chapel), died
5th Oct. 1840. Publications— Sermon IX.
(Gillon's Scott. Pulpit) ; Account of Port
moak (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., v.).— [Ander
son's Sketches, Trustees' Repoi't.]
JOHN BRUCE, born 30th Nov. 1794,
1837 son °^ J°nn B., min. of Forfar ;
educated at Forfar, Marischal Col
lege, Aberdeen, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (Aberdeen 1812) : licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 2nd April 1817 ; ord. to Guthrie 24th
Sept. 1818; trans, to New North Parish,
Edinburgh, 13th Jan. 1831 ; trans, and
adm. 12th Jan. 1837. Joined the Free
Church, and became min. of Free St
Andrew's 1843; D.D. (Marischal College,
Aberdeen, April 1853) ; died at Humble,
Kirkliston, 4th Aug. 1880. He marr. (1)
18th May 1830, Marjory (died 13th Oct.
1841), daugh. of George Ramsay, banker,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Margaret
Morton, born 7th Oct. 1838, died 15th
Jan. 1842 : (2) 2nd Sept. 1845, Susan
(died 28th Jan. 1857), daugh. of John
Abercrombie, M.D., Edinburgh, and had
issue — Agnes, born 10th, died 31st July
184G; Agnes, born 14th April 1848. Pub
lications — The, Moral Discipline of Divine
Providence, a sermon (Dundee, 1813) ; Four
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1833-44) ; Lec
ture on Civil Establishments of Relig'on,
(Edinburgh, 1835); A Testimony and, Re
monstrance Regarding tlie Moderatorship
(Edinburgh, 1837) ; The Duty and Privilege,
of Keeping the Sabbath (Edinburgh, 1842) ;
The Biography of Samson (Edinburgh, 1854);
The Revivals of the Church (Edinburgh,
1859); The Great Disruption Principle
(Edinburgh, 1859); The Life of Gideon
(Edinburgh, 1870) ; Our Dread and Strawje
Bereavements, sermon on the deaths of the
Prince Consort and Dr Cunningham ; Ser
mons, with a sketch of his life by Rev.
James C. Burns (Edinburgh, 1882).
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ST ANDREW'S
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS CLARK, bom Galloway,
1843 ^ePt- 1^° ') educated at lTniv. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk
cudbright 7th July 1819 ; ord. to Methven
12th Aug. 18-21 ; trans, to Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, 19th Aug. 1811; trans, and
adm. 17th Nov. 18-13 ; convener of the
Colonial Committee ; D.D. (St Andrews
1843); died llth Jan. 1857. He marr. 7th
Sept. 1824, Grace (died 7th Feb. 1873),
daugh. of William Greenfield, min. of High
Church, sister of Andrew Rutherford,
Senator of the College of Justice, and
had issue — Patrick, lieut. 49th Regiment
Madras Native Infantry, born 7th July
1826 ; Andrew Rutherford, LL.D., Senator
of the College of Justice, born 9th Aug.
1828, died 2Gth July 1899; Jane Gordon,
born 21st Dec. 1831. Publication— Speech
tm the Independence of the Church (Perth,
1841).
JOHN STUART, born Edinburgh, Jan.
1819, son of William S. and Dorothy
Miller ; educated at Edinburgh
Academy and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1846; ord. to St George's-
in-the-Fields, Glasgow, 19th March 1846;
trans, to Newton-on-Ayr 25th Nov. 1848 ;
trans, to Moffat 26th Oct. 1849; trans, to
East Parish, Stirling, 18th May 1853;
trans, and adm. 14th May 1857; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1873) ; Chaplain in Ordinary
to Queen Victoria ; died 22nd Aug. 1888.
He marr. 14th May 1867, Jessie, eldest
daugh. of James Duncan, M.D., Edinburgh,
and had issue — Margaret Balfour, born 4th
March 1868, died 13th April 1876; William
James, F.R.C.S.E., Edinburgh, born 17th
Dec. 1873. Publication — Sermons, pub
lished posthumously (Edinburgh, 1889).
ARTHUR GORDON, M.A. ; trans, from
gg Kirknewton, and adm. 10th Jan.
1889 ; trans, to Monzievaird 16th
May 1895.
PETER HAY HUNTER, born Edin-
burgh, 10th Sept. 1854, son of James
H., paper merchant, and Ann Hay ;
educated at Univs. of Edinburgh and
Leipzig, College of France and Sorbonne,
Paris; M.A. (Edinburgh 1877); licen. by
Prcsb. of Edinburgh 1881 ; assistant at
Elgin ; ord. to Elie 13th April 1883 ; trans,
to Yester 19th Aug. 1886; trans, and adm.
jure dei'oluto 7th Feb. 1896; D.D. (Edin
burgh 1902); chaplain to the Lord High
Commissioner, Marquess of Tweeddale
(1890-2, 1896-7) ; died 26th Dec. 1909. He
marr. 21st Sept. 1886, Helen, daugh. of
James Dawson, manufacturer, Dalkeith.
Publications — The Story of Daniel (Edin
burgh, 1883) ; Mi/ Ducat* and my Daughter
(in collaboration with Walter White)
(London, 1884) ; The Crime oj Christmas
Dai/ (London, 1885) ; Sons of the Croft
(Edinburgh, 1887); After Lite E.nle : A
Hundred Years of Jewixh History and
Literature (Edinburgh, 1889, 1890) ; James
Inwick, Ploughman and Elder (Edinburgh,
1894) ; The Silver Mullet (Edinburgh, 1894) ;
(Jruppi/ Davy, serial in Life and Work
(1895); Joltn Armiyer's Revenge (Edin
burgh, 1897); The TacTcsman of Uavaiy,
serial in Life and Work (1903) ; Bible and
Sword (London, 1904).
GEORGE CHRISTIE, born Elgin, 12th
May 1870, son of James Murdoch C.
and Janet Smith ; educated at West
End School, Elgin, St Andrews Univ.,
and Jena ; M.A. (St Andrews 1891), B.D.
(St Andrews 1894) ; licen. by Presb. of
Forres 28th Aug. 1894 ; assistant at St
Mary's, Partick ; ord. to Renton 21st Dec.
1897 ; trans, to St John's, Dundee, 8th
Oct. 1902 ; trans, and adm. 18th May 1908.
Marr. 1st June 1904, Janet Stratton, daugh.
of Thomas M'Ewen and Susan Bruce.
Publications — The Influence of Letters on
the Scottish Reformation (Edinburgh, 1908) ;
The Church's Commission (Edinburgh, 1911).
SECOND CHARGE.
[Erected by the Town Council, and con
curred in by Presb. 31st Dec. 1800;
ceased in I860.]
DAVID RITCHIE, born Methven 1763 ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
schoolmaster of Trinity-Gask ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth 24th June 1789; ord.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th April 1797 ;
EDINBURGH]
ST ANDREW'S— ST BERNARD'S
91
chaplain to the 1st Batt. 2nd Regt. Edin.
Volunteers ; adm. min. of Penicuik 2nd
Feb. 1798; dem. 20th Oct. 1798, becoming
assistant in the First Charge of this parish ;
adm. to Kilmarnock 27th Feb. 1800 ; pres.
by the Town Council July 1800 ; trans,
and adm. 2nd July 1801 ; junior clerk of
Assembly 20th May 1802 to 19th May 1808.
Appointed Professor of Logic in the Uni
versity of Edinburgh 24th Feb. 1808,
which he held in conjunction till 183G, when
he resigned the Chair; D.D. (Edinburgh,
17th Dec. 1813) ; Moderator of the General
Assembly 19th May 1814; died 10th Jan.
1844. He marr. 23rd Aug. 1811, Margaret
(died 15th Oct. 1840), eldest daugh. of
William Pearson of Kippenross, and had
issue — Jane Frances, born 3rd Sept. 1812,
died Oct. 1838; Margaret Ann, born 30th
May 1814, died 6th March 1826. Publica
tions — Two single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1803-4) ; Address on Intimating a Collec
tion for the Royal Infirmary (Edinburgh,
1818) ; Lectures Explanatory and Practical
on the Doctrinal Part of the Epistle to the
Romans, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1831) ; Sermon
VII L (Gillan's »SVo«. Pulpit).— [Anderson's
Sketches, Grant's Edin. Univ.}
THOMAS JACKSON CRAWFORD,
M.A., D.D. ; trans, from Glamis, and
adm. 16th Aug. 1844 ; app. Professor
of Divinity, Edinburgh Univ. ; res. 27th
June 1860.
ST BERNARD'S (Q.S.).
[Formerly Stockbridge Chapel-of-Ease.
A committee of Kirk-session of St Cuth-
bert's Parish, of which Stockbridge formed
a part, reported in 1822 that the popula
tion in the northern districts amounted
to 5120, that there were 4070 of these
above six years of age, that the total
number provided with seats in any place
of worship connected with the Church
of Scotland, or with other congregations,
was only 1954 ; the Session of St Cuth-
bert's thereupon resolved to build a chapel
at Stockbridge, to be their property and
to be under their superintendence. This
resolution was duly sanctioned by the
Presbytery and by the General Assembly.
The erection of the church was at once
proceeded with, and completed at a cost of
about £4000. The building was opened on
16th Nov. 1823 ; declared a parish quoad
sacra by Act of Assembly, 31st May 1834,
named St Bernard's, and erected by the
Court of Teinds, 19th Nov. 1851.]
JAMES HENDERSON, min. of the
1823 k°w ^eet^n8') Berwick-on-Tweed ;
elected by the Kirk-session of St
Cuthbert's, and adm. 27th Nov. 1823 ; trans.
to Ratho 21st Feb. 1828.
JAMES MARTIN, MA. ; trans, from
1828 Glenisla, and adm. 16th May 1828;
trans, to St George's, Edinburgh, 6th
Oct. 1831.
JAMES MACFARLANE, MA. ; trans,
from Stirling, Third Charge ; nom
inated by the Kirk-session of St
Cuthbert's 30th Nov. 1831, and adm. 12th
Jan. 1832; trans, to Duddingston 18th
May 1841.
ANDREW WATSON BROWN, adm.
16th Dec. 1841 ; joined the Free
Church ; min. of Free St Bernard's,
where he remained for about twenty years.
In 1863 he returned to the Church of
Scotland, and was min. of the East Parish,
Aberdeen.
JAMES FRENCH, Professor of Rhetoric
in the Andersonian College, Glasgow ;
ord. 14th Sept. 1843 ; trans, to Abbey
Church, Second Charge, Dunfermline, 2nd
May 1845.
JAMES HAY, MA. ; ord. 2nd Oct. 1845 ;
1845 trans, to Lunan 17th Jan. 1850.
WILLIAM CAESAR, ord. 12th Sept.
1850 ; trans, to Tranent 15th Jan.
1850
1852.
DAVID BROWN, formerly min. of St
n Rt.p Mary's, Dumfries ; trans, from Rodney
Street Church, Liverpool, and adm.
llth March 1852 ; trans, to Scoonie, 15th
Nov. 1855.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, trans, from
1856 Midmar, and adm. llth April 1856;
trans, to Hamilton, Second Charge,
23rd Nov. 1858.
1841
ST BERNARD'S
[1'itKSK OF
ANDKEW KENNEDY HUTCHISON
1859 l^YJJ, trans, from Kirkpatrick-
Irongray. and acini. Mth April 1859 ;
trans, to St Andrews, First Charge, J4tli
Sept. 1865.
JOHN M'MURTim-, born Ayr, Kith
1866 ^ec- 18;51> son °f John M., bank
agent, Dean of the Faculty of Pro
curators, Ayr, and Agnes Twccclic, claugh. of
•lames Nichol, Glasgow ; educated at Ayr
Academy and Edinburgh Univ. : B.A.
(1854), M.A. (185G) ; Keen, by Presb. of Ayr
12th Aug. 1856 ; assistant at New Kilpatrick
1856; ord. assistant at St George's, Edin
burgh, 12th April 1858 ; adm. to Mains and
Strathmartine 2nd Sept. 1858; trans, and
adm. llth Jan. 1866; res. 7th July 1885,
on appointment as convener of the Church
of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee,
which he held till May 1008 ; Moderator of
the General Assembly 1904; D.D. (Aber
deen 1890), F.R.S.E. (1893), Fellow of the
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, member
of Conchological Society of Great Britain
and Ireland ; died 2nd April 1912. He
marr. £0th July 1875, Beatrice Somerville,
daugh. of Alexander Brodie, Edinburgh, and
had issue— Elizabeth Somerville, missionary
at Kikuyu, East Africa, 1912, born 19th
May 1876 ; Agnes Katherine, born 19th Feb.
1878 ; John, min. of Skene, born 2nd March
1879 ; Beatrice Somerville Brodie, M.A.,
classical mistress, Kentish Town School,
London, born 16th July 1880; Isabel Mary
Dorothea, born 12th Dec. 1881 ; Alexander
Church Brodie, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., born 12th
May 1883. Publications — Editor of Life
and Work for nineteen years; papers to
Journal of Conchology ; etc.
GEORGE MATHESON, born Glasgow,
1886 2^a ^arch 1S42' eldest son of George
M., merchant, and Jane, daugh.
of John Matheson of the Fereneze Print
Works, Barrhead ; educated at Glasgow
Academy and Univ.; B.A. (1861), M.A.
(1862), B.D. (1866); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 13th June 1866 ; assistant at
Sandy ford ; ord. to Innellan 8th April 1868 ;
declined a call to Crown Court, London ;
D.D. (Edinburgh 1879), F.R.S.E.; Baird
Lecturer 1881 ; trans, and adm. 12th May
1886; res. 26th July 1899; app. Gilford
Lecturer in Univ. of Aberdeen for 1900-2,
but declined; LL.D. (Aberdeen 1902);
died unmarr. at North Berwick, 28th
Aug. 1906. He was blind from his
eighteenth year. Publications — Aids to
the Stud if of German Theology (1874) ; The
Growth of the Spirit of Christianity (1877) ;
Natural Elements of Revealed Theology
(Baird Lecture, 1881); Confucianism (St
Giles Lecture, 1882); My Aspirations
(1882); Moments on, the Mount (1884); The
Religious Bearings of the Doctrine of Evolu
tion (1884); Can the Old Faith Lire with
the Newt (1885); The Psalmist and the
Scientist (1887) ; Landmarks of Neiv Testa
ment Morality (1888) ; Voices of the Spirit
(1888); Sacred Songs (1890); Spiritual
Development of St Paid (1891) (translated
into Chinese) ; Distinctive Messages of the
Old Religions (1892); Search-ings in the
Silence (1895) ; Words Inj the Wai/side
(1896); The Lad;/ Ecdesia (1896); 'Side
lights from Patmos (1897) ; Bible Definition
of Religion (1898) ; Studies of the Portrait
of Christ (vol. i., 1899 ; vol. ii., 1900) ; Times
of Retirement (1901) ; The Sceptre without
a Strord (1901) ; The Representative Men of
the E'Me (First Series, 1902 ; Second Series,
1903); The Representative Men of the New
Testament (1905); Leaves for Quiet Hours
(1904); Heat* by the River (1906); The
Women of the Bible (1907) ; numerous
contributions to contemporary literature ;
author of the hymn, " O Love that wilt not
let me go.;; — [Life, by D. Macmillan, D.D.,
1907 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
JAMES JOHNSTONE DRUMMOND,
1897 M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Longfor-
macus, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 22nd Oct. 1897; trans, to Jed-
burgh 7th Dec. 1899.
ALEXANDER FIDDES, born 17th Jan.
1900 18GO> son of Edward F., joint-manager
of North of Scotland Bank, Aber
deen ; educated at Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A.
(1879), B.D. (1882); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen 2nd May 1882 ; ord. to Cairney
21st Jan. 1886 ; trans, to St Bernard's 17th
May 1900. Marr. 10th Feb. 1886, Mary
Ross, eldest daugh. of Colonel James
EDINBURGH]
ST BERNARD'S— ST CUTHBERTS
98
Allardyce of Culquoich, Aberdeenshire, and
has issue — Edward Scott, 'born 6th Sept.
1892; Christian Mary, born 18th March 1895.
ST CUTHBER'FS, on
WEST KIRK.
[According to Dr Skene, Historiographer-
Royal, the first church erected on the site
occupied by the present fabric, if it did not
owe its existence to the personal efforts of
St Cuthbert himself, was at least erected
shortly after his decease in the latter part
of the seventh century. In the early ages
this was one of the wealthiest parishes
in Scotland, but in 1128 it was, with
all its endowments, transferred to the
Abbey of Holyroodhouse, then founded by
David I.]
WILLIAM HA11LAW, born at Edin-
1560 burgh after 1500, and originally
bred a tailor in the Canongate.
Imbibing the doctrines of the Reforma
tion, he took refuge in England, where he
was ordained a deacon, becxme one of the
King's chaplains, and remained some years.
On the death of Edward VI. he returned
to Edinburgh in 1553. and engaged in
preaching in private houses in 1555 ; after
wards he did so publicly. He was re
primanded for preaching at Dumfries in
1558, summoned to appear before the
Lord Justice at Stirling 10th May 1559,
and denounced a rebel for usurping the
authority of the Church, "in taking into
his own hand the ministry thereof," within
the burgh of Perth and places adjoining.
Appointed to St Cuthbert's in 1500, he
was a member of the first General
Assembly, 20th Dec. An attempt to
have him removed and another presented
was made 25th June 1500, by the patron
(Robert, Commendator of Holyroodhouse),
but being opposed by the parishioners,
was ineffectual. Pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. Oth Feb. 1572 ; died 1578.
Though " not verie learnit, yitt his doctrine
was plaine, sound, and worthie of com-
mendatioun." His son, Nathaniel, was min.
of Ormiston.— [Knox's Works, i., ii. ; Scott's
Reformers, fioolce of the Kirk, Kf(j. M/'/t.
and Assiy. ; Keith's, Spottiswood's, Row's,
and Calderwood's Hists., ii. ; Pitcairn's GV.
Trials, i. ; Wodrow's Miscell., Eiog. i., and
MS. Biog. ; Sime's West Kirk, Treasury
Accounts.']
ROBERT PONT [KYLPONT, KYN-
PONT], born at or near Culross 1524
(Buchanan, De Scriptoribus Xcotis
lliustiibus), son of John P. of Shyresmill,
and Catherine Murray, said to be a daugh.
of Murray of Tullibarcline (Blackadder MS.
Memoirs). [The statement of Dr Andrew
Crichton that the father was a Venetian,
who, having been banished for his adherence
to the Protestant faith, arrived in Scotland
in the train of Mary of Guise, is essentially
improbable as well as inconsistent with
well-known facts] ; educated at Culross,
and St Leonard's College, St Andrews; on
completing his course there, is supposed to
have studied law at a foreign university.
Nothing is definitely known of his career
until 1559, when he settled at St Andrews,
where he acted as a member of the kirk-
session. He was present at the first General
Assembly, 20th Dec. 1500, and was one of
twenty within the bounds of St Andrews
declared to be qualified for ministering
and teaching. He was one of the Com
mittee who revised the Second Book of
Discipline. 1501. In 1502 he was appointed
preacher at Dunblane, and in Dec. of the
same year he was removed to Dunkeld.
The following year he was Commissioner
of Moray, and minister at Elgin. He was
Moderator of Assembly in 1570, an office
to which he was five times afterwards
elected. In Jan. 1571 he was Provost of
Trinity College, Edinburgh, and accepted
a senatorship in the College of Justice, at
the express wish of the General Assembly,
on 12th Jan. 1572. Following that, he was
charged with dereliction of duty in failing
to visit the churches in Moray, but pled
lack of leisure in consequence of his judicial
work. In Nov. 1573 he received a pension
of 300 merks, on account of having no
ecclesiastical stipend "quhairon he may
commodiously leif.;; In Feb. 1574 he
resigned the Commissionership of Moray,
and was admitted collegiate (junior) min.
94
ST CUTHBERTS
[PKESB. OF
of St Cuthbcrt's. In 1575 lie was a
second time Moderator of Assembly, and
on 29th Dec. 1578 he was presented by
James VI. to this charge. On 24th
April 1581 he was elected a third time
Moderator of Assembly, and the year
following appointed to St Andrew's, but
failing to obtain any stipend there, returned
to St Cuthbert's April 1583. He was a
fourth time Moderator of Assembly, 10th
Oct. of same year. By Act of Parlia
ment of 22nd May 1584, ministers were
declared incapable of being employed as
judges or in any office other than their own
vocation. Three days after, he and another
protested against this and other Acts then
passed affecting the constitution and power
of the Church. Deprived accordingly of
his seat on the bench on the 27th, he took
llight to England. On his return he was
put in ward, but soon restored to his
charge. In 1587, when appointed Bishop of
Caithness by James VI., he referred the
matter to the Assembly, who found " that
corrupt estate or office of them who lies
been termit bishops heretofore, we find
not agreeable to the Word of God " ; he
was, however, Commissioner of Orkney
from 1590 to 1601 inclusive, and was placed
a fifth time in the Chair of the Assembly,
24th March 1595, and a sixth time, 27th
April 1597. When a new translation
of the Scriptures was proposed in 1G01
he was invited by the Assembly to revise
the metrical translation of the Psalms.
"In respect of his great age, long travels
in the kirk, and continuall sickness, the
General Assembly, 15th Nov. 1002, allowed
him to be releivit from the ordinarie
burden of teaching, vpon condition, he
substitute ane in his place quhen through
infirmitie he sail not be able himselfe."
He was the first to salute King James on
his elevation to the throne of England, 24th
March 1603 ; died 8th May 1606. He marr.
(1) Catherine, daugh. of Adam Masterton
of Grange, and had issue— Timothy, min.
of Dunnet, celebrated as the first projector
of a Survey of Scotland ; Zachary, min. of
Bower (marr. Margaret, daugh. of John
Knox); Catherine; Helen (marr. Adam
Blackadder of Blairhall) : (2) in 1587, Sarah
Denholm, and had a daugh. Beatrix (marr.
Charles Lumsden, min. of Duddingston) : (3)
Margaret Smyth (who still survived 29th
Nov. 1627), and had issue— James ; Bobert ;
Jonathan. " Considering Mr Robert's great
charges, labours, and travels in the affairs
of the Kirk, and in visiting and planting
the kirks of Orkney and Zetland," the
King, 17th Dec. 1602, "bestowed a gift
for lyff, and eftcr his deceis to his three
(last-mentioned) sons, and failing, one to
the langcst liver for seven years, for
halding them at the Scholis to mak them
abill for the ministerie, an yearly pension
of four last coist (chalders) of victual from
thirds of the Bishopric of Orkney, begin
ning crop 1602. ;J His tombstone became a
subject of dispute, as appears by the follow
ing minute of Privy Council, 4th June 1607:
—P. "having before his death causit dresse
ane stone for his buriall quhairon twa or
three epitaphis written be himself were
drawn," his widow, Margaret Smyth, dis
liking the stone, had contrary to the wish
of the session, set up another intended to
stand upright, and not lying on the grave
as at first arranged. The Privy Council
having heard both parties, instructed the
session that the widow was to be allowed
to take her own way in regard to the
matter. Publications — Parvus Catechis-
mus (Andreap, 1573); Wodrow Mixcell.;
Three Hermans ayainst tiacrileye (Edin
burgh, 1599) ; A Treatise of the Riyht
Reckoning of Yeares and Aye* of the World
(Edinburgh, 1599); De Unione JJritannice
(Edinburgh, 1604); De Sabbatieorum
annorum periodis (London, 1619) ; Chrono-
loyia de Xabbatis (London, 1626); Trans
lation and Interpretation of the Helvetic
Confession, 1566; Contributions to Second
Book of Discipline; Six of the Metrical
Psalms (Edinburgh, 1565).— [Rey. Assiy. ;
Privy Counc., Edin. N.E. Sess., and Rey.
(Ikipt.} ; Booke of the Kirk, Wodrow Bioy.
and MiscelL, Melvill's Autob., Sime's West
Kirk, Brunton's Senators; New titat. Ace.,
i. ; Pont's T;/poy. ; Plow's, Spottiswood's,
and Cook's Hists., i. ; Calderwood's Hist.,
WCrie's Life of John Knox ; Baillie's Lett.,
iii. ; Crichton's Life of Blackadder, Diet.
Nat. Bioy.']
EDINBURGH]
ST CUTHBERTS
95
RICHARD DICKSON, M.A. ; licen. to
1603 Freach in the West Kirk (probably
assistant to preceding) 27th March
1599 ; but only aclm. helper, with imposi
tion of hands, 2nd June 1G03 (Pont pro
testing that it be not prejudicial to him) ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 16th
April 1007. Having administered the Com
munion 7th March 1619, in the Presbyterian
form, when many citizens of Edinburgh,
leaving their own churches, were partakers,
he was summoned at the instigation of the
ministers of Edinburgh before the Court
of High Commission on the 12th March
following, was deprived of his charge, and
imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle. The
session agreed, 15th April following, to
present a petition to the Synod, or to the
Bishop of St Andrews, requesting that he
might "be permitted to continue the dis
charge of his ministry among them as he
had done before," but he was ordered,
30th July 1624, to be sent to Ireland ; and
22nd Sept. thereafter, when again called
before the Privy Council, a letter having
been received from the minister and magi
strates of Dumbarton, " Testifying that
Mr R.'s wyffe and nine young bairnes ar
all lying deadlie seake of the fever ; and
his awnc letter vpoun his oathe, that he
had not expense to bring him to this toun,''
his case was delayed, and in 1625 he Avas
appointed to Kinneil. — [Reg. Assig. et
Sec. Sig., Simc's West Kirk, Livingston's
Charac.; Row's and Caldcrwood's Jfisf*.,
vii., viii. ; Orig. Lett. ; Delect. Bioy., i. ;
Hill Burton's Scotland.]
WILLIAM ARTHUR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1626 12th Aug. 1592) ; aclm. min. of Cor-
storphine 8th June 1599 ; trans, to
Collegiate Charge 8th Oct. 1607 ; was
Visitor of Clydesdale (along with John
Spottiswood) ; signed the appeal on behalf
of the liberties of the Kirk 27th June 1617 ;
was tried before the Court of High Com
mission 12th May 1619 for only partially
recognising the Five Articles of Perth, but
acquitted ; in 1621 he was on a leet of four
from whom a minister for Edinburgh should
be chosen, but declined ; he refused to sub
mit to the Bishop's instructions regarding
the mode of Communion 5th March 1634;
subscribed the Covenant in 1639; was a
member of the Commission of Assembly
1642 ; dem. in 1649, being full of years and
not able to supply the charge 7th Feb. 1650.
The heritors and kirk-session voted him a
retiring allowance of 500 merks per annum,
but this obligation they did not fulfil. He
died in 1654, aged about 82 years. He marr.
9th Feb. 1609, Jane, eldest claugli. of James
Stewart, portioner, Strathbrock, and had
issue — Rachel ; William ; Marion and
Margaret (twins) ; Jean ; Helen ; James ;
John ; Thomas ; Elizabeth (marr. Major
John Somerville, eldest son of Sir James
S. of Cambusnethan). All issue dead
before 1684, Avhen the daugh. of John,
eldest brother of William Arthur, was
served heir to Elizabeth. — \Uphall Sess.
and Edin. Key., Sax. Reg. , Sec. Sig., Acts
of Axs., Sinie's West Kirk; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6548, 6549, 6777 ; Laing Charters, West
Kirk Records^}
JAMES REID, son of John R., mer
chant, burgess of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 26th July 1623); ord.
to Collegiate Charge 10th Sept. 1630;
called 16th Aug. 1649, and adm. soon after.
He found shelter in Dundee when East and
Mid Lothian were overrun by the English
army in 1651; coll. 2nd Oct. 1662; died
towards the end of June 1664, aged about
61. He marr. Agnes, widow of John Byres
of Coittis, and daugh. of Robert Smyth,
merchant, burgess of Edinburgh, and Agnes
Purves his wife, and probably sister of Sir
John Smyth of Grotehill and Cramond,
Provost of Edinburgh, and had issue —
Agnes; Margaret; William, bapt. 20th
Jan. 1632, died June 1664.— [Test., Edin.
(Jiajtt. and Jixr.), and Canongate, Reg.
(liiir.) ; Reg. Collat. ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
viii. ; Wodrow's Hist., Sime's West Kirk.']
1665
WILLIAM GORDON, M.A. ; trans,
from Bourtie ; coll. 6th, and adm.
16th April 1665. A number of people
alleging he had been chiefly instrumental in
the removal of his colleague, Williamson,
mobbed him and closed the church door in
his face, for which some were imprisoned,
00
ST CUTHBERTS
[PRESB. OF
1689
and a man and woman scourged through
Edinburgh; trans, to Kintore in 1080. —
[Reg. Col/at., Sime;s JIW Kirk, Wod row's
Hist., Xicoir.s Diari/.]
PATRICK HEPBURX, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 15th July 1650): licen. by
Prcsb. of Haddington 13th Sept.
1054 : inin. of Bolton in 1061 : adm. min.
of Canongate 22nd Nov. 1063; trans, and
adm. 1680. Marr. Joan, only daugh. of Sir
John Johnston of Elphinston. Had an
only son, George. He died about the time
of the Revolution. — [Sime's West Kirk;
J/.S'. Ace. of Min,, 1689 ; (/. R. Liliib., 14th
.luly 1666; Death, Durie, 17th April 1730:
fit fiii. tfa.«., xix.. 368 ; (,'<-n. Reg. Sax.,
xxxiv., 430. ]
DAVID WILLIAMSON, M.A., formerly
in Collegiate Charge ; was de
nounced as a rebel 6th July 1674,
for holding conventicles, and intercommuned
6th Aug. 1675. After the final Indulgence
granted to the Church in 1687, he returned
to Edinburgh, when a meeting-house was
erected for him in the village known as
Water of Lcith. On 3rd Feb. 1688 he
was arrested, his name having been dis
covered in a memorandum belonging to
Renwick, who had been captured two days
previously, but as the entries referred to
a period covered by his indemnity, he was
liberated after a fortnights imprisonment.
Not long afterwards he was arrested on the
charge of not praying for the recently born
Prince of Wales, but nothing followed
thereon, At the General Assembly sum
moned after the Revolution, which met on
16th Oct. 1690, he was restored to his
former parish, where he continued to offici
ate until the day of his death. He was
one of the Commissioners sent by the
Church to congratulate King William on
his accession to the throne. He was
a member of Assembly 1692 ; elected
Moderator to that of 6th March 1702, and
died "without painful sickness, generally
esteemed,'''' 6th Aug. 1706, aged about 72.
He presented a dwelling-house, 18th Jan.
1700, to his colleague and his successors in
office, discharging the feu-duty, £3, regu
larly during his lifetime. He marr. (1)
Isobel Lindsay, who died March 1665, and
had issue—William, who died young : (2)
Margaret Scott, and had issue — Margaret
(marr. James Haswell, merchant, Jed-
burgh) : (3) about 1676, Jean, daugh. of
William Kerr of Cherrytrecs (the romantic
episode which probably led to this marriage,
gave rise to the song formerly well known,
of "Dainty Davy"), and had issue —
Elizabeth (marr. 1704, John Brown, min.
of Abercorn, brother of George Brown of
Finmount : (4) Margaret Melville, servetrix
of the Countess of Wemyss, who died Oct.
1692, probably mother of John, min. of
Inveresk, WodroAv's correspondent : Agnes
(marr. April 1708, Henry Robin, min. of
Burntisland) : (5) Margaret, second daugh.
of William Dougall, merchant, Dysart, and
had issue — David, apprenticed 1713 to a
surgeon in Edinburgh ; Mary (marr. 1st
Feb. 1716, George Andrews, merchant,
Edinburgh) ; William : (6) name unknown :
(7) 10th May 1700, Jean, daugh. of Arthur
Straiten of Kirkside, Forfarshire, and had
issue— Arthur ; Joseph, advocate, one of the
principal city clerks, and clerk to the Com
mission of Teinds, died 29th July 1795, in
his 95th year; Jean (marr. 5th April 1730,
James Steele, saddler, Edinburgh). Mrs
Williamson marr. secondly, in 1717, John
Martine, of Little Aries, Wigtownshire.
Publications — Two single Sermons (Edin
burgh, 1696-1703). The latter called forth
" Some Remarks" (by Archibald Campbell,
D.D., of the Xon-jurant Church) (1703).—
{Edin. Reg. (Marr. and Bur.}, Kirkton
and Wodrow's Hist, and Corresp., Sime's
West Kirk, Scottish Pasquils ; Acts Part.,
xi. ; Levcn and Melv. Pap., S. Presb. Eloq. ;
Scot. Mag., Ivii. ; Fife Sasincs, xv., 376 ;
Deeds, Durie, 19 Melv. 1707 ; Herald awl
Genealogist, vii., 226 ; Renwick's Life, War-
rick's Moderators.]
THOMAS PATERSOX, studied theo-
1706 ^°°y a^ ^"niv- °f Glasgow ; ord. to
Colinton 21st April 1697; trans, to
Collegiate Charge 22nd Oct. 1699; called
8th, trans, and adm. 13th Xov. 1706; died
22nd May 1726. He marr. (1) 27th Xov.
1699, Christian, daugh. of David Pitcairn
of Dreghorn, and had issue — Mary; Helen
EDINBURGH]
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97
1726
1732
(marr. 21st April 1729, William Brackenrig,
M. A., preacher) ; Rachel; Christian; David:
(-2) 6th Oct. 1719, Marion Hay, relict of John
Anderson of Dowanhill, Lord Provost of
Glasgow.— [Text. Key., Sime's West KirkJ]
GEORGE WISH ART, M.A. ; called 14th
July, and ord. 24th Nov. 1726 ; trans,
to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 23rd July
1730. — [Sime's West Kirk, Carlyle's Aiitob. :
Wodrow's Anal., iii.]
PATRICK WEDPERSPOON [some
times called WOTHERSPOON];
educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (18th May 1725); ord. missionary to
the miners (principally from Leadhills and
Wanlockhead, with a few from England
and Wales), at Sunart, now Strontian,
by Presb. of Lorn, 22nd May 1729, from
which he removed the following year. A
meeting for a call was held 24th Nov. 1730,
and he was pres. by George II. 1st Jan.
1731. After much dispute and appeals to
the Synod and Assembly, his settlement
was appointed by the Commission 8th
March 1732. At serving the edict on the
12th, by James Pawson (afterwards his
successor), such a tumult arose that the
City Guard was called out, commanded
by Captain John Porteous, who afterwards
met with such a tragic fate. Some of his
men were so severely handled by the crowd
that in self-defence they fired upon them,
when several were severely wounded.
When tried for his life after the riot of
April 1736, Porteous, who maintained that
he had then given no orders to fire, referred
to what had happened at the West Kirk,
when counsel for the Crown did not dis
pute his assertion that on that occasion the
shots had been fired without his orders.
On 30th March Wedderspoon's admission
was completed (under protection of the
civil law), to the grief of the other mins.,
by the Presb. and a committee of corre
spondents, James Burnett, min. of Lass-
wade, presiding. It was believed the
injurious treatment Wedderspoon received
hastened his death, which took place on the
12th May succeeding, in his 26th year. He
had an unblemished character, and with the
fortitude and resolution which belong to
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1735
genuine principle, adhered to what he con
sidered right, in defiance of popular clamour.
Publications — Sermons on Several Subjects
ami Occasions, posthumous (Edinburgh,
1733).— [Mull Pi-esl>. and Ar<j<jll >S'//», Re<j.,
Sime's Went Kirk ; Act a of Asx.t 1731, 1732 ;
Wodrow's Anal., Trial of Capt. ]'m-teoits.~\
JAMES DAWSON, son of John ]).,
min. of Langton ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
9th Nov. 1722); licen. by Presb. of
Duns 25th Feb. 1725 ; ord. to Langton 18th
Aug. 1727 ; called 28th Dec. 1732 ; trans,
and adm. 15th Feb. 1734 ; died 22nd Jan.
1735, aged about 33. Marr. (pro. 21st May
1732) Jean, daugh. of John Keir, baker,
convener of the Trades, Edinburgh. She
marr. secondly, 14th March 1742, John
Nisbet, writer.
THOMAS PITCAIRN, son of David P.
of Dreghorn and Mary Anderson ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Biggar 10th Sept, 1719 ; ord. to
Lander 29th March 1720 ; pres. by George
II. 31st May, trans, and adm. 16th Oct.
1 735. Like his colleague, he had the forti
tude to pray for His Majesty on the Sunday
immediately after the battle of Prestonpans,
when the city was practically in the hands
of the rebel party. During his incumbency
a great revival of religion took place in the
parish. He was a friend of George White-
field, the West Kirk being one of the first
places he preached in on the occasion of
his visit to Scotland in Aug. 1741. He
died 13th June 1751, having marr. Mary
(died 8th Feb. 1780), daugh. of Patrick
Redpath, younger, of Byrecleugh, and had
issue — James, succeeded his uncle Patrick
Redpath in Gladswood, Berwickshire ; Jean,
died 9th Oct. 1807 ; William, physician,
London ; a third son, a major in the army,
was killed early in the American Rebellion ;
and a daughter, Elizabeth, died unmarr.
28th June 1809.— [Sime's West Kirk, Car
lyle's Autob., Hist, of the Rebel!.}
JOHN HYNDMAN, D.D. ; trans, from
Colinton ; pres. by George II. 30th
Oct. 1751 ; adm. 20th Feb. 1752 ;
trans, to Lady Tester's Church, Edin
burgh, 26th Oct. 1761. — [Sime's Went
Kirk, Peterkin's Annals of the Church.'}
98
ST CUTHBERT'S
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER STUART, licen. by
1762 Presb. of Edinburgh 24th Oct. 1753 :
ord. to South Leith, Second Charge,
10th July 1755 ; pres. by George III. 3rd
Dec. 1761 ; trans, and adm. 10th June
1762; died 5th April 1775, in his 45th
year. During his incumbency the church,
which was erected about 1548 after Somer
set's invasion, was declared unsafe and
taken down. He marr. (1) 7th July 1756,
Margaret Heriot, who died 2nd Aug. 1764.
and had issue — Isabel, born 4th Nov. 1757 ;
John, born 4th May 1760; George, born
7th June 1763, died 3rd March 1764; Mar
garet, born 26th July 1764 : (2) 29th April
1767, Jean (died 15th Oct. 1792), daugh. of
William Herries of Hartwood, merchant,
Leith.— [Sime's West Kirk, Laing Charters.]
SIR HENRY MONCREIFF WELL-
1775 WOOD, eighth Baronet of Tullibole,
born 6th Feb. 1750; eldest son of
Sir William Moncreiff. Bart., min. of Black-
ford ; educated at Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Auchter-
arder 8th May 1771 ; ord. to Blackford
15th Aug. 1771 ; pres. by George III. 24th
May, trans, and adm. 26th Oct. 1775 ; was
nom. Moderator of Assembly 25th May
1780, in opposition to Henry Spens, D.D.,
Professor of Divinity, St Andrews, but
defeated by a majority of 112 to 106;
joint-collector of the Ministers' Widows'
Fund 17th Feb. 1784; Moderator of
Assembly 19th May 1785 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
June 1785) ; app. one of the chaplains
to George, Prince of Wales, 1785, but
declined to accept ; Chaplain in Ordinary
to His Majesty, 1793. He died 9th Aug.
1827. In the affairs of the Society for Pro
pagating Christian Knowledge he took a
sympathetic interest, and constantly devoted
his best efforts to promote its efficiency ; he
was also one of the original members who,
in 1790, formed the Society for Benefiting
the Sons of the Clergy. He marr. 16th
Nov. 1772, his cousin Susan (died 24th
July 1826), eldest daugh. of James Robert
son Barclay of Cavell, W.S., and had issue
—Isabella, born 31st March 1774 (marr. 1st
Aug. 1803, Sir John Stoddart, Chief Justice
in Admiralty Court, Malta), died 1846 ;
William, King's Advocate in the Admiralty
Court, Malta, born 20th July 1775, died 5th
Sept. 1813; James, who succeeded to the
Baronetcy, Senator of the College of
Justice, born 13th Sept. 1776, died 4th
April 1851 ; Henry, W.S., born 25th Feb.
1778, died 16th April 1817; Catherine,
born 17th Jan. 1780, died unmarr. ; George,
born 19th Nov. 1782, died 15th March
1822; Archibald, born 20th May 1786.
Publications — Seven single Sermons (Edin
burgh, 1777-1812); Sketch of a Plan for
Augmenting the Livings of the Ministers
of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1788); A Letter to the Contributors to the,
Fund for Ministers' Widows (Edinburgh,
1797) ; Memorial to the Trustees for
Managing the Ministers' Widows' Fund
(Edinburgh, 1800) ; Remarks on Principal
Hill's Speech in the General AssemU;/
(Edinburgh, 1807) ; Discourses on the
Evidence of the Jewish and Christian
Revelation (Edinburgh, 1815); Account of
the Life and Writings of John Erskine,
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1818); Sermons (Edin
burgh, 1805-31, 4 vols.); prepared for the
Press Discourses l>y John Erskine, D.D.,
vol. ii. (Edinburgh, 1804); edited Dr
Henry's History of Great Britain, vol. vi.,
and prefixed a Life of the Author (London,
1793); contributed Account of the Family
of Moncreiff Wellwood (Playfair's British
Baronetage, iii., London, 1811); also Life
of Alexander Murray, D.I)., to Historj/ of
the European Languages (Edinburgh, 1823).
— [Sime's West Kirk ; Playf air's Bar., iii. ;
Thomson's and Dickson's Fun. Serms.,
Anderson's Edin. Clergy ; Edin. Chr. Inst.,
N.S., i. ; Kay's Portr., Cockburn's Mem. ;
Life °f Jeff*'?-!!, i- ; Haldane's Mem. ; Peter's
Letters to his Kinsfolk, iii. ; Diet. Xat. Biogl\
-JOHN PAUL, born 12th March 1795,
son of William P., min. of St
Cuthbert's, and nephew of preced
ing ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 7th Aug. 1816 ; ord. to Straiten 1st
May 1817 ; trans, to Maybole 4th Sept.
1823; pres. by George IV. 25th Oct.
1827, trans, and adm. 17th April 1828;
D.D. (Edinburgh, April 1847) ; Moderator
EDINBURGH]
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99
1873
of the General Assembly 20th May 1847 ;
died 18th May 1873. He marr. 9th Dec.
1830, Margaret (died 27th Jan. 1860),
daugh. of James Balfour, W.S., of Pilrig,
and had issue — William, min. of White-
kirk ; James Balfour, born 16th Nov.
1846, advocate 1870, Lord Lyon King-of-
Arms 1890, knighted 1900, LL.D. (Edin
burgh 1908), C.V.O. 1911. Publications-
Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1834-42) ;
Civil Establishments of Religion (Edin
burgh, 1835) ; Memoir of Archibald Bennie,
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1847).— [Sime's Went
Kirk, Anderson's Edin. Clergy.]
JAMES MACGREGOR, born Brownhill,
Scone, llth July 1832, eldest son of
James MacG. and Margaret Mac-
Dougall ; educated at Scone Parish School,
Perth Academy, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 18th May 1855 ;
assistant at Newton-on-Ayr ; ord. to High
Parish, Paisley, 8th Nov. 1855; trans, to
Monimail 7th Aug. 1862 ; trans, to Tron,
Glasgow, 10th March 1864 ; trans, to Tron,
Edinburgh, 9th Jan. 1868 ; trans, and adm.
30th Oct. 1873; chaplain to the Royal
Scottish Academy and to the Midlothian
Volunteer Artillery 1877 ; Chaplain in
Ordinary to Queen Victoria ; Chaplain in
Ordinary to King Edward VII. ; Moderator
of the General Assembly 1891 ; died 25th
Nov. 1910. Marr. (1) 23rd Aug. 1864,
Helen King (died 23rd Jan. 1875), daugh.
of David Robertson, publisher, Glasgow,
and had issue — Frances Robertson, born
1st Jan. 1866, died 17th March 1875 ;
Margaret Grace, born 17th Dec. 1866, died
9th Feb. 1871 : (2) 6th Sept. 1892, Helen,
daugh. of Charles Murray, Perth. For
many years Dr MacGregor enjoyed the
reputation of being one of the most elo
quent preachers in the Church of Scotland.
— [See Life ami Letters, by Lady Frances
Balfour (London, 1912).]
GEORGE GORDON DUN DAS
STEWART DUNCAN, born 23rd
April 1870, son of Thomas D., D.D.,
min. of Bridge of Weir ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1890),
B.D. (1895), and at Jena ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 1st May 1895; "Black" Fellow
and assistant Prof, of Divinity at Glasgow
1910
Univ. ; ord. to Glendevon 21st July 1897 ;
trans, to Glencairn 25th Jan. 1900; trans,
to Inveresk 16th May 1907 ; trans, and
adm. 12th May 1910; res. 21st Jan.
1914, on election to St Andrew's (Church
of Scotland), Montreal. He marr. 10th
Oct. 1914, Catherine Louise, only daugh. of
Robert Hunt White, Prestonpans. Publica
tions — The Essenes ; Modern Theories of
the Resurrection ; Echoes and a Vision.
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, D.D. ;
trans, from Morningside (q.v.), and
1914
adm. 6th May 1914.
COLLEGIATE CHAIIGE.
[At the outset there was a considerable
difference between the emoluments of the
two ministers, in 1574 that of the one
amounting to £100, together with the
" kirk land " of the church, while that of
the other was only £67, 18s. 8d. ; but in
1706, on the occasion of the promotion of
Thomas Paterson to the First Charge, con
sequent on the death of David Williamson,
the opportunity was taken of making an
arrangement whereby the stipends of the
two ministers were equalised. This change,
which was ratified by the Presbytery 12th
November 1706, was no doubt suggested
by the deceased minister, who in order to
equalise matters had purchased a house
recently erected, adjacent to the existing
manse, and presented it to the kirk-
session for behoof of his colleague and his
successors in office. The upkeep of this
second manse was declined by the heritors,
and eventually the house was sold. The
absence of a manse or manse fund for
the minister occupying the Second Charge
was long the only difference existing
between the respective charges.]
ROBERT PONT, trans, from Elgin, and
adm. 1574 ; Commissioner of Moray ;
trans, to Collegiate Charge in 1578.
— [Reg. Assiy., Wodrow's Miscell., Sime's
West Kirk ; M'Crie's Knox, ii. ; Calder-
wood's Hist.]
NICOL DALGLEISH, brother to
Thomas D., burgess of Inverness,
formerly regent in St Leonard's Col
lege, St Andrews ; mentioned as min. in
1581. At Whitsunday 1586 he was chap-
1574
1581
TOO
ST CUTHBERTS
[PRESB. OF
1586
lain to the Earl of Angus, and continued
till the Earl's death in Aug. 1588. Ho
got license to transport himself to some
other parish, as " he could not continue, for
lack of provisioun, 12th July 1580, and had
ane testimonial] from the hail! parochin " ;
was settled at Pittenweem in 1589. — [liooke
of the Kirk ; Spottiswood's, Row's, and
Calderwood's 1 fists., iii , vi. ; Pitcairn's
(,'r. Trials, i. ; Sime's West Kirk, MelvilTs
Autol. ; Ed-in, Com. Dec., 27th Feb. 1588.]
[Dr Hew Scott incorrectly enters .Tames
1 )aes (minister of Earls ton in 158G) as succes
sor to Xicol Dalgleish. Dalgleish made his
last appearance at a meeting of kirk-session
in the middle of Oct. 1586, but that he was
expected to leave at an earlier date appears
from the fact, that on the 2nd July preced
ing, the kirk-session agreed to grant him
a testimonial ; while Aird, his successor,
is found presiding at a meeting of kirk-
session on the 3rd Sept. The two incum
bencies therefore overlapped, while the
name of Daes is not even mentioned.]
WILLIAM AIRD. He was a mason till
his twentieth year ; was taught to
read English by his wife, and after
wards acquired a knowledge of Latin, Greek,
and Hebrew7. After having attended the
divinity classes for several years, he was
called to the ministry (1584), but shortly
thereafter fled with others of his brethren to
England. He was adm. to this charge 13th
Sept. 158G. He pronounced the sentence
of excommunication passed by certain
ministers who met at Edinburgh, against
Francis, Earl of Bothwell, 18th Feb. 1585;
was on the leet for the ministry of Edin
burgh with fourteen others, 2nd June 1596,
out of whom four were to be chosen ; and in
1598 was proposed by Robert Bruce along
with others as suitable to be his colleague.
At the Assembly of same year he was
one of those who maintained that ministers
should have no vote in Parliament ; he was
also a member of the Assembly of 1602.
His last appearance in the kirk-session
was on 19th July 1606. According to
report, being at one time straitened in
circumstances. James VI., previous to a
meeting of the Assembly at which he
intended to prepare the way for Episco
pacy, forwarded to him a purse of gold,
which he refused to accept, though then
in the utmost privation, considering it as
designed for a bribe. Xext morning his
fidelity was rewarded by the generosity of
a person unknown, who left several bags
of meal for the support of his family. His
son John was his assistant for a time, and
subsequently settled at Newton. - [Edin.
Counc., x. ; Test. Re<j., Sime's West Kirk
Axxi'j., Jjooke of the Kirk, Melvill's Autol>.,
Calderwood's Ifist., Livingston's Char«r. ;
Select Ptiofj., i. ; Craufurd's Univ.}
WILLIAM ARTHUR [ARTHOR],
1 7 M.A. ; trans, from Corstorphine ;
called 20th Sept., and adm. 8th
Oct. 1607; trans, to Collegiate Charge in
1626.— [Keff. Assi'i. : Rey. Sec. .S'nV/., xcix. ;
Orifj. Lett. ; Calderwood's Jfist., vi., viii. ;
Sime's Went Kirk ; Bannati/ne 3fiscell., iii.]
JAMES REID, M.A. ; pres. by Charles
16go I. 10th March, and adm. 10th Sept.
1630; trans, to Collegiate Charge in
1649.— [_Rey. Sec. Si'j., cii. ; Sime's West
Kirk ; Balfour's Hist. Works, iii.]
PETER BLAIR, M.A.; called 10th March,
and adm. 22nd June 1653; trans, to
Jedburgh in 1661.— [Inq. Ret. (ten.,
3875 ; Sime's West Kirk ; Wodrow's Hist., i.]
DAVID WILLIAMSON, bapt. 2nd
1661
glover in St Andrews ; graduated
M.A. at the LTniv. of St Andrews in
1655 ; was recommended by the Masters of
the New College 24th March, and licen.
by the Prcsb. thereof, 23rd June 1658 ;
became helper to Alexander Balfour, min.
of Abdie, in 1659; pres. by Charles II.
13th July, and ord. 30th Nov. 1661.
Deprived by the Act of Parliament llth
June, and that of the Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662, for not conforming to Episco
pacy, but continued to 13th April 1665,
having refused a call to Glasgow in June
preceding. When preaching his farewell
sermon, he declared, " I will return and die
minister of this kirk," which he did (see
page 96). — [Edin. Counc. and Min. Book
Ee(j.; Priv. Seal, Sime's West Kirk,
EDINBURGH]
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101
Nicoll's Diet)- 1/, Wodrow's Anal., Wilson's
I'r. Perth]
WILLIAM KEITH, son of Gilbert K.
1666 °^" Lentush, min. of Bourtie ; M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1643) ;
adm. to Kinnellar before 13tli Feb. 1649 ;
trans, to Montkeggie (Keithhall) 10th Oct.
1650 ; trans, to Udny Oct. 1653 ; dem. 8th
June 1663 ; became Professor of Divinity in
Univ. of Edinburgh in conjunction; coll.
7th, and adm. 15th March 1666; had D.D.
conferred ; died Nov. 1675. He marr. (cont.
9th Jan. 1652) Christian, second daugh. of
Sir George Johnston of that ilk, and had a
son, Robert of Lentush, regent in Marischal
College, Aberdeen. His brother George
succeeded to his estate. — [Re<j. Collnt., T<*t.
Key.; Playfair's Bar., iii. ; Grant's Unir.<
ii. ; Middleton's Appr-ndi.r ; H«j. Do-//*,
M'Kenzie, 13th Nov. 1671.]
CHARLES KAY, M.A.; adm. in 1677 ;
trans, to South Leith, Second Charge,
in 1681.— [Mow tiess. Reg., Sime's
West Kirk.']
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, M.A.;
1682 a^m- in 1682 ') trans, to Larbert and
Dunipace in 1686. — [Sime's West
Kirk.]
DAVID GUILD, M.A. (King's College,
1687 Aberdeen, 1678) ; adm. in 1687 ;
deprived by the Privy Council, 16th
Aug. 1689, "as being imposed on the paroch
by the Bishop, and for acting as a spy
and otherwise intelligencer to the Castle of
Edinburgh, then besieged, and also having
acknowledged that he married persons and
baptized children in the West Kirk since
the order of Council discharging him to
preach in that place." — [Sime's West A' irk,
Peterkin's Constitution of the Church ; Mti.
Ace. of Min., 1689.]
.JOHN ANDERSON, M.A. ; trans, from
16gl Earlston, adm. in 1691 ; trans, to St
Andrews 16th May 1699.— [Sime's
West Kirk ; Acts of Ass., 1699.]
THOMAS PATERSON, trans, from
1699 Colinton ; called nem. con. from a
leet comprising Thomas Thomson,
min. of Ednam, father of the poet, and
John Tait, preacher, afterwards of Kil-
bucho, and adm. 22nd Oct. 1699 ; trans, to
the Collegiate Charge 13th Nov. 1706.—
[Sime's West Kirk.]
NEIL M'VICAR, chaplain at Fort
William; called 13th Dec. 1706;
adm. 1st May 1707. He refused to
take the Oath of Abjuration in 1712 ;
was Almoner to His Majesty in 1729 ; pre3.
by Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck to
N. Knapdale in 1746, but declined ; died
29th Jan. 1747, in his 7oth year. Being the
only minister in Edinburgh who under
stood Gaelic, he was recommended by
the Assembly " to take particular charge of
the Highlanders in and about the city who
do not understand English," and in this
way did a great deal for their improvement
and welfare. Opposing the law of Patron
age in sympathy with the popular feeling
of the time, the settlement of his several
colleagues was rendered no easy task ; and
to one of them indeed he never gave the
smallest countenance or encouragement.
During the Jacobite risings of 1715 and
1745 he strenously supported the consti
tuted authority. After Prince Charles
Edward had obtained a victory at Preston-
pans and entered Edinburgh triumphantly,
M 'Vicar preached to a promiscuous and
hostile audience, praying earnestly for the
reigning monarch as usual, and then refer
ring to the intruding Prince, petitioned the
Almighty thus — " In regard to the young
man who has recently come among us in
search of an earthly crown, may he soon
obtain what is far better, a heavenly one."
He marr. (1) July 1705, Lillias, daugh. of
Alex. Dunbar, AV.S., who died 12th Dec.
1732, in 47th year, and had issue — Hugh,
min. of Dalziel ; Alexander, merchant,
Edinburgh ; Jean (marr. David Black,
min. of Perth) ; Marion ; Patrick, W.S.
apprentice, 1729 ; Catherine ; Ann; Rachel ;
Archibald ; Mary : (2) in 1737, Bridget
Balfour, sister of James Balfour of Pilrig,
who died 23rd Nov. 1764.— [Edin. Re,/.
(Marr.), Sime's West Kirk ; Acts of Ass.,
1710; Black's tiermoiis, Brown's G'osp.
Truth, Hist, of the Rebellion]
102
ST CUTHBKRTS
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE KAY, M.A. ; trans, from
1747 Dysart, Second Charge ; called 9th
July, and adm. 3rd Sept. 1747 ;
trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 26th
Oct. 1752.— [Sime's West Kirk.}
1753
JAMES MACKIE, Keen, by Presb. of
Dalkeith 4th Aug. 1719; ord. to
Fortcviot 24th March 1720; trans,
to St Xinians nth June 1734 ; pres. by
George II. 13th April, trans, and adm.
30th Aug. 1753; died 13th June 17G5, in
his 80th year. Marr. 3rd Xov. 1726,
Catherine Laing, a widow, who died 30th
Dec. 1770, and had issue — Alexander, ruin,
of Arbroath ; Emilia ; Catherine (marr.
Andrew Gray, min. of Abernethy) ; Jean
(marr. 1st March 1756, Patrick Meik, min.
of Kinnoul). Publications — A True and
Impartial Account of the Blowing Up of the
Church of tit Ninians, 1746 ; Answer to Mr
/familton's Testimony. — [Sime's West Kirk ;
Morren's Ann., i.]
JOHN GIBSOX, son of Archibald G.,
17 5 min. of St Xinians ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane 18th Sept. 1750; ord.
to St Xinians 9th May 1754 ; pres. by
George III. 31st July, trans, and adm.
31st Oct. 1765. He was appointed chap
lain of Stirling Castle, April 1766. A new
church to seat fully 2500, which had been
erected by the heritors at a cost of £4000,
was opened by him, 31st July 1775. He
died 30th July 1785. He marr. (1) 20th
March 1755, Mary Tait, who died 20th
Dec. 1756 : (2) 10th Aug. 1759, Mary (died
4th Feb. 1821), youngest daugh. of James
Ximmo, cashier of Excise, and had issue
—Archibald, W.S., born 8th Aug. 1760,
died 9th April 1845; Mary, born 18th May
1762, died 6th March 1838 (marr. 20th
March 1781, John Dickson of Coulter, ad
vocate) ; Margaret, born 29th Sept. 1763 ;
Catherine, born 20th May 1765 (marr.
Lieut. Lockhart of 30th Foot); Elizabeth,
born 14th Dec. 1766 (marr. John Lockhart,
D.D., min. of Blackfriars, Glasgow, father
of John Gibson Lockhart). Publications
—Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1762-8).
— [Sime's West Kirk ; Douglas's Peer., ii. ;
Erskine's Serm., ii.]
WILLIAM PAUL, born Glasgow, 10th
June 1754, son of Robert P. and Agnes
1786
Anderson ; M.A. (Glasgow 1773) ;
tutor in the family of David, Earl of Leven ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 2nd Sept. 1777 ;
ord. to Newbattle 24th Sept. 1779 ; pres. by
George III. 29th Oct. 1785 ; trans, and adm.
23rd March 1786 ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary 1793 ; died 27th Oct.
1802. He marr. 7th April 1783, Susan (died
21st Xov. 1828), only daugh. of Sir William
Moncreiff, Bart., min. of Blackford, and had
issue — Katharine, born 2nd Aug. 1784, died
in infancy; Susan, born 29th April 1785
(marr. 30th March 1814, Robert Tennant,
jun., merchant, Glasgow), died 1836 ;
William, accountant, Edinburgh, born 10th
June 1786, died 1848; Robert, manager of
the Commercial Bank, born 15th May
1788, died 16th July 1866; Agnes, born
9th Jan. 1790; Henry, accountant, Glasgow,
born 11 th Oct. 1791, died 1860; Archibald,
born 23rd Xov. 1792, died 29th Sept. 1813;
John, min. of St Cuthbert's ; Catherine
Isabella, born 13th March 1797, died 18th
Sept. 1884. Publication — The Influence of
the Christian Character iqion the Propaga
tion, of Christianity, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1797). — [Sime's West Kirk; Bonar's tierm.,
ii. ; Playfair's JJar., iii. ; Kay's Portr.,
DAVID DICKSOX, born 23rd Xov.
1780, eldest son of David D., min.
of Libberton, afterwards of Xew
Xorth Parish, Edinburgh ; educated at
Bothkennar School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd
Dec. 1801 ; ord. to High Kirk Parish,
Kilmarnock, 10th March 1802 ; pres. by
George III. 29th Dec. 1802; trans, and
adm. 16th May 1803; D.D. (Edinburgh,
24th June 1824); died 28th July 1842.
[See monument at St Cuthbert's, which
shows an accurate likeness of him in his
later years.] He was for many years
secretary of the Scottish Missionary
Society, and an indefatigable advocate
of all benevolent and missionary work.
He marr. 24th Aug. 1808, Janet (died 31st
Oct. 1878, aged 95), daugh. of James
Jobson, Dundee, and had issue — David,
EDINBURGH]
ST CUTHBEIirS— 130NN1NGTON
103
born 18th June 1810 ; James Jobson,
accountant, Edinburgh, born 24th Nov.
1811, died 2nd Dec. 1891 ; John Wardrobe,
born 26th June 1813, died 7th Jan. 1818 ;
Elizabeth Crawford, born 12th Dec. 1815
(marr. 13th June 1837, John George Pack,
M.D., Bathgate) ; Charles, advocate, born
5th Aug. 1817, died 27th May 1857 ;
Christian, bora 2Gth March 1819, died
25th April 1820; Jane, born 5th July
1820, died 9th Dec. 1912 ; Christian Helen,
born 3rd March 1822, died 24th Feb.
1902 ; Margaret Ann, born 22nd May 1825,
died 23rd May 1826. Publications— Five
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1806-31); The
Influence of Learning on Religion (Edin
burgh, 1814) ; Sermons (Edinburgh, 1818) ;
Discourses Doctrinal and Practical (1857) ;
edited Memoir of Miss Fanny Woodbury
(Edinburgh, 1826); Sermons by the Rev.
W. F. Ireland, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1829);
Lectures and Sermons by the Rev. George
B. Brand (Edinburgh, 1841); Articles in
the Edinburgh Enci/lopcedia, Christian
Instructor, and other periodicals.— [Sime's
West XirJc, Anderson's Edin. Clergy,
Modern Athenians (portrait), Tombst.,
Kay's Fortr., Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES VEITCH, born Inchbonny, Jed-
burgh, 27th April 1808, son of John
V., millwright, an eminent self-
taught astronomer and geologist ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Galashiels
6th Aug. 1834 ; trans, to Newbattle 2nd
Oct. 1840; trans, and adm. 6th March
1843 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1854). For several
years convener of the India Mission. In
1877 he fell into bad health, and applied
for the appointment of an assistant and
successor. Died unmarr., llth April 1879,
leaving a large sum of money for the
erection and endowment of a district
church in the parish. He was an earnest
and polished preacher, and had the reputa
tion of being deeply read in theological
literature. He was uncompromising in his
hostility towards all forms of innovation
in public worship. Publications— Reaso ns
against Affiliating our Christian Missions
to the Secular System of Government
Education in India (Edinburgh, 1857);
The Efficacy of Prayer (Edinburgh, 1865).
—[Border Almanac, Hall's Galashiels, The
Scotsman.']
JAMES BARCLAY, born Paisley, 19th
June 1844, third son of James B. ;
1878 educated at Paisley Grammar School,
Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1865); Keen,
by Presb. of Paisley 1870; ord. to St
Michael's, Dumfries, 26th Jan. 1871 ; trans,
to Canonbie 10th July 1874 ; trans, to Lin-
lithgow Nov. 1876 ; trans, and adm. (assist
ant and successor) 16th May 1878 ^ res. 18th
May 1883, on appointment to St Paul's,
Montreal; D.D. (Glasgow 1892); LL.D.
(M'Gill Univ., Montreal, 1907) ; res. 1909.
He marr. 18th June 1873, Marion, daugli.
of Alexander Simpson, solicitor, Dumfries,
and has issue— James, M.D., born 8th July
1874, died Feb. 1913 ; Alexander, engineer,
born Nov. 1875 ; Hugh Brown, died in child
hood ; Charles Norman, born Sept. 1877 ;
Malcolm Drummond, C.E., born May 1880 ;
Marion Rutherford, born 25th Dec. 1881
(marr. 1905, Robert Dale); MacGregor,
born Jan. 1885.
ANDREW WALLACE WILLIAM
SON, trans, from North Leith, and
adm. 6th Sept. 1883; trans, to St
Giles 19th Jan. 1910.
WILLIAM LYALL WILSON, born
Dundee, 6th May 1866, son of
Thomas W. and Amelia Swan;
educated at George Watson's College and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1888) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Edinburgh 1892 ; assistant at
St Andrew's Scots Church, Buenos Aires,
1892-4 : ord. to Lesmahagow 6th June 1895 ;
trans, to St Mary's, Dundee, 29th June
1905 ; trans, and adm. 12th May 1911 ; died
1st Aug. 1914. He marr. 6th May 1901,
Margarita, daugh. of James MacCulloch,
Estanciero, Uruguay,and Agnes M'Clelland,
and has issue— Agnes Ruby Lyall, born 3rd
Sept. 1902 ; Thomas Leslie Lyall, born 17th
Nov. 1907.
BONNINGTON (Chapel-of-Ease).
[Opened 14th Oct. 1900, as a Chapel-of-
Ease under St Cuthbert's.]
1884
104
BONNINGTON— ST DAVID'S
[I'llESB. OF
THOMAS BAYLEY M'CORKINDALE,
M.A. ; app. 14th Oct. 1900 ; res.
22nd Nov. 1907, on election as min.
of Knoxland, Dumbarton.
lgoo
JOHN SUTHERLAND HUNTER,
19Q8 min. of Holytown (1890-1905); app.
1908; res. 1911.
[Ordained assistants at St Cuthbert's
Church have carried on the Mission at
Bonnington since 1911.]
CHARTERIS MEMORIAL :
ST NINIAN'S MISSION CHURCH
[Opened 24th May 1912, as a memorial of
Archibald Hamilton Charteris, D.D., LL.D.,
Professor of Biblical Criticism, Univ. of
Edinburgh, 1868-1898; founder of the
Guilds of the Church of Scotland, and
Moderator of Assembly 1892.]
WILLIAM COWAN, born Edinburgh,
25th Oct. 1857, son of James C.,
Selkirkshire ; educated at Heriot-
AVatt School, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1888 ;
assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh Feb. 1891, for
service in Egypt at St Andrew's Church,
and as consular chaplain, Alexandria :
began Scottish congregation in Cairo ;
returned to Scotland ; was, 1903-5, senior
assistant at St Giles ; app. to St Ninian;s
Mission 1905, having oversight of the
Institute of Missionary Training, and adm
min. of the Charteris Memorial Church 24th
May 1912. He marr. 26th Sept. 1893,
Margaret, daugh. of Peter Black, Bey,
Egyptian Government Service.
ST DAVID'S (Q.&).
[Formerly Gardner's Crescent Chapel
under St Cuthbert's ; opened 29th May
1831. Declared a parish quoad sacra by
the General Assembly, 30th May 1836, and
named St David's. Erected by the Court
of Teinds, 6th July 1874. A new church
was built in 1912, and the parish extended
31st May 1912.]
JOHN ALEXANDER CASTLEMATNE
7 TANNOCH, nominated by the Kirk-
session of St Cuthbert's, and ord.
9th Feb. 1837 ; trans, to Kinross 27th
Sept. 1842.
ROBERT FERGUSON, born Morton,
1843 15tl1 ^Gpt' 1802' S0n °f William F->
farmer, and Mary Johnstone ; edu
cated at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (12th
April 1828); ord. to Fenwick 25th Aug.
1836; trans, and adm. 16th May 1843.
Joined the Free Church; min. of Free St
David's, Edinburgh, 1843 ; died at Grace-
field, Keir, Dumfriesshire, 18th Dec. 1866.
He marr. (1) 10th Oct. 1836, Agnes (died
30th Nov. 1853), daugh. of Robert Lidgate
of Mainos, Berwickshire, and had issue-- -
William, born 3rd Jan. 1842; Agnes Mar
garet, born 2nd June 1844 ; Robert, born
7th June 1849 : (2) 3rd April 1856, Eliza
beth Black, who died 22nd Sept. 1888.
Publication — The Xnv Creature, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1844).
GEORGE GORDON PiTTENDRlGH,
born Aberdeen, 2nd Aug. 1799, son
of William P. and Margaret Gordon ;
educated at King's College 1828-32; assist
ant to Dr Kidd, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen ; ord. to Scots Church, Alnwick,
Northumberland : adm. 26th Dec. 1844 ;
died 23rd March 1869. He marr. Jane
(died 3rd July 1882), daugh. of Joseph
Hartriclge, wood-bailiff to Duke of North
umberland, and had issue — Mary Nicolson,
teacher, born 1845, died 20th Dec. 1903 :
George, marine engineer, born 184(5 ; Joseph,
died aged 60; Thomas Millons. manager,
Norwich Union, Edinburgh, born 25th
March 1851, died 24th April 1913; Susan,
born 1854 ; Maggie Jane, born 1856.
[ROBERT JOHN SINTON, assistant
at Dalton, was app. to take
charge of the parish as the mission
district of the Edinburgh Univ. Mission
Association, 1869 ; he died in Feb. 1871.]
DAVID LAIRD ADAMS, M.A., J5.D. ;
1869
1871 ' '
Nov. 1871 ; trans, to Monimail 23rd
Sept. 1875 ; [became Professor of Hebrew
in Edinburgh LTniv.].
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ST DAVID'S— ST GEORGE'S
105
1896
ALEXANDER WEBSTER, born Aber-
1876 deen, 5th Jan. 1834, son of William
W. and Annie Hendry ; educated at
Grammar School, Aberdeen, and Edin
burgh Univ. ; MA. (Marischal College
1853) ; licen. by Presb. of Burntisland ;
assistant at Kinghorn, Dysart, Kilrenny,
Edinburgh (Tol booth and New Grey friars) ;
ord. to Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock, 9th Aug.
1866 ; trans, and adrn. 1st June 1876 ; died
30th May 1896. He marr. 3rd June 1869,
Margaret Husband (died 16th Oct. 1914),
daugh. of William Dawson MacRitchie,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., who afterwards marr.
William Findlay, ord. assistant at Saline,
Fifeshire.
WILLIAM RITCHIE BLACK, born
Inchture, 6th Aug. 1861, son of John
B. and Helen Murray ; educated at
St Andrews Univ.; M.A. (1884); licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 1887 ; assistant at Abdie
and Edinburgh (St David's) ; ord. 23rd Dec.
1896. Marr. 27th July 1897, Euphemia
Grace, daugh. of David Galloway, merchant,
Edinburgh, and has issue — Marion Gallo
way, born 1898: John Murray, born 1899;
William Galloway, born 1901 ; Robert
James, born 1902 ; David James, born 1904 ;
Helen Grace, born 1905 ; Charles Ritchie,
born 1908.
ST GEORGE'S.
[Founded 14th May 1811, erected by
Presb. 26th Jan., and opened 5th June
1814. The church, built from a design by
Robert Reid, cost £33,194.]
ANDREW MITCHELL THOMSON,
born 11 th July 1778, son of John
T., min. of Sanquhar, afterwards of
Edinburgh; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; schoolmaster of Markinch ; licen.
by Presb. of Kelso 7th Oct. 1800 ; ord. to
Sprouston llth March 1802; trans, to
East Parish, Perth, 31st March 1808 ;
trans, to New Greyfriars 16th May 1810 ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1811) ; pres. by the Town
Council 9th Feb., trans, and ad in. 16th
June 1814 ; D.D. (Columbia College, New
York, 4th Aug. 1818, which he did not
accept, and by the Univ. and Marischal
College of Aberdeen, Nov. 1823). Return
ing from a meeting of Presb., in whose
1814
business he had taken an active part, he
died instantaneously within a few steps of
his own door (29 Melville Street), from an
affection of the heart, 9th Feb. 1831. He
was an enthusiastic musical amateur, and
the composer of many psalm tunes. In
1820 he published Sacred Harmony, for t/t<'
Use of St G'eort/e's Church, Edinburgh, in
which will be found " Redemption " and
" St George's, Edinburgh," and eleven other
original tunes by Dr T. In the " Apocrypha
Controversy " he very strongly opposed the
policy of circulating copies of the Bible in
which the books of the Apocrypha were
inserted, and he pleaded with great
eloquence for the immediate termination
of slavery in the British colonies. Able
character sketches have been drawn by
Dr M'Crie, Dr Chalmers, and Dr Burns
of Toronto. He marr. 26th April 1802,
Jane Carmichael, who died 8th June 1840,
and had issue— Jean and Helen, born 30th
March 1803; Agnes, born 24th Aug. 1804,
died 27th Sept. 1816; John, Professor of
Music in the Univ. of Edinburgh, born
28th Oct. 1805, died 1st May 1841 ; Janet,
born 2nd Oct. 1809 ; Isabella, born 17th
Nov. 1811 ; James, born 8th Oct. 1813,
died 23rd June 1815; Andrew, min. of
Maybole, bora 10th May 1815 ; Christian
Bonar, born 8th Dec. 1819. Publications
— A Catechism on the Sacrament of the,
Lord's Supper (many editions) ; A Letter
to Principal Hill (Edinburgh, 1803), a
second (Edinburgh, 1805), and another
on the case of John Leslie (Edinburgh,
j 1805) ; Our Guilt, our Danyer, and
\ our Duty as a People, a sermon (Perth,
1809) ; Seven single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1809-10) ; Lectures, Expositor;/ and Practi
cal, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1816); Sermons
on Infidelity (Edinburgh, 1821) ; Lectures
on Select Portions of the Psalms (Edin
burgh, 1826) ; Sermons on Various Subjects
(Edinburgh, 1829); The Doctrine of Uni
versal Pardon Considered and, Refuted
(Edinburgh, 1830) ; Sermons and Sacra
mental Meditations (Edinburgh, 1831); with
many smaller works. He edited for twenty
years the Edinburgh Christian Instructor
(30 vols.), writing many of its papers with
singular ability ; and not fewer than forty-
106
ST GEORGE'S
[PRESB. OF
three articles in the Edinburgh Encyclo
paedia, of which he was part proprietor. —
[Edin. Chr. Inst., xxxi., New Series, i. ;
Chalmers', M'Culloch's, and Brown's Fun.
Serms.; Anderson's Sketches; Cunningham's
Hist., ii. ; Chambers's Biog. Diet., iv. ; Kay's
Portr., ii. ; Cockburn's Mem., Wilson's
J'r. Perth, Diet. Nat. Biog.}
JAMES MARTIN, born 30th July
1831 1800> son °f John M. of Swan Tnn,
Brechin ; M.A. (Aberdeen, 2nd April
1816); attended divinity classes at Edin
burgh; tutor in the family of Ogilvie of
Tannadice ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar 15th
Aug. 1821 ; ord. to Glenisla 18th Sept,
1823; adm. to Stockbridge Chapel 14th
May 1828 ; pres. by the Town Council (at
the request of the kirk-session), trans, and
adm. 6th Oct. 1831 ; died unmarr. at Leg
horn, where he had gone for the recovery
of his health, 22nd May 1834. Publication
— Discourses, with Letters on Prayer, and
a Memoir by Robert Paul (Edinburgh,
1835). — [Discourses, Bruce's Fun. Serm.,
Anderson's Sketches; Maclagan's Hist, of
St George's Church.']
ROBERT SMITH CANDLISH, born
1834 23rd March 1806, son of James C.,
M.A., teacher of Medicine, Edin
burgh, one of Burns's intimates, and Jane
Smith, one of his " six Mauchline belles " ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; tutor in
the family of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell
of Marchmont, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow, Gth Aug. 1828 ; assistant at St
Andrews, Glasgow, and Bonhill ; oft'ered
himself for service in Canada ; employed
as assistant min. in absence of preceding,
and on his death presented by the Town
Council, 20th May 1834, and ordained 14th
Aug. 1834. He was appointed to the new
parish of Greenside in 1836, but declined
acceptance ; also in 1841 offered the newly
instituted Professorship of Divinity and
Biblical Criticism in Edinburgh University,
and a deanery of the Chapel Royal, both of
which appointments, owing to the part he
took in the Non-Intrusion Controversy,
were cancelled ; D.D. (Princeton College,
New Jersey, 1841). Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Free St George's, which
he opened, 28th May 1843 ; appointed
Professor of Divinity in the New College,
1847, but relinquished it, and remained
in his charge ; Moderator of the Free
General Assembly 22nd May 1862, and
Principal of the Xew College 1862; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 24th April 1865). After the
death of Dr Chalmers he was the most
influential of the leaders of the Free
Church; died 19th Oct. 1873. He marr.
6th Jan. 1835, Jessie (died 16th Sept.
1894), daugh. of Walter Brock and Janet
Crawford, and had issue — James Smith
Candlish, D.D., min. at Logie-Almoncl and
Aberdeen, Professor in Free Church College,
Glasgow, 1872-97, born 14th Dec. 1835,
died 7th March 1897 ; Jessie, born 14th
Jan. 1837, died 29th Jan. 1893 (marr.
1865, William Anderson of Glentarkie) ;
Jane Smith, born 14th June 1838, died
30th March 1840 ; Walter, born 10th Aug.
1839, died 20th Feb. 1840; Elizabeth
Smith, born 28th Dec. 1840 (marr. 1863,
Archibald Henderson, D.D., United Free
Church min. at Crieff) ; Agnes, born 3rd
Aug. 1842, died 24th April 1845; Robert
Smith, marine engineer, born 21st April
1844, died 20th May 1887; Margaret
Charlotte, born 28th Jan. 1846, died 16th
April 1899; John Bogle, insurance agent,
Australia, born 2nd Nov. 1847 ; Mary Ross,
born 9th June 1851, died 30th Sept. 1866.
Publications — Eleven single Sermons (Edin
burgh, 1834, et seq.) ; Contributions towards
the Exposition of the Book of Genesis, 3
vols. (Edinburgh, 1842-52); The Word of
God the Instrument of the Propagation <>f
the Gospel (1843) ; Scripture Characters and.
Miscellanies (Edinburgh, 1850); Reason and
Revelation (Edinburgh, 1854) ; Man's Right
to the Sabbath (Edinburgh, 1856); Life in
a Risen Saviour (Edinburgh, 1858); The
Atonement (Edinburgh, 1860); Two Great
Commandments (Edinburgh, 1860) ; The
Fatherhood of God (Edinburgh, 1865) ;
Sermons, memoir (Edinburgh, 1874) ; Dis
courses on the Ephesians (Edinburgh, 1875) ;
numerous pamphlets, etc. — [Tombst. ;
Smith's Scott. Clergy, i. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog., Wilson's Memorials of Robert Smith
Candlish, Maclagan's Hist, of St George's
Church."}
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107
EGBERT HO11XE STEVENSON, born
Netherinch, Campsie, 27th Oct. 1812,
son of John S. of Gartclash, farmer,
and Margaret, daugh. of Robert Home
of Braziets ; educated at Campsie School
and Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton 23rd Oct.
1832 ; tutor to A. J. Dennistoun-Brown of
Balloch, with whom he travelled exten
sively on the continent of Europe ; mission
ary in the Second Charge, Kilmarnock ;
assistant at Crieff 1839 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) there Gth May 1840 ; clerk to
Presb. of Auchterarder, April 1843 ; trans,
and adm. to St George's 28th Sept. 1843 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh 1871); Moderator of the
General Assembly 1871 ; chairman of Coun
cil of the College for Daughters of Ministers
and Professors ; one of Edinburgh Ecclesi
astical Commissioners ; res. 25th June
1879; died loth Nov. 1886. He marr.
26th Jan. 1853, Frances, daugh. and co
heiress of Robert Cadell of Ratho, and
had issue — Anne Frances, born 6th June
1854; John (Robert) Home, Knight of
Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
in England, M.A., advocate, Unicorn Pur
suivant, born 2nd July 1855 ; Robert
Cadell, member of the London Stock
Exchange, born 10th April 1859; William
Black, M.A., min. of Athelstaneford, and
St Columba's, Edinburgh, organising secre
tary, Foreign Mission Committee, born
10th May 1862; Louisa Hope, born 21st
March 1864 (marr. 1904, Alexander Garden
Sinclair, artist) ; Henry James, M.A., W.S.,
secretary of the North British and Mer
cantile Insurance Co., born 12th July
1867. Publications — Several Funeral Ser
mons ; Farewell Letter to the Congregation
of St George's (Edinburgh, 1879).
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, born Gadder,
1880 lfit^ *s'ePt- 183"' sixth son of James
S.. farmer, Bogton, and Margaret
Brown ; educated at Gadder School, Glasgow
High School, and Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
25th April 1855 ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
8th June 1859; assistant at St Matthew's,
Glasgow, and Clackmannan ; pres. by the
Provost and Magistrates, and ord. to the
East Church, Perth, 2nd March 1860 ; trans.
to Abernethy 29th Jan. 1863; trans, to
Maxwell, Glasgow, 1st June 1865; trans,
to Linlithgow 23rd Sept. 1869; trans, to
Greenside 21st Sept, 1871; D.D. (Glasgow
27th April 1876) ; trans, and adm. 29th
Jan. 1880 ; Moderator of the General
Assembly 1896; convener of the General
Committee of the Church ; chairman of
the Consulting Committee of the Ministers'
Widows' Fund ; one of Edinburgh Ecclesi
astical Commissioners ; one of the Baird
Trustees ; chairman of the Edinburgh School
Board 1878-82; Croall lecturer 1889-90;
Baird lecturer 1892-3 ; lecturer on Pastoral
Theology ; died 18th April 1909. He marr.
(1) 4th June 1861, Isabella (died 1st May
1892), daugh. of Robert Greig, merchant,
Perth, and had issue — Robert Greig, W.S.,
born 25th Sept. 1867, died 12th Sept. 1911 ;
Margaret, born 26th March 1870: (2) 18th
July 1894, Marion Elizabeth, daugh. of
John Rankine, D.D., min. of Sorn. Publi
cations — Endoived Territorial Work (Edin
burgh, 1873); Buddhism, and Christianity:
A Parallel and a Contrast (Croall Lecture,
Edinburgh, 1890); Sacrifice, its Prophecy
ami Fulfilment (Baird Lecture, Edinburgh,
1894); Our Opportunities and Responsi
bilities (Assembly Closing Address, 1896).
( JAVIX LANG PAGAN, born 13th April
19O9 18~3> son °f J°nn P-> D-D-, min. of
Bothwell ; educated at Hamilton
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1893), B.D. (1896); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 29th Sept. 1896; assistant at
Abbotshall, Rosemount, Aberdeen, and
Edinburgh (St Cuthbert's) ; ord. to Cal-
lancler 7th Sept. 1899; trans, to Larg.s
26th Nov. 1902 ; trans, and adm. 7th
Oct. 1909.
ST JAMES'S (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from St Cuthbert's and
erected into a parish quoad sacra, 6th
July 1891. Church built in 1895.]
SIMON SOMERVILLE STOBBS, bora
19th Jan. 1833, son of William S.,
U.P. min. at Stromness, and Jessie
Somerville ; ord. to Ardrossan U.P. Church
22nd Dec. 1857; res. 13th March 1860;
JOS
ST JAMES'S— ST JOHN'S
[PRESB. OF
1899
adm. a min. of the Church of Scotland
1863; assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries;
ind. to Swallow Street, London, 1864, to
Lugar 1867, to St Matthew's, Montreal, 1876,
to Messer Street, Jersey City, U.S.A.. 1878 ;
returned to Scotland and took up work in
Elder Street Mission Church, Edinburgh,
1881 ; adm. first min. of this charge, 3rd
Sept. 1891 ; res. 17th Oct. 1898; died 10th
Feb. 1911. He inarr. 10th June 1890, F.
Eleanor Gordon. Publications — Heartsease:
Self-Education ; Hymns awl Meditations in
Verse; Budget of Holiday Letters ; Chinese
Vieu>s and Peoples ; Light in the Darkness.
THOMAS PORTEOUS, born Edin
burgh, 3rd June 1861, son of James
P. and Margaret Nicol ; educated at
George Heriot's School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1880), B.D. (1883) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 18th May 1883 ; assist
ant at St Ninians, Stirling, and Tron,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Gordon 24th Sept.
1885 ; trans, and adm. 30th March 1899.
ST JOHN'S.
[In 1840 a part of Old Greyfriars Parish
was disjoined and erected by the Court of
Teinds into a new parish, which was called
St John's, because certain of the lands
within the area had belonged before the
Reformation to the Knights Templars of
St John of Jerusalem.]
THOMAS GUTHRIE, born Brechin,
12th July 1803, sixth son of David
G., banker, Provost of Brechin, and
Clementina Cay ; educated at Brechin and
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin 2nd Feb. 1825 ; ord. to Arbirlot
13th May 1830; trans, to Old Greyfriars
21st Sept. 1837 ; trans, and adm. 28th Oct.
1840. Joined the Free Church, and became
rain, of Free St John's 1843 ; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 9th April 1849) ; Moderator of Free
Church General Assembly 1862 ; retired
1864 ; F.R.S.E. (1869) ; founder of the Edin
burgh Original Ragged Industrial Schools ;
one of the earliest Temperance reformers ;
an eloquent preacher, and writer of great
popularity ; died 24th Feb. 1873. He marr.
6th Oct. 1830, Anne (died 2nd June 1899),
dauch. of James Burns, one of the mins. of
1840
Brechin, and had issue — David Kelly, min.
of the Free Church, Liberton, born 9th
Aug. 1831, died 6th Sept. 1896; Christina,
born 31st May 1833 (marr. 22nd March
1854, AVilliam Welsh of Mossfennan, D.D.,
min. of the Free Church, Broughton), died
17th Feb. 1895; James, banker, Brechin,
born 15th Jan. 1835 ; Patrick, banker, Edin
burgh, born 1st Oct. 1836 ; Clementina, born
28th June 1839, died 22nd Jan. 1908 ; Annie,
born 28th June 1841 (marr. 27th April
1859, Stephen Williamson, M.P.) ; Thomas,
farmer, near Buenos Ayres, born 19th
Nov. 1843, died 3rd Nov. 1900; Alex
ander, merchant, Liverpool, born 10th
March 1846; Charles John, Senator of
the College of Justice, born 4th April
1849; Helen, born 30th Nov. 1851 (marr.
David Gray, Glasgow), died 9th July
1883; John, born llth Dec. 1853, died 9th
Aug. 1855. Publications — On the Intrusion
of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1839) ; A Short
Plea for the Public and Free Use of the
Bible in Ragged, Schools — A Plea for
Ragged Schools — A Second Plea for Ragged
Schools (Edinburgh, 1847-9); A Plea on
Behalf of Drunkards and against Drunken
ness (Edinburgh, 1851) ; Lost and. Found,
(Edinburgh, 1853) ; The Gospel hi Ezekiel
(Edinburgh, 1855); The Cii;/, -its Sins and.
Sorrows (Edinburgh, 1857); Christ and
the Inheritance of the Saints (Edinburgh,
1858) ; A Word in Season : a J\'eu> Year
Tract (1861); The Wai/ to Life (Edin
burgh, 1862) ; The Disruption : its Obliga
tions and. Responsibilities (Edinburgh,
1862) : Bear Ye One Another's Burdens
(London, 1863); Speaking to the Heart
(London, 1863) ; Man and the Gospel
(1865); The Angels' Song (1865); The
Parables (1866 ; new edition, with memoir
1908); Our Father's Business (1867); Out
of Harness (1867); Early Piety (1868);
Studies of Character from the Old Testa
ment (1868-70); Sundays Abroad (1871).
He edited The Street Preacher, or Auto-
biograpUy of Robert Flockhart (Edinburgh,
1858), and wrote a Memoir of the Rev. Robert
Coutts, Coutts' Sermons (1848) ; editor of
the Sundai/ Magazine (1864-73).— [Atito-
biographi/ and Memoir, by his sons, D. K.
and C. J. Gutlirie ; Diet. Nat. Biog.}
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109
ROBERT WILLIAM FRASER, born
1844 Pertll> loth July 1810> son of ^ap"
tain Robert F., sometime of the
Household of George, Prince of Wales,
and Helen Buchanan ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1836): licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1840; ord. to Burnt-
island 8th Sept. 1843 : trans, and adm.
21st March 1844; died 10th Sept. 1870.
He marr. 25th Aug. 1828, Margaret (died
23rd Jan. 1890), daugh. of Captain Andrew
Buchanan, Ringwood Lodge. County Wex-
ford, and had issue— Margaret Olivia, born
1st Feb. 1831 (marr. 31st Dec. 1862,
Charles Cadell Macdonald, D.D., min. of
St Clement's, Aberdeen) ; Robert George,
min. of St Thomas's, Leith ; Thomas Thom
son, born 2nd July 1836 ; William Henry,
born 28th May 1837, died 28th Oct. 1844 ;
Mary Gertrude, born 5th May 1838;
Oswald, born 9th May 1840, died 13th
May 1842; Edith, born 18th June 1843,
died 16th March 1859. Publications—
Moriah : Sketches of the Sacred Rites of
Ancient Israel (Edinburgh, 1849) ; The
Path of Life (Edinburgh, 1851); Leaves
from the Tree of Life (Edinburgh, 1851 ;
2nd ed., 1852) ; Turkey, Ancient and Modern
(Edinburgh, 1854) ; Elements of Physical
Science (London, 1855 ; 3rd ed., under the
title of The Handbook of Physical Science,
London, 1866) ; The Kirk and the Manse
(Edinburgh, 1857) ; Ehl> and Flow, The
Curiosities and Marrels of the Seashore
(London, 1860); Head and HaivJ (Edin
burgh, 1861) ; Seaside. Divinity (London,
1861) ; The Seaside Naturalist (London,
1868); Gladdening Streams (Edinburgh,
1868).— [Scotsman, 12th Sept. 1876: Diet.
Nat. Bio(i.}
JOHN WEBSTER, D.D. ; trans, from
1876 Cameron, and adm. 28th Dec. 1876 ;
trans, to Cramond llth March 1884.
DAVID NEIL IMRIE, born Kinrossie,
1884 Collace, son °f James Imrie and
Janet Strachan ; educated at Bal-
beggie School, Perth Academy, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1867), B.D. (1870) ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth May 1876 ; assistant at
St Matthew's, Glasgow ; ord. to North
Parish, Paisley, 1st Dec. 187o ; trans, to
Logie 18th Jan. 1872 ; trans, and adm.
19th Sept. 1884; died 14th Dec. 1801.
He marr. 28th Oct. 1873, Eliza Mary Ann
(died 17th May 1890), daugh. of Captain
Ferguson, Irvine, and had issue — Arthur
Stanley, born 24th Sept. 1874, died 6th
June 1888; Frederick William, born 17th
Aug. 1876, died 20th July 1911 ; John
Hamilton, Life Association of Scotland,
born 30th Nov. 1878 ; Herbert Neil, born
2nd July 1881.
ROBERT BLAIR, born Bullwood,
Dunoon, 3rd May 1837, son of
Duncan Blair and Margaret Camp
bell ; educated at Bowmore School, Islay,
and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1863) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kintyre 29th Nov. 1865 ; assist
ant at Saddell, Kintyre ; ord. to Tarbert,
Lochfyne, 19th Sept. 1867 ; trans, to St
Columba's, Glasgow, 6th May 1869 ; trans,
to Cambuslang 23rd May 1882 ; trans,
and adm. 20th July 1892 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1891) ; chaplain to Glasgow Highlanders ;
V.D. ; chaplain to H.M. Prison, Edin
burgh ; died 4th Nov. 1907. He marr.
29th Oct. 1889, Flora Anne, daugh. of
Duncan Cameron and Mary Brown Small
(who afterwards marr. George Macaulay).
Publications — Edited the Gaelic poems
(with Memoir) of William Livingstone,
the Islay Bard (Glasgow, 1882); trans
lated a number of hymns into Gaelic ;
wrote Gaelic articles for The <!<\d (Glas
gow, 1873-6) ; one of the translators of the
Revised Version of the Bible into Gaelic.
JOHN GAVIN DICKSON, born Rose-
1908 we^' Midlothian, 23rd Aug. 1863, son
of John Gavin D. and Euphemia
Ramsay ; educated at East Linton and
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1885) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar May 1888 ; assistant at
Dalserf ; ord. to Kippen 14th Aug. 1889 ;
trans, and adm. 18th May 1908. Marr. 10th
Dec. 1889, Agnes M'Allum, daugh. of Gavin
Paul and Janet Annan, and has issue-
Eleanor Mary, born 26th Sept. 1890 ; Lilian
Paul, born 13th Feb. 1892 ; Agnes Mary,
born 20th July 1893 ; John Gavin, born 3rd
April 1897 ; Jean Shearer Paul, born 5th
Sept. 1906.
110
ST LEONARD'S— ST LUKE'S
[PRESB. OF
ST LEONARD'S (Q.S.).
[The first church, opened Gth April 1879,
was destroyed by fire on the morning
of 21st Xov. of the same year. A new
church was erected, and opened 21st May
1880, and the district formed into a parish
quoad sacra in 1884.]
LEWIS FREDERICK AR MIT ACE,
born Leeds, 17th June 1838, son of
1879 John A. and Mary Carter ; edu
cated at Leeds, Glasgow, and Edinburgh ;
a Primitive Methodist rnin. in England,
and at Motherwell and Edinburgh : adm.
to Church of Scotland 1878; ord. IGth
July 1879 ; died 8th Sept. 1903. He marr.
19th Aug. 1879, Jane Edmonstone, daugh.
of Robert Morham, depute city clerk, Edin
burgh, and had issue — Lewis Frederick,
lay missionary of the Church of Scotland
in Nyasaland, born 9th Oct. 1880; Janet
Mary, born 21st April 1883; Helen Rosc-
hannah, born 8th June 1885 ; Elizabeth,
born Gth April 1887 ; Phoebe Jane, born
8th Jan. 1893.
JOHN CALDER, born Old Aberdeen,
21st May 1875, son of William C.
and Jennie Keith Fiddes ; educated
at Gordon's College and Aberdeen Univ. ;
M.A. (1900); tutor in the Church of
Scotland Normal Practising School, Aber
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1903 ;
assistant at Turriff; ord. 19th Feb. 1904;
res. 9th Oct. 1912, and settled in Australia.
Marr. 1st Aug. 1906, Euphemia Thorn,
youngest daugh. of Duncan Duthie Mackie,
Singapore, Straits Settlements, and has
issue — Ruve Fiddes Duthie, born 4th July
1909.
WILLIAM LIDDLE, born Linlithgow,
26th April 1864, son of William L. ;
educated at Linlithgow Grammar
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1896), B.D. (1890); licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 1890; assistant at Partick ;
ord. to Grahamston, South Africa, 28th
Dec. 1896; res. 1900; app. to St Mar
garet's Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow, 1901 ;
trans, and adm. 10th April 1913. He
marr. 21st May 1907, Florence Louisa,
daugh. of Oscar Nystrom, Stockholm,
and has issue— Florence Gunilla Anne
Nystrom, born 20th April 1910 ; Margaret,
born 30th June 1912 ; William John,
born 18th Oct. 1913. Publication— Sweden
(London, 1911).
ST LUKE'S (Q.&).
[A church in Young Street, originally a
Unitarian chapel, was purchased by the
Kirk-session of St George's in 1834, and re
built. It was opened for public worship 28th
May 1837. In 1843 the minister, the twelve
elders, and the trustees joined the Free
Church, retaining possession of the build
ing. They were, however, ejected on 4th
March 1849, and services in connection
with the Church of Scotland were resumed.
The church and district were constituted a
chapel-of-ease by the General Assembly
in 1841, and erected into a parish by decree
of the Court of Teinds, llth Feb. 1863.
The district having become depopulated,
an Act of Parliament (3 Edward VII., cap.
66) was obtained to transfer the endow
ments, minister, etc., to a new church and
parish to be erected within the city of
Edinburgh. A new church was accord
ingly built at Comely Bank, and opened
for worship 10th Oct. 1908. The old
parish was reannexed to St George's, and
the new parish (taken chiefly from the
Dean and partly from St Bernard's) was
erected by decree of the Court of Teinds
on 6th Feb. 1909.]
ALEXANDER MOODY-STUART, born
Paisley, 15th June 1809, sixth son of
Andrew Moody of Muirshiel, banker,
Paisley, and Margaret Fulton McBrair ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1830) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 5th Oct. 1831 ; missionary in
Holy Island, Northumberland. 1831 - 5 ;
under the Kirk - session of St George's,
Edinburgh, began in 1835 the work of
gathering a congregation in Young Street ;
ord. first min. 27th July 1837. Joined
Free Church and became min. of St
Luke's Free Church 1843 ; convener of
Jewish Mission of Free Church from 1847
to 1889 (with a brief interval) ; Moderator
of the General Assembly of the Free Church,
1875; D.D. (Edinburgh 1875); died at
Crieff, 31st July 1898. All his life he
was a strong supporter of the principle of
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Church Establishment, and an opponent of
ecclesiastical and political agitation for dis
establishment of the Church of Scotland ;
dissented strongly from the positions of the
adherents of the " Higher Criticism " of the
Old Testament ; took a prominent part in
opposition to the movement for union
between the Free and United Presbyterian
Churches between 1863 and 1873; in
terested himself in promoting friendly rela
tions between Scottish Presbyterians and
the Pteformed Churches of Hungary and
Bohemia. He marr. 9th Sept. 1839, Jessie
(died 27th April 1891), eldest daugh. of
Kenneth Bruce Stuart of Annat, whose
name he assumed, and had issue — a daugh.,
born and died July 1840 ; Kenneth, Free
Church min. at Moffat, author of a Memoir
of his father and a Memoir of Brownlow
North, born 13th June 1841, died 15th
March 1904 ; Andrew, born 6th Dec. 1842,
died 1st Sept. 1866 ; Alexander, advocate,
LL.D., Professor of Law, Univ. of Glasgow,
1887-1905, born 30th May 1844; Robert,
chartered accountant, Dundee, born 17th
March 1846, died 22nd June 1896; Mar
garet, born 16th March 1848, died unman-.
17th March 1880; Jessie, born 14th March
1850 (marr. 1883, George Watt, K.C.,
Sheriff of Chancery), died 15th Jan. 1895 ;
George, merchant in London, born 27th
Oct. 1851 ; John, Fellow of Institute of
Actuaries, born 23rd July 1853; Charles,
Bank of Scotland, Lossiemouth, author of
Sanely Scott's Bible Class, etc., born 13th
Sept. 1854, died 19th July 1900; Eliza,
born 4th March 1861. Publications— A
Pastoral Letter on the Present Position of
the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1840) ;
Revival of Religion (Glasgow, 1842) ; Con
version of the Jeu's (Edinburgh, 1842-8) ;
Deathbed Scenes (Edinburgh, 1843) ; A
Report of the Proceedings of the General
Assembly of the Free Church Relative to
the State of Religion in the Land (Edin
burgh, 1844); Ireland Open to the Gospel
(Edinburgh, 1847) ; Inquiry into the Present
Educational Connection between the Free
Church and the Government (Edinburgh,
1848) ; A Practical Exposition of the Song
of Solomon (London, 1857; 2nd ed., London,
1860); Key to the Emblems of Solomon's
Song (London, 1861); The Three Marys
(London, 1862) ; Capernaum as the Sphere,
of Christ's Ministry (London, 1863) ; The
Life and Letters of Elizabeth, Duchess of
Gordon (London, 1865); The Spiritual
Condition of the Ministry in its Influence
on the People (Edinburgh, 1865); Is the
Establishment of Religion Outside of the
Confession? (Edinburgh, 1868); On Re
ligion and the Church in the Articles of
Union, etc. (Edinburgh, 1869); The Union
Overture, a speech in the Free Presbytery
of Edinburgh, 4th April 1870 (Edinburgh) ;
A Visit to the Land of IIuss (London, 1870) •
Recollections of Dr John Duncan (Edin
burgh, 1872) ; Recent Awakenings and Higher
Holiness, Opening and Closing Addresses
in the Free Church General Assembly
(Edinburgh, 1875); Jesus Christ the Pond
of the Holy Universe, Sermon preached at
the Opening of the Free Church General
Assembly, 1876 (Edinburgh, 1876); The
Bible True to Itself (London, 1884); The
Path of the Redeemed (Edinburgh, 1893).—
[Memoir, London, 1899.]
PETER MACMORLAND, trans, from
Inverkeithing, and adm. 10th Dec.
1852; trans, to North Berwick 10th
April 1856.
JAMES BREARCLIFFE M'LAURIN,
assistant at Struan, and at St
loOO r\ -iii-i i
George s, Edinburgh ; app. 17th April
1856, and adm. 10th July 1856; died at
Malaga, Spain, 3rd Jan. 1858.
THOMAS ANDREWS, ord. 19th May
1858; trans, to South Queensferry
1853
1858
9th May 1861.
1861
RANALD MACPHERSON, born
Greenock, 13th March 1821, son of
Alexander M. ; educated at Univs. of
St Andrews and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre 1851, missionary at Brodick ;
ord. min. of the Church of Scotland,
Swallow Street, London, 1853; trans, and
adm. 7th Oct. 1861; res. 26th Oct. 1892;
died at Edinburgh, 14th March 1902. He
marr. 5th June 1855, Elizabeth (died at
Edinburgh, 12th Jan. 1903, aged 78),
daugh. of Captain James Harvey, and had
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ST LUKE'S— ST MARY'S
[PRESH. OF
issue — Charles, died young ; Ranald ; Kate,
for 15 years missionary in Palestine, died
1900; Jessie (inarr. David G. Millar, mer
chant, Leith) ; Jean, secretary to the
Church of Scotland Women's Association
for Foreign Missions.
DAVID MUNRO MILNE, born Aber
deen, 23rd Jan. 18G3, son of George
M. ; educated at Univs. of Aberdeen
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Aberdeen 1885),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1889); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1889 ; assistant at
Peterhead; ord. -22nd March 1893. Marr.
12th June 1895, Jeanie, only daugh. of
James Mackay, Banff, and has issue —
David, born llth March 1896; Mary
Catherine, born 18th Feb. 1899; Agnes
Jane Michie, born 9th May 1900.
1881
ord. to Alford Oth July 1871 ; res. 16th
May 1890; took charge of Dairy Mission,
Edinburgh, from 1898 to 1904; adm. 1st
Aug. 1905; res. 30th Nov. 1910; took
charge of Scots Church, Brussels, 1911 ;
and of St Andrew's, Cairo, 1912. Marr.
8th June 1882, Margaret Henderson,
daugh. of John Wilson of South Ban-
taskine, Stirlingshire, and has issue — Mary
Johanna Russel, born 3rd Oct. 1883 (marr.
29th Jan. 1913, Xeil Meldrum, chaplain,
Church of Scotland, Madras) ; James
Angus, Sudan Civil Service, born llth
Oct. 1885 ; Catherine Jessie, born 3rd
April 1888, died 22nd July 1913; John
Piobert Wilson, student of divinity, born
12th Nov. 1890.
i 1911
ST MARGARET'S (QS.).
[Disjoined from St Cuthbert's and erected
into a parish quoad sacra, 1885. A church
was opened in 1881.]
WILLIAM MORRIS BROWX, born
Dundee, 24th Dec. 1834, son of Peter
B. and Jean Ogilvie ; educated at
Dundee schools and Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A.
(Marischal College 1 860) ; ord. missionary
to the Jews at Constantinople 1868 ; after
wards min. of Elder Street Chapel, Edin
burgh ; adm. 25th Oct. 1881 ; died 21st Aug.
1902. He marr. 25th Aug. 1865, Elizabeth
Brodie, daugh. of Captain William Powrie
and Margaret Anderson, and had issue —
Alexander, advocate ; Margaret Anderson
(marr. John Ewing Wallace, min. of Kirrie-
muir) ; Isabella Ogilvie.
JOHN COCHRANE, born Scone, 1856 ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ;
1908 licen. by Presb. of Perth ; ord. 4th
Feb. 1903 ; res. 17th May 1905 ; died at
Toronto, 15th July 1910. He marr. Kate
Elder Robertson, who marr. again.
JAMES GILLAN, born 13th June 1847,
iqn_ son of James G., D.D., min. of
Alford ; educated at Aberdeen Univ. ;
M.A. (1866), B.D. (1870) ; licen. by Presb.
of Alford 1869; assistant at Newbattle :
WILLIAM YEITCH, born Edinburgh,
10th March 1800, son of William V.,
D.C.S., and Mary Johnston ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1883 ; ord. to
Belhaven 20th Sept. 1888 ; trans, and adm.
Oth June 1911. Marr. 23rd Oct. 1888,
Helen Flowerdew, daugh. of William
Lowson of Balthayock and Helen Flower-
dew, and has issue — Helen Flowerdew,
born 8th Oct. 1891 ; Gladys Muriel, born
7th Dec. 1892 ; Vera Cecil, born 21st April
1890; William Lionel Douglas, born 21st
Nov. 1902.
ST MARY'S, FORMERLY BELLEVUE
CHAPEL.
[Erected into a parish by the Town
Council, and concurred in by the Presb.,
27th Oct. 1824. A church, which cost
£23,000, was opened 12th Dec. 1824, and
the name St Mary's given to it in 1825.]
HENRY GREY, born Alnwick, llth
1825 ^ek' 1778> son °^ ^r ®"> Pnvsician>
Morpeth ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th
Nov. 1800 ; ord. to Stenton 17th Sept.
1801 ; adm. to St Cuthbert's Chapel-of-
Ease 18th Nov. 1812 ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
26th April 1818); trans, to New North
Parish llth Jan. 1820; pres. by the Town
Council Oct. 1824 ; trans, and adm. 13th
Jan. 1825. Joined the Free Church ; min.
EDINBURGH]
ST MARY'S
113
of St Mary's Free Church, Edinburgh,
1843; Moderator of the Free Church
General Assembly 16th May 1844; died
13th Jan. 1859. In the " Apocrypha Con
troversy " he took a prominent part in
opposition to Dr Andrew Thomson,
in favour of the policy of circulating in
foreign countries Bibles with the Apoc
rypha. He was one of the first of the
city ministers to introduce more frequent
celebrations of the Holy Communion. On
his jubilee in 1851, a sum was raised for
the endowment of bursaries in the New
College, to be inscribed with his name.
He inarr. 12th Oct. 1808, his cousin Mar-
garetta (died 22nd Nov. 1858, aged 72),
eldest daugh. of George Grey of West
Ord, Northumberland, and had issue —
Mary, born 9th Feb. 1810 (marr. 24th Oct.
1839, John Hampden Gurney, M.A., rector
of St Mary's, Bryanston Square, London,
miscellaneous writer), died 16th July 1857 ;
Harriet Jane, born 2nd July 1811 (marr.
8th March 1837, Charles Birrell, min. of
Pembroke Baptist Church, Liverpool, and
was mother of Augustine Birrell, statesman
and author), died 26th Oct. 1863; George
Edward, born 31st July 1812, died 26th
Jan. 1819 ; Henry Campbell, M.A., vicar
of Watling, Sussex, born 18th June 1814,
died 17th Aug. 1854 ; Ernelia Isabella,
born 27th Sept. 1816, died llth July
1843; Edward John, born 26th Nov.
1820, died 1869. Publications — ^1 Cate
chism on Baptism (Edinburgh, 1811) ;
tier/noil on Behalf of the Edinburgh
Lunatic Asylum (1815); The Diffusion of
Christianity Dependent on the Exertions
of Christians (1818) ; The Veil of Moses
done away in Christ (1820); Man's
Judgment at Variance with God's (1824) ;
Review of Remarks Relative to his Con
nection with the Letters of Anglicanus
Edinburgh, 1828); The Duty and Desir
ableness of Frequent Communion with
Christ in the Sacrament of the Supper
(Edinburgh, 1832) ; Address to the Congre
gation of St Mary's (Edinburgh, 1843) ;
A Parting Memorial (Edinburgh, 1858) ;
Thoughts in the Evening of Life, ed.
with Memoir by C. M. Birrell (London,
1871); Lecture IV., "On the Conversion
VOL. I.
of the Jews ;: (Edinburgh, 1842). —
[Tombst., Anderson's Sketches ; Kay's
Portr., ii. ; Diet. Nat. Bioy., private
information.]
1843
JAMES GRANT, born 23rd Jan. 1800,
third son of Andrew G., D.D., min.
of Portmoak (afterwards of St
Andrew's, Edinburgh) ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edin. ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 27th Feb. 1822 ; ord. to South
Leith 26th Aug. 1824 ; trans, and adm.
16th Nov. 1843; D.D. (Glasgow 1842),
D.C.L. (Oxon. 1854); Moderator of the
General Assembly 1854 ; collector of the
Ministers' Widows' Fund 1843-60 ; chaplain
Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland 1840-90 ; secretary Scottish Bible
Society 1836-74 ; chaplain Harveian Society
1833-90 ; Fellow and sometime member of
council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1851-90 ; original member, and for many
years chairman of the Edinburgh Ecclesi
astical Commissioners ; director of the
Scottish Widows' Fund Assurance Society
1840-90 ; res. 1871 ; died 28th July 1890.
He marr. 25th April 1826, Jessie Anne
(died 6th May 1881), youngest daugh.
of Colin Campbell, Achindoon, Argyll
shire (widow of Major Archibald Camp
bell of Braglen), and had issue — Agnes
Willis, born 16th Sept. 1828, died
8th Jan. 1855 ; Andrew, merchant, Bom
bay, sometime M.P. for Leith Burghs,
born 13th June 1830 ; Colin Campbell,
W.S., afterwards barrister-at-law, Middle
Temple, born 13th June 1830, died 30th
April 1902 ; James, captain R.N., born 8th
April 1833, died 24th Feb. 1909; George,
born 15th May 1834, died llth June 1848 ;
Margaret Campbell, born 10th Oct. 1836,
died 20th April 1906; Archibald Duncan,
East India merchant, Snell Exhibitioner
(Glasgow Univ.), B.A. (Oxon.), born 3rd
June 1839. Publications — Memorandum
for the Solicitor - General for Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1842) ; Statement regarding the
F'undfor a Provision for the Widows and
Children of the Ministers of the Church and
Professors in the Universities of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1860).
II
114
ST MARY'S— ST MICHAELS
[PUESH. OF
1872
CORNELIUS GIFFEN, born Mearns,
16th Aug. 1828, son of William G.
and Agnes Leitch ; educated at
Mearns School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley ; missionary at
St Enoch's, Glasgow ; assistant at Alloa :
orcl. (by Presb. of Paisley) to Oldham
Street, Liverpool, 29th March 1852 ; trans,
to Dailly 13th Sept. 1855 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 13th May 18G9 ; trans,
and adm. llth Jan. 1872; D.D. (Edin
burgh 1892); died 20th Feb. 1897. He
marr. 4th March 1856, Ann Caldwell (died
7th April 1907), daugh. of Thomas Camp
bell, Provost of Irvine, and Ann Ranken
(died at Kirkcaldy, 15th Dec. 1914), and
had issue — Annie, born 4th Dec. 1856;
Agnes, born 24th Feb. 1858 ; William, born
18th June 1860 ; Margaret, born 5th June
1861 (marr. William Jack, min. of East
Kilbride) ; Katherine, born 7th Sept. 1862 ;
Janet, born 5th Sept. 1864 ; Sophia, born
27th May 1867 (marr. 5th July 1893,
James Fender); Jane, born 17th July 1868
(marr. 31st May 1907, Percy Leech) ;
Thomas, born 13th Aug. 1872.
THOMAS MARTIN, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Cramond 15th May 1896 ; trans,
to Barony, Glasgow, 25th Oct. 1900.
JOHN AGNEW FINDLAY, born East
Linton, 13th Jan. 1862, son of Thomas
F. and Jessie Agnew ; educated at
Douglas Academy, Newton-Stewart, Univs.
of Glasgow and Paris ; M.A. (Glasgow
1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown May
1888 ; assistant at Irvine ; ord. to Sprouston
14th March 1891 ; trans, from Sprouston
and adm. 4th April 1901 ; trans, to Glen-
cairn 17th July 1914 (q.v.) ; chaplain,
Scots Church, Cairo, 1908-9. Marr. 22nd
June 1905, Alice Mary, daugh. of
Thomas Chambers Newton, Staindrop
Lodge, Thorncliffe, Yorkshire.
ST MATTHEW'S (Q.S.).
[An iron church was opened on llth Nov.
1883. The foundation stone of the present
building was laid by the Lord High Com
missioner, John, Earl of Hopetoun, 1st June
1888, and the church was dedicated 2nd May
1890. Erected into a parish quoad sacra 9th
1896
1901
1887
July 1909, composed entirely of the south
part of Morningside Parish quoad sacra, and
all in the original parish of St Cuthbert.]
GEORGE MILLIGAN, M.A., B.D. ;
assistant at Morningside ; took
charge of St Matthew's llth Nov.
1883; ord. 24th Feb. 1887; trans, to
Caputh llth Feb. 1894.
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, born loth June
1894 1^7, son of Duncan Campbell, min.
of Moulin ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1866), B.D.
(1870) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 1871 ;
assistant at St Bernard's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Keig 22nd Sept. 1873 ; trans, to Graham-
ston 3rd Feb. 1876 ; chaplain of the Scots
Church, Paris, 1880 ; app. to Rosemount,
Aberdeen, llth May 1882 ; trans, to St
Matthew's 25th July 1894 ; convener of
Committee on Correspondence with other
Reformed Churches 1894-8 ; vice-convener
of Young Men's Guild ; died uninarr. 20th
July 1903. Publications— The Roll Call
of Faith (Edinburgh, 1895) ; Hymns and
II tjmn Writers (Guild Library) ; joint
editor, The Guild Manual (Edinburgh,
1904).
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART, M.A.,
1904 ^•^' > trans- from St Margaret's,
Arbroath, and adm. 6th Jan. 1904 ;
res. 1906. [Afterwards min. of Erskine.]
NORMAN MACLEOD CAIE, M.A.,
1907 ^••^' > trans- from ^"ew Kilpatrick,
and adm. 21st Feb. 1907 ; became
first min. of the parish on its erection 9th
July 1909 ; trans, to Pollokshields, Glasgow,
14th Sept. 1911.
FRANK HALE MARTIN, born Dun-
1912 Sannon> 10th Oct. 1871, son of James
Robert M. and Elizabeth Moore ;
educated at Belfast and Edinburgh Univs. ;
B.A. (Royal Univ. of Ireland 1894), B.D.
(Edinburgh 1899) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh March 1898 ; assistant at St Paul's,
Perth ; ord. to St Paul's, Perth, 19th Sept.
1900 ; trans, and adm. 29th Feb. 1912.
ST MICHAEL'S (Q.S.).
[In 1876 a temporary mission church was
built at the corner of Angle Park Terrace.
EDINBURGH]
ST MICHAEL'S— ST STEPHEN'S
115
T887
In 1881 the foundation stone of the present
church was laid, and on 2nd Dec. 1883
it was opened. Disjoined from St Cuth-
bert's and erected into a parish quoad sacra
by decree of the Court of Teinds, 14th
March 1887.]
GEORGE WILSON, born Duns Law,
Berwickshire, llth Aug. 1838, son of
John W. and Agnes Wilson ; educated
at Edinburgh Univ. ; Keen, by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1873; assistant for a few
months and orcl. to Tolbooth, Edinburgh,
25th Sept. 1873; trans, to Cramond llth
July 1878 ; trans, and adm. 4th May
1887 ; sometime convener of Committee on
Temperance ; convener of Mission Weeks
Committee; D.D. (St Andrews 1895).
He marr. 30th June 1874, Fanny
Coghlan, who died 22nd Dec. 1889. Pub
lications — Hints to the Mission Preacher,
Hints to the Parish Minister (Mission
Weeks Booklets).
ST ORAVS (GAELIC).
[See page 31.]
ST OSWALD'S (Q.£).
[Opened 12th Oct. 1890, the original iron
church being known as St Mark's. Robert
Wilfrid Wallace, M.A. (afterwards of St
Leonard's, St Andrews), took charge as
probationer till 1894. A new church, which
cost £11,936, was dedicated 24th June 1900,
and a parish quoad sacra, under the desig
nation St Oswald's, was erected 8th March
1907. Disjoined from St Cuthbert's.]
HENRY JOHNSTONE WOTHER-
19Q7 SPOON, born 22nd Oct. 1850, son
of William Lang W., min. of Kil-
spindie ; educated at Dundee High School,
St Andrews and Edinburgh Univs. ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1871) ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
1875 ; assistant at Galashiels, Edinburgh (St
George's), Dunning, and Swinton ; ord. to
Burnbank 14th Sept. 1880; clerk to
Presb. of Hamilton 1892-4 ; res. 13th June
1894, to take charge of St Oswald's ; ind.
first min. llth April 1907 ; Alexander
Robertson, lecturer, Glasgow Univ., 1913;
D.D. (St Andrews 1913). Publications—
The Divine Service, a Eucharistic Office
(1893) ; Kyrie Eleison, a Devotional Manual
(1903) ; Parish Church Tracts ; Creed and
Confession (Macleod Lecture, 1905) ; The
Second Prayer-book of King Edward VI.
(1905) ; numerous contributions to the Pro
ceedings of Church Law Society, Scottish
Church Society, and Scottish Ecclesio-
logical Society.
ST SERFS (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from St Cuthbert's, St Ber
nard's, and Newhaven, and erected into a
parish quoad sacra by decree of the Court
of Teinds, 1st Nov. 1912.]
DAVID GORDON HAMILTON, born
1912 Birkenhead, 7th Feb. 1872, son of
Robert Gordon H. and Ellen Char
lotte Forbes ; educated at George Watson's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
April 1895 ; assistant at Greenock and
North Leith ; app. to St Serf's Mission
Oct. 1900; ord. 27th June 1901, and adm.
first min. of the parish 1st Nov. 1912.
Marr. 16th Sept. 1902, Agnes, daugh. of
Davidson Hunter, schoolmaster, Leith.
ST STEPHEN'S.
[Erected into a parish by the Town
Council 26th Nov. 1828 ; concurred in by
the Presb. 10th, and opened 21st Dec. same
year.]
WILLIAM MUIR, born Glasgow, llth
1829 Oct< 1787' third son of William M-»
merchant ; educated at Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 7th Nov. 1810; LL.D. (Glas
gow, 1st April 1812); ord. to St George's
Parish, Glasgow, 27th Aug. 1812; D.D.
(Glasgow, 18th April 1820) ; trans, to New
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 12th Sept. 1822;
pres. by the Town Council in 1828 ; trans,
and adm. 26th Feb. 1829; Moderator of
the General Assembly 17th May 1838.
Previous to this he took no share in the
question of Non-Intrusion, but called by
his position to declare himself, he sided
with the minority, and at the Secession
was frequently consulted by Government
116
ST STEPHEN'S
[PRESB. OF
in the disposal of patronage. He was
appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen
Victoria and Dean of the Order of the
Thistle in 184,"), and died 23rd June 18G9.
He marr. (1) 22nd June 1813, Hannah
(died 12th Aug. 1827), eldest daugh. of
James Black, merchant, Lord Provost of
Glasgow, and had issue — Hannah Short-
ridge, born 17th Jan. 1K1G, died 15th Nov.
1822; James, born 31st May 1817; llobert
Hugh, min. of Dalmeny ; William, born
16th Aug. 1820; John, died 18th Jan.
1823 ; John Stenhouse, min. of Cockpen ;
Hugh, born 14th June 1826, died 2nd June
1827 : (2) 3rd Oct. 1844, Anne (died 23rd
March 1887), youngest daugh. of Lieut. -
General Dirorn of Mount Annan. Publica
tions — Ten single Sermons (Glasgow, 1814 ;
Edinburgh, 1865); Discourses on the Epistle
of Jude (Glasgow, 1822) ; Memoir and Let
ters of the Rev. William Guthrie (Edin
burgh, 1827) ; Sermons on the Seven Churches
i>i Asia (Edinburgh, 1830) ; Three Sermons
connected mill the Present Distress (Edin
burgh, 1832) ; An Arrangement of the
Paralles (Edinburgh, 1836); The Whole
Service in the High Church of Glasyoiv
at the Commemoration of the Glasyouj As-
semlly of 1638 (Glasgow, 1838) ; Sermon I.,
at opening of the North Parish Church,
Kelso (Edinburgh, 1838); A Letter to the
Conyreyation of St Stephen's on the Church
Question (Edinburgh, 1839) ; Speech on
the Auchterarder Case (Edinburgh, 1839);
Practical Sermons on the Character and
Work of the Holy Spirit (Edinburgh, 1842) ;
Si/stem of Lessons for St Stephen's Sabbath
Schools (Edinburgh, 1842) ; A Letter on
Education (Edinburgh, 1849) ; Metric<d
Meditations (Edinburgh, 1870). — [Ander
son's Sketches ; Mem. Sermon, by J. C. Herd-
man, D.D. ; Diet. Nat. BioyJ]
MAXWELL NICHOLSON, born 3rd
1867 ^U^ 1^18, son °f Christopher N., min.
of Win thorn ; educated at Whithorn
School and Fjniv. of Edinburgh ; tutor in
the family of Sir Neil Menzies, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Weem 1840; assistant at
Tranent ; ord. to Pencaitland 29th Aug.
1843 ; trans, to Tron, Edinburgh, 24th Aug.
1854 ; trans, and ad in. (assistant and suc
cessor) llth June 1867 ; D.D. (Edinburgh
1867) ; died 30th Dec. 1874. He marr. 21st
Nov. 1843, Frances Isabella (died 9th April
1892), daugh. of Stuart Oliphant of Rossie
and Anna Reid, and had issue— Christopher,
born 18th March 1845, died 24th May 1845 ;
Anna, born 28th Oct. 1846 (marr. Theodore
Marshall, min. of Caputh); Stuart Oliphant,
cotton merchant, Liverpool and New
Orleans, born 29th Jan. 1849; Mary,
born 19th Feb. 1852 (marr. llobert Ellis,
C.E., Edinburgh); Francis Maxwell, mer
chant, Buenos Ayres, born 21th Dec. 1855 ;
Margaret Marianne, born 28th Jan. 1*59
(marr. Adam Rankine, cotton broker,
Liverpool); Anne Helen, born 5th Oct.
1862. Publications— Rest in Jesus (Edin
burgh, 1866) ; Prayers for Social and
Family Worship (Edinburgh, 1874); Re
deeming the Time, and other Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1875); Communion v<ifh
Heaven, and other Sermons (Edinburgh,
1877).
NORMAN MACLEOD, D.D. ; trans, from
1875 Blair-Atholl, and adm. 28th Sept.
1875 ; trans, to Inverness 7th Aug.
1890.
JOHN FORBES WATSON GRANT,
1891 k°rn Ordiquhill, Banffshire, 21st June
1852, son of James G., D.D., min. of
Fordyce ; educated at Fordyce Academy,
and Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1877) ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordyce May 1879 ; assistant at St Mary's,
Edinburgh; ord. to Haddington (Second
Charge) 23rd Sept. 1880; trans, and adm.
3rd June 1891 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1904) ;
died 12th Aug. 1912. He marr. 8th Nov.
1882, Diana Shank, daugh. of John Cook,
D.D., min. of Haddington, and had issue
—Helen Katherine Stuart, born 3rd Sept.
1883; Mary Elizabeth, born 25th Aug.
1885 ; Diana Victoria, born 5th May 1887.
LAUCHLAN MACLEAN WATT,
1911 k°rn Grantown, 24th Oct. 1867,
son of Andrew MacLean W. and
Margaret Gillanders MacLean, Dunvegan,
Isle of Skye ; educated at various schools,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1894),
B.D. (1897); licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
EDINBURGH]
ST STEPHEN'S— THE TOLBOOTH
12th May 1896 ; assistant at Lady Glen-
orchy's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Turriff 7th April
1897; trans, to Alloa and Tullibody 12th
Feb. 1901 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 16th Feb. 1911. Marr. 8th June
1897, Jennie Hall, daugh. of John Alexander
Reid, New Kelso, Strathcarron, Ross-shire,
and has issue — Hector MacLean, born 31st
Oct. 1900. Publications— God's Altar Stairs
(Aberdeen, 1899) ; In Love's Garden (London,
1901); The Grey Mother (London, 1903);
The Communion Table (London, 1903) ;
Alloa and Tullibody (Alloa, 1903) ; By Still
Waters (Edinburgh, 1904) ; edited Metrical
Psalms and Paraphrases (Paisley, 1906) ;
Smith's Summer in Skye (London, 1907) ;
Stowe's Dred (London, 1907); The Tryst
(London, 1907); Edragil, 1745 (London,
1907) ; A ttic and Elizabethan Tragedy
(London, 1908) ; Moran of Kildally (London
1909); In Poets' Corner (London, 1910);
Oscar (Edinburgh, 1911); Literature and
Life (London, 1912); History of Britain
for Schools, George I. to George V.
(Edinburgh, 1912); Carlyle (The People's
Books; Edinburgh, 1912); The House of
Sands (London, 1912) ; Gates of Prayer
(London, 1912) ; The Minister's Manual
(London, 1912) ; Green Meadows (Edin
burgh, 1912) ; Scottish Life and Poetry
(London, 1912) ; Hills of Home (Edinburgh,
1913) ; Burns (The Nation's Library, 1914) ;
The Saviour of the World (Edinburgh, 1914).
THE TOLBOOTH PARISH.
[Erected by the Town Council 24th Dec.
1641, the west portion of St Giles adjoining
the Tolbooth being appropriated for its
use. The present building was erected
1840-3, in terms of the arrangement be
tween the Commissioners of H.M. Treasury
and the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and
Council of Edinburgh. The latter body,
by Act 7 & 8 George IV., cap. 76, entitled
"An Act for carrying into effect certain
improvements within the city of Edinburgh
and adjacent to the same," were authorised
to discontinue two of the places of worship
under the roof of St Giles, and were at
the same time required to erect two addi
tional churches in place thereof, including
a church then in course of erection in St
Vincent Street (now known as St Stephen's),
the second church to be erected within the
bounds of the ancient royalty. The Tol
booth was erected as the second of these
churches. The arrangement under which
it was erected is narrated in the disposition
by the Commissioners of Improvements of
the City of Edinburgh, with consent of the
Lord Provost and Council, in favour of
the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, etc.,
dated 12th May 1846. That disposition
proceeds on the narrative that it having
been found necessary to provide a suitable
hall for the meetings of the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, an
arrangement was entered into between the
Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury and
the Lord Provost and Council, whereby the
latter body agreed to pay the sum of £6000
towards the erection of an edifice on a
certain site near the Castlehill, which
should serve both for an assembly hall
and a church, provided the Treasury would
agree to defray the remainder of the ex
penditure, including the price of the ground
(which was fixed at £3600), and make over
to the Lord Provost and Council the aisle
of St Giles, in which the General Assembly
was wont to meet, to be used as a city
church in all time coming. The disposition
contains the terms and conditions on which
it was granted, which include, inter alia, that
the whole building is to be appropriated to
the uses of the General Assembly during its
sittings, that on all other occasions the
whole of the building, except the church
and such accommodation as may be required
for it as a place of public worship, shall be
appropriated to ecclesiastical purposes con
nected with the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland and of the Commission
of that Church, and of the Synod of Lothian
and Tweeddale, and of the Presbytery of
Edinburgh, and that on all other occasions
(except during the sittings of the General
Assembly) the church, with such accom
modation as may be necessary for its use as
a place of public worship, shall be used
as one of the city churches in connection
with the Church of Scotland.
Till] TOLBOOTH
[PRESK OF
The foundation stone was laid on the
occasion of Queen Victoria's first visit to
Scotland. The following is the inscription
on the stone: "To the Glory of God, in
honour of the Queen, on the 3rd day of
September in the year of our Lord 1842,
the day of Her Most Gracious Majesty
Queen Victoria visiting the City of Edin
burgh, the Right Honourable Sir James
Forrest, Bart., of Comiston, Lord Pro
vost; the Reverend David Welsh, D.I).,
Moderator of Assembly ; the foundation
stone of this superstructure, to be called
Victoria Hall, for the use of the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was
laid by the Right Honourable Lord
Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.B., etc., Grand
Master Mason of Scotland, in presence of
the Grand Lodge and other masonic
lodges ; James Gillespie-Graham of Orchill,
architect (of the hall) ; John Lind, master
builder of the hall. Length from east to
west, 141 feet ; height of spire over the
entrance, 241 feet." (For further informa
tion regarding the ceremony, see Sir Thomas
Dick Lander's Memorials of the Royal Pro
gress in Scotland in 1842.)
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A.; trans, from
1641 ^ie Hi»k Church ; had this parish
allotted by the Town Council 24th
Dec. 1641 ; retrans. to the High Kirk Parish
1649.— [Edin. Counc. Re<j.; Acts Parl., vi.]
GEORGE HUTCHISON, M.A.; trans.
1649 ^rom Colmonell ; pres. by the Town
Council 7th Nov. 1648, and appointed
to this charge 4th April 1649. In the same
year he was one of the visitors of the
Univ. of Edinburgh, and a member of the
Commission of Assembly who proceeded
to Breda in 1650, to interview Charles II.
He attended Archibald, Marquess of Argyll,
after his condemnation, and accompanied
him to the scaffold 27th May 1661.
Declining to conform to Episcopacy, he was
inhibited from exercising his ministry by
Parliament 7th Aug. 1662. In 1669 he was
min. at Irvine. — \Edin. Counc. Re<j. ; Acts
Par!., vi., vii. ; Kirkton's and Wodrow's
Ifists., i. ; Blair's Life ; Baillie's Left., iii. ;
Livingston's Life, Nicoll's and Brodie's
Diaries, M'Ure's Glasy.']
WILLIAM ANNAND, M.A.; elected by
,___ the Town Council and adm. 1st Feb.
lOOO
1663; trans, to Tron Parish in 1672.
— [Edin. Counc. Rey.]
JAMES LUNDIE, M.A.; trans, from
1672 the High Kirk Parish ; elected by
the Town Council and adm. after
16th Aug. 1672 ; trans, to Tron Parish in
1675. — \Edin. Counc. Re<jl\
WILLIAM MELDRUM, son of Andrew
M., dyer, and bailie in Aberdeen ;
M.A. (Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1654) ; regent in Marischal College 1660 ;
min. of Auchterless in 1671 ; trans, to
Tranent 8th Aug. 1672 ; pres. by the Town
Council, trans, and coll. 16th July 1675 ;
dep. in 1681 for refusing the Test ; died
Jan. 1684. He marr. (1) Jean Colston,
and had issue — Christian, bapt. 24th June
1673; Jean, born 12th Nov. 1674 (marr.
15th March 1694, Sir Francis Grant, Lord
Cullen) : (2) at Holyrood House, 20th Sept.
1677, Sarah Lawson, who died Nov. 1693,
and was buried in Greyfriars. — \_Edin.
Counc. Re<j. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6535 ; G. R.
Ifornings, 18th Nov. 1685.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A.; trans, from
1681 South Leith ; pres. by the Town
Council 23rd Nov. 1681; dem. in
1686, on appointment as Bishop of Dunkeld
(q.v.). — \Edin. Counc. ReyJ\
WILLIAM GARDYNE, a native of
Forfarshire, passed trials before the
Presb. of Arbroath, and was recom
mended for license to the Bishop 23rd July
1664; orcl. to Second Charge 22nd Oct.
1668 ; elected by the Town Council 24th
Sept. 1686, and adm. soon after ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 6th Nov. 1686). Deprived 17th
Sept. 1689, for refusing to read the Pro
clamation, etc. Died 2nd Feb. 1708. He
marr. 25th Aug. 1671, Barbara Guthrie, and
had issue— Harry, bapt. 19th June 1672,
died 14th May 1673; David, bapt. 27th
June 1675 ; Janet, bapt. 14th Jan. 1677 ;
Margaret, bapt. 20th June 1678 ; William,
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bapt. 3rd Nov. 1680 ; James, bapt. 30th
Dec. 1681 ; Alexander, bapt. 15th April
1683 ; Anna, bapt. 9th Sept. 1684 ; John,
bapt. 20th April 1686.— [Edi?i. Counc., Test.,
and Reg. (Bapt., Man:, and Bur.) ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication.}
JAMES KIKKTON, born 1628; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 22nd July 1647) ; bursar
of the Presb. of Jedbnrgh ; min. of
Second Charge, Lanark, 1655 ; trans, to
Mertoun 1657 ; deprived 1662 ; resided for a
time in England and Holland ; called (after
the Toleration, 22nd July 1687) to a meeting
house on the Castlehill, Edinburgh, and adm.
to this charge 25th Jan. 1691 ; died 17th Sept.
1699. He marr. 31st Dec. 1657, Elizabeth
(buried in Greyfriars, 7th April 1697),
daugh. of George Baillie of Jerviswood and
Mellerstain, and had issue— George, surgeon,
Edinburgh ; Dr Andrew, died Sept. 1694 ;
James, captain in the Navy ; William,
drowned in the Water of Leith, 1676 ;
Elizabeth, died June 1673; Rachel, died
Aug. 1700. Publications— Life of Mr John
Welch (Edinburgh, 1703 ; Sel. Biog., i.) ; a
Sermon, being the last he preached (Edin
burgh, 1726) ; The Secret and True History
of the Church of Scotland, from the Restora
tion to 1678, edited (with a biographical
notice) by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe
(Edinburgh, 1817).— \_Edin. Counc., Guild,
Lanark Presb., and Reg. (Bur.) ; Wodrow's
Hist. ; Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Brodie's and
Fountainhall's Diaries; M'Crie's Life of
Knox, ii. ; 8. Presb. Eloq., Leven and
Melv. Pap. ; Acts Part., ix. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.}
JOHN MATHISON, M.A.; called 19th
Sept., and ord. 12th Dec. 1706:
trans, to the High Kirk Parish 5th
Nov. 1710.
JOHN M'LAREN, born 1667, educated
1711 at GlasS°w Univ. ; master of the
Grammar School, Glasgow ; licen.
25th March 1691 ; ord. to Kippen 1692 ;
trans, to Carstairs 1699 ; called 20th March,
trans, and adm. 29th July 1711. He refused
to take the Oath of Abjuration in 1712, and
was one of six who protested against the
loosing from their parochial charges of
Ebenezer Erskine and his friends, 16th
Nov. 1733. He died llth July 1734. He
marr. (1) 25th July 1695, Eupham Park,
and had issue— Helen (marr. 10th Nov.
1728, William Tod, merchant, Edinburgh) :
(2) Agnes, daugh. of William Mein, min. of
Dalkeith. Publications— The. New Scheme
of Doctrine contained in the Answers of Mr
John Simson, Professor of Divinity in the
College of Glasgow (Edinburgh, 1717) ; The
Spiritual Burgess, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1735). He is said to have drawn up a
reply to Limborch's System of Divinity.—
[Brown's Gosp. Truth; Wodrow's Anal., iii.]
JOHN TAYLOR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
12th May 1703); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 18th Nov. 1713 ; ord. to
Tillicoultry 1714; trans, to Alloa 1728;
trans, and adm. 27th March 1735 ; died
12th Aug. 1736, aged about 54. He marr.,
and had issue— William ; Cecilia (marr.
Henry Sinclair, writer, Edinburgh); Marion
(marr. Simon Bennet, brewer, Edinburgh).
--[Wodrow's Anal., iii. ; Erskine s Supp. to
Gillies's Hist. Collect. ; Kay's Portr., i.]
ALEXANDER WEBSTER, born 1707,
son of James W., min. of the Second
Charge; educated at High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 13th March 1733; ord. to
Culross 6th Sept. 1733; called 6th Jan.,
trans, and adm. 2nd June 1737. To him
the Church is indebted for the promotion
and prosperity of its fund for ministers'
widows and children. He received the
thanks of the General Assembly, 15th May
1744, "for the extraordinary pains and
trouble taken by him in the rise and pro
gress of the scheme," the first institution of
its kind in Scotland. He was appointed
chaplain to Frederick, Prince of Wales,
1748, and was Moderator of Assembly, 24th
May 1753. In 1755 he drew up an account
of the people, and made what was practi
cally the first census of the population of
Scotland for the information of Govern
ment; D.D. (Edinburgh, 24th Nov. 1760);
one of an Assembly deputation who pre
sented an address to George III. on his
accession, 20th Dec. 1760 ; general collector
of the Ministers' Widows' Fund, 26th June
1771. He was one of His Majesty's Chap-
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[PllESB. OF
lains in Ordinary, and a Dean of the Chapel
Royal. He died 25th Jan. 1784. Though
strictly evangelical in doctrine, he was of
convivial and social habits, and withal so
popular and beloved that sittings in the
Tolbooth Church were not easily obtained,
which led one of the city functionaries to
observe, "it was easier to get a seat in the
kingdom o' heivin than i' the Tolbuith
kirk/' Webster is said to have suggested
the erection of the New Town, Edinburgh.
He was enthusiastic in furthering the
civilisation of the Highlands by the pro
mulgation of the gospel and the spread
of industry. He marr. 13th June 1737,
Mary (died 28th Nov. 1766), eldest daugh.
of Colonel John Erskine, brother of Sir
Charles E. of Alva, Bart., and had issue-
John, born 31st May 1738; James, born
9th Jan. 1740; George, civil paymaster,
H.E.I.C.S., born 15th Oct. 1744, died in
Bengal, July 1794 ; William, born 21st Dec.
1750, died 9th Jan. 1767; Ann, born 22nd
Sept. 1752 (marr. Captain Eyre Robert
Mingay, of the 66th Foot), died 16th May
1786 ; Alexander, mate of the Dutton East
Indiaman, born 29th Sept. 1754, died on his
passage to India in 1782 ; Basil, born 8th
Aug. 1757, died 2nd Dec. 1759. Publica
tions — Four single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1740-54) ; Divine Influence the True Spring
of the Extraordinary Work at Camluslang
(Edinburgh, 1742 ; 2nd ed., with Postscript,
1742); Vindication of said Postscript
(Edinburgh, 1743) ; Calculations, with the
Principles and Data on which they are
Instituted, relative to the Widows' Scheme
(Edinburgh, 1748); Zeal for Civil and
Religious Interests (1754). He was author
of a well-known song, "Oh, how could I
venture to love one like thee.;' — [Scots Mag.,
xlvi., Ixiv. ; Webster's Mem., Morren's Ann. ;
Douglas's Peer., i. ; Mackenzie's Life of
Home, Somerville's Life, Carlyle's Autol.;
Kay's Portr., i. ; Struthers's Harp of
Caled., i., ii. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.}
THOMAS RANDALL [DAVIDSON],
1785 born July 1747, son of Thomas R,,
min. of Inchture ; educated at Univ.
of Leyden ; licen. at Rotterdam 14th June
1769 ; adm. min. of Inchture 21st Feb.
1771 ; trans, to Glasgow (Outer High) 18th
Nov. 1773; trans, to Lady Tester's, Edin
burgh, 26th Nov. 1778 ; trans, and adm. 9th
June 1785; D.D. (Harvard Univ., Cam
bridge, U.S.A., 1793). By the death (1794)
of his maternal uncle, William Davidson,
he succeeded to the property of Muir-
house, in the parish of Cramond, and
assumed the name of Davidson ; died 25th
Oct. 1827. He was an affectionate and
assiduous evangelical minister, and did
much to counsel and assist young men
studying for the ministry. He rnarr. (1)
29th Jan. 1772, Christian (died 6th July
1797), daugh. of John Rutherford of Edger-
ston, and had issue— Sarah, born 18th Jan.
1773; Mary, born 19th Feb. 1776, died
unmarried ; William of Muirhouse, born 7th
May 1783, died 23rd July 1865 : (2) 20th
Aug. 1798, Elizabeth (died 30th March 1850),
daugh. of Archibald Cockburn, Baron of
Exchequer, and had issuer-Jane, born 6th
Oct. 1800 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd June 1802 ;
Thomas, born 5th Nov. 1803, died 3rd Nov.
1811 ; Archibald, advocate, Sheriff of the
Lothians, born 17th Oct. 1805, died 28th
March 1886 ; David, born 20th May 1808 ;
Henry, born 15th June 1811 (marr. 1845,
Henrietta, daugh. of John Campbell
Swinton of Kimmerghame, and was father
of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop
of Canterbury 1903). Publications— Three
single Sermons (Glasgow, 1779; Edin
burgh, 1802); A Sketch of the Character
of Dr John Erskine (1803).— [Muirhead's
Fun. Serm., Kay's Portr., Philip's Ancestry
of Randall Thomas Davidson.]
JAMES MARSHALL, born Rothesay,
1828 23rd Feb. 1796; son of Hugh M.,
surgeon; educated at Paisley and
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Sept, 1818 ; ord.
to Glasgow (Outer High) 8th July 1819;
pres. by the Town Council loth Dec. 1827 ;
trans, and adm. 12th June 1828. He
adopted views which led him to renounce
connection with the Church of Scotland,
and demitted his charge 27th Oct. 1841 ;
took orders in the Church of England, was
curate to William Stephen Gilly, vicar of
Norham, and canon of Durham ; became
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rector of St Mary-le-Port, Bristol, in 1842 ;
and perpetual curate of Christ Church,
Clifton, where he died, 29th Aug. 1855.
He marr. 28th May 1822, Catherine Mary
(died 8th Oct. 1876), daugh. of Legh Rich
mond, rector of Turvey, and had issue —
Mary Richmond, born 9th May 1823, died
in 1863 ; Hugh Graham, born 2nd Dec.
1824 ; Legh Richmond, born llth July
1826 ; James Wilberforce, born 19th July
1828, died 3rd Nov. 1828; Sir James,
colonial judge (see Diet. Nat. Biog.), born
19th Dec. 1829, died 9th Aug. 1889 ; Henry,
born 29th Jan. 1833 ; Elizabeth Agnes, born
16th April 1837 ; Henrietta Fanny, born 1st
July 1839. Publications — Address to the
Students of Divinity in the Univ. of
Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1817); A Sermon
preached after the Interment of the Rev.
Alexander Ranken, D.D. (Glasgow, 1827) ;
A Sermon on Cruelty to Animals (Edin
burgh, 1829); Early Piety, illustrated in
the Life and Death of a Young Parishioner
(Edinburgh, 1837) ; Letters of the late Mrs
Isabella Graham, of New York [his aunt]
(Edinburgh, 1839) ; Imvard Revival (Edin
burgh, 1840). — [Anderson's Sketches; Kay's
Portr. i. ; Memoir, by his son, 1857 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.}
WILLIAM KING TWEEDIE, born Ayr,
1842 8fck May I803) eldest son of John
T. (descended from the Drumelzier
family) and Janet King ; educated at Univs.
of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 1828 ; ord. to
Scots Church, London Wall, 1832 ; trans, to
South Parish, Aberdeen, 1836 ; trans, and
adm. 10th March 1842. Joined the Free
Church 1843 ; app. to assist Dr Chalmers
in the work of the Free Church Snstenta-
tion Fund ; convener of the same 1845-7 ;
convener of the Foreign Mission Committee
of the Free Church 1848-62; D.D. (St
Andrews 1852); died 24th March 1863.
He marr. llth May 1835, Margaret (died
3rd March 1885), daugh. of Hugh Bell of
Old Garphor, Straiton, Ayrshire, and had
issue— William, of Lettrick, born 31st Oct.
1836, Major-General, C.S.I., served in Indian
Mutiny, held numerous military and politi
cal appointments in India, Political Resident
in Turkish Arabia, and H.M. Consul-General
at Bagdad, died 18th Sept. 1914; John,
Bengal Civil Service, born 30th July 1838.
died 3rd May 1897 ; Maria Meredith,
born 20th May 1841 ; Margaret Bell,
born 4th Nov. 1843 ; Jessie Anne, born
17th Sept. 1845. Publications — Man ft//
Nature and Grace (Edinburgh, 1850) ;
Lights and Shadows in the Life of Faith
(1852, 1857; and 5th ed., 1860, with title
Pathways of many Pilgrims) ; A Lamp to
the Path (1853) ; Glad Tidings (1853) ; The
Hand of God in War (1854) ; Balm from
Gilead (1854) ; The Gospel of other Days
(1854) ; Man and his Money (1855) ; The
Early Choice (1855 and 1861); Home, a
Book for the Family (1857) ; The Rivers
and Lakes of Scripture (1857) ; The Peace
of God in the Words of Jesus (1858) ; The
Parables of Our Lord (1861); Daily
Devotion (1861) ; Satan as Revealed in
Scripture (1862); The Life and Works of
Earnest Men (1863) ; The Lakes and Rivers
of the Bible (1864); The Psalms of David
in Metre (1865) ; Youthful Diligence (1866) ;
Eastern Manners and Customs (1870) ;
Jerusalem, Pictorial and Descriptive (1871) ;
Environs of Jerusalem (1871). — {Disruption
Worthies, private information.]
GEORGE SMITH, born 18th Feb.
1793, son of George S., D.D., min.
of Galston ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; M.A. (1812) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 29th April 1818 ; ord. to Second Charge,
Kilmarnock, 16th Sept. 1824 ; trans, to Pen-
pont 16th April 1833 ; trans, to Tolbooth,
Edinburgh, 15th Aug. 1844 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1854) ; died at Waltham Abbey, Essex, 10th
June 1866. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1825, Jane
(died 20th June 1873), only daugh. of David
Hogarth of Hilton, Berwickshire, and had
issue — George Freer, born 9th March 1827,
died in India ; David Hogarth, indigo
planter, born 4th May 1828, died in the
Mauritius, 27th May 1846 ; Hamilton Lee,
engineer-in-chief to the Khedive of Egypt,
born 25th Dec. 1829, died 1889 ; Beatrice,
born 21st Feb., died 2nd Sept. 1831 ;
Walter Francis Montagu, captain Royal
Artillery, born 13th Sept. 1834, died in
London, 1873 ; Sir (William) Henry, Chief
1 oo
J- ^ LJ
THE TOLBOOTH— THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH [PIIESB. OF
Superintendent of Police for the City of
London 1885-90, and Commissioner 1890-
1901, C.B. 1869, K.C.B. 1897, born 15th
Dec. 1835. Publications — Two Dis
courses preached before the Presbytery of
Edinburgh (1844) ; Sermon (preached before
the Governors of George Heriot's Hospital)
(1854) ; The Sunday Question (Edinburgh,
1865).
THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH (Q.S.).
[By the Annuity Tax Abolition Act, 23
& 24 Viet., cap. 50 (1860), the whole rights
of administration and custody of fifteen
churches in Edinburgh, of which the Tol-
booth was one, were transferred from the
Magistrates and Town Council to the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. It was also
enacted that the Annuity Tax which had
been levied for the maintenance of the
ministers of these churches should cease to
be imposed, and that the Commissioners
should, out of the moneys to be received by
them in terms of the Act, make payment of
stipend to one minister of each of thirteen
of the churches above referred to. The
Tolbooth was not one of those so provided
for. The right of patronage or presenta
tion of ministers to five of these churches
(of which the Tolbooth was one) was also
transferred from the Magistrates and Coun
cil to the Commissioners, it being left to
their discretion, on a vacancy occurring, to
make a presentation or appointment either
ad interim or permanent, or to make no
presentation or appointment and to allow
any charge becoming vacant to lapse and
become extinct, as to them should seem
most beneficial and expedient. On the
death of Dr Smith in 1866, the Commis
sioners made no presentation or appoint
ment of a minister to the Tolbooth either
ad interim or permanent. The parish,
however, remained intact, and the Com
missioners sanctioned a temporary arrange
ment whereby two licentiates, in succession,
undertook the duties of the charge. These
were— Alexander Webster, afterwards min.
of St David's, Edinburgh; and Joseph
Hunter, afterwards min. of Cockburns-
path.
By the Annuity Tax Abolition Amend
ment Act, 33 & 34 Viet., cap. 87 (9th Aug.
1870), it was provided that it. should not be
competent to the Ecclesiastical Commis
sioners to nominate or present a minister to
any of the five churches referred to above,
and that these churches or charges should
not be provided with ministers or " other
wise maintained as churches or charges
endowed by law." A proviso was, however,
inserted in the Act, that nothing contained
in it should prevent the Tolbooth from being
provided with a minister of the Church of
Scotland, who should be paid or endowed
from voluntary sources, and in the case of
a permanent endowment from voluntary
sources being obtained and provision made
for maintaining the church, all in such
manner as to warrant the erection and
constitution of a church and parish quoad
sacra, the Commissioners were authorised
and required to concur so far as might be
necessary on their part, in the proper pro
ceedings before the Court of Teinds to
attain that object.
In this state of matters the Edinburgh
University Missionary Association volun
teered, under the energetic leadership of
Professor Charteris, to carry on the paro
chial work and to furnish a considerable
part of the salary if the Presbytery would
agree to the appointment of a licentiate to
act as missionary. The Presbytery agreed,
and appointed Professor Charteris to ad
minister the sacraments. Peter Thomson
(afterwards min. of Dunning) was chosen
as parish missionary, and was succeeded
by George Wilson (afterwards min. of St
Michael's, Edinburgh). In 1873 the Tol
booth was erected a parish quoad sacra,
and as now constituted contains the greater
part of the old parish.]
GEORGE WILSON, first min. of the
1873 Parigu yuoad sacra, ord. 25th Sept.
1873; trans, to Cramond llth July
1878.
THOMAS NICOL, trans, from Kells,
1879 and adm. 30th Jan. 1879; res. 25th
Oct. 1899, on app. as Professor of
Divinity and Biblical Criticism in Aber
deen Univ.
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ROBERT SIBBALD CALDERWOOD,
19OO trans, from Garelochhead, and adm.
3rd May 1900 ; trans, to Cambuslang
24th June 1908.
JAMES LUMSDEN, born Markinch,
19Q9 Fife, 14th March 1864, son of
Robert L., Fortrose, Ross-shire, and
Jane Houston Hetherwick ; educated at
Avoch School, Ross-shire, Grammar School
and Univ. of Aberdeen (M.A. 5th April
1884, B.D. 4th April 1887), and Bonn
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry 9th
May 1887 ; assistant at St Stephen's,
Broughty Ferry ; ord. to Grange 14th May
1890 ; trans, and adm. 16th Feb. 1909.
Marr. 4th March 1891, Alice Annie, daugh.
of Thomas Morton Black, surveyor of taxes,
Hamilton and Dundee, and Annie Nicol,
and has issue — Dorothy Alice, born 16th
Dec. 1891 ; Janet Amy, born 15th Feb.
1893; Emily Mary, born 2nd May 1894;
Margaret Grange, born 21st March 1902.
COLLEGIATE, on SECOND CHARGE.
[Uncollegiated by the Town Council, 2Gth
Nov. 1828, and by the Presb., 10th Dec.
1828, with a view to the erection of St
Stephen's.]
JOHN OSWALD, trans, from Aberdeen ;
1643 Pres> kv ^e Town Council 1st Nov.
1643, and adm. before the close of
the year ; trans, to Prestonpans in 1648. —
[Edin. Counc. Reg,, Acts of Ass.~\
ALEXANDER MALCOLM, trans, from
1663 OrweU j elected by the Town Coun
cil 28th Oct. 1663; trans, to New-
battle in 1667.— [Edin. Counc. Reg.}
WILLIAM GARDYNE, elected by the
1668 Town Council 7th Aug. ; ord. and
coll. 22nd Oct. 1668; trans, to the
First Charge in 1686.— [Edin. Counc. Reg.,
Reg. Collat.]
THOMAS WILKIE, M.A.; trans, from
North Leith; elected by the Town
Council llth Aug. 1687. He was the
only min. of the city not superseded at the
Revolution and was appointed to Grey friars
23rd Jan. 1691. Being requested to waive
his appointment, he replied, "he would
very readily obey the good town, provided
his legal right as one of the min. of Edin
burgh was not prejudged." The Council
then offered him the meeting-house in the
Castle-hill, which he declined, as it was not
one of the legal churches of the city, to
which he considered himself to have an
undoubted claim. He was trans, to Lady
Tester's 30th Oct. 1691.— [Edin. Counc.
Reg.-]
1693
JAMES WEBSTER, of Fife origin;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
suffered during earlier life for his
religious opinions, being imprisoned no
fewer than three times ; ord. to Liberton
1688 ; trans, to Whitekirk 1691 ; called 23rd
Nov. 1692 ; trans, and adm. 1693. He
scrupled to take the Oath of Abjuration
in 1712 ; had a process instituted against
him before the Lord Ordinary (Grange),
same year, by the celebrated Dr Archibald
Pitcairne, for calling him an atheist, which
was amicably settled. He opposed giving
toleration to Episcopalians. Died 18th May
1720, aged 61, and buried in Greyfriars.
He took an active part in favour of the
prosecution of Professor Simson of Glasgow
in 1717, and in connection with the case
worked himself into such an extremity of
passion, that there was a probability of his
being deposed by the Assembly at their
next sitting, had he not tendered an apology.
He marr. (1) Margaret Keir, who was buried
in Greyfriars, 12th April 1698 : (2) Dec. 1698,
Mary, daugh. of Dr James Stewart : (3)
Sept. 1703, Agnes, daugh. of Alex. Menzies
of Culterallers, advocate, and had issue —
Alexander, min. of the Tolbooth Parish in
1737 ; Mary (marr. 6th Jan. 1724, Ebenezer
Erskine, min. of Portmoak) ; Ann (marr.
28th May 1732, James Grant, merchant.
Edinburgh). Publications — A Discourse,
demonstrating that the Government of the
Church is Fixed, and not Ambulatory (Edin
burgh, 1701); A Discourse on the Govern
ment of the Church (Edinburgh, 1701); An
Essay on Toleration (1703); An Apology
for his Sermon (1703); Sacramental Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1705) ; Three Poems
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TIIK TOLBOOTH CHURCH
PIIESB. OF
(Edinburgh, 1706) ; A Sermon at the Elec
tion of Magistrates (Edinburgh, 1706);
The Covenants Displayed (Edinburgh,
1707); Lawful Prejudices against the
Union (Edinburgh, 1707); The Author
Defended [reply to Daniel Defoe] (Edin
burgh, 1707) ; Second Defence of the Author
(1707); Select Sermons (Edinburgh, 1723);
The Wicked Life of Haman (Edinburgh,
1740).— [Edin. Counc., Test., and Reg. (Marr.
and Bur.); Wodrow's Anal., iii. ; Boston's
and Webster's Mem. ; Edin. Chr. lust.,
xxiii. ; Carlyle's Autob. ; Kay's Portr., ii.
See Some Tears from the South for the
Death of Mr James Webster (1720).]
WILLIAM GUSTHAKT, M.A. (Edin-
1721 bm-gh, 16th July 1698); adm. min.
of Crailing 10th June 1708 ; refused
the Oath of Abjuration 1712; deputed to
congratulate George I. on his accession ;
was successful in obtaining a modification
of the aforesaid Oath, 1717; called 30th
Aug. and 17th Nov. 1720; trans, and adm.
22nd Jan. 1721 ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary, and Dean of the
Chapel Eoyal 1726 ; died 27th March 1704.
He marr. (1) 24th July 1711, Ann, daugh.
of Adam Tait of Howden : (2) 13th May
1718, Ann, daugh. of Robert Hepburn of
Whitburgh, and had issue — Robert ; Jane,
died 1795; Elizabeth, died 1792; John.—
[Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Wodrow's Corresji., ii.;
Morren's Ann., i. ; Eraser's Life of R.
Ersh'ne, Carlyle's Autob.]
DAVID PLENDERLEATH, eldest son
1765 °^ Patrick -P-) mm- °f Saline ; Keen,
by Presb. of Kincardine-O'Neil 6th
Oct. 1731 ; ord. to Ormiston 20th Sept.
1732; trans, to Dalkeith 7th Oct. 1746;
pres. by the Town Council 15th Aug. 1764 ;
trans, and adm. 30th Jan. 1765; died 26th
April 1779. He marr. 6th Sept. 1743, Helen
(died 25th March 1796), daugh. of Matthew
Simson, min. of Pencaitland, and had issue
—Alison, born 20th Jan. 1745 ; Patrick,
born 10th July 1746 ; Jean, born 16th Oct.
1749 (marr. Thomas Sellar of Westfield);
Helen, born 18th Aug. 1753; Janet, born
10th Nov. 1755; Robert, hosier in Edin
burgh, born 18th March 1759, Publication
— Religion a Treasure to Men and the
Strength and Glory of a Nation, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1754). — [Edin. Counc. Reg.;
Kay's Portr., i.]
JOHN KEMP, born 1745, son of David
K., min. of Gask ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder 7th Feb. 1769 ; ord. to Trinity
Gask, 4th April 1770 ; trans, to Xew Grey-
friars 19th Dec. 1776 ; trans, and adm. 25th
Xov. 1779; secretary to the Society in
Scotland for Propagating Christian Know
ledge, 1789; D.D. (Harvard Univ., Cam
bridge, U.S.A., 1793); died 18th April
1805. He marr. (1) 2nd Oct. 1780, Beatrix
(died 12th March 1796), daugh. of Andrew
Simpson, merchant, Edinburgh, and had
issue — David of Balsusney, born 13th Sept.
1781; Agnes, born 18th Aug. 1783; Jane,
born 24th Sept. 1784, died 24th Aug. 1794;
Robert, born 22nd July 1790, died 5th Sept.
1790 : (2) 2nd June 1797, Lady Mary Anne
Carnegie (died llth Aug. 1798), youngest
daugh. of George, Earl of Xorthesk : (3)
26th Aug. 1799, Lady Elizabeth Hope
(died 17th Sept. 1801, aged 33), seventh
daugh. of John, Earl of Hopetoun.
Publications — The Gospel adapted to the
State and Circumstances of Man, a sermon,
to which are added Facts serving to illus
trate the Character of Thomas, Earl of
Kinnoull (Edinburgh, 1788); Account of
the Society in Scotland for Propagating
Christian Knowledge (Edinburgh, 1796);
Observations on the Islands of Shetland
(Edinburgh, 1801); The Character of the
Apostle Paul in some of its Features,
Delineated (Edinburgh, 1802). — [Douglas's
Peer. ; Kay's Portr., i., 282.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
24th May 1758, son of Daniel C.,
merchant ; educated at Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1st Aug. 1781 ; chaplain
to Willielma, Lady Glenorchy, 1782 ; ord.
to Kippen 8th May 1783 ; pres. by the Town
Council 31st July; trans, and adm. 24th
Oct. 1805 ; secretary to the Society in
Scotland for Propagating Christian Know
ledge, 1806; D.D. (Edinburgh, 10th Jan.
EDINBURGH] THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH— TRINITY
125
1807); Moderator of Assembly 21st May
1818; died 30th Aug. 1828. He marr.
(1) 29th Feb. 1788, Christian (died 23rd
April 1796), daugh. of Dr Robert Innes of
Clifford vale : (2) 15th Oct. 1801, Jean (died
1st Jan. 1838, aged 67), daugh. of Thomas
Kinnear, banker, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Daniel, born 23rd Nov. 1803, died
14th Nov. 1809 ; Elizabeth, born 31st May
1806; Mary, born 27th Jan. 1808 (marr.
James Barclay Mellis, min. of Tealing) ;
Jane, born 30th Dec. 1810 ; Margaret, born
12th May 1814 (marr. Charles James
Kerr) ; Jane (marr. John Gordon Lorimer,
D.D., ruin, of St David's, Glasgow. Pub
lications — Reflections on the Death of II. R. II.
Princess Charlotte (Edinburgh, 1817) ; The
Acclamation of the Redeemed, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1818) ; A Sermon after the
Interment of Robert Balfour, D.D. (Edin
burgh, 1818) ; Account of Kippcn (Sinclair's
8tat. Ace., xviii., xxi.). — [Lorimer's Fun.
Serm., Haldane's Mem.]
TRINITY CHURCH.
[Originally founded in 1462 as a collegiate
church by Queen Mary of Gueldres, widow
of James II., though only choir and tran
septs were erected. In 1584 it became
the church for the North-East Quarter of
the city. The Town Council, 14th Jan.
1595, "caused make ane loft in the east
end fit for the students and regents of
the Town's College in the Kirk-of -Field."
The interior was greatly damaged by
Cromweli;s troops in Nov. 1650, but was
restored in 1653. Of decorated Gothic,
displaying exceeding grace of execution,
it was almost the only large illustration of
the Scottish Gothic which gave promise
of being developed with distinctive features
of peculiar excellence. In 1848 this
venerable edifice was sold to the North
British Railway Co. for about £18,000.
The stones were carefully numbered and
laid aside with a view to the church
being rebuilt on a new site. Unfortunately
the Town Council did not carry that out,
but placed many obstacles in the way, with
the hope apparently that the congregation
would disappear and the church should not
be needed. Despite many difficulties the
members held loyally together and steadily
increased, till in 1873, when the new church
was opened, there were over 800 on the roll.
All that remained of the stones were built
into the apse. Long litigation before the
Court ended in a judgment of the House
of Lords, who reversed a decision of the
Court of Session that all the money must
be spent on the new church, and allowed
only £7000. For a time the congrega
tion met in the Calton Convening Rooms,
a place too small to hold all the com
municants. Afterwards the kirk-session
hired the Waterloo Rooms, at a rent of
£70, which the Town Council refused to
pay, but soon after sent them to worship
in John Knox's Free Church, at a rent
of £400 a year. After three years there, in
1861 the congregation removed to a part
of St Giles, where they remained until
the new church was opened.]
WALTER BALCANQUHAL [BAL-
CANQUHALL], is almost certain
to have been born at Balcanquhal,
Strathmiglo, probably in 1548 (cf. Sib-
bald's List of Heritors). After studying
at St Andrews, he was exhorter at Aber-
dour in 1571, and entered St Giles on
Whit Sunday 1574. At that time he is
described in James MelvilFs Diart/
(Wodrow Society, p. 41) as "ane honest,
upright-hearted young man, latlie enteret
to the ministerie of Edinburgh." He was
elected to the chaplaincy of the Altar
called Jesus, 20th Nov. 1579. Having
preached against the influence of the
French at Court, 7th Dec. 1580, he was
called before the Privy Council, 9th Jan.
1581, and admonished. He attended the
Earl of Morton on the eve of his execu
tion, 1581. He opposed the Acts of Parlia
ment of 1584, and was obliged to flee for
safety to Berwick-on-Tweed [while here,
his wife along with Mrs Lawson ad
dressed to the Archbishop a long and
most extraordinary letter of rebuke and
vituperation (Calderwood, iv., 126 ; P. C.
Reg., iii., 691)], but on returning after the
storm had passed, came once more into
126
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[PKESB. OF
royal favour. On 2nd Jan. 1586 he
preached before the King (though James
"rebuked him from his seat in the loft"
for some of his opinions) ; he attended the
coronation of Queen Anne, 17th May 1590.
Tn 1596 his bold utterances again brought
him into conflict with the sovereign, and a
warrant having been issued, again he
escaped to Yorkshire. He demitted in
May 1597, in order to admit of new
parochial divisions of the city, and on
18th April 1598 he was admitted to this
charge. On 10th Sept. 1600 he was called
before the Privy Council for questioning
the genuineness of the Gowrie Conspiracy,
but, professing to be satisfied with its
reality, he was dismissed. He was a
member of the Assembly of 1602. Along
with Robert Pont he took protestation at
the cross of Edinburgh, in name of the
whole Kirk, against the verdict of the
Assize finding the brethren who met in
Gen. Assembly at Aberdeen guilty of
treason. For condemning the proceedings
of the Gen. Assembly, 1610, he was again
called before the Privy Council, and
admonished. Falling into bad health, he
ceased preaching, 16th July 1616, and died
4th Aug. 1617. He bequeathed 1000
merks towards the stipend of a Professor
of Divinity in the Univ. of Edinburgh.
He marr. Margaret, daugh. of James
Marjoribanks, merchant, in right of whom
he entered burgess and guild-brother of
the city, 15th Feb. 1591, and had issue
— Eobert, min. of Tranent ; Walter, D.D.,
Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1611,
chaplain to James VI., Dean of Rochester
1624, Dean of Durham 1639, one of the
executors of George Heriot, and author
of the Statutes for the regulation of
Heriot's Hospital, born 1586, died 25th
Dec. 1645 ; John ; Samuel, bapt. llth Jan.
1595-6 ; Katherine (marr., pro. 30th Sept.
1601, Nicol Udward, Dean of Guild, Edin
burgh) ; Rachel (marr., pro. 31st Oct.
1605, John Makcubine, merchant, Edin
burgh) ; Sara ; Margaret ; Libra. (Edin.
Com. Rec. Dec., 20th Nov. 1592-3); Anna
(G. R. Inhib., viii., 384).— [Edin. Counc.,
Guild, and Reg. (Bapt.} ; Steven's Mem.
of Heriot, Booke of the Kirk, Craufurd's
Univ. Edin., Melvill's Autob., Diet. Nat.
Biog.~\
THOMAS SYDSERFF, M.A., formerly
1626 °f St Giles; aclm- 26tl1 Jan- 1626'
trans, to the Deanery of Edinburgh
in 1634; Bishop of Brechin 1634; Bishop
of Galloway 1635 ; Bishop of Orkney 1662
(</.?'.). — [Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Ori<j. Lett., ii. ;
Diet. Nat, Biog.]
WILLIAM COLVILL, M.A. ; trans.
1639 from Cramond ; pres. by the Town
Council 14th Jan. 1639, and adm.
soon afterwards. In the same year he
was sent by the Covenanters to solicit
the aid of the King of France against the
despotic proceedings of Charles I. On
his way through England his papers were
seized, and he was incarcerated at New
castle till the victory of the Scots at
Newburn, when he was released, Aug.
1640. On the new parochial division,
Dec. 1641, he was removed to the Tron
Parish.— [Edin. Counc. Reg.]
1644
ROBERT LAURIE, son of Joseph L.,
m*n- °^ Perth > ^-A- (St Andrews
1636); ord. to Perth llth May
1641 ; pres. by the Town Council 25th
Dec. 1643; trans, and adm. 29th March
1644 ; trans, to the Tron Parish in 1648 ;
trans, to the High Kirk Parish 1662, and
being the only min. of the city who con
formed to Episcopacy was popularly known
as "The Nest Egg." In 1672 he became
Bishop of Brechin, but returned to this
charge in 1674.
HEW [HUGH] MACKAIL [MAC-
KAILE], min. of Percietown [Presb.
of Irvine] 1633 ; trans, to Irvine
1642 ; elected by the Town Council, trans.
and adm. after 12th Oct. 1649 ; died March
1660. He marr. Sybella Stevenson (died
between 9th March 1665 and 26th Sept.
1666), and had issue — Matthew, medical
writer, M.D., Aberdeen, 1657-96 [see Diet.
J\'at. Biog.] ; Margaret (marr., pro. 2nd Sept.
1653, George Dickson, merchant, burgess
of Edinburgh).— [Edin. Counc.., Test., and
Canongate Reg. (Bur.); Mackaile's Ser-
EDINBURGH]
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127
mon, Lament's Diary ; Baillie's Lett., iii. ;
Steven's Mem. of Heriot, Kirkton's Hist.]
[JOHN GLENNIE, assistant to the col
legiate min. ; app. by the Town Council
13th Feb. 1661, and probably ordained, as he
is styled "some time min. of Edinburgh,"
when he was admitted burgess and guild-
brother, 10th Aug. 1687. He went to
Ireland, and on 6th Sept. 1667 was Dean
of Cashel and Prebendary of St Michael's,
Dublin (Re<j. of Deeds, Mack., 21st Jan.
1689).]
JOSHUA MELDRUM, M.A. (St
1662 Andrews, 1633) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy ; min. of Auchtertool
17th Feb. 1642; trans, to Kinghorn 26th
June 1651 ; elected by the Town Council
6th Oct., trans, and adin. 5th Nov. 1662 ;
died 2nd April 1673, aged about 60. He
marr. Helen Wood (who died 13th July
1672, and was buried beside him in Grey-
friars), and had issue — Andrew, min. of
Mertoun. — \_Edin. Counc., Guild, and Test.
Rey. (Dunbl.) ; Lament's and Nicoll's
Diaries, Wodrow's Hist.]
ANDREW CANT, trans, from Liber-
1673 ton> Pres- ljy tne Town Council,
and adm. after Oth April 1673. In
the following year a complaint was made
to the Privy Council of Cant's "insolent
carriage and expressions," upon which he
was removed from his ministry in Edin
burgh, and confined to Liberton "till the
King's further pleasure." Reponed in 1675,
and trans, to the High Kirk Parish same
year.— [Edin. Comic. Reg., Kirkton's and
Wodrow's Hists., Pratt's JJuchan.]
ROBERT LAURIE, M.A., Bishop of
1674 Brechin, who had been min. in 1644,
was appointed, 16th July 1674, "to
preach ordinarily." He died March 1678,
aged about 72. — [Wodrow's Hist., ii. ;
Keith's CataL]
ANDREW CANT, younger son of
1679 Alexander C., min. of Banchory-
Ternan ; M.A. (Aberdeen, 6th March
1668) ; licen. by George, Bishop of Edin- i
burgh ; ord. to Second Charge, Leith, 30th
Jan. 1671 ; elected by the Town Council
27th Jan. 1679 ; trans, and adm. soon after
wards. Deprived 26th April 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation disowning James
VII., and acknowledging William and
Mary. Consecrated Bishop of the Non-
jurant Church, Glasgow, 17th Oct. 1722;
died 21st April 1730, in his 81st year. He
marr. Margaret, second daugh. of James
Thomson, clerk of Exchequer, and widow
of William Stevenson, merchant (J'rot.
Book of sEneas Madeod, v., 172, 21st Nov.
1694). A daugh., Jean (marr., pro. 13th
Oct. 1700, John Gordon, merchant, burgess
of Edinburgh). Publications — Sermon
preached on the SOt/i day of January, 1702/3
[Anniversary of the execution of Charles
I.] (Edinburgh, 1703, 1704) ; and another
on the same Anniversary (Edinburgh,
1715). — [Edin. Counc. and Rey. (Marr.
and E ur.) ; Monro's Apology; Acts Par/.,
ix. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6303 ; Wodrow's Anal.,
iii. ; Pratt's Buchan.~\
HEW KENNEDY, of Easter Inch, Bath-
1689 gate > educated at Glasgow and St
Andrews; M.A. (Glasgow 1641);
ord. to Mid-Calder 13th April 1643; a
member of the Commission of Assembly
1648 ; assisted in forming the Protesting
Presb. 6th Aug. 1651 ; deprived at the
Restoration of Episcopacy 1660; returned
to Mid-Calder at the Toleration, 1687, but
was called to Edinburgh 22nd July same
year, and settled (in a meeting-house) ;
adm. to this charge 24th July 1689 ;
Moderator of the first General Assembly
after the Revolution, 16th Oct. 1690, " and
managed their business with great tact."
Died 25th April 1692, aged about 71, and
was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh. He
marr. (1) Margaret Buchanan, who died
before 1662 (G. R. Inhib., 15th March
1665), and had issue— John, born 1654
(Edin. tias., i., 409) : (2) 6th June 1662,
Margaret, daugh. of Joseph Douglas and
Jean Sandilands, grand-daugh. of Lord
Torphichen, and had issue — Jean (marr.
Hugh Campbell); John, born 18th March
1649; Hew, born 25th Nov. 1652; Thomas,
born 18th Nov. 1654 ; Margaret, born 15th
128
TRINITY
[PRESB. OF
Feb. 1657 ; William, born 7th March 1658 ;
James, of Muirhousedykes.— \Edin. Counc.
and Guild Iteg., Leven and Melv. Pap.;
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; S. Prcsb. Eloq. ; M'Call's
r, Warrick's Moderators.]
JOHN MONCREIFF, son of Alex. M.,
min. of Scoonie ; M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1668) ; denounced for hold
ing conventicles 1682 ; min. of Prestonpans
1687; called 15th Jan. 1692; trans, and
adm. shortly afterwards ; died at Rumgally,
Fife, 25th Nov. 1709, aged above 40. He
marr. (1) Mary Gregg, buried in Greyfriars,
4th Oct. 1698 : (2) (pro. 6th Aug. 1699) Janet,
daugh. of John Mitchell of Balbairdie.—
[Acts Part., xi.]
JAMES BANNATINE, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in the
family of Robert Dundas, Lord
Arniston ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
26th Oct. 1703 : ord. to Whittingehame
19th June 1707 ; app. by the Presb. 21st
July, trans, and adm. 10th Oct. 1714 ;
Moderator of Assembly 10th May 1739 ;
died 10th April 1756, in his 82nd year.
He marr. 19th March 1708, Katherine,
daugh. of Hugh Blair, Dean of Guild,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Hugh, min. of
Dirleton ; George, min. of the Wynd
Church, Glasgow ; Elizabeth (marr. Andrew
.Shaw, min. of St Madoes) ; Katherine
(marr. Hugh Blair, D.D., min. of St
Giles) ; Grizel. Publications — .4??- Essay
on Gospel and Legal Preaching (Edin
burgh, 1723) ; Mistakes about Religion
amongst the Causes of our Defection from
the Spirit of the Gospel (Edinburgh, 1737) ;
Peace and Truth (1738).— [Finlayson's and
Hill's Lives of Blair; Kay's Portr., i. ;
Warrick's Moderators."}
HENRY LUNDIE, son of Archibald
L., min. of Saltoun ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 24th June 1740; ord. to
Monzie 10th May 1743 ; trans, to Abercorn
24th Sept. 1747 ; called 13th Aug. 1756 ;
trans, and adm. 15th June 1758; dem.
29th Jan. 1799; died 1st Jan. 1800. He
marr. 7th Dec. 1749, Christian (died 10th
1804
Nov. 1810), daugh. of John Menzies,
physician, Dumfries, and had issue —
Archibald, W.S., born 22nd Dec. 1751,
died 4th May 1841; John, born 1st Dec.
1755 ; Margaret, born 4th May 1757, died
20th Dec. 1759; Robert, born 13th June
1760, died 1st June 1767.— [Kay's J'ortr.,
ii. ; MoncreifFs Life of Erskine ; Morren's
Ann., ii.]
DAVID DICKSON, trans, from Canon-
1799 £a^e Chapel-of-Ea.se ; pres. by the
Town Council, and adm. 21st March
1799 ; trans, to New North Parish 26th
Nov. 1801.
ROBERT ANDERSON, trans, from
1802 Eastwood ; elected by the Town
Council 27th Jan., pres. 17th Feb.,
and adm. 16th July 1802 ; trans, to Old
Greyfriars 12th Jan. 1804.
THOMAS MACKNIGHT, trans, from
Second Charge, South Lcith ; elected
by the Town Council 2nd Feb., and
adm. 21st June 1804 ; trans, to Old Kirk
Parish 15th May 1810.
ANDREW GRANT, D.D.; trans, from
Canongate ; elected by the Town
Council 6th June, and adm. llth
Oct. 1810 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish
14th Jan. 1813.
WALTER TAIT, born 1771, fifth son
I of William T., merchant, Glasgow,
and nephew of Admiral Viscount
! Duncan ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
I M.A. (1786) ; min. of Lunclie and Foulis
j 1795-7, of Tealing 1797-1813 ; elected by
the Town Council 27th Jan., pres. 16th
June, trans, and adm. 25th Nov. 1813.
He adopted the teaching of Campbell of
Row, and Edward Irving, and in 1833 the
Presb. reported to the General Assembly
that he " had given countenance to certain
extraordinary interruptions of public wor
ship in his church on the Monday im
mediately after the Communion, by a
person [Thomas Carlyle, Edinburgh] pre
tending to speak in the Spirit." The
General Assembly expressed "their high
disapprobation of these disorders and ir
regularities," and remitted the case to the
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129
Presb. Tait was dep. 22nd Oct. 1833.
He became pastor of the congregation in
Edinburgh belonging to the Catholic
Apostolic Church, and continued till his
death, 22nd Feb. 1841. He marr. (1) 29th
Oct. 1800, Jane (died 21st June 1812),
daugh. of John Waugh, merchant, London,
and had issue — Anne Elizabeth, born 5th
Jan. 1802 ; Adam Duncan, min. of Kirklis
ton ; John Waugh, born 29th July 1805,
died 14th Sept. 1814 ; Robert and William,
born 15th May 1807, both of whom entered
the Church of England, the latter becoming
vicar of Wakefield, Yorkshire : (2) 12th Jan.
1816, Mary Tennant (died at Bathgate, 28th
Aug. 1845), widow of James Robertson,
solicitor. Publications — Two single Ser
mons (Dundee, 1809-11). — [Anderson's
Sketches ; Acts of Ass., 1833 ; Haldane's
Mem., etc.]
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, born
1834 Hamilton, 2nd Oct. 1805, eldest
son of Charles C., merchant, and
Helen Cunningham (no relative) ; edu
cated at Duns Academy (he was then
living at Cheeklaw) and Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Duns 2nd Dec. 1828;
assistant at Middle Parish, Greenock ; ord.
there (assistant and successor) 15th Oct.
1831 ; pres. by the Town Council 30th Oct.
1833; adm. 16th Jan. 1834 ; D.D. (Prince
ton, New Jersey, 1842). Joined the Free
Church ; Professor of Divinity, New Col
lege, Edinburgh, 1843 ; Professor of Church
History, New College, 1845 ; Principal of
New College, 1847 ; Moderator of the Free
Church Genera] Assembly 19th May 1859 ;
died 14th Dec. 1861. He marr. 15th July
1834, Janet (died 2nd March 1888), daugh.
of John Denniston of Greenock and
Jean Fairrie, and had issue— Janet, born
7th June 1835 (marr. George Carphin,
banker, Dunkeld), died 23rd Jan. 1913 ;
Helen, born 14th April 1837 (marr. Robert
Mackenzie, Dundee), died 15th Nov. 1865 ;
William, born 15th Sept. 1839, died 16th
Oct. 1843 ; Jane Fairrie, born 4th May
1841, died 29th Dec. 1894 ; John Dennis-
ton, M.D., born llth Dec. 1842, died 20th
Aug. 1871 ; Charles Gordon, merchant, born
VOL. I.
9th July 1845, died 12th Dec 1894 ; Andrew
Blackadder, born 1st Aug. 1846, died 14th
Sept. 1852 ; William Robertson, born 9th
Sept. 1848, died 13th June 1849 ; Archibald,
merchant, born 26th Dec. 1849, died 12th
Feb. 1892 ; Elizabeth, born 3rd April 1851,
died 6th Sept. 1852 ; Mary Anne, born 7th
Jan. 1853. Publications — Reply to the
Statement of Certain Ministers and Elders,
published in Answer to Dr Chalmers' Con
ference (Edinburgh, 1837) ; Speech on the
Independence of the Church (Edinburgh,
1839) ; Letter to John Hope (Edinburgh,
1839) ; Tracts On the Intrusion of Ministers
(Edinburgh, 1839); Defence of the Rights
of the Christian People in the Appointment
of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1840) ; Strictures
on the, Rev. James Robertson's Observations
upon the Veto Act (Edinburgh, 1840); Letters
on the Church Question in Answer to Mr
Robertson of Ellon (Edinburgh, 1842); Anim
adversions on Sir William Hamilton's
pamphlet, "Be not Schismatics," etc. (Edin
burgh, 1843); edited Bruce:s Sermons and
Life (Edinburgh, 1843); Introduction and
Notes to Stillingfleet's Doctrines and
Practices of the Church of Rome (1845) ;
The Unchawjeableness of Christ, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1853); The Reformers, and the
Theology of the Reformation (Edinburgh,
1862) ; Historical Theology, 2 vols. (Edin
burgh, 1863) ; Discussions on Church
Principles, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1863 ) ;
Sermons, edited by J. J. Bonar (1872) ;
Theological Lectures, edited by Thomas
Smith, D.D. (1878). — [Life, by Robert
Rainy, D.D., and James Mackenzie (1871);
Disruption Worthies ; Smith's Scot.
Clergy, iii. ; Diet. Nat. Biorj.~\
WILLIAM STEVEN, born Peebles,
22nd Nov. 1796, only son of James
S., builder, Edinburgh, and Janet,
daugh. of Andrew Ritchie, farmer, Wood-
house, Manor, and sister of William
Ritchie, min. of Athelstaneford ; edu
cated at the school of his uncle, Robert
Steven, Edinburgh, and at the High School ;
entered Edinburgh Univ. 1814 ; M.A.
(1822); licen. by Presb. of Peebles 24th
Sept. 1822 ; tutor to family of Grant of
130
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[PRESB. OF
Glenmoriston ; ord. by Presb. of Abertaff as
assistant to James Anderson, D.D., min. of
Second Charge of the Scottish Church,
Rotterdam, 9th April 1862 ; ad in. to Second
Charge 8th March 1829, and later became
sole min. ; elected by the Governors head
master of Heriot's Hospital and inspector of
the Heriot Foundation Schools, April 1839 ;
D.D. (Leyden 1839) ; pres. by Town Council,
and ind. 28th Dec. 1843 ; died 2nd April
1857. He marr. Gth Oct. 1830, Margaret
(died at Twickenham, 10th Nov. 1865),
daugii. of George Gibson, merchant,
Rotterdam, and had issue — Elizabeth
Mary Gibson, born 19th Nov. 1836, died
unmarr. ; Jessie Ritchie, born 31st Jan.
1838 (marr. John Moodie, min. of
Chryston and of Kippen) ; George Heriot,
born 23rd July 1839, died in Australia;
Isabella Martin, born 9th Nov. 1840, died
unmarr. ; William Ritchie, insurance
manager, London, born 1st April 1842.
Publications — History of the Scottish
Church, Rotterdam, to which are subjoined
Notices of the other British Churches in
the Netherlands (Edinburgh, 1833) ; to
this was appended a " Brief View of the
Dutch Ecclesiastical Establishment/' after
wards enlarged and published separately ;
Memoirs of Geor<je Heriot, with the History
of the Hospital (Edinburgh, 1845) ; Histonj
of the Hifjh School (Edinburgh, 1849) ; Pro
gressive Geography (Edinburgh, 1841), of
which later editions were enlarged and
issued in parts. — {Biographical Sketch, by
Thomas Murray, LL.D.]
WILLIAM SMITH, trans, from Lauder
^ and aclm. 25th Dec. 1857 ; trans, to
North Leith (assistant and successor)
loth March 1860.
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A. ; trans, from
Newton-on-Ayr, and adm. 21st Dec.
I860; trans, to Old Greyfriars 26th
Dec. 1868.
CORNELIUS GIFFEN, trans, from
1869 Dailly, and adm. 13th May 1869;
trans, to St Mary's, Edinburgh, llth
Jan. 1872.
THOMAS GENTLES, M.A. ; ord. assist-
1872 ant at A-lloa, adm. 18th April 1872 ;
trans, to Paisley Abbey (First Charge)
20th Dec. 1878.
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, born Aber-
187g deen 25th March 1840, son of John
K. and Mary Hardie ; educated at
Univs. of Aberdeen and Glasgow : M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1859); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1865; assistant at
Kilmun ; ord. to Stewarton 14th May
1865; trans, and adm. 13th May 1879;
D.D. (Edinburgh 1906); died 13th April
1908. He marr. 8th May 1866, Susannah
Simpson (died 14th Jan. 1908), claugh. of
Alexander Ralston and Margaret Mac-
Dougal. and had issue — Margaret, born 10th
Feb. 1867; John, born llth April 1869,
died 4th Jan. 1910; Susannah, M. A., born
23rd Oct. 1870 (marr. David Paterson,
min. of U.F. Church, Restalrig) ; Mary,
born 19th April 1872 (marr. John Henry
Dickie, min. of New Kilpatrick) ; Mac-
Dougal, major, Royal Engineers, Egyptian
Army, born 20th Dec. 1874; Alexander,
mining engineer, born 25th Aug. 1876 ;
William, architect, born 5th May 1878 ;
Thomas, teacher, born llth June 1883.
WILLIAM MAIN, born Paisley 27th
1906 ^U^ 186^> S0n °^ J°hn ^- ancl Jane
Shepherd ; educated at schools in
Glasgow and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Lorn 12th May 1891 ; assistant at
Alexandria, Dumbartonshire; ord. to Middle
Parish, Perth, 21st July 1892 ; trans, to An-
woth 31st July 1902 ; trans, and adm. 20th
Dec. 1906 ; app. clerk of the Presb. 3rd Dec.
1913. He marr. 17th Nov. 1892, Annie,
daugh. of Robert Macnaughton and Mar
garet Campbell, and has issue — Margaret
Mary, born 20th Feb. 1894; William
Robert, born 24th May 1900. Publications
— Jfaris Dominion, its Nature and Limits,
a sermon (Perth, 1893); Charles William
son, Founder of Bath, N.Y. (Perth, 1899).
COLLEGIATE, OR SECOND CHARGE.
[The Town Council having resolved (31st
Jan. 1781) to erect St Andrew's Church in
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the New Town, this charge was discon
tinued at the vacancy of 24th Aug. 1782.]
GEOEGE ROBERTSON, son of Patrick
R., burgess of Edinburgh (G. R.
1597 Inhib., 28th March 1622); regent
in the Univ. ; was on the Exercise 20th
June 1592 ; elected by the Commissioners
of the General Assembly at Falkland, and
adm. 6th June 1597. This having been
considered informal, he was reaclm. 18th
April 1598. He died before 20th July 1604.
He marr. (cont. 24th Aug. 1598) Margaret,
eldest daugh. of William Pringle, tailor,
burgess of Edinburgh (Reg. of Deeds, Ixix.),
and had issue— Bessie, bapt. 9th May 1599
(marr. David French) ; Katherine, bapt.
13th July 1600, died before 1612. Publica
tion — Vitce et Mortis D. Roberti Rolloci
Scoti Narratio (Edinburgh, 1599).— [Edin.
Comic, awl >St Cuthbert's Sess. Regs. (Bapt.) ;
Rollock's >SW. Works, Bruce's Sermons
(Life), Oaufurd's Hist. Univ. Edin., Rey.
Assig., Spottiswood's and Calderwood's
Hists., Murray's Life of Rutherford.]
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A.; trans, from
New Church ; app. by the Town
Council 25th Nov. 1625 ; trans, to
Old Kirk Parish lG2G.—[Edi>i. Counc. Reg.,
Murray's Life of Rutherford.]
HENRY ROLLOCK, M.A.; trans, from
Kilconquhar; elected 2nd, and pres.
by the Town Council 16th Jan. 1628 ;
pres. to Greyfriars 1629, but continued. —
[Edin. Counc. Reg., Row's and Stevenson's
Hists.}
JAMES ELLIOT, M.A. (St Andrews
1620 ; adm. colleague min. of College
Church, Glasgow, 1633; D.D. (Glas
gow) ; a member of the Court of High
Commission 21st Oct. 1634 ; elected by the
Town Council 18th, and trans, and adm.
30th Dec. 1635. He was prepared to
intimate a solemn fast to pray for a
blessing on the Covenant, 3rd June 1638,
but was inhibited from doing so by the
Bishop. His ministry in consequence
became unpopular, and one day going to
the pulpit in room of another [Rollock],
the women " after sermon fell upon him
with many sad stroakes." He did not
decline the Assembly that year, but as he
had used the Liturgy complaints were
lodged against him 7th Jan. 1639, and a
committee appointed to deal with the case
reported that "having considered the said
Mr E.'s preaching cannot for the present
serve to the edification of the people of
Edinburgh, ordains and appoints him to
cease from preaching till the provincial
Synod, and in case he before then acknow
ledges the Acts of the Assembly at
Glasgow, recommends to the Synod to
transport him from the Church of Edin
burgh, except the people desire him to stay ;
and if he does not then acknowledge the
Acts of the Assembly at Glasgow, refers to
the Synod to depose him of his ministerial
function." A report was made to the
General Assembly, 26th Aug. 1639, by two
of its members appointed to take notice of
his case, "that they thought him to be a
humble and modest man, penitent for any
thing he has done, and submissive to the
constitutions of the kirk." On which the
Assembly declared him capable of the
ministry, and to be provided at the first
occasion. On 2nd April 1640 he granted a
disposition to his wife on the narrative that
he intended to leave Scotland and was
uncertain of his return (Reg. Deeds, dxli.,
383). He appears to have gone to England
and obtained a living. He died probably
about 1652. He marr. 20th July 1634 (cont.
27th June 1634, ibid,, dxli., 383), Helen,
eldest daugh. of John Strang, Principal of
Glasgow Univ. (who survived her husband,
and marr. Robert Baillie, Principal of
Glasgow Univ. : Glasgow Com. Deeds,
19th Oct. 1709), and had issue — John ;
James ; Janet (marr. Hugh Blair, min. of
Muiravonside) ; Christian (marr. Robert
Watson, min. of Cardross).— [Edin. Counc.,
Bapt., Test. (Glasy.), and Glasy. Reg.
(Marr. and Bapt.); Baillie's Lett., Peter-
kin's Rec., Wodrow MSS., Stevenson's
Hist., Murray's Life of Rutherford.}
WILLIAM BENNET, probably son
of Andrew B., min. of Monimail ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1619); min. of
Monimail 1626; pres. by the Town
1641
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[PRESB. OF
Council 14th Jan. 1639 ; confirmed by the
Assembly at Aberdeen 1640 ; trans, and
adm. 28th Oct. 1641 ; was a member of the
Commission of Assembly 1642-6, and died
March 1647. He marr. Jean Bonar, and
had issue — James ; Elizabeth (Reg. Horn.,
xxvi., 235 ; Fife Reg. Sas., v., 276, xviii.,
354) ; George, in the service of the King of
Poland, created a baronet, 28th July 1671 ;
William and Helen (twins) ; Catherine ;
David ; Robert, in 1666 lieutenant in the
Polish army (Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 18th
Nov. 1672). — \Edin. Counc., J^apt., and Gen.
Mess. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Acts of Ass.]
JOHN SMITH, probably son of John S.,
min. of Maxton ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
14th July 1621) : licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 14th Aug. 1634 ; ord. to Burnt-
island 1634 ; pres. by the Town Council and
Kirk-session 16th March 1647 ; trans, and
adm. 17th March 1648 ; a member of the
Commissions of Assembly 1648-9 ; app.
by Parliament one of the Visitors of the
Univ. of St Andrews 16th Jan. 1649, and
of Edinburgh 31st July 1649 ; taken
prisoner at Alyth 28th Aug. 1651, by the
English army, carried to Tynemouth Castle
and afterwards to London, where he was
liberated, and returned to Edinburgh 29th
March 1653. Refusing to conform to
Episcopacy the parish was declared vacant,
7th Aug. 1662 ; he died in the neighbour
hood of Prestonpans, 9th Dec. 1667. He
drew up some of the public papers on the
part of the Resolutioners against the Pro
testers. He marr. Eupham Monipcnnie
(buried 22nd Dec. 1672), and had issue —
Eupham, bapt. 29th July 1649 ; James,
bapt, 20th Oct. 1661; John, M.A. (G. R.
Sets., xxviii., 88). — \_Edin. Counc., Gen. Sess.,
and Reg. (Hapt.); Acts of Ass. and Part.,
vi., vii. ; Lament's, Nicoll's, and Brodie's-
Diaries ; Baillie's Lett., iii. ; Kirkton's and
Wodrow's Hists., and Anal., i. ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 5682.]
ALEXANDER CAIRNCROSS, born
about 1637, son of George C. (a
dyer in the Canongate for many
years, in which occupation he was so
successful that he was enabled to regain
part of the estate of Colmslie, Lauderdale,
which belonged to his progenitors), and
Christian Ogilvie ; studied at the Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (26th July 1657); licen.
by George, Bishop of the diocese, 31st
Oct. 1662 ; elected by the Town Council
29th April 1663 ; pres. to Ayton by Charles
IT. 13th Oct. 1664, but did not remove;
trans, to Dumfries in 1668 ; became Bishop
of Brechin (1684), Archbishop of Glasgow
(1684), arid finally (1693) Bishop of Raphoe
in Ireland ; died unmarr. 14th May 1701.
— [Keith's Catal., Ed in. Counc. Reg., Diet.
Nat. Biog.~\
JOHN MACQUEEN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1669 27th July 1663) ; ord. to Carmichael
1666 ; pres. by the Town Council
16th Dec. 1668 ; trans, and coll. 29th Jan.
after. He was suspended "for a foolish
frolic," Dec. 1683, but reponed Feb. 1684 ;
Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal 28th Jan.
1688 ; deprived by the Convention of
Estates, 26th April 1689, for riot reading
the Proclamation against owning James
VII., and not praying for William and
Mary. He became min. of Welton, near
Daventry, in Northamptonshire ; and was
app. in 1698 to St Mary's, Dover, where
he died 10th Jan. 1733, aged about 90.
He marr. 21st Dec. 1668, Helen Meldrum,
and had issue — Margaret, bapt. 18th Jan.
1670 ; Mary, bapt. 22nd Dec. 1671 ; Helen,
bapt. 10th Dec. 1673; Isabel, bapt. 9th
Sept. 1675 ; John, bapt. 5th Nov. 1678.
Publications — God's Interest in the King
(London, 1687); The Magistrates' Dignity,
Duty, and Danger, a sermon (London,
1693) ; The Good Patriot set forth in the
Example of the Public- spirited Centurion,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1694); A Divine and
Moral Essay on the Christian Pilgrim's
Conduct (London, 1699) ; A Sermon on the
Victory of Blenheim; etc. — \_Edin. Comic.,
Guild, and Reg. (Marr. and Bapt?); Acts
Parl., ix. ; Fountainhall's Diary, Kirkton's
Hist.; MS. Ace. of Min,, 1689; Steven's
Mem. of Heriot, Batchellor's Dover, Reg.
Collat. and Privy Seal, Carstares' State
Pap. ; Chambers's Ann., ii.]
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ARCHIBALD RIDDELL, born 1635,
1701 third son of Sir Walter R,, Baronet
of that ilk, and Janet, daugh.
of William Rigg of Athernie, Fife. Edu
cated at Edinburgh Univ., he took the
degree of M.A. 9th July 1656, and was
min. of Kippen about the year 1670. He
became famous as a field preacher and
suffered frequent imprisonments from
1680-4. In the latter year he was
released from the Bass on condition of
removing to America. During the voyage
fever broke out on the vessel and raged
with fearful mortality, RiddelFs wife being
among the victims. On reaching New
Jersey, he had calls from Newbridge,
Long Island, and Woodbridge, the latter
of which he accepted. After the Revolu
tion he assayed to return to Scotland, but
was captured with one of his sons by a
French man-of-war, carried prisoner to
Nantz and various ports, and cruelly
treated for fully two and a half years.
Released at the request of King William's
government, he was adm. min. of Wemyss
28th Sept. 1691, of Kirkcaldy 20th May
1697, of this charge 8th Dec. 1701 ; died
17th Feb. 1708, "a singularly pious and
laborious servant of Jesus Christ." He
marr. (1) Helen, daugh. of Henry Aitken-
head, min. of North Berwick, and had issue
— Capt. Walter of Gran ton, died 1738 ;
Dr John, physician, Edinburgh, died 1740 ;
Sarah, who marr., 26th Nov. 1703, John
Currie, min. of Oldhamstocks : (2) (pro.
8th May 1694) Jean Ker (Canongate Reg.),
who survived him. — \_Edin. Reg. (Marr. and
Bur.\ Douglas's Bar., Nisbet's Her., Wod-
row's Anal., Playfair's Bar.]
JAMES GRIERSON, born 1662; ord.
1710 to Wemyss 22nd Sept- 1G98; called
14th Dec. 1709; app. by Presb. 14th
June, trans, and adm. before 1st Aug.
1710; Moderator of Assembly 14th May
1719; died (after having been several
years ill of palsy) 5th July 1732.
He marr. a daugh. of Matthew Selkrig,
min. of Crichton. — [Test, and Reg.
(Bur.), Wodrow's Anal,, Warrick's Modera
tors.]
GEORGE LOGAN, born 1678, son of
1732 George L., descended from Logan of
that ilk. His mother was the only
daughter of John Cunningham, min. of Old
Cumnock. M.A. (Glasgow 1696); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 4th March 1 703 ;
chaplain to John, Earl of Lauderdale ;
ord. to Lauder 7th April 1707; trans, to
Sprouston 22nd Jan. 1719; trans, to
Dunbar 24th Jan. 1722; called 31st Aug.,
trans, and adm. 14th Dec. 1732 ; Moderator
of Assembly 1740, which dep. Erskine and
the Seceders. He strenuously supported
the Hanoverian succession ; and on the
approach of Prince Charles's army toward
Edinburgh, was a warm but unsuccessful
advocate for placing the city in a state of
defence; died 13th Oct. 1755. He marr.
(1) 5th April 1711, Anne, daugh. of James
Home of Eccles, and had issue --George,
min. of Ormiston, and a daugh. : (2)
(pro. 1st Jan. 1744) Lilias (died before
17th Dec. 1770), daugh. of Thomas
Weir, surgeon, Edinburgh. Publications —
A Synod Sermon (1728) ; An Assembly Ser
mon (1729) ; A Modest and Humble Inquiry
concerning the right and poiver of Electing
and Calling Ministers to Vacant Churches
(Edinburgh, 1732); Continuation of the In
quiry (Edinburgh, 1733); Vindication of the
In/miry (Edinburgh, 1733); The Pullick
Testimony of above 1600 Christian People
against the Overture of the Assembly 1731,
made more Publick and Set in its due
Light (Edinburgh, 1733); An Account of
the Method of Electing a Minister to the
Parish of Strathmiglo (Edinburgh, 1733);
Grange, or the Schism in Calling of
Ministers in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1735);
An Overture for the right Constitution of
tin1 General Assembly, and an Illustration
of it (Edinburgh, 1736); The Lawfulness
and jVecessiti/ of Ministers, their reading
the Act of Parliament for bringing to
Justice the Murderers of Captain John
Porteous (Edinburgh, 1737, 49 pp.);
Sermon preached at the Opening of the
General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1741); A
Treatise on Government (Edinburgh, 1746);
A Second Treatise on Government (Edin
burgh, 1747) ; The Finishing Stroke, in two
parts (Edinburgh, 1748); The Doctrine
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[PRESB. OF
of the Jure-divino-ship of Hereditary In
defeasible Monarchy enquired into and,
exploded (Edinburgh, 1749); A Second
Letter to Mr Thomas Ruddiman (Edin
burgh, 1749).— [Test. Re<j., Chalmers's Life
of Ruddiman, Morren's Ann., Warrick's
Moderators, Diet. Nat. llioyj]
EGBERT DICK, born 1722, son of
James D., min. of the Wynd Church,
Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1744);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 14th Jan.
1747 ; ord. to Lanark (his settlement being
violently disputed) 4th Oct. 1750 ; trans, to
New Greyfriars llth Oct. 1754; trans, and
adm. 15th June 1758; D.D. (Edinburgh,
13th March 1759); died 24th Aug. 1782.
He was one of the ablest and most dis
tinguished ministers of his day. He marr.
29th June 1756, Grizel Ford, who died 16th
June 1822, and had issue — James, born 9th
May 1760, died 20th June 1769 ; Elizabeth,
born 10th Oct. 1762 ; Grizel, born 19th
Aug. 1764, died 28th Oct. 1765; Robert,
W.S. apprentice 1781, born 22nd July
1765; Isabella, born 28th Oct. 1766, died
3rd Oct. 1767; William, born 12th Oct.
1768, died 3rd Aug. 1769 ; Isobel, born 29th
Dec. 1769, died 16th Nov. 1792. Publica
tions — Two single Sermons (Edinburgh) ;
The Simplicity and Popularity of the
Divine Revelations and their Suitableness
to the Circumstances of Mankind (1758) ;
The Counsel of Gamaliel Considered (1762) ;
True State of the Case (Edinburgh, 1763).
— [Moncreiff's Life of Erskine, Mackenzie's
Life of Home, Morren's Ann., Carlyle's
Autob.']
THE TRON KIRK.
[Christ's Kirk at the Tron, so called from
the great beam, the public weighing-place
of the city. The foundation stone was laid
4th March 1637, and the church dedi
cated 1641. The present building is but
a fragment of the original structure,
whose stately proportions were mercilessly
despoiled on the formation of Hunter
Square and the South Bridge. A notable
feature of the interior is the oak roof, not
unlike that of the Parliament House. The
steeple dates from 1826, its predecessor
being destroyed by fire 15th Nov. 1824.
The General Assembly met in the Tron
Kirk from 1830 to 1840.]
WILLIAM COLVILL [COLVILLE],
1641 M.A. (St Andrews 1631); min. of
Cramond in 1635; trans, to Trinity
College, Edinburgh, in 1639; trans, and
adm. about 24th Dec. 1641. Five days
after the battle of Kilsyth (15th Aug.
1645), he obtained a protection from the
Marquess of Montrose, and was accordingly
regarded with grave suspicion. He was
suspended by the General Assembly in
July 1648, and dep. 26th July 1649, for
maintaining the lawfulness of the Duke
of Hamilton's Expedition into England.
For a time he ministered in the English
Church at Utrecht. In April 1652 he was
elected Principal of Edinburgh University,
but having been carried prisoner to the
Castle for praying for Charles II., he was
not permitted by Cromwell's Government
to take possession of the office, which was
declared vacant, 17th Jan. 1653. He re
ceived, however, a year's stipend (2000
merks) in consideration of having dem.
his charge in Holland. On 8th Nov. 1654
he was reponed by the Synod of Lothian
(there being no General Assembly during
the Protectorate), and became min. of
Perth. On Leighton's resignation in 1662,
he was again app. Principal of the Univer
sity, and died (buried 3rd June) 1675. He
marr. (1) Marion Brisbane, and had issue
—John, M.A., advocate, died 1679 ; Alex
ander, bapt. 12th May 1643 ; Janet, bapt.
24th Sept. 1646 ; Matthew, bapt. 8th Oct.
1647 ; Thomas, bapt. 27th May 1649, died
before 16th Nov. 1678 : (2) Marion Fyfe,
and had issue — James, bapt. 18th July
1655. Publications— Ethica Christiana —
Sermons on the Righteous Branch. See a
rare pamphlet, Submission to the Censures
of Suspension and Deposition exemplified
in the case of the Very Rev. Mr William
Colvill, sometime one of the ministers of
Edinburgh, and afterwards Principal of
the College there. From authentic and
unquestionable vouchers (Edinburgh, 1734).
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1663
1675
— \_Edin, Counc. and DalJceith Presb. Reg. ;
Wood's Hist, of Cramond ; Mem. of
Montrose, ii. ; Nicoll's and Brodie's Diaries,
Wodrow's Anal. ; Balfour's Hist. Works,
iii. ; Butler's Tron Kirk, Grant's Univ.,
Mar and Kellie Papers; Hist. MSS.
Comm., Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT LAURIE, M.A.; trans, from
Trinity College ; app. by the Town
Council to take charge during Col-
vill's suspension. When the Presb. peti
tioned Parliament (1661) for a meeting of
the General Assembly to settle the question
of Church Government, he was one of those
appointed to wait on Middleton, the Lord
High Commissioner. Trans, to the High
Kirk Parish 1662. In 1672 he became
Bishop of Brechin, but returned to Trinity
College in 1674. — \_Edin. Counc. Reg.; \
Kirkton's and Wodrow's Hists., i. ; Baillie's \
Lett., iii. ; Brodie's Diary ; Chambers's
Ann., ii.]
Marjory Leslie, and had issue — Robert,
bapt. 6th June 1682. — [Edin, Counc. and
Reg. (Bapt.} ; Wodrow's Hist., iii.]
[JOHN MENZIES, min. at Aberdeen ;
pres. by the Town Council 18th Feb.
1682, but declined.]
1683
JOHN PATERSON, trans, from Ellon ;
elected by the Town Council 24th
Oct. 1662 ; adm. 4th Jan. 1663. Five
mins. drew lots as to which parish they
should be appointed to, when the South-
East Parish fell to the lot of P. Trans, to
the High Kirk Parish 1672.— [Edin. Counc.
Reg., Reg. Collat., Lament's and Nicoll's
Diaries.]
WILLIAM ANN AND, M.A.; trans, from
1672 Tolbooth ; app. by the Town Council
16th Aug. 1672; trans, to the High
Kirk Parish 1675. — [Edin. Counc. Reg.']
JAMES LUNDIE, M.A.; trans, from
Tolbooth ; app. by the Town Council
21st April, and coll. 29th May 1675 ;
trans, to Dalkeith 1680.— [JEWm. Counc. Reg.,
Reg. Collat]
ROBERT BRUCE, M.A. (Marischal
1681 College, Aberdeen, 1665), regent j
in Marischal College, Aberdeen j
(1667-74); adm. to Old Deer in 1676; \
pres. by the Town Council, trans, and
inst. 25th May 1681. Refusing to take
the Test, he dem. same year. He marr.
GEORGE TROTTER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
19th July 1661); licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 30th July
1664 ; adm. min. of Bunkle 21st July
1665 ; trans, to Edrom in 1677 ; trans, to
Tron, Second Charge, in 1682 ; elected by
the Town Council 16th March 1683, and
adm. shortly afterwards. Libelled for
various offences — "traducing the Town
Treasurer and others of the Magistrates,
and frequently abusing the Kirk Treasurer,
and putting violent hands upon them,"
etc., he was suspended by Bishop Pater-
son. Had D.D. conferred ; died Aug.
1687, aged about 46. He marr. Oct. 1669
(cont. 7th Sept. 1669 : G. R. Inhib., 21st
April 1673), Elizabeth, eldest daugh. of
Andrew Oswald, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh, who died Nov. \Q$Q.—[Edin.
Counc., Test., and Reg. (Bur.) ; Fountain-
hall's Diary.~\
ALEXANDER MALCOLM, min. of
1687 Orwe]1 1G63> of Tolbooth, Edin
burgh, 1663, of Newbattle 1667, of
Greyfriars, Second Charge, 1681 ; elected
by the Town Council llth Aug. 1687, and
adm. soon after; deprived in 1689, and dep.
by the Commission of Assembly, Jan. 1691,
" for declining their authority." Having
gone to England 25th March following, he
was advised by Bishop Burnet to return
and submit to the Presbyterian establish
ment. What became of him is unknown.
He marr. (1) 9th Nov. 1665, Janet Mason,
and had issue — Jean, bapt. 6th July 1666
(marr. 28th Oct. 1696, William Gray,
merchant, Edinburgh) ; William ; Nicholas ;
Henrietta ; Mary; Janet; Lilias (marr., pro.
5th Nov. 1699, Archibald Malcolm, M.A.,
student of divinity) : (2) Jean Reith, and
had issue — Alexander, bapt. 25th Dec.
1685 ; John, bapt. 28th March 1687.—
[Edin. Counc., Neivlattle Sessn and Reg,
136
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[PRESB. OF
(Marr. and Bapt.) ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Wodrow's Anal., i. ; Sage's Works,
i. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication^]
WILLIAM ERSKIXE, brother of James
1687 E. of Shielfield; M.A. (Edinburgli,
1st Aug. 1651); min. of Girthon in
1658; min. of Carsphairn in 1672; called
22nd July 1687 ; confirmed by the Town
Council 24th July 1687 ; died unmarr.
May 1692, aged about 6\.—[Edin. Counc.,
Guild, Test., and Reg. (Bur.) : 8. Fresh.
Eloq.1
WILLIAM CRICHTON, M.A. (Edin-
1695 burgh, 26th July 1649) ; ord. (by the
Protesting Presb.) min. of Bathgate
10th April 1654; Moderator of Assembly
15th Jan. 1692 ; trans, to Falkirk 23rd
Aug. 1693; trans, and adm. 8th Sept.
1695 ; a second time Moderator of As
sembly 2nd Jan. 1697; dem. 12th May
1707. "As a mark of respect for the
vigilance, prudence, piety, and zeal with
which he has performed his ministerial
duties while free from sickness and
infirmity, the Council granted him a yearly
allowance of 1000 merks Scots." Died 27th
Nov. 1708, in 78th year. He marr. and
had issue (nothing is known as to his
wife and children.)— \Edin. Counc. and
Reg. (Bur.); Acts Parl., xi. ; Warrick's
Moderators.]
WILLIAM WISHART [WISHEART],
1707 born 1660, son of William W., min.
of Kinneil ; educated privately and
at the Univs. of Edinburgh and Utrecht ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1680). Returning from
Holland, he was charged with denying the
King's authority, and put into prison, 1684.
Released the following year, he was called
to be min. of the Meeting-house, near the
Sheriff Brae of Leith (in which his father
had ministered), and was ord. 12th Jan.
1688. In 1692 he removed to the Parish
Church of South Leith, a step which
met with much opposition from the
Episcopal section of the community, who
tried by force to prevent him and his
friends from gaining possession of the
church (vide South Leith). He was
Moderator of Assembly 4th April 1706,
and on 12th Oct. 1707 was adm. to this
charge. He was a second time Moderator
of Assembly 30th April 1713, a third,
14th May 1718, a fourth, 14th May 1724,
and a fifth, 2nd May 1728; Principal of
the Univ. of Edinburgh (which he held in
conjunction) 0th June 1716; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 31st Dec. 1728); died llth June
1729. Bell of Gladsmuir described him
as " a godly, grave person, a sweet and ex
cellent preacher, whose life being of a piece
with his preaching, he made almost as many
friends as there were persons known to him."
He marr. 15th March 1691, Janet (died
30th June 1744), daugh. of Major William
Murray, of Touchadam family, and had
issue — William and George, both his suc
cessors. Publications — Many single Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1701-31); A Discourse
of Suppressing Vice (Edinburgh, 1702) ;
Theologia, or Discourses of God, 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1716) ; Sermons on the Lord's
Supper (Edinburgh, 1721) ; A Short and
Impartial State of the Case of Mr John
Simson, as it comes before the General As
sembly of 1729 (anon., London, 1729).—
[Edin, Counc., Prestonpans Sess., Test., and
Reg. (Bur.) ; Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv. ; War-
rick's Moderators, Grant's Univ., Advocates'
Lib. Catal.]
GEORGE WISHART, son of preceding ;
173Q educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (27th May 1719); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 27th April 1725; ord.
to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 24th Nov.
1726; called 31st March; trans, and adm.
23rd July 1730; app. by the Commission
of Assembly, 9th Nov. 1743, to go with
Robert Wallace (New North Church) to
London to make application to Parliament
for getting an Act to provide for the
widows and children of ministers. In this
they succeeded, and were "thanked for
their faithfulness and diligence" by the
Assembly, 15th May 1744; principal clerk
of Assembly 21st May 1746; Moderator
12th May 1748; D.D. (Edinburgh, 13th
March 1759); one of His Majesty's Chap
lains in Ordinary; Dean of the Chapel
Royal July 1765; died 12th June 1785,
aged 82. He marr. 6th Dec. 1727, Ann
(died 17th Nov. 1782, aged 72), daugh. of
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137
John Campbell of Orchard, and had
issue — Ann; Janet (marr. 12th June 1750,
Major-General John Beckwith, of Viscount
Bury;s Regiment), died 28th July 1827, aged
97 ; Margaret ; Elizabeth Marion, born 8th
May 1739; Jane, born 20th Sept. 1742
(marr. 13th Sept. 1765, Baron von West-
phalen) ; George, born 3rd Dec. 1 748, died
4th March 1760. Publications — Four single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1733-40); A Letter
to the author (Logan) of a pamphlet in
tituled Lawfulness and Necessity of
Ministers, their Reading the Act of
Parliament for bringing to Justice the
Murderers of Captain John Porteous
(Edinburgh, 1737).— [Wodrow's Anal., iii.,
iv. ; Drysdale's, i., and Erskine's Disc., i. ;
Mackenzie's Life of Home, Morren's Ann.,
Carlyle's Aidob. ; Kay's Portr., i. ;
M'Ure's Glasg.]
1786
ANDREW HUNTER of Barjarg, Dum
friesshire, born 1743, eldest son of
Andrew H., W.S., Edinburgh, and
Grisell Maxwell of Cardoness ; educated at
High School and Univ., Edinburgh; ord.
to Second Charge, Dumfries, 20th Sept.
1770; D.D. (Edinburgh 1779); trans, to
New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 25th Nov.
1779; pres. by Town Council 21st Oct.
1785; trans, and adm. 2nd April 1786;
holding in conjunction the Professorship of
Divinity. Moderator of Assembly 17th
May 1792. In the year following he de
clined appointment as one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary. Died 21st April
1809. He marr. 14th April 1779, Hon.
Mary Shaw Scott (born 5th Aug. 1756, died
9th Oct. 1800), eldest daugh. of William,
sixth Lord Napier, by whom he had issue —
Andrew, born 6th, died 27th March 1781;
William Francis of Barjarg, advocate, born
30th July 1785, died 22nd April 1827 ; John,
min. of Swinton, and his father's successor ;
Mainie Anne Charlotte, born 28th May 1783,
died 21st Feb. 1790 ; Grizel, born 15th June
1784 (marr. 27th June 1808, George Ross,
advocate), died 12th Aug. 1864 ; Henrietta
Hope, born 2nd Nov. 1793, died 17th Jan.
1856, unmarr. Publications — Five single
Sermons (Edinburgh 1775, and 1803);
Advice from a Father to a Son first entering
the Army (anon., 1776). — [Moncreiff's Fun.
Serm. ; Grant's Univ., ii. ; Kay;s Portr. ;
Edin. Chr. Inst., xxv. ; Carlyle's Autob. ;
Playf air's Bar., iii.]
ALEXANDER BRUNTON, born at
180g Edinburgh 1772 ; Keen, by Presb. of
Linlithgow 26th Aug. 1796 ; ord. to
Bolton 28th Sept. 1797 ; trans, to New
Greyfriars 15th Sept. 1803 ; pres. by Town
Council 6th Sept., trans, and adm. 23rd
Nov. 1809 ; Professor of Oriental Languages
in the Univ. of Edinburgh 19th May 1813,
which he held in conjunction ; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 17th Dec. 1814); Moderator of
Assembly 22nd May 1823 ; convener of
the India Mission Committee 26th May
1834, the duties of which he discharged
for thirteen years with the highest satis
faction, when declining years obliged him
to retire from public life. He died near
Cupar-Angus, 9th Feb. 1854. He marr.
5th Dec. 1798, Mary, born 1st Nov. 1778
(only daugh. of Colonel Thomas Balfour of
Elwick, and Mary Ligonier), authoress of
Self-Control, Discipline, and an unfinished
story, Emmeline, who died in childbed, 19th
Dec. 1818. Publications — Extracts from
the Books of the Old Testament, with
Sketches of Hebrew and Clialdee Grammar
(Edinburgh, 1814 ; 3rd eel., 1831) ; Sermons
and Lectures (Edinburgh, 1818) ; Out
lines of Persian Grammar, with Extracts
(Edinburgh, 1822) ; Memoir of Mrs Brunton
(in Emmeline, 1819) ; a Sermon preached
on the Death of Dr Inglis (Edinburgh,
1 834) ; Outlines of a Speech for the Com
mission of Assembly (Edinburgh, 1843) ;
Forms for Public WorsJdp in the Church
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1848). — [Ander
son's Sketches, Kay's Portr., Acts of Ass.;
Blackwood's Magazine, v., 183 : Diet. Nat.
Biog.-]
MAXWELL NICHOLSON, D.D. ; trans.
1854 from Pencaitland 24th Aug 1854;
became sole min. in 1866; trans, to
St Stephen's (assistant and successor) llth
June 1867.
JAMES MACGREGOR, D.D. ; trans.
1868 ^rom Ti'on Parish, Glasgow, 9th Jan.
1868 ; trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edin
burgh, 2nd Nov. 1873.
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[PRESB. OF
JOHN BARCLAY, M.A.; trans, from Old
1874 Kilpatrick 7th May 1874; trans, to
West Parish, Greenock, 4th Nov.
1875.
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK EDDIE
187Q JAMIESON, born Edinburgh, 6th
Dec. 1839, son of Robert J., solicitor,
and Isabella Eddie ; educated at Edinburgh
High School and Univ. ; B.A. (1861) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th July 1865;
assistant at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
and New Greyfriars, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Invertiel 16th April 1868; trans, to
St Matthew's, Glasgow, 4th Aug. 1869 ;
trans, and adm. 4th May 1 876 ; died 30th
Jan. 1881. He marr. 21st June 1870,
Jessie, second daugh. of John Archibald,
farmer, Duddingston, South Queensferry,
and Marion, daugh. of John Paterson,
Hawkshaw, Tweedsmuir, and had issue —
Menie, born 2nd April 1871 (marr. 7th
June 1899, James Watt, W.S., Edinburgh) ;
William, born 23rd Oct. 1872, died 1st
April 1876; John Robert, born 21st Aug.
1874; Jessie, born 14th Aug. 1878. Pub
lication— The Lord's Prayer (Edinburgh,
1881), posthumous.
JOHN METHVEN ROBERTSON,
1881 -M---A" } trans, from Stow 22nd Sept.
1881 ; trans, to St Ninians, Stirling,
19th May 1885.
DAVID MORRISON, born Mill of Mon-
1885 dynes, Fordoun, 2nd May 1838, son
of Alexander M. and Christian Lyall ;
educated at Coquetty, Fordoun, and Laur-
encekirk schools, and at the Grammar
School and King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1859) ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 7th July
1863; assistant at Barony, Glasgow; ord.
to Durrisdeer 20th April 1865; trans, to
Dunblane 2nd Feb. 1872; trans, and adm.
24th Oct. 1885; died 12th March 1911.
He marr. 28th April 1874, Anne Gray,
daugh. of Patrick James Stirling, LL.D.,
and Henrietta, daugh. of Alexander Gray,
D.D., min. of Kincardine - in - Menteith,
and had issue — Patrick James Stirling,
born 15th Feb. 1875, died 12th July 1886;
Austin Alexander, born 5th November 1876,
died 25th March 1895 ; Henrietta Gray,
born 16th Sept. 1878, died 13th March
1896; George Norman, LL.B., solicitor,
Glasgow, born 24th July 1880 ; David Lyall,
M.D., born 16th July 1882 ; Edwin Arnold,
born 19th Oct. 1884, died 31st Oct. 1890;
Anne Gray Stirling, born 5th Feb. 1889.
Publications— Sermon on the Occasion of
the Death of Norman Macleod, D.D.
(Glasgow, 1872) ; Sermon, The fttessed Influ
ences of Bereavement, private circulation
(1890).
ARCHIBALD FLEMING, M.A,; trans.
18gl_ from Newton, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 18th May 1897 ; trans,
to St Columba's, London (q,v.\ 31st Jan.
1902. During his Tron incumbency he was
editor of Life and Work.
DUGALD BUTLER, M.A. ; trans, from
1902 Abernethy, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 10th July 1902 ; trans, to
Galashiels 7th Aug. 1907. Publication—
The Tron Kirk of Edinburgh : A History
(Edinburgh, 1906).
JOHN WALLACE, born Dalrymple,
1908 30th Sept. 1873, son of John W.,
min. of Dalrymple; educated at
Dalrymple School and Glasgow Univ. ;
M.A. (1896); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 4th
March 1898 ; assistant at Inverness ; ord.
to Abercorn 10th Jan. 1901 ; trans, and
adm. 30th Jan. 1908; chaplain to H.M.
Prison, Edinburgh, 1913. He marr. (1)
18th April 1901, Annie (died 22nd Oct.
1901), daugh. of Henry Morin, Inverness :
(2) 29th April 1905, Mabel Blanche, daugh.
of Henry Powell, Herne Hill, London, and
has issue — Ian Dalrymple, born 6th June
1907 ; Alastair Macleod, born 7th May
1910. Publication— .4 Plea for Optimism
in the Christian Ministry, a Synod sermon
(Edinburgh, 1909).
SECOND CHARGE.
[Abolished by the Annuity Tax Act of
I860.]
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. ; trans, from
Bara ; invited by the Town Council
9th Jan., elected by the Commission
of Assembly 15th Feb., and adm. 12th April,
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139
1650. He belonged to the Protesting party
in the Church, and was trans, to the newly
formed parish of Lady Tester's 3rd Sept.
1655. — [Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett.,
iii. ; Peterkin's Rec.]
[David Drummond, min. of Moneydie,
was called 1662, but declined on account
of illness.]
JAMES LUNDIE, M.A. ; elected by the
Town Council 29th April 1663 ; trans,
to High Kirk Parish 5th May 1665.
— [Ed in. Counc. Reg., Reg. Coll at.]
ROBERT MORTIMER, Keen, by George,
1665 Bishop of Edinburgh, 19th Oct. 1664 ;
elected by the Town Council, 2nd
Aug. ; ord. and coll. 15th Sept. 1665 ; dem.
Oct. 1676. He marr. 21st Dec. 1669, Ann
(died 1st Feb. 1705, aged 66), daugh. of
Patrick Murray of Bonytoun (G. R. Inhib.,
2nd May 1670), and had issue — Martha,
bapt. llth May 1671 ; Anna, bapt. 9th
June 1672 ; Helen, bapt. 10th Oct. 1673 ;
James, bapt. 25th Sept. 1674; Alexander,
bapt. llth March 1676.— [Edin. Counc.,
Guild, Test., and Reg. (Marr., Bapt., and
Bur.) ; Reg. Collat.]
JOHN FARQUHAR, regent in Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; elected by
the Town Council, and adm. 1677;
trans, to Old Kirk Parish 1682.— [Edin.
Counc. Reg.~\
GEORGE TROTTER, M.A.; trans, from
1682 Edrom ; elected by the Town Council
17th March, and adm. 1682; trans.
to First Charge in lQS3.— [Edin. Counc.
Reg.}
JOHN STRACHAN, M.A. (Aberdeen
1683 1G55) '> adm. min. of Tarves 1662 ;
elected by the Town Council 21st
March 1683, and at the same time to the
Professorship of Divinity, which he held
in conjunction ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 1st July
1685); deprived 27th April 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation and praying for
King William and Queen Mary. He died
before 15th July 1699, aged about 64. He
marr. (1) Janet, eldest daugh. of William
Forbes of Fingask, advocate : (2) Isobel
Irving, and had issue — William, who was
served heir ; John, bapt. 21st March 1684 ;
Arthur, bapt. 2nd July 1685 ; Alexander,
born 4th Oct. 1687 ; Isobel. — {Edin. Counc.
and Reg. (Bapt.) ; Acts Parl., ix. ; Inq. Ret.
Aberd. et Gen., 8116; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
GEORGE MELDRUM, born 1634,
1692 f°urth son of Andrew M., dyer and
bailie in Aberdeen ; M.A. (Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1651) ; regent in Mari
schal College, Aberdeen, 1653; ord. to
Second Charge, Aberdeen, 2nd Feb. 1659 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament and Privy
Council 1662, but was restored 1663, and
became rector in Marischal College until he
was again deprived in 1681 for refusing the
Test ; adm. to Kilwinning in 1688 ; elected
by the Town Council and General Session
llth May 1691; trans, and adm. 1692;
Moderator of Assembly llth Jan. 1698;
Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh Univ.,
24th Dec. 1701, holding it in conjunction;
a second time Moderator of Assembly 10th
March 1703. When after several sittings,
and during a discussion on an overture,
the Lord High Commissioner (James,
Viscount Seafield) abruptly dissolved the
Assembly, M., embarrassed for the moment,
concluded as usual with prayer. This
collision led to an understanding between
the Church and the Government as to the
manner of dissolving the Assemblies in
future. He died 18th Feb. 1709. A
number of Elegies written immediately
after his death are preserved in the
Advocates' Library. Publications — Four
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1690), includ
ing one preached before James, Duke of
Queensberry (Edinburgh, 1703) ; Letter
asserting the Lawfulness of informing
against the Vicious and Prophane (Edin
burgh, 1701, anon.) ; Vindication and De
fence of his Sermons, being a reply to a
pamphlet by Bishop Sage, entitled Examina
tion of Some Things in Mr Meldr urn's
Sermon (Edinburgh, 1703) ; Letter from a
Friend in the City to an M.P., anent
Patronages (Edinburgh, 1703) ; Toleration
Defended (Edinburgh, 1703); The Danger
140
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[PKESR. OF
of Popery Discovered.— [Edin. Comic. Reg.
(Bur.) ; Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv. ; Grant's
Univ., ii. ; Edin. Chr. List., xxv.; Acts
Parl., ix., xi. ; Boston's Mem., Pennccuik's
Works ; Test., 20th Nov. 1708, recorded 23rd
Feb. 1709 (Rey. of Deed*, Mack.) ; Warrick's
Moderators.]
JOHN STEEDMAN, son of Robert S.,
1?10 min. of Carriden ; licen. by Prcsb. of
Linlithgow 19th Feb. 1699; ord. to
Dalmeny 16th Aug. 1699 ; called 20th July,
app. by Presb. 22nd Nov., and ad in. 27th
Dec. 1710; died 24th Nov. 1713, aged 35.
He marr. 9th Jan. 1701, Jean, second daugh.
of John Kinnaird, min. of East Calder,
and had issue— Robert (colonel in the Scots
Brigade in the Dutch service) ; Jane (marr.
Adam Holland of Gask) ; Sarah, died 17th
July 1716; Sophia (marr. John Gray, min.
of Dollar) ; Margaret ; John, surgeon, Scots
Greys; Alexander, died in Jamaica, Oct.
1735; Rachel, died at Edinburgh in 1716;
Marion (marr. William Black, clerk to
the Regality of Dunfermline). — [Dalme/i//
Sess., Test., and Reg. (Bur.) ; Wodrow's
Corresp., i. ; Erskine's Supp. to G lilies'1 s
Collect.}
MATTHEW WOOD, educated at Univ.
171g of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 27th Nov. 1704 ; ord. to
Leslie (Fife) 3rd Feb. 1709 ; trans, to Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 18th March 1711 ; trans,
and adm. 16th Jan. 1715; died 19th Oct.
1741, in 65th year. He marr. 13th Dec.
1711, Katherine, daugh. of Bailie William
Hutchison who, as his widow, obtained a
decreet of the Court of Session against the
Magistrates for the ann 9th June 1747.
— [Reg. (Bur.), Hart's Journal; Morrison's
Digest and Diet., i.]
WILLIAM WISH ART (tecundw), 'son
1745 of William W., min. in 1707 ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; min.
of the Scots Church, Founder's Hall,
London ; elected Principal of the Univ. of
Edinburgh 1737, receiving at the same
time a call to be min. of New Greyfriars ;
trans, and adm. 20th June 1745. He
supported the measures of the popular
party in the Church, and dissented 15th
May 1751, from a resolution of the General
Assembly, censuring the Presb. of Lin
lithgow for not proceeding in the settle
ment of Torphichen as appointed by the
preceding Assembly. He died 12th May
1753. He marr. (1) 1st Dec. 1724, Margaret
(died 27th Feb. 1746), daugh. of Thomas
Halyburton, Professor of Divinity, St
Andrews, and had issue— William Thomas
of Foxhall, died 3rd Dec. 1799 ; a son, died
Jan. 1739; Ann, died in 1819, aged 82;
Janet (marr. Mr Maxwell, merchant,
Dundee); Margaret (marr. 27th Oct. 1766,
James Macdowall, merchant, Edinburgh) ;
Cordelia (marr. 6th Jan. 1724, John Mon-
cricff of Rumgay, M.D.) : (2) 17th March
1747, Frances, daugh. of James Deans of
Woodhouselee. His widow marr. in 1754,
John Scott of Stewartfield, and subse
quently John Strother Ker of Littledean.
Publications — Charity the. End of the
Commandment, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1731); A Sermon preached before the
Societies for Reformation of Manners in
London (1732) [on which was founded
a libel for heresy, from which he was
acquitted by the General Assembly, 20th
May 1738]; Answers to the Charge
exhibited before the Si/nod of Lothian
and Tweeddale (Edinburgh, 1738); edited
Scougal's Life of G'od in the Soul of Man
(Edinburgh, 1739); Select Sermons of Dr
Benjamin Whichcote (Edinburgh, 1742);
Ernesti's Preface to Cicero (1743); Public
Virtue recommended, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1746) ; Volusenus' (Florence Wilson) De
Animi Tranquillitate (Edinburgh, 1751) ;
Discourses on Several Subjects (London,
1753); Essajt on the Indispensable Neces
sity of a Holy and Good Life to the Happi
ness of Heaven (London, 1753). — [Test.
and Reg. (Bur.) ; Erskine's Disc., i. ; Wod
row's Anal., iii. ; Wilson's Diss. Churches,
ii. ; Morren's Ann., i. ; Somerville's Life,
Carlyle's Autob. ; Playfair's Bar., iii. ;
Grant's Univ., ii.]
JOHN JAP DINE, born 1715, son of
1754 Robert J., Lochmaben ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben 7th Sept. 1736 ;
ord. to Liberton 30th July 1741 ; trans, to
Lady Tester's 6th Dec. 1750; trans, and
adm. llth Oct. 1754; D.D. (St Andrews,
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20th Nov. 1758); one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary 1759 ; Dean of the
Chapel Royal 1761 ; Dean of the Order of
the Thistle 1763. He died suddenly in
the General Assembly, 30th May 1766.
He was an intimate of John Home,
author of Douglas, and a man of infinite
pleasantry as well as great talents, whose
conversation possessed the charm of easy,
natural, attractive humour. His playful
vivacity often amused itself in a sort of
mock contest with the somewhat infantile
simplicity of David Hume the philosopher,
who enjoyed the discovery of the joke which
had excited the laugh of his companions
around him : On one occasion Hume, going
down the stair after visiting Jardine, refused
a light, saying " he was well acquainted with
the stair." He stuck, however, when his
friend exclaimed, "Ah ! David, I knew you
wanted supernatural light." He marr. 7th
Feb. 1744, Jean (died 27th Sept. 1766), eldest
daugh. of George Drummond, commissioner
of Excise, and Lord Provost of Edinburgh,
and had issue — Robert, died at Liberton,
8th Feb. 1747 (see tombstone there) ; George,
born 10th Aug. 1753, W.S. apprentice 1770;
John, born 24th Dec. 1759, died 17th March
1763 ; Janet, born 15th May 1762 (marr.
llth Oct. 1782, George Drummond Home
of Blair-Drummond), died 30th Jan. 1840;
Sir Henry, W.S., King's Remembrancer,
born 30th May 1766, died llth Aug. 1851.
Publication — In the theological depart
ment of the old Edinburgh Review (Edin
burgh, 1755-6) he handled some Secession
publications severely. Great indignation
was aroused, and the Review was withdrawn
after only two numbers had been issued. —
[Scots Mag., xxviii. ; Mackenzie's Life of
Home, Malcolm's House of Drummond, Car-
lyle's Autob., Kay's Portr., Lawson's Case ;
Morren's Ann., ii.]
JOHN DRYSDALE, born 29th April
1718, son of John D., min. of Kirk-
caldy ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1740;
assistant at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Kirkliston 9th Aug. 1749 ; trans, to Lady
Yester's, Edinburgh, 14th Aug. 1764 ; D.D.
(Aberdeen 1765) ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary and a Dean of the
Chapel Royal 1766; trans, and adm. 22nd
Oct. 1767; Moderator of Assembly 20th
May 1773 ; principal clerk (assistant and
successor) 29th May 1778; a second time
Moderator 20th May 1784; died 16th June
1788. He possessed indefatigable industry
and talent, and strenuously assisted Prin
cipal Robertson in managing the business
of the Church. He marr. llth June 1749,
Mary (died 20th Jan. 1799), fourth daugh.
of William Adam of Maryburgh and Blair,
and had issue— Anne, born 29th Oct. 1751
(marr. 28th April 1786, Andrew Dalzel,
Professor of Greek, Univ. of Edinburgh),
died 1826 ; Wilhelmina, born 23rd Sept.
1757, died 20th July 1766; Mary, born
10th Sept. 1760 ; Elizabeth, born 29th July
1767, died 2nd Sept. 1773. Publication—
Sermons, with an Account of his Life, by
his Son-in-law, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1793). —
[Serms., i. ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace. and New
Stat. Ace., Douglas's Bar., Carlyle's Autob.,
Moncreiff's Life of Erskine ; Scots Mag.,
Iv. ; Kay's Portr., i. ; Grant's Univ., ii. ;
Diet. Nat.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, born 22nd Aug.
178g 1744, second son of James S., min. of
Wilton ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso 3rd
Oct. 1760; ord. to Morebattle 18th April
1761 ; trans, to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh,
9th June 1785 ; pres. by the Town Council
25th Feb., trans, and adm. 2nd Aug. 1789 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 8th Feb. 1810) ; died 24th
Jan. 1831. He marr. (1) 7th Nov. 1775,
Jean Douglas Balderston, who died 2nd Dec.
1786, and had issue — Euphemia, born 15th
Sept. 1776 ; Ann, born 15th Nov. 1778 ;
James, advocate, author of A Visit to
Flanders after the Battle of Waterloo,
born 10th Sept. 1780, died 2nd Sept. 1853 ;
George, born 5th July 1782, died 3rd Sept.
1807 : (2) 29th Sept. 1794, Isabella (born
27th Nov. 1742, died 27th Nov. 1825), daugh.
of James Ker of Bughtrig. — [Kay's Portr.,
i. ; etc.]
JOHN HUNTER, born 1st Nov. 1788,
1832 voungest son °f Andrew H., D.D.,
min. in 1786 ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont 9th June 1812 ; ord. to Swinton
28th Sept. 1814 ; pres. (assistant and sue-
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[PRESB. OF
1891
cessor) by the Town Council in 1829. A
minority of the patrons challenged the right
to appoint a successor, but having been
found lawful, both by the Court of Session
and House of Lords, he was adm. llth Oct.
1832; D.D. (Edinburgh, 29th May 1847).
He declined nomination as Moderator of
Assembly. He died 21st July 1866. He
marr. 25th July 1817, Caroline Felicite
Hepburn (died 21st July 1866, aged 77),
second daugh. of Archibald Mitchelson of
Middleton. Publications — Two single Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1837-48); Preface to
Newton's Letters. — [Kay's Portr., i. ; New
b'cots Mag., ii. ; Acts of Ass., 1830.]
TYNECASTLE (Q.S.).
[Church built in 1901 ; disjoined from St
Cuthbert's and erected into a parish quoad
sacra by decree of the Court of Teinds,
5th July 1912.]
JAMES BELL NICOLL, born Forfar,
24th Feb. 1849, son of John N., of Bel-
field, and Elizabeth Bell ; educated
at Forfar Academy, Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar
April 1884; assistant at Largo; ord. 17th
May 1891. Marr. 4th Aug. 1891, Jessie,
daugh. of James Thomson and Jane
Mackenzie, and has issue — James ; Jean ;
Elsie ; Maria.
WEST COATES (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from St Cuthbert's and
erected into a parish quoad sacra, 5th
June 1871. A church was built in 1868-9,
and opened in Jan. 1870.]
ROBERT GIBB FORREST, born Mill
of Sandhaven, Pitsligo, llth July
1838, son of George F. ; educated at
Parish School, Fraserburgh, and Grammar
School, Univ., and King's College, Aber
deen ; M.A. (1858); licen. by Presb. of
Deer 1863; assistant at Lonmay, 1863-5;
ord. 27th April 1865 to New Pitsligo ;
trans, to Macduff 4th Sept. 1868; trans.
and adm. 22nd Feb. 1872 ; D.D. (Aberdeen
1892); died 19th Aug. 1913. Marr. 15th
Dec. 1868, Margaret (died 21st Sept. 1899),
daugh. of Rev. George Stephen, school-
house, Fordyce, Banffshire, and had issue —
Margaret, born 4th Dec. 1869 ; Elsie, B.Sc.
(Lond.), Lecturer in Mathematics, London,
born llth Aug. 1871 ; Annie, born 18th Dec.
1872, died 12th June 1892 ; George, C.A.,
Inverness, born 20th July 1874 ; Robert,
estate office clerk, London, born 13th March
1876; Jane, born llth May 1879 (marr.
George Victor Dunnet, min. of Cockburns-
path); Stephen, M.D., Alexandria, Egypt,
born 27th July 1881. Publication -
Christ the Corner Stone (Edinburgh, 1914),
posthumous.
WILLIAM ANDREW KNOWLES,
19O9 k°rn Kinnou^> 3l>d March 1868, son
of William Duncan K., B.A., Con
gregational min. at Perth ; educated at
Perth Academy and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A.
(1889) ; B.D. (1893) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 10th May 1893 ; assistant at Barony,
Glasgow, 1893-7 ; ord. to Kerse 2nd Sept.
1897 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc
cessor) 1st Oct. 1909.
ST BRIDE'S (Chapel-of-Ease).
[Begun in 1880 as a mission within the
Dairy district of West Coates Parish. A
church was built in 1901, at a cost of
£6500. JAMES GILLAN, B.D. (afterwards
of St Margaret's, Edinburgh), took charge
from 1898 to 1904.]
WILLIAM GEORGE ANDREWS, born
Lishawara, llth July 1868, son of
Joseph A. and Margaret Wilson ;
educated at Banbridge Academy and Royal
Univ. of Dublin; B.A. (1893); licen. by
Presb. of Banbridge May 1895 ; assistant
at Rutland Square Church, Dublin ; adm.
to the Church of Scotland 1903 ; acting
chaplain at Aldershot ; assistant at St
Mary's, Dundee; ord. 4th May 1904.
WEST ST GILES, OK
NEW NORTH CHURCH.
[There was a meeting-house in the
Lawnmarket in 1692, to which a parish
was allocated 25th March 1698, termed
the New North, for whose accommodation
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143
the north-west portion of St Giles was
fitted up 20th Dec. 1699. Having been
the place where Sir John Gordon of
Haddo was imprisoned previous to his
decapitation in 1644, it was generally
called Haddo's-hold, and from its size,
the Little Kirk. During alterations in
St Giles, the congregation was accom
modated in the Methodist Chapel, Nicol-
son Square, from 1829-35, and in Brighton
Street Chapel from 1835 to 1843, when
they returned to the nave of St Giles.
At the restoration of the Cathedral by
Dr William Chambers, a sum of £10,000,
raised chiefly by voluntary contributions,
was vested in the Edinburgh Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, and a new building erected
near the Meadows, to which the congre
gation removed in 1880.]
SAMUEL HALLIDAY [HALIDAY],
1693 M--A- (Glasgow 1656) ; min. at
Omagh, Ireland, 1662 ; trans, to
Dunscore 26th Nov. 1689 ; trans, to Dryfes-
dale 1st June 1691 ; trans, and adm.
probably in Xov. 1693. He is described as
" now minister in Ireland," 6th July 1694
(Treas. Reg., iv., 229) ; was settled at Ard-
straw, and died in 1724, aged 87. He had
a son Samuel, min. in Belfast, a chief pro
moter of the Non-subscription of Creeds
and Confessions of Faith. — \_Edin. Comic.
Reg. ; Wbdrow's Anal., ii. ; Reid's Ire
land, iii.]
GEORGE ANDKEWS, M.A. (Edin-
1699 burgh 1685) ; licen. by Pre.sb. of Ayr
3rd July 1688; ord. to Tarbolton
28th March 1689 ; trans, to Prestonpans
10th Oct. 1694 ; trans, and adm. 1699 ;
died 15th May 1705, in 39th year. He
marr. Geills Millar, and had issue— George,
teller in the Eoyal Bank, died 1st May
1739, aged 44; Rachel; Margaret (marr.
10th July 1717, William Rae, merchant,
Haddington). Publication — 'Sermon upon
the Twelfth Chap, of Hebrews (Edinburgh,
1711, posthumous). — [Edin. Coitnc., Preston-
pan's Sess., Test., and Reg. (Bur.).']
JOHN FLINT, a protege of the United
Societies or Cameronians, and edu
cated at Groningen Univ. at their
expense. For some reason, on his return
to Scotland he was disowned by the
Societies. He became min. of Lasswade
in 1688 ; had been called to the city in
1695, on 18th July 1697, and a third time
6th Sept. 1697; app. by the Presb. 7th
Dec. 1709 ; adm. 1st Jan. 1710. He refused
to take the oath of allegiance in 1712 ;
died 19th Jan. 1730, in 71st year. A
worthy, affectionate, zealous man, and of
considerable learning as a linguist. He
marr. Janet Elphinston, and had issue —
John. Publications — A Synod Sermon
(Edinburgh, 1705); Examen. Doctrincn D.
Jokannis Simson, in academia Glasguensi
professoris (Edinburgh, 1717) ; and was
serviceable in publishing Poole's Synopsis
Criticorum. He revised Boston's Fourfold
State and Treatise on Hebrew Accentuation.
— [Lassivade Sess. and Reg. (Bur.), Boston's
Mem.; Wodrow's Anal., iv., Corresp., i., and
MSS., Ixxxii.]
JAMES SMITH, trans, from Cramond,
and adm. 23rd July 1730 ; app. Pro
fessor of Divinity in the Univ. of
Edinburgh, and dem. 27th April 1732,
although several " of the elders and
deacons appeared, craving he might be
continued, there being no inconsistency in
discharging both offices."
JOHN GOWDIE, trans, from Lady
1732 Yester>sJ adm. 14tn Dec. 1732;
Moderator of Assembly 3rd May
1733 ; dem. 1st Aug. thereafter, on appoint
ment as Professor of Divinity in the Univ.
of Edinburgh (q.v.). — [Bower's Univ., ii.]
JAMES SMITH, tutor in the families of
Dalrymple of Cousland and Dundas
of Arniston ; licen. by Presb. of
' Dalkeith 26th Oct. 1703; ord. to Morham
24th Sept. 1706 ; trans, to Cramond 16th
Jan. 1712 ; Moderator of Assembly 1723 ;
Professor of Divinity in the Univ. of Edin
burgh 1732 ; trans, and readm. to this
charge 25th July 1733 ; Principal of the
University 12th Oct. 1733 (which he held
in conjunction) ; one of His Majesty's
chaplains. Died at Coldstream in return-
| ing from Bristol, 14th Aug. 1736, in 56th
year. He marr. Catherine Oswald, who
died 6th Aug. 1730, in her 46th year.
Publications — The Misery of Ignorant and
1733
144
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[PJIKSB. OF
Unconverted Sinners, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1733) ; Sermon after the Death of the Rev.
James Craig, 1731 ; edited Craig's Sermons,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1732).— [Presb. and Test.
Reg.; Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv. ; Wood's
I fist, of Cramond; Grant's Univ., ii. ;
Brown's Gospel Truth.]
ROBERT WALLACE, born 7th Jan.
1G9G, only son of Matthew W.,
1*738 . . .
inin. of Kincardine-in-Menteith ; edu
cated at the Grammar School of Stirling and
Univ. of Edinburgh, where he acted as assist
ant to James Gregory, Professor of Mathe
matics. He was one of the founders of the
Rankeman Club in 1717 ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane 31st July 1722 ; became min.
of Moffat 29th Aug. 1723, and on 22nd
Nov. 1733 was trans, to New Greyfriars,
and to this charge 24th Sept. 1738. The
Town Council obtained an interdict from
the Lord Ordinary against the settlement,
but as the city was considered only one
parish, and the appointment to the different
churches was fixed by the Presb., and
the " matter was purely spiritual," he had
no hesitation in accepting, and the opposi
tion proceeded no farther. Wallace was
Moderator of the General Assembly 12th
May 1743 ; he was app. by the Commis
sion 9th Nov. 1743 along with George
AYishart to approach Parliament in con
nection with the Act providing for the
widows and children of ministers and pro
fessors. They were successful, and received
the thanks of the succeeding Assembly.
He was a Dean of the Chapel Royal and
Chaplain in Ordinary to George II. June
1744; D.D. (Edinburgh, 13th March 1759);
died 29th July 1771. On the overthrow
of the Walpole administration in 1742,
he was entrusted for four years with
the management of Church business, and
consulted in the distribution of Crown
Patronage, and so well did he discharge
this duty that no instance occurred in
which there was not a harmonious settle
ment. To his knowledge as a man of
the world, were joined an acquaintance
and zeal in mathematics which rendered
him of essential service in assisting to
make the calculations on which were
founded the annuities and provisions to
the widows and children under the Act
above noticed. He marr. 14th Oct. 1726,
Helen (died 9th Feb. 1776), daugh. of
George Turnbull, min. of Tynninghame,
and had issue — Matthew, D.D., vicar
of Tenterden, Kent; George, advocate,
author of various legal and other works,
born 1727, died 13th March 1805; Eliza
beth — all of whom died unmarr. Pub
lications — The Regard due to Divine
Revelation, and its Pretences to it Con
sidered, a sermon (London, 1731); Reply
to a Letter Directed to the Minister of
Moffat [by William Dudgeon] Concerning
the. Positive Institutions of Christian
ity (London, 1732) ; The Letter to the,
Learned Author of the Queries Unmasked
(Edinburgh, 1737, anon.); Ignorance and
Superstition, a, Source of Violence and
Cruelty, and in Particular the Cause of the
Present Rebellion, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1746); A Sermon on James Hi., 18 (Edin
burgh, 1746); A Dissertation on the
X umbers of Mankind in Ancient and
Modern Times (Edinburgh, 1753, anon. ;
new ed., Edinburgh, 1809), with Life of
the Author (the book was translated into
French under the supervision of Montes
quieu) ; The Doctrine of Passive Obedience
and Non-resistance Considered (Edinburgh,
175 1) ; Characteristics of the Present Politi
cal State of Great Britain (Edinburgh,
1758); Various Prospects of Mankind,
Nature, and Providence (London, 1761).
He left in MS. an Essay on Taste, which
was prepared for the press by his son,
but never published; and many other
unpublished MSS. now in the library of
Edinburgh University.— [Wodrow's Anal.,
iii., iv., and Corresp., iii. ; Scots Mag.,
xxxiii., Ixxi. ; Carlyle's Autob., Mackenzie's
Life of Home ; Morren's Ann., i. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.~\
WILLIAM GLOAG, son of Andrew G.,
min. of West Calder ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Cock-
pen 28th April 1758; trans, to Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh, 22nd Oct. 1767;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 1st Feb. 1770); trans,
and adm. 21st July 1772. He was app.
EDINBURGH]
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junior clerk of Assembly 24th May 1781,
and Almoner to His Majesty Feb. 1799.
Died 27th April 1802. He marr. 30th
Nov. 1773. Euphemia (died 13th Jan.
1833), eldest daugh. of William Wilson
of Soonhope, writer in Edinburgh, and
had issue — John, merchant and magi
strate of Edinburgh ; Euphemia, born
19th June 1775 (marr. William Kerr,
secretary to the Post Office, Edinburgh) ;
Andrew, born 8th Jan. 1777, died 12th
Dec. 1777; Jean, born 28th Oct. 1778,
died unmarr. July 1803 ; Susanna, born
22nd Sept. 1782, died 9th Dec. 1782;
Henrietta, born 24th Sept, 1785 ; Martha,
born 22nd April 1790. Publications —Two
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1792-1800). —
[Moncreiffs Fun. Serin.']
JOHN THOMSON, D.D., trans, from
1802 ^'6NV ^1'°yf1'iars } l)res' by the Town
Council, and adm. 16th Dec. 1802;
retranslated to his former charge 20th
Oct. 1814.
ROBERT NISBET, born Auchterarder,
1843 ^a J;m- 1814, son of Christopher
N. and Margaret Sime ; educated at
Auchterarder School, and Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; Keen, by Presb.
of Edinburgh 29th June 1830; assistant at
Lanark ; ord. (assistant and successor)
there 4th May 1842 ; trans, and adm.
7th Dec. 1843; D.D. (St Andrews 1853);
died 22nd Nov. 1874, He marr. 18th
July 1848, Eliza (died 26th June 1883),
daugh. of John Tawse of Stobshiel,
advocate, and had issue — Eliza Margaret,
born 5th Aug. 1849, died 18th May 1860;
Christopher Charles, of Stobshiel, Writer
to the Signet, born 31st Aug. 1851 ; Jessie
Anne, born 5th Jan. 1853 ; Christian, born
23rd May 1854 (marr. James Paisley, son of
Robert P., D.D., St Ninians) ; John Tawse,
M.D., born 12th March 1856, died 13th Feb.
1909; Robert, born 29th Oct. 1857, died
22nd July 1858 ; Robert James, born llth
June 1859. Publications — The Songs of
the Temple Pilgrims (London, 1863) ; Studies
on the Epistle of Paul to Philemon
(Edinburgh, 1876, posthumous) ; Youthful
Builders Instructed, sermon preached
before the Governors of George Heriot's
Hospital ; Sermon (preached under the
auspices of the S.P.C.K.).
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, born
1875 Peebles, 31st Jan. 1833, youngest son
of Alexander W., writer and town
clerk, Peebles, and Mary Dickson ; edu
cated at Peebles Grammar School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Peebles 22nd June 1859 ; ord. to Inner-
leithen 17th Nov. 1859 ; trans, and adm.
1st July 1875 ; sometime convener of the
Colonial Committee ; D.D. (Edinburgh
1896) ; died 28th April 1911. He marr. 9th
July 1861, Sarah Anne, daugh. of Robert
Tod, farmer, Cardrona Mains, Traquair.
Publications — Glimpses of Peebles/are —
Drumelzier, etc. (published when a student) ;
Ask and Receive; Sure and Comfortable
Words (London. 1865) ; Missionary Heroes
of the Pacific ; The Patriarchs ; Li<jht from
Eastern Lands (Edinburgh, 1892) ; Glimpses
of Peebles (Selkirk, 1895) ; Plain Words and
Simple Facts about the Church of Scotland ;
Is the Church of Scotland to Stand or
Fall ? ; What has the Church of Scotland
done for Scotland ? ; editor of the Juvenile
< Miss io nn ?•// Recoi -d.
JOHN MACGILCHRIST, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Skelmorlie, and adm.
10th March 1911 ; trans, to Govan
13th Mav 1913.
1911
JOHN MALCOLM MUNRO, born
1913 Devonport, England, 26th April
1867, son of John M. and Elizabeth
Mitchell ; educated at Row and Hermitage
(Helensburgh) Public Schools and Univs.
of Glasgow (M.A. 1888) and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Inveraray 1st June 1892 ;
assistant at St Columba's, Glasgow ; ord.
to Insh (Inverness-shire) 29th March 1895 ;
trans, to Tarbert 17th Feb. 1897 ; trans, to
Campbeltown llth Oct. 1905; clerk to
Presb. of Kintyre 1909-13 ; trans, and adm.
18th Sept. 1913. He marr. 20th April
1897, Alice Margaret, daugh. of James
Hunter, Edinburgh, and has issue — Susan
Alison, born 18th Oct. 1898, died 4th Dec.
1899; Margaret Alice, born 13th Sept.
1900; Robert James, born 13th Sept, 1900,
died 10th July 1910.
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WKST ST GILES
[I'RESB. OF
COLLEGIATE CHARGE.
[Discontinued in 1843 when a minister
was required for St George's Church.]
ROBERT SAXDILA X 1 )S [SAX I ) E-
LAXDS], ord. min. of Swinton
24th Sept. 1691 ; trans, to Xe\v-
battle Gth May 1095; called 9th Sept.,
and app. by the Presb. 9th Dec. 1702;
adin. 3rd Jan. 1703; died 10th Jan. 1732,
aged 70. He marr. Gth Xov. 1698, Sophia,
daugh. of Sir Mark Carse of Cockpen,
and had issue — Mark; Margaret (marr.
16th Sept. 1733, George Miller, merchant,
Edinburgh); Agnes, a child, died 17th
Dec. 1705. Publication — The Salutation
of Endeared flowiny forth (London, 1G83);
edited Sei-mon* of his colleague, Andrews,
in 1711. — [Edin. Connc., Neivbattle tiess.,
Test., and Rey. (//?»•.).]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, born 1669,
1732 sou °^ (^av^n H. of Airdrie; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord.
to Cramond 26th Sept. 1694 ; app. Professor
of Divinity in the Univ. of Edinburgh 21st
Sept. 1709; called 23rd March, and adm.
8th Aug. 1732, holding in conjunction the
Principal ship of the University, to which
he was app. in 1730 ; he was Moderator of
Assembly in 1712, 1716, 1720, 1727, and 1730;
died 12th Xov. 1732. He marr. at Glasgow,
25th Feb. 1696, Mary Robertson, who died
22nd Jan. 1760, aged 85, and had issue-
William, merchant, and Gavin, bookseller,
both in that city ; Robert, min. of Cramond,
and Professor of Divinity ; Gilbert, also min.
of Cramond; Jean (marr. 6th July 1718,
Hugh Cleghorn, merchant, Edinburgh);
Margaret (marr. 16th May 1731, William
Tod, merchant, Edinburgh) ; Anne (marr.
John Horsley, M.A., rector of Xewington
Butts, Surrey [not J. H., author of Brittania
Romana}, and was mother of Samuel, the
distinguished Bishop of St Asaph). Publi
cation — The Truth and Excellency of the
Christian Religion, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1732). — [Cramond tiess., Test., and Reg.
(Bur.}; Wodrow's Anal., iii., iv., and
Corresp., i. ; Anderson's House of Hamil
ton ; Bower's Univ., ii. ; Edin. Ckr. Inst.,
xxv, ; Leechman's Life, Serm. i. ; Wood's
Hist, of Cramond.]
JOHX GLEX, son of John G., min. of
1733 Stichill ; Keen, by Presb. of Kelso
5th Aug. 1718 ; ord. to Stichill 5th
-March 1719: trans, to Xew Greyfriars
14th Dec. 1732 ; trans, and adm. 22nd
Xov. 1733; died 8th Jan. 1768. He marr.
llth July 1732, Mary (died 8th April
1761), daugh. of John Osburne, merchant,
Lord Provost of Edinburgh.— [Test. Rey.,
Carlyle's Antob.~\
JAMES BRO\VX, bapt. 17th Dec. 1724,
1768 y°unoest son °f John B., min. of
Abercorn ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (27th April 1742) ; licen.
by 1'resb. of Perth 23rd July 1745; ord. to
Melrose 10th Feb. 1748 ; trans, to Xew
Greyfriars 9th July 1767 ; trans, and adm.
24th Xov. 1768 ; Moderator of the General
Assembly 22nd May 1777; died 6th May
1786. He took a great interest in the im
provement of the translations and para
phrases of sacred Scripture, and was
appointed, 28th May 1776, convener of the
Assembly's Committee, whose selection,
approved of 1st June 1781, came into
general use. He marr. (1) 3rd June
1748, Helen (died 4th June 1754), third
daugh. of Captain Lawrence Drummond,
and had issue — John, born 7th April
1749, died 4th Aug. 1757; Katharine, born
19th April 1750, died 9th Xov. 1752;
Elizabeth, born 26th Sept. 1751, died 7th
May 1764; Helen, born 5th Feb. 1753
(marr. 12th June 1777, William Somer-
'ville, merchant, Glasgow) ; Mary, born 7th
May 1754 (marr. John Pattison, advo
cate): (2) 13th Xov. 1755, Marion (died
3rd Oct. 1786), daugh. of Robert Tod,
merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Robert of Kirklands, W.S., born 5th Aug.
1758, died 6th Xov. 1812; James, min. of
Xewburn; John, born 16th May 1761, died
8th Dec. 1767; Thomas, merchant, Edin
burgh, born 3rd July 1766, died 4th Oct.
1801; Janet, born 27th Sept. 1756, died
22nd April 1759 ; Margaret, born 2nd Oct.
1757, died llth Jan. 1768; Marion, bom
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5th July 1771 (marr. John Gray, solicitor).
Publications- -TAe Extensive Influence of
Religious Knowledge, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1769); Plan for Regulating the Charity
Workhouse, Edinlmyh— [Burns's Mem. of
M'Gill, and On the Poor.}
THOMAS HA11DY, of Navitie, born
17g6 1747, son of Henry H., min. of
Culross ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
16th Feb. 1772; orcl. to Ballingry 16th
June 1774 ; trans, to High Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1784; pres. by the
Town Council, trans, and adm. 3rd Dec.
1786; app. Professor of Ecclesiastical His
tory (which he held in conjunction) 31st
July 1788; D.D. (Edinburgh, 4th Oct.
1788) ; Moderator of the General Assembly
16th May 1793 ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary and a Dean of the
Chapel Pioyal Oct. same year; died 21st
Nov. 1798. He was an attractive and
eloquent preacher, took a lively interest in
the beneficent and charitable institutions
of the city, and was one of the founders of
the "Society for the Benefit of the Sons
of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland
in Edinburgh.'; He marr. 28th June 1780,
Agnes (died 4th June 1812), daugh. of
William Young, min. of Hutton, and had
issue— Agnes, born 6th Nov. 1782 ; Henry,
advocate, born 27th July 1783, died 1807 ;
William, captain H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd
May 1785, died 1824; Anne, born 19th
April 1787, died 1857 ; Charles Wilkie,
min. of Dunning, born 26th Sept. 1788;
Janet, born 1791, died 1847 ; Sophia, born
24th July 1792 (marr. (1) Gilbert Bertram,
merchant, Leith, and (2) Robert Allan,
surgeon, Edinburgh), died 8th Jan. 1845 ;
Thomas, F.R.C.S., born 17th June 1794,
died 1836; Hugh Blair, born 28th Nov.
1796, died 8th May 1797. Publications-
Five single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1775-94) ;
The Principles of Moderation (Edinburgh,
1782); The Benevolence of the Christian
Spirit (Edinburgh, 1791); Plan for the
Augmentation of Stipends (Edinburgh,
1793); The Patriot (Edinburgh, 1793);
Fidelity to the British Constitution (Edin
burgh, 1794) ; Sermon I. (Scotch Preacher,
iv.).— [Grant's Univ., ii. ; Kay's Portr.].
GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD, D.D. ;
1799 trans- from New Greyfriars ; Pres-
by the Town Council 28th Dec.
1798, and ad in. 10th Jan. 1799, holding in
conjunction the Principalship of the Univ. ;
trans, to the High Kirk Parish 30th April
1801.
1801
DAVID DICKSON of Persilands, born
30tl1 March 1754> third son of I)avid
D. of Kilbucho, min. of Newlands ;
educated at West Linton and Peebles
schools, and Univs. of Glasgow and Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 29th
Aug. 1775 ; assistant at Libberton, Lanark
shire ; ord. there 1st May 1777 ; trans, to
Bothkennar 16th July 1783 ; app. to Canon-
gate Chapel-of-Ease, New Street, 22nd Oct.
1795 ; trans, to Trinity Parish 21st March
1799; pres. by the Town Council 27th
Jan., trans, and adm. 26th Nov. 1801 ;
died 2nd Aug. 1820. He was often seen
on horseback, and it was said there were
two things of which he never tired — riding
and preaching. He marr. 10th Dec. 1777,
Christina (died 14th Dec. 1832, aged 77),
daugh. of Thomas Wardrobe, min. of
Bathgate, and had issue— Margaret, born
5th Oct. 1778, died 29th Nov. 1852 ; David,
min. of St Cuthbert's; John, W.S., 1806,
born 17th Nov. 1781, died 8th July 1823 ;
William, born 12th Nov. 1783 ; Anne, born
13th April 1787, died 28th Feb. 1860;
Elizabeth Somerville, born 29th May 1792
(marr. 10th April 1812, John Tawse, advo
cate, secretary of the Society for Propa
gating Christian Knowledge), died 12th May
1843; James Wardrobe, advocate, Sheriff-
substitute of Stirlingshire, born 2nd April
1794, died 9th June 1847 ; Christian Ward
robe, born 3rd Aug. 1800, died 8th Jan.
1802. Publications— Four single Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1779-1819) ; Sermons preached
on Different Occasions (Edinburgh, 1818);
The Principal Subject, Joyful Import, and
Glorious Extent of Gospel Tidings (sermon
preached before the London Missionary
Society, 1804); Account of Bothkennar
148
WEST ST GILES— GILMERTON
[PEESB. OF
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xvii.). — [Kay's
Portr., ii.]
HENRY GREY, M.A. ; trans, from
1821 ^t Cuthbert's Chapel ; pres. by the
Town Council Oct. 1820: adm. llth
Jan. 1821 ; trans, to Bellcvuc (afterwards
St Mary's) 13th Jan. 1835.
ROBERT GORDON, D.D. : trans,
from Hope Park Chapel; pres. by
the Town Council, and adm. 8th
Sept. 1825 ; trans, to St Giles 9th Sept.
1830.
JOHX BRUCE, trans, from Guthrie;
pres. by the Town Council 1830 ;
adm. (in the Methodist Chapel) 13th
Jan. 1831 ; trans, to St Andrew's Church
12th Jan. 1837.
CHARLES JOHN BROWN, born 1806,
son of Alexander B., Lord Provost of
Aberdeen, and Catharine Chalmers ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 22nd Dec.
1830 ; ord. to Anderston Chapel-of-Ease
21st July 1831 ; pres. by the Town Council,
trans, and adm. (in Brighton Street Chapel)
20th April 1837. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Free New North, Edinburgh, 1843 ;
D.D. (Princeton 1863); Moderator of Free
Church General Assembly 1872 ; died 3rd
July 1884. He marr. 28th Jan. 1834, Jane
Bannatyne Wright, who died 12th Nov. 1895,
and had issue— Alexander, bora 2nd Jan.
1835 ; John Wright, born 19th Dec. 1836,
died 23rd March 1863; Margaret Innes,
born 28th Sept. 1837, died 15th June
1853 ; Catharine Chalmers, born 30th
Sept. 1838, died 28th Feb. 1859; Charles
John, born 14th May 1841 ; Ross, born
17th June 1845 ; David, born 16th Nov.
1846 ; Andrew Howden, born 31st March
1848 ; Robert Wright, born 14th Aug.
1850 ; Thomas Chalmers, born 10th May
1852, died 28th Jan. 1853 ; Jane Eliza
beth, born 3rd April 1855 (marr. Dyson
Weston, London). Publications — Church
Establishments Defended, with Special
Reference to the Church of Scotland
(Glasgow, 1833) ; Rights of the Chris
tian People in the Appointment of their
Ministers (Edinburgh, 1839) ; Sermon
preached before the General Assembly of
the Free Church (Edinburgh, 1844); State
of Religion in the Land (London, 1844) ;
Restraining of Spiritual Intercourse in
Families (Edinburgh, 1855) ; Lectures II.,
on Protestantism (Glasgow, 1837), X., on
the Revival of Religion (Glasgow, 1840),
I [I., on the Conversion of the Jews (Edin
burgh, 1832), and XL, before the Scottish
Reformation Society (Edinburgh, 1851).
GILMERTON (Q.S.).
[The church was opened 20th April 1837.
The district attached to it, all within the
civil parish of Liber ton, was by the Court of
Teinds erected into a parish quoad sacra,
18th July I860.]
WALTER FAIRLIE, second son of
Walter F., Dumbarton; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow, where he matricu
lated in 1808 ; ord. by Presb. of Glasgow to
Whitehaven 1st Dec. 1819 ; adm. 16th Aug.
1838. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
Libcrton Free Church 1843; died 25th
Nov. 1856. He marr. llth Feb. 1824,
Sarah (died 12th Nov. 1858), daugh. of
Adam Bittleston, Maryport. Publication
- The Lawfulness and Stability of
Councils in the Christian Churc/t, a ser
mon (London, 1827).
[Between 1843 and 1860 the congregation
was served by licentiates.]
THOMAS FLEMING, born Avendale,
fourth son of John F. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; took charge of
the church in 1853; ord. min. of the new
parish 27th Dec. 1860 ; died unmarr. at
Liberton Manse, 16th March 1862.
PETER STEWART, born Dollar, 24th
May 1828, son of Alexander S. and
Susan Cameron ; educated at St
Andrews Univ. ; M.A. ; ord. 21st Aug.
1862; died at Dollar, 4th Sept. 1873. He
marr. 22nd Aug. 1871, Jane (died 15th
March 1873), daugh. of William Glover,
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W.S., Leith, and widow of Thomas Mer-
ricks, Roslin.
DAVID THOMAS WALKER, born :
1874 Mussi'lburgh, 30tli Sept. 1839, second :
son of Andrew W., schoolmaster, j
Whitekirk, and Jean Telfcr ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbar ; assistant at
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 18th June
1874 ; died 27th April 1881.
1881
JAMES CHRISTIE, born Foulis- Wester,
30th Aug. 1835, son of Robert C. and
Jane Wilson ; educated at Foulis-
Wester and Monzie schools, and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
30th Jan. 1861 ; ord. same day by Presb. of
St Andrews, to the Jewish Mission station
at Alexandria ; missionary at Constantinople
1861 to 1879 ; aclm. to Gilmcrton 31st Oct.
1881; D.D. (St Andrews 1882); librarian
to the General Assembly from 1885 ; died
9th June 1913. He marr. (1) 30th Sept.
1863, Mary Hamilton (died 5th June 1883),
and had issue— Robert, born 29th July
1864 ; Mary Christina, born llth Nov.
1865; Alexander Hamilton, min. at |
Rerrick, born 8th July 1867 ;. James, born
29th April 1875 ; David Hamilton, M.A.,
born 22nd Jan. 1877 : (2) 31st Aug. 1887,
Jane T. Jack, and had issue— Thomas Jack,
born 23rd Feb. 1889; Graham Wilson.
M.B., Ch.B., born llth March 1891.
Publications — Translation of Old Testa
ment into Judseo-Spanish for American
Bible Society (Constantinople, 1873) ; Xew
Testament into Judseo-Spanish for British
and Foreign Bible Society (1877); edited
General Assembly Commission Records
1646-96, 2 vols., ticot. Ilist. 8oc. (1892-6).
edited third vol. 1650-2 (1909); Bio
graphical Sketch of author prefixed to
Professor Mitchell's Scottish Reformation
(1900).
JOSEPH MOFFETT, born Letterkenny,
23rd Aug. 1885, son of Joseph M.,
D.D., and Lizzie Beck ; educated
privately, and at Royal University of
Ireland ; (B.A. 1906) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1909 ; assistant Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, and St Columba's.
London : ord. 16th Sept. 1913.
GRANTON (Q.S.).
[After the Rev. James Robertson had
ministered for nearly twenty years to the
workers and others connected with Granton
Harbour, the Duke of Buccleuch gifted the
church (built in 1877), along with an endow
ment of £50, to the Church of Scotland.
Erected into a parish quoad sacra in Jan.
1889, having been disjoined from Cramond,
Dean, and St Bernard's parishes.]
THOMAS SMITH G OLDIE, born 7th
Feb. 1857, son of William G., min. of
Crawfordjohn, and Mary Smith ;
educated at Robertson's Academy, Edin
burgh, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(23rd April 1878) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 1880 ; assistant at Methil, Old Kirk,
Edinburgh, Largs, Galashiels, Langholm ;
app. July 1888 to take charge of Granton
Chapel; ord. and ind. 15th Feb. 1889.
Marr. 19th Feb. 1889, Maria, fourth daugh.
of Nathaniel Gosling, Cheltenham, and
Christina Clark, and has issue — Mary,
born 30th Dec. 1889 (marr. 5th April 1911,
Ernest Maclagan Wedderburn, W.S., D.Sc.);
William, born 19th Aug. 1891 ; Margaret
Somerville, born 26th Oct. 1893 ; Nora
Isabel, born 2nd Nov. 1895 ; James Smith,
born 23rd May 1897, died llth July 1897;
Ruth Elizabeth Evangeline, born 30th March
1902.
JUMPER GREEN (Q.S.).
[The congregation dates from 1892. On
21st Feb. of that year an iron church was
opened, and at the first celebration of the
Communion on 20th March following, there
were present eighty-seven communicants.
The foundation stone of the present build
ing was laid in June 1895, by Gavin,
Marquess of Breadalbane, Lord High Com
missioner, and the church was opened
23rd Jan. 1897, by Archibald Scott, D.D.,
Moderator of Assembly. Erected from
Colinton into a parish quoad sacra by
decreet of the Court of Teinds, 30th
Nov. 1906.]
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JUNIPER GREEN— KIRKNEWTON
[PRESB. OF
CHARLES MAURICE SHORT, born
1906 &wansea, 17th June 1853, son of
Charles S., D.D., Dundee, formerly
of Swansea, and Mary Harrington ; educated
at Swansea Grammar School and Cheshunt
College ; adm. as a licentiate by the
General Assembly 1880; assistant at Lin-
lithgow ; ord. to Kingscavil 9th Aug. 1887 ;
app. to this charge 21st Feb. 1892 ; adm.
first min of the parish 18th Dec. 1906.
Marr. 2nd Dec. 1903, Lucy Greig, daugh.
of Alexander Robertson, banker, Edin
burgh, and Annie Rose. Publication —
Sermon on Church Defence (Edinburgh,
1893).
KIRKNEWTON.
[Originally in the Presb. of Edinburgh,
and annexed by the General Assembly,
July 1591, to Linlithgow ; East Calder,
in the Presb. of Linlithgow, was united
by the Court of Teinds, 23rd Jan. 1751.]
1572 JAMES MOWBRAY, reader.
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres. by
James, Earl of Morton. Letters of
collation were made in his favour
by John, Archbishop of St Andrews, 6th
June 1573 (Moray Inventor]/}. Ratho and
Gogar wore also in his charge. He was
appointed to Bathgate, Oct. 1593, "but
went not," and died 31st May 1612. His
sister, Elizabeth, widow of William
Buchanan of Auchmar, was executrix. —
\Reg. Assifj. and Min. ; Test. Reg. ; Wod-
roiv Miscell. and Biog., i. ; Calderwood's
Hist., iv., viii.]
1576 JOHN TOD, reader.
ANDREW BALFOUR, son of James B.,
1613 min. of St Giles, Edinburgh; edu
cated at Univ. there ; M.A. (25th
July 1607) ; after being on the exercise of j
that Presb. some years, was pres. by James,
Lord Balmerino, 8th July 1612 (the right
to present being disputed and claimed l>y
Archbishop Spottiswood) ; adm. 24th Feb.
1613 ; got leave from Presb. of Linlithgow,
of which this parish then formed a part, to
visit his uncle, James Melvill, at his special
desire, then in bad health at Berwick, 28th
July 1613 ; signed the Protestation for the
Liberties of the Kirk, 27th June 1617
and was imprisoned for the same ; died
| 7th July 1624, aged about 37. He left
! James, advocate, clerk of session, born
1619 (who had a son Governor of the
| Darien Company, and whose son pur-
j chased the estate of Pilrig) ; Andrew,
apprenticed 23rd July 1634 to John
Inglis, merchant, Edinburgh ; John ; Eliza
beth. — [Melvill's Autob., Uphall 8ess. and
Test. Re<j. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii. ; Ori<j.
Lett., ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 203— de Tut.,
387-90 ; The Balfours of Pilri*/.]
JAMES LAING, son of John L., min
1625 °^ Greenock } ^f -A. (Glasgow 1617) ;
licen. 19th April 1620 ; ord. to Aber-
corn 7th March 1624 ; trans, and adm.
1625. It was stated against him at the
Synod, 5th Nov. 1644, that upon the day
of thanksgiving for the taking of New
castle, he uttered the words in his sermon
— "That is a devilish joy to rejoice at the
calamitie of our brethren, who are under
one king, one faith, one baptism, and if our
fathers were living, they would laugh to
see us trouble ourselves needlesslie," which
words, however, he publicly denied. He
obtained a protection from the Marquess
of Montrose, 20th Aug. 1645, which is the
last heard of him. He niarr. before 1635,
Agnes, daugh. of Patrick Sharpe, min. of
Strathbrock, and widow of Alexander
Somerville of Humbie (Moray Inventory),
and had issue — William, apprenticed 8th
Jan. 1645 to William Alexander, merchant,
Edinburgh ; Agnes. — [Linlithgow Presb.
and Uphall >SV.s.s-. JReg., Sed. Book of
Teinds ; Reg. Old Dec., iii. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Mem. of Montrose, ii. ; Acts Parl., vii. ;
Peterkin'a Records; Neiv Stat. Ace., i.]
JOHN COLVILL, M.A. (St Andrews
1648 1635): adm. 12th April 1648; died
Feb. 1663, aged about 48. Leaving
neither wife nor children, a question was
raised before the Court of Session respect
ing the ann, which was found " to belong
to the nearest of kin, a nephew (John
Colvill, advocate, son of the Principal) ;
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151
and there being a question also as to the
glebe, the Lords found that the nearest of
kin had right thereto, they proving that
the defunct had sown the same before his
decease."— [Act. Rect. Univ. St And., Dal-
keitk Presb. and Test. Re<j. ; Wodrow's
Hist., i. ; Morison's Digest and Dec., i. ;
Few Stat. Ace., i.]
WILLIAM ALISOX, M.A. ; ord. and
coll. 12th July 1663; trans, to Kil-
1663
bucho in IG66.—[Reg. CoUat.]
CHARLES LUMSDEX, son of Charles
L., min. of Duddingston ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (30th
June 1658); originally a merchant in
Edinburgh, and so styled, 27th Oct. 1662
(G. R. Jnhib.) ; licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 16th Sept, 1665 ; ord. and coll.
30th Aug. 1666. He is styled " late min. of
K.," 21st Oct. 1673 and llth Aug. 1674.
He marr. Elizabeth Allan, and had issue-
John, bapt. 13th Oct. 1667.— [Key. Collat.,
Edin. Re<j. (L'a^t.) ; New Stat. Ace., i.]
JOHX WELKIE, coll. 18th May 1669;
trans, to Ratho in Feb. 1672.— [Reg.
Collat. ; New Stat. Ace., i.]
JAMES OLIPHAXT, pres. by John,
Lord Balmerino, before 6th March
(Moray Inventory) ; adm. 30th July
1672 ; died 4th Aug. 1673.
JAMES WAUGH, M.A. ; ord. and coll.
21st Oct. 1673 ; trans, to South
1673
Leith in 1682.— \Re<j. Collat.}
JOHX ALEXAXDER, ord. 5th July
1683 1683 ; trans, to Durisdeer same year.
WILLIAM HAMILTOX, M.A. ; trans,
from Irvine 1689, when he obeyed
the proclamation, and prayed for
their Majesties William and Mary, but
was prevented from preaching by certain
persons unconnected with the parish, who
carried off the keys of the church, on which
he petitioned the Committee of Estates,
who ordered him to be restored and secured
in the peaceable exercise of his ministry,
and possession of his house and goods.
He was received into Communion 1692.
— [Acts Parl., ix. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication.'}
JOHX BAXXERMAX, deprived by the
1689 Privy Council, 4th Sept. 1689, for
not praying for King William and
Queen Mary.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Neiv Stat. Ace., i. ; Rule's Sec. Vindica
tion.]
JAMES AXDERSOX, ord. 1691; trans.
to West Linton 2nd July 1696.—
[Peebles Presb. Reg.; Kew Stat. Ace., i.]
JOHX THORBURX, born 1675, son
1691
1699
Smailholm and Elizabeth Wilson
M.A. (Edinburgh, 3rd July 1693); licen.
by Presb. of Earlston 8th April 1697 ; ord.
in 1699 ; dem. 25th July 1744 ; died 4th
Oct. 1758. Marr. (1) Mary Skene (Rox.
Sas., vii., 307) : (2) 30th Jan. 1732, Isobel,
daugh. of James Stevenson of Carrickmure,
and had issue — James of Smailholm, only
son, died 7th May 1798, aged 50 (Edin.
Reg).
ALEXAXDER BRYCE, born Boarland,
Kincardine-on-Forth, 1713 ; educated
1745 at Kilmadock School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (15th May 1735); a
tutor in Caithness for some years ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 12th June 1744;
called llth April, and ord. 22nd Aug. 1745 ;
pres. to East Calder by Francis, Duke
of Buccleuch, March 1750 ; one of His
Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary 1770;
died 1st Jan. 1786. He was the means
of discovering the Stirling Jug, a pint
measure, considered as the ancient
standard of Scotland for grain, which had
been lost sight of ; the measurement of
which he accurately ascertained to contain
103i*oVo cubic inches. He adjusted the
weights and measures of Edinburgh, and
" for his good services to the city /; was
made a burgess and guild-brother in Jan.
1754. He assisted in revising the calcula
tions for the Ministers' Widows' Fund ;
and was a poet of no mean rank, having
written a version of the song, " The Birks
of Invermay." He marr. 23rd Oct. 1750,
Janet (died 23rd March 1807), daugh. of
Provost Gillespie of Stirling, and had issue
— Mary, born 6th Aug. 1751 ; Katherine.
born 23rd March 1753 (marr. Theodore
Alexander of Wellfiekl) ; John, born 26th
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KIRKNEWTON
[pitKsr.. OF
Nov. 175-1, W.S. apprentice 1770; Janet,
born 27th Oct. 1758 ; Isabel, born 5th April
1761 ; James, surgeon, Edinburgh, born
23rd Jan. 1766; Sir Alexander, K.C.B.,
R.E., Inspector-General of Fortifications,
born 23rd Jan. 176G, died 1832; William,
D.D., min. of Aberdour, born 4th April
1770; Janet (secunda). Publications —
Several scientific papers in the Trans. Roy.
Soc. Lond., "A New Method of Measuring
the Velocity of the Wind,'"' etc. ; " Map of the
North Coast of Britain, from the Raw Stoir
of Assynt to Wick, in Caithness, with the
Harbours and Rocks, and an Account of
the Tides in the Pentland Firth, 1744"
(Trans. Philosopk. Soc., Edin.}. — [Morrison's
Digest ; Nimmo's Stirlingsh., i. ; Chalmers's
Caled., ii. ; New Stat. Ace., i. ; Diet. Nat.
WILLIAM CAMERON, born Loch-
1786 a^er' I"751 > studied at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1770);
pres. by Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, and
ord. 17th Aug. 1786 ; died 17th Nov. 1811.
A poet of no inconsiderable genius, he com
posed two (xiv., xvii.) and revised at least
thirty-three of the Paraphrases and two of
the Hymns used in the devotional service
of the Church. He marr. 15th Sept. 1788,
Agnes (born 1764, died 16th March 1837),
daugh. of James Montgomerie and Agnes
Hunter, Irvine, and had issue — James, born
26th Feb., died 1st Nov. 1790; Robert,
accountant, born 1st June 1793, died 28th
Oct. 1829 ; William, apothecary, born 19th
Aug. 1795 ; Mary, born 6th April 1797
(marr. 15th Nov. 1816, Dr Zekariah Sillar,
Irvine), died 1883 ; George Duncan, born
llth Oct. 1798, died 24th Oct. 1829;
Thomas MacKnight, born 22nd March
1800; Margaret, born 4th Feb. 1802, died
2nd April 1803; Helen, born 31st March
1804 (marr. Alexander Christison, min. of
Foulden) ; Catherine, born 15th May 1806,
died 31st May 1810; Francis; Douglas.
Publications — Poems on Various Subjects
(Edinburgh, 1781, anon.); The Abuse of
Civil and Religious Liberty, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1793) ; Ode on LochieVs Birth
!)<(>/ (1796); A Review of the French
Involution (Edinburgh, 1802); Poems on
Several Occasions, posthumous (Edinburgh,
1813); Paraphrases of Sacred Scripture,
•used in the Church of Scotland, xiv.,
xvii. ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., ix.).— [ForbesJ Life of Beattie,
i. ; New Scots May., ii. ; Rogers' Scottish
Minstrel ; Neiv Stat. Ace., i. ; Julian's Diet.
of Ifymnolocjy, Diet. Nat. Bioy.~\
ALEXANDER LOCKHART SIMP-
1812 SON, born April 1785 ; a student
at the Selkirk Hall of the Secession
Church under Professor Lawson in 1803.
Joined the Church of Scotland, and was
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 17th Jan. 1810 ;
pros, by George, Earl of Morton, 27th April,
and ord. 22nd Oct. 1812 ; clerk of the Presb.
of Edinburgh; joint clerk depute to the
General Assembly 22nd May 1828; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 20th March 1836); convener
of the Assembly's Committee on Home
Missions 29th May 1843; Moderator of
the General Assembly 1849; principal clerk
to the General Assembly 19th May 1859;
died unmarr. 15th Dec. 1861. Publications
—Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh
on, the Seat Rents of the Cit>/ Churches
(Edinburgh, 1834) ; Statement in Reference
to a Division in the General Assemblies
Non - Intrusion Committee (Edinburgh,
1842); Remarks on the Memorial Pre
sented to Her Majesty's Government bi/ a
Committee of the Free Church, Relative to
the quoad sacra Churches or Chapels in
Connection with the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1848); Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace., i.). — [Report on Ch.
Patronage; Neiv Stat. Ace., i.]
HENRY WALLIS SMITH, born Glas-
1862 gow' llt}l -^OV- 1829> son of William
S. of Carbeth-Guthrie, Lord Provost
of Glasgow, and Sarah Wallis, daugh. of
Henry Wallis, Marysborough, Co. Cork ;
educated privately and at Edinburgh
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1854; assistant at New Kilpatrick ; ord.
to Durisdeer 10th May 1855; trans, and
adm. 19th June 1862; D.D. (Edinburgh
1882); convener of the Jewish Mission
Scheme 1875-85; Lecturer on Pastoral
Theology 1878; died 12th Nov. 1885. He
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marr. 30th Aug. 1872, Elizabeth Dunlop
(died 25th Sept. 1912), youngest daugh.
of James Macnair of Auchinleck, and Janet
Rankin, and has issue — Hannah Isobel, born
July 1873, died Feb. 1883 ; William Henry,
born Feb. 1875, died in South Africa 1902 ;
Sarah Catherine Wallis, born Oct. 1876
(marr. 1904, T. J. Stuart) ; Helen Elizabeth,
born Aug. 1878 ; James Macnair, captain
E.M.L.I., born Feb. 1881 ; Louisa Mary
Wallis, missionary of the Church of Scot
land at Poona, India, born Jan. 1883 ;
Isobel Jean, born July 1884. Publications
— Editor of the Mission Record of the
Church of Scotland ; The Pastor as
Preacher (Edinburgh, 1878); Outlines of
Early Church History (Edinburgh, Bible
Class Primers Series); Sermon, Our Duty
as Citizens (posthumous).
ARTHUR GORDON, M.A. ; trans, from
1886 Greenlaw 18th ^ay 1886; trans, to
St Andrew's, Edinburgh, 10th Jan.
1889.
GEORGE GARDINER, born lledgorton,
1889 Perthshire, 6th Dec. 1846 ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1875),
B.D. (1878) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1878 ; assistant at Morningside, Edinburgh,
and West Church, Aberdeen : ord. to Hurl-
ford 8th July 1S80; trans, and adm. 9th
July 1889 ; Examiner in Divinity, Univ.
of Edinburgh, 1895-9; convener since 1905
of the General Assembly's Committee on the
admission of ministers of other churches ;
preses of the Craigcrook Mortification
since 1898; D.D. (Edinburgh, 8th July
1910). He marr. 25th Nov. 1880, Margaret
Donald, daugh. of David Lindsay Smith,
Edinburgh, and has issue — William Wallace
Dunlop, B.D., min. of St Madoes.
LEITH
NEWHAVEN (Q.&).
[Church opened 30th Oct. 1836. Dis
joined from St Cuthbert's and erected into
a parish quoad sacra, 20th July 1859.]
JAMES FAIRBAIRN, born Huntington,
1838 Lauderdale, 16th Dec. 1804, son of
James F., farmer, and Elizabeth
Taylor ; educated at Lauder School and
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dal-
keith 24th April 1834; tutor in the family
of Dundas of Arniston, and assistant at
Dalkeith ; nominated by the Trustees, and
ord. 25th Jan. 1838. Joined Free Church ;
min. of Newhaven Free Church 1843 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1876) ; died unmarr. 3rd Jan.
1879.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, born Lochmaben,
1850 29th ^ay 1820) son of Jolm G<>
schoolmaster, and Margaret Sharp ;
educated at Lochmaben School and Univs.
of Edinburgh and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben 23rd Dec. 1845 ;
ord. to Wallacetown, Ayr, 27th March 1846 ;
trans, and adm. 18th April 1850 ; died 3rd
April 1887. He marr. 4th Jan. 1847,
Catherine (died 5th May 1888), daugh. of
James Gray, mathematical master, Ayr
Academy, and had issue — Mary (deceased) ;
Margaret ; Catherine (deceased) ; Joan ;
William (deceased) ; Stuart, died July
1913. Publications — Popular Headings on
the Revelation (Edinburgh, 1854) ; Loch
maben Five Hundred Years A<jo (Edin
burgh, 1865) ; Eventide Meditations, with
Memoir by his nephew, John G. Andrew,
Barrhill U.F. Church (Edinburgh, 1887);
numerous poems and newspaper articles.
THOMAS PEARSON, born Kilconquliar,
1887 Fifc> lst Sept> 1848> son of Th°mas
P. and Agnes Allan ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1873), B.D. (1876) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh llth May
1876; rector of Falkirk Grammar School;
assistant at Kinghorn ; ord. to Hurlford
7th March 1878; trans, to Cupar 7th Jan.
1880; trans, and adm. 13th Oct. 1887.
Marr. llth Sept. 1878, Eliza, second daugh.
of John Downs, merchant, Leith, and Anna
Common, and has issue — Allan, electrical
engineer, Glasgow ; Joseph Gilmour, motor
agent, Manchester ; John Henry Herbert,
M.D. ; Mary Agnes White (marr. George
Halley).
154
NORTH LEITH
[PRESB. OF
NORTH LEITH.
[Formerly the Chapel of St Ninian,
built by Robert Bellenden, Abbot of the
Monastery of Holyrood, July 1493; pro
posed by the Presb. 4th Sept. 1599,
ratified by General Assembly 10th Dec.
1602, and erected by Parliament 9th July
1606. The patronage vested at the same
time by Parliament in "the hail of the
inhabitants," was exercised by male heads
of families until the passing of the Patron
age Bill, 1874. Lands of Newhaven
with corn tithes and money stipend were
annexed from St Cuthbert's, 1630. The
corn tithes of Hillhousefield purchased from
William Chalmer and his spouse, and tish
tithes of Leith and Newhaven purchased
from John, Lord Holyroodhouse, both by
subscription, were confirmed by Royal
Charter, llth June 1631. New church
erected 1815-16, after sale of old church,
which had become too small ; opened 1st
Sept. 1816. Halls erected in 1866. The
fish tithe was commuted on payment of
£2500 by Leith Dock Commission, 1892.]
JAMES MUREHEAD, M.A. (Edin-
1599 bur£h> 28tl1 July 1598); authorised
to preach in the North- West Quarter
of that city 21st Dec. 1598 ; elected by
the parishioners, and adm. 19th Sept. 1599.
One of those deputed by the Synod, April
1603, to wait on His Majesty near Hadding-
ton (while on his way to England at the
Union of the Crowns), regarding grievances
affecting the interests of religion. He
signed the Protest against the introduction
of Episcopacy, 1st July 1606. Died "in
his upper chalmer, at sevin houris in the
morning," 29th Oct. 1612, "and was buried
in St Nicolas Chapel on Friday thairafter,
at x houris before none at the west gavel."
He marr. (1) — - Paterson (Reg. of Deeds,
ccxciv., 397) : (2) (pro. 15th Dec. 1596) Janet
Dennistoun, who survived him (Edin. Com.
Decreets, 22nd July 1617). His sisters
(Agnes, wife of Michael Cranstoun, min.
of Cramond ; Margaret, wife of Andrew
Cautoun, in Craigmarvie ; and Grisell,
wife of John Salmond in Auchingray)
were his executrices. — [Test. Reg., Reg.
Assig. ; Row's, Calderwood's, and Steven
son's Ilists. ; Select Biog., i.]
DAVID FORRESTER, M.A. (St
Andrews, 22nd July 1608); ord. to
Denny 3rd April 1610 ; trans, and
adm. 16th Dec. 1613 ; suspended by the
Court of High Commission 2nd July
1619, and confined to Aberdeen ; again
summoned 25th Nov. following, for ad
ministering the Communion in a manner
not in accordance with the prescribed order,
when he was left in the hands of the
Bishop of Aberdeen [Patrick Forbes], who
said of him that " though he stand on ^his
own conscience, he is as modest and subject
to hear reason as the youngest scholar in
Scotland" ; trans, to Rathven April 1620 ; re-
trans, in 1627.— [Stirling Presb. Reg., Row's
and Calderwood's Ilists., Reg. Assiy.]
HENRY CHARTERIS, born probably
1620 in 1570) eldest son °f Hcnry C;'
King's printer, was one of Rollock's
students from the opening of the college
at Edinburgh. He took his degree of
M.A. in 1587. In 1589 he became regent,
and in 1599 was Principal and Professor
of Divinity. Disagreeing with the Town
Council, he res. the office of Principal,
and accepted a call to this charge, being
adm. (by the Archbishop at St Andrews)
in April 1620. In 1627 he was retrans.
to the Professorship of Divinity, and died
in July 1628. "He was certainly one of
the most learned men of his time, both
in the tongues and in philosophy and
divinity." He marr. (1) a lady whose
name is unknown, and had issue— Mar
garet, bapt. 28th Sept. 1600 : (2) 8th Sept.
1602, Agnes Mason, and had issue— Henry,
W.S., bapt. 3rd July 1603 ; Isobel, bapt.
1st Dec. 1605 (marr., pro. 12th Aug. 1624,
Laurence Henderson, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh : Reg. of Deeds, 539) ; Catherine,
bapt. 12th Feb. 1609 ; William, bapt. 18th
Feb. 1610; Agnes, bapt. 24th Feb. 1611;
Rachel, bapt. 18th April 1612 : (3) Janet,
daugh. of John Bell, min., and had issue-
Jean, bapt. 15th Aug. 1617; Elizabeth,
bapt. 28th July 1618; Catherine, bapt.
EDINBURGH]
NORTH LEITH
155
1627
22nd Feb. 1620 ; Thomas (G. R. Sas., xxix.,
72) ; John, min. of Currie, eldest son and
heir (A. Guthrie, Prot. Book, 133).— Pub
lication — Narratio Vitoe et Obitus sanctis-
simi doctissimique viri D. Roberti Rolloci,
Scoti Ministri Evangelii et Rectoris
Academice Edinburgensis (Wodrow Soc.,
1826).— [Edin. Reg. (Bapt.\ Grant's Univ.,
Diet. Nat. fiiog.]
DAVID FORRESTER, M.A., above
mentioned ; trans, from Rathven,
through the influence of Sir William
Alexander of Menstrie, afterwards Earl of
Stirling, cousin of his wife ; pres. by the
elders, deacons, and inhabitants 5th Aug.,
and readm. 20th Sept. 1627 ; died June
1633, aged about 45. He marr. (1) 30th
Jan. 1614, Margaret, daugh. of Duncan
Paterson, merchant, burgess of Stirling,
and Marion Alexander, and had issue —
Duncan, one of the regents in the Univ.
of Edinburgh, who was served heir 13th
Nov. 1633 ; John ; George : (2) Margaret,
daugh. of Robert Hamilton, brother to the
Laird of Preston, and had issue — James ;
Margaret. — [Stirling, Prestonpans Sess., and
Test. Reg. ; Row's and Calderwood's Hists.,
vii. ; Craufurd's Univ.
ANDREW FATRFOUL [FAIRFULL],
M.A. ; trans, from Leslie, Fife ; pres.
by Charles I. 25th Sept. 1641 ; trans.
to Duns in 1652 ; became Archbishop of
Glasgow (q.v.}. — \_Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Balfour's
Hist. Works, iii. ; Acts Parl., v., vii. ;
Guthrie's Mem., Baillie's Lett.]
JOHN KNOX, youngest son of John
K., min. of Bowden ; educated at
the Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (15th
July 1641). When a probationer he joined
the army in favour of Charles II., and
became chaplain to Sir John Brown's
Regiment of Horse ; was present at the
Royalist defeat at Inverkeithing, 19th July
1651 ; chaplain in the family of Archi
bald, Earl of Angus ; ord. to this charge
1653. He was deprived of the use of his
church by the English soldiery, and
preached in the citadel ; removed from it
also, he conducted public worship with his
parishioners at Newhaven ; deprived by the
Act of Parliament llth June, and of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. Though advised to
visit the Court, where he might have
received promotion, he preferred remaining
at home, and sharing in the sufferings of
those maintaining the Presbyterian form
of Church government. He was min.
again in 1687. — [Wodrow's HISS., xxxiii.,
and Hist., i., iv. ; Acts Parl., vii. ;
Crichton's Life of Blackadder.]
JAMES REID, M.A. (King's College,
1663 Aberdeen, 1652) ; schoolmaster of
Grange 1652-5 ; adm. min. of Second
Charge, Kirkwall, 8th Nov. 1660 ; pres. by
" the haill inhabitants " ; coll. 1 5th July, and
inst. 1663; died in 1671, aged about 39.
He marr. 30th March 1664, Margaret,
daugh. of Magnus Prince, Kirkwall,
merchant, burgess of Edinburgh, and had
issue — James (Aberdeen Inhib., llth Sept.
1678). His widow marr Robert Traill, mer
chant, Edinburgh. — [Reg. Collat., S. Leith
and Shapinsny Sess. Reg.; Reg. Old Dec., ii.;
Acts Parl., vii. ; Morison's Dec., xviii.]
THOMAS WILKIE, M.A. ; trans, from
1672 Galashiels ; pres. by the elders,
deacons, and inhabitants, 8th Dec.
1671 ; coll. (by James, Archbishop of St
Andrews), and inst. 4th Jan. 1672 ; trans,
to Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, in 1687.—
[Edin. Counc., xxxii.]
JAMES HUTCHESON, M.A. ; trans.
1682 from Incn) Wigtownshire, and adm.
in 1682 ; trans, to Greyfriars, Edin
burgh, in 1687. — [Edin. Counc., xxxii.]
JAMES LUNDIE, M.A. (King's Col-
1687 ^e' Aberdeen, 1657) ; ord. to Tron,
Second Charge, Edinburgh, 1663 ;
trans, to St Giles, Edinburgh, 1668 ; trans,
to Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1672 ; trans,
to Tron, First Charge, Edinburgh, 1675;
trans, to Dalkeith 1680 ; deprived on
account of the Test 1681 ; pres. unani
mously by the inhabitants 5th Sept. 1687,
and adm. soon after ; died 31st March
1696, aged 56. He marr. (1) 2nd March
1671, Catherine Chrystie, and had issue —
James, bapt. 4th June 1672; Archibald,
min. of Saltoun ; Margaret, born 24th
156
NORTH LEITII
[PRESB. OF
April 1075; Jean, bapt. 25th June 10, G;
John, bapt, 22nd Dec. 1677; Andrew;
Janet, bapt. 8th March 1679 : (2) Agnes,
claugh. of James Wilkie of Caimno, and
widow of Henry Morison, W.S. (('. It.
Horning*, 28th July 1685; Rey. of Deeds,
Mack., 24th Oct. 1673), and had issue-
James, bapt. 7th May 1686.— [Monteith's
Mori., EtUn. Reg. (Jlapt.) ; Inq. Ret. (,'en.,
8199 ; Tombst., Faintly Papers.]
JOHN KNOX, M.A., above noticed; j
indulged at West Calder ; returned |
(after toleration had been granted)
July 1687; died March 10S8. He inarr.
23rd June 1659, Jean Dalgleish, Cramond,
who died 26th Oct. 1673, aged 32, and j
had issue— Jean (marr. John Tullidelph,
inin. of Dunbarney), a daugh. (marr. —
Charteris); Elizabeth, buried in Grey-
friars, 1st April 1691 ; Margaret (Privy
Seal Eng. Reg., vi., 256).— [Edin. Reg.
(Bapt. and JJur.), Wood's Hist, of
Cramond.]
ANDREW BOWIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1664) ; adm. to Bal merino 24th j
Sept, 1690: trans, to Ceres 7th
July 1692 ; trans, and adm. 31st March
1697 ; died 25th Aug. 1707. He marr. Jan.
1692, Agnes, daugh. of William How, min.
of Ceres, and had issue— Catherine (marr., !
pro. 29th March 1724, Charles Fall, j
merchant, Dunbar). — [JBalmerino Set*.
and Test. Reg., Campbell's Balmerino
and its Abbey]
JOHN WILSON, M.A. (St Andrews,
17th July 1688) ; chaplain to David,
Earl of Leven ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 25th Aug. 1698 ; ord. to Port-
moak 24th Nov. 1698 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy
22nd Oct. 1702 ; called 13th July, trans.
and adm. 9th Sept. 1708 ; died 31st Aug.
1724. He marr. 12th Nov. 1699, Isabel,
daugh. of Andrew Nisbet, a min. in
Ireland. — [Kirkcaldy Sess., Test., and
Edin. Reg. (Marr.).]
GEORGE LINDSAY, chaplain to Lord
Charles Ker ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 3rd June 1724; called
19th Jan., and ord. 22nd April 1725; died
24th Sept. 1764. Marr. 9th June 1726,
1765
Elizabeth Gray, and had issue — Janet ;
Grizell ; George.
[PHILIP MORISON, pres. by George
III. 4th March 1765 (Privy Heal Eng.
Reg., ix., 406) ; but not settled ; be
came min. of Dunscore, same year.]
DAVID JOHNSTON, born 26th April
1734, second son of John J., min. of
Arngask ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 12th
July 1757 ; ord. to Langton llth May
1758 ; pres. by the Kirk-session and in
habitants in 1764 ; trans, and adm. llth
July 1765 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 6th March
1781); one of His Majesty's Chaplains in
Ordinary Oct. 1793. He founded the
Asylum for the Industrious Blind at Edin
burgh in 1793 ; declined the honour of
knighthood 1812 ; died 5th July 1824.
He marr. 5th July 1759, Elizabeth (died
8th Aug. 1796, aged 61), daugh. of John
Todd, shipbuilder, Leith, and had issue-
John, lieut. II E.T.C.S., born 7th March
1761, died at Bombay, 23rd Dec. 1786 ;
Gavin, born 26th Aug. 1762, died 30th
March 1773; Robert, born 6th Jan. 1767,
died 13 th Jan. 1768 ; Margaret, born 30th
Jan. 1769, died 19th Jan. 1770; David,
born 29th Dec. 1770, died 30th Jan. 1771 ;
Henrietta, born 7th March 1772. died 5th
July 1785; David, born 20th Nov. 1773,
died 20th Jan. 1775 ; Elizabeth, born 8th
July 1775 (marr. 15th Sept. 1800, William
Penney, merchant, Glasgow), died 1869 ;
Jane, born 13th Dec. 1777 (marr. 6th Aug.
1798, Robert MacBrair, merchant, Glasgow),
died 4th April 1818. Publications— Five
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1778-96) ; Dis
sertation on the Encouragement which our
Jjfexsid Lord garc to Little Children (Edin
burgh, 1799) ; Sermons, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1805-8).— [Scots Mag., xciv., Kay's Portr.,
\ Morison's Dec. ; A Model 'Pastor of the Old
School, by his granddaughter, A. F. Foster
(Edinburgh, 1878) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1799
WALTER FOGGO IRELAND, edu
cated at High School and LTniv. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 25th April 1798 ; elected (assistant
and successor) 9th Jan., and ord. 14th
EDINBURGH]
NORTH LEIT.II
157
Feb. 1799; D.D. (Aberdeen, lltli May
1810); died 18th Feb. 1828, aged 53. He
niarr. (1) 20th July 1795, Jean Alves, who
died llth May 1805, and had issue — Jean,
born 22nd Sept. 1796; Janet, born 24th
Nov. 1798 (marr. 26th June 1818, Patrick
Gillespie, M.D., Leith), died 6th April
1825 ; Ann Watson, born 20th Nov. 1799 ;
George, born 12th June 1801 ; Mary, born
9th Nov. 1802 (marr. David Davidson, inin.
at Broughty-Ferry) ; Helen Bailie, born 9th
July 1804 : (2) 1st Jan. 1806, Margaret
(died 23rd June 1823), daugb. of Charles
Spalding, confectioner, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Susanna, born 28th Sept. 1806
(marr. 27th March 1826, Arthur Craigic,
merchant, Leith) ; Walter Foggo, born 14th
Oct. 1808 ; Margaret Campbell, born 24th
Feb. 1810; Charles, born 20th Nov. 1811 ;
Catherine Ann, born 28th Sept. 1813, died
4th Feb. 1814 ; James Watson, born 9th
Jan. 1815 ; Charlotte, born 16th May 1816 ;
Thomasina, born 19th Jan. 1818 ; Alex
ander Vernor, born 18th Jan. 1820; John
Balfour, born 1st Nov. 1821 : (3) 5th
July 182 i, Catherine (died at Skene Free
Church Manse, 22nd Jan. 1853, aged 63),
second daugh. of Robert Henderson, M.I).,
Dundee, and had issue — Robert Hender
son, min. of Portobello Free Church, born
19th May 1827, died 1881. Publication—
Sermons, with Memoir by David Davidson
(Edinburgh, 1829).— [Kay's Portr., i.]
JAMES BUCHANAN, trans. fromRoslin
1828 Chapel-of-Ease ; pros, by the heritors,
elders, and inhabitants, and adm.
25th Sept. 1828 ; trans, to St Giles, Edin
burgh, 20th Aug. 1840.
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, born Auld-
1843 earn, 6th March 1805, son of James
D. and Jane Duncan ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1826);
tutor in the family of Irvine of Schivas ;
licen. by Presb. of Ellon 30th Nov.
1831; ord. to Northesk 24th Jan. 1839;
trans, and adm. 22nd June 1843 ; died
5th April 1858. He marr, 22nd July 1844,
Margaret Barron (died 2nd Feb. 1908),
eldest daugh. of Robert Scott, wine mer
chant, and Margaret Allan, Bonnington
Bank House, Leith. [A portrait painted
by Sir John Watson Gordon, was be
queathed by his widow to the Corpora
tion Art Gallery, Aberdeen.]
WILLIAM SMITH, born Harelaw,
i860 Carstairs, Lanarkshire, 19th April
1819, son of Thomas S. and Marion
Lindsay ; educated at Pettinain School and
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 1845 ; tutor in the Minto, Rothes,
and Rollo families ; ord. to Lauder 25th
Dec. 1845 ; trans, to Trinity Parish 25th
Dec. 1857 ; trans, and adm. 15th March
1860; convener of the Endowment Com
mittee 1860; D.D. (Edinburgh 1869);
Baird Lecturer 1875; died 12th Feb.
1877. He marr. 30th March 1852, Ann
Maxwell (died 18th June 1903), daugh. of
James Black, Glasgow, and had issue —
Thomas Adair, born 12th Oct. 1853, died at
Lauder 27th Jan. 1875; Ann Eliza, born
20th May 1860, died 7th May 1868 ; Evelyn
Leslie, born llth May 1863 (marr. David
Ramsay Henderson, min. of Lecropt) ;
( iertrucle Berta Elliot, born 17th July 1865
(marr. 4th April 1906, Sydney Murray,
solicitor, Jedburgh). Publication — Ei>-
doii'i-d Territorial Work (Baird Lecture,
1875).
1877
ROBERT STEWART, M.A., B.D. ; trans.
from Duns 4th Oct. 1877; trans, to
Jedburgh 15th Dec. 1881.
ANDREW WALLACE WILLIAMSON,
1882 assistant m*n- ', o1'^. 13th April 1882 ;
trans, to St Cuthbert's 6th Sept.
1883.
JOHN IIUTTOX M'CULLOCH, born
1884 Crieff. 29th June 1851, son of Alex
ander M'C. and Anne Hutton ;
educated at Stirling High School (where
he became assistant classical master) and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A., B.D. ; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 28th Oct. 1873 ; in charge
of Rosewell Chapel 1873-4; ord. to Rose-
well upon erection into a parish 9th Oct.
1874; trans, to Gourock 8th Oct. 1875;
trans, and adm. llth March 1884 ; died 4th
Oct. 1912. He marr. 24th Jan. 1889, Annie
Louisa, eldest daugh. of James Case of
158
NORTH LEITH— ST JOHN'S
[PRESB. OF
Ehnside, Surbiton, Surrey, and had issue —
Mary Hutton, born 4th June 1890 ; Alex
ander Norman, born 5th Nov. 1891 ; Annie
Amy Turner, born 17th March 1893 ; James
Case, born 24th Aug. 1894 ; Marjory
Stirling, born 4th Jan. 1897 ; Ian Forbes,
born 29th May 1898 ; Kathleen Louise, born
2nd June 1900; Donald Harry, born 5th
April 1902. Publication — Simple Notes on
the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper (1895).
JAMES ROBERTSON SWEET
1913 WILSON> born Glasgow, Gth Oct.
1879, son of Thomas L. W. and
Jessie Lang Sweet ; educated at Billhead
High School, Glasgow ; The Hermitage,
Helensburgh, and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1899); B.D. (1902); licen. by Presb. of
Dumbarton May 1902 ; assistant at Barony,
Glasgow ; ord. to St Oolumba, Oban, 26th
June 1906 ; trans, and adm. 12th March
1913. Marr. 9th June 1909, Helen Cameron,
daugh. of John A. Cameron Ruthven, C.E.,
Dublin, and has issue — Thomas Ian, born
1st June 1910.
ST JOHN'S (Q.S.).
[Opened as a Chapel-of-Ease in parish of
South Leith, 12th Dec. 1773, and declared
a parish quoad sacra by Act of Assembly,
31st May 1834. From 1843-6 it was held
by the Free Church, when the Civil Courts
declared it to belong to the Church of
Scotland. Erected by the Court of Teinds
19th July 1869.]
WILLIAM BURNSIDE, M.A. ; ord. 2nd
Nov. 1775 ; trans, to New Church,
Dumfries, June 1780.
JOHN COLQUHOUN, born Luss, 1st
Jan. 1748, son of Patrick C., farmer,
and Pennel M'Kimma ; originally a
shepherd and weaver ; educated at the
Society School at Muirland, and Univs.
of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Aug. 1780; ord.
22nd March 1781 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1811) ;
died 27th Nov. 1827. He marr. (1) 1781,
Agnes, daugh. of William Black, merchant,
Glasgow : (2) Euphemia Hunter, who died
12th Nov. 1831, aged 70. Publications—
.1 Treatise on Spiritual Comfort (Edin
burgh, 1813); On the Law and Gospel
(Edinburgh, 1815) ; On the Covenant of
Grace (Edinburgh, 1818); A Catechism for
the Instruction and Direction of Young
Communicants (Edinburgh, 1821); On the
Covenant of Works (Edinburgh, 1822);
View of Saving Faith (Edinburgh, 1824);
A Collection of the Promises of Scripture
(Edinburgh, 1825) ; A View of Evangelical
Repentance (Edinburgh, 1826) ; Sermons,
chiefly on Doctrinal Subjects, with a
Memoir (Edinburgh, 1836).— [Diet. Nat.
fiiog., Campbell Irons's Leith.']
PETER PETRIE, M.A. ; ord. 18th Sept.
1828 ; trans, to Kirkwall, Second
Charge, 29th June 1831.
JAMES LEWIS, born Glasgow, 7th
April 1805, son of George L. and
Margaret Hardie ; educated at Glas
gow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd
Aug. 1831 ; elected 24th Nov. 1831 ; ord.
19th Jan. 1832; adm. a member of Presb.
25th June 1834. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Free St John's, Leith, 1843; res.
on account of his health ; D.D. (Princeton
1871) ; Presbyterian min. at Rome, where
he died 29th Jan. 1872. He marr. Marion
(died 14th Dec. 1896), daugh. of James
Wyld of Gilston, and had issue — Marion
(marr. Rev. James Grant Mackintosh,
Tasmania) ; Margaret ; Kate Isabella ;
Alice Turnbull; George. Publications—
Defence of Ecclesiastical Establishments
(1830); Lecture III., On Civil Establish
ments of Religion (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Ser
mon at the opening of the North Parish
Church, Kelso (Edinburgh, 1838); The
Church of Scotland Obeying the Lau< of
the Land and the Law of God in her Present
Opposition to the Civil Courts (Edinburgh,
1840) ; The Crisis and Preparation (Leith,
1843) ; The Necessity and Mercy Plea for
Sabbath Trains tried and disposed of (1847) ;
Indian Government, Past and Prospective,
in Relation to Christianity (Edinburgh,
1858).
JOHN GIBB NIVEN, born Peterhead,
9th Nov. 1834, son of Charles N.
and Barbara Davidson ; educated at
Peterhead School and King's College, Aber-
1870
EDINBURGH]
ST JOHN'S— ST THOMAS'S
159
1893
THOMAS MILLAR, born Stonehouse,
Lanarkshire, 5th Oct. 1856, son of
Thomas M. and Rebecca Wilson ;
educated at Stonehouse School and Glas
gow and Edinburgh Univs. ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 1885; assistant at
Cambusnethan ; ord. to Meadowfield 23rd
April 1886; app. to St Paul's 19th Jan.
1888; ad in. first min. 9th Feb. 1893; died
12th April 1898. He marr. 26th June 1889,
Helen Stuart, daugh. of George Henry
Watt, and had issue— Thomas, born 1891;
Ruth Elizabeth, born 1893; Maud, born
1895 ; Monica, born 1896. His widow
marr. again 27th Dec. 1911. Publication—
The Way of Life (Leith, 1891).
WILLIAM GALLOWAY DONALD-
1898 SON) trans% from ^ortl1 Parish,
Kelso ; adm. 23rd Nov. 1898 ; trans,
to Forfar 1st Oct. 1908.
deen, 1850-4 ; licen. by Presb. of Deer 8th
Dec. 1863; schoolmaster of Crimond 1861-7 ;
M.A. (Aberdeen 1868); ord. 18th May
1870; dem. 12th Nov. 1879; died at Man
chester, 4th Nov. 1901. He marr. 18th
Aug. 1870, Helen Forbes, daugh. of
James Crombie of Goval, Aberdeenshire,
and had issue — Katherine (marr. Charles
G. Lawrie, M.D.); John Forbes, mining
engineer.
JAMES PARK, born Sorn, Ayrshire, 9th
1880 June 1846, son of Hugh P. and Jean
Hamilton ; educated at Sorn School
and St Andrews Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews Nov. 1873; ord. to Trinity
Church, Aberdeen, 7th July 1877; trans.
and adm. 14th April 1880. He marr. 23rd
June 1880, Robina, eldest daugh. of Thomas
Riddell, Aberdeen, and has issue — Anna
Stuart, born 27th March 1881 ; Christina
Jean, born 20th June 1882 ; Herbert Hugh,
born 8th Nov. 1883.
ST PAUL'S (Q.S.).
[Erected into a parish quoad sacra, 23rd
Jan. 1893.]
JOSEPH ROBERT PRENTER, M.A. ;
trans, from Townsend Street, Belfast,
7th April 1909; trans, to St Mark's,
Dundee, 15th Oct. 1913.
1914
DUNCAN CAMERON, bora Greenock,
8th June 1872, son of John C. and
Christina Ferguson ; educated at
Mearns Street School and Univ. of Glas
gow ; M.A. (1896), B.D. (1899); licen. by
Presb. of Greenock 25th April 1899 ;
assistant at St Mary's, Dumfries, and Tol-
booth, Edinburgh ; ord. to Logic, Fife,
28th June 1901; trans, to Ban-head 3rd
Oct. 1900 ; trans, and adm. 19th March 1914.
He marr. 21st Jan. 1903, Margaret, daugh.
of James Robertson, Denbrae, Cupar-Fife,
and has issue — Ian Gordon, born 17th
April 1910.
ST THOMAS'S (Q.&).
[Erected from South Leith, and endowed
by Sir John Gladstone of Fasque, Bart.,
"as a manifestation of his attachment to
the place of his birth "—the house in which
he was born having stood on the site of
the church. Declared a parish quoad sacra
by the General Assembly, 27th May 1839 ;
built in 1840 ; opened 6th May 1841 ; and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 8th Dec.
1847.]
1841
JAMES M'LETCHIE, trans, from
Gartsherrie, and adm. 6th May
1841 ; trans, to College Church,
Glasgow, 28th April 1842.
JOHN KINROSS, M.A. ; ord. 27th June
1842 1842 ; trans, to Largs 1st Sept. 1843.
JOHN STEELE, ord. 17th Oct. 1843;
1843 trans, to Portmoak 26th Sept. 1844.
GEORGE SCOTT, ord. 12th Dec. 1844;
1844 trans, to Dairsie 12th Sept. 1850.
ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN, trans,
from Ladyloan, and adm. 13th Feb.
1851 ; trans, to Logic-Pert 27th July
1864.
ST THOMAS'S— SOUTH LEITI1
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT GEORGE ERASER, born 14th
April 1832, son of Robert William F.,
min. of St John's, Edinburgh ; edu
cated at High School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Prosb. of Edinburgh 1858 ;
assistant at Govan, Montrose, and Bridge of
Allan : ord. 22nd Dec. 1864 ; res. 25th July
1900 ; died 18th Nov. 1905. Ho marr. 25th
June 1904, Margaret, daugh. of Donald
Sharp, Comrie. He was an artist of some
merit, and exhibited in the Royal Scottish
Academy.
GAVIN MILLAR, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
28th Nov. 1900 ; trans, to Logie-
1900
Almond 12th May 1904.
1904
June 1609, it was ordained that all the
inhabitants of Restalrig should resort
thereto " as into ane paroch kirk, as they
have done in times past/' and that the kirk
of Restalrig should be superseded and
extinct "from henceforth and for ever."
After Toleration was granted, 28th June
1687, a meeting-house was taken in Sheriff-
brae, 7th July following, and William
Wishart, formerly min. of Kinneil, in-
dweller in Lcith, began to preach the
following Sunday, and continued until a
minister was settled.]
JAMES ALEXANDER FLEMING,
born Wilton, Hawick, 26th June
1865, son of James F. and Agnes
Alexander; educated at Teviot (trove
Academy, Hawick, Dalkeith Academy,
Moray House Normal Training College,
and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1891) ; held
scholastic appointments at Dunoon Gram
mar School, Fort William, Portobello ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith May 1903;
assistant at South Lcith ; ord. 28th Sept.
1904; F.R.G.S. (1911). Marr. 9th Sept.
1912, Marian Mackenzie, Glasgow.
SOUTH LEITH,
FORMERLY HESTALRIG.
[By the first General Assembly of the
Reformed Kirk of Scotland "it was
found reasonable and expedient that the
parochiners of Restalrig sould repaire to
the Kirk of Leith, and that the Kirk of
Restalrig sould be razed and utterlie
destroyed as a monument of idolatrie/' In
Nov. 1595 the Presb. gave commission to
David Lindsay and John Brand "to con
verse with the neighbours for planting a
kirk on the north side of the brig of
Leith." As a result of this, overtures
were presented that a parish might be
made "of the north side of the brig of
Leith, and some towns next adjacent, as
Pilrig, Bonnington, Waraston, and New-
haven." In an Act of Parliament, 24th
1560
DAVID LINDSAY (primus) of Pittormie
(Test, of Alexander Guthrie of Hal-
kerton : Edin. Texts.), son of Alex
ander L. of Haltoun and Rachacl Barclay of
Mathers. Having travelled in France and
Switzerland, he imbibed Reformation prin
ciples, and was one of twelve original
ministers nominated in July 1560 to the
"chief places in Scotland," the town
assigned him being Leith. He was
present at the first General Assembly,
20th Dec. 1560. Out of seventy-three suc
ceeding Assemblies, his name occurs in
fifty: while in those of Feb. 1569, Oct.
1577, Oct. 1582, 1586, 1593, and 1597 he
was Moderator. He visited Knox on his
deathbed in 1572, and at Knox's request,
though "he thought the message hard,"
went to the castle of Edinburgh to warn
Kirkcaldy of Grange that unless he gave it
up he "should be brought down over the
walls of it with shame, and hung against
the sun " (Caiderwood, iii., 234 ; Knox's
Works, vi., 657). He visited Kirkcaldy after
' his condemnation, and was sent by him to
' Morton to intercede for his life, Kirkcaldy's
whole estate being offered as a ransom.
The intercession failed, and at Kirk
caldy's special request, Lindsay attended
him on the scaffold, and thus was witness
! of the literal fulfilment of the doom pro
nounced by Knox. He filled a conspicuous
; place in affairs both of Church and State ;
; was "the minister whom the court liked
1 best," and almost the only one of the clergy
of that time who complied with the King's
i request to pray for Queen Mary before her
execution. He accompanied James to
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SOUTH LEITII
161
Norway as chaplain, in Oct. 1589, when
he went for his bride, Anne of Denmark,
and on 23rd Nov. he married them at
Upsala (Calderwood, v., 69). He and
Robert Bruce crowned them at Holyrood
on 12th May 1590. At the baptism of
Prince Henry at Stirling, 23rd Aug. 1594
he preached to the ambassadors in French.
He baptized the Princess Margaret on 16th
April 1599, and Prince Charles, afterwards
king, 19th Nov. 1600. He came to Edin
burgh in 1600 to assure the ministers of
the truth of the official version of the
Gowrie Conspiracy, and when they de
clined to order a general service of thanks
giving for the King's safety, he conducted
a service at the market cross, and preached
a sermon in his own church in presence of
His Majesty. By the end of that year he
became Bishop of Ross, and a member of
the Privy Council (Reg. P. C. 8cot., vi.,
187), still retaining his parochial charge.
He accompanied James to England at the
Union, and died, Father of the Church, 14th
Aug. 1613. He marr. (1) Joneta, daugh. of
George Ramsay of Clattie (Test, of George
Ramsay, Edin. Test*.) : (2) Helen Harresoun,
who survived him (G. R. In/iih., 3rd Oct.
1615). He left issue — Sir Jerome of Annat-
lancl, advocate, Lord Lyon King-of-Arms,
died 4th Dec. 1642 (who is now represented
by a family in Virginia) ; David, his suc
cessor ; Rachel (marr. 12th Oct. 1589, John
Spottiswood, min. of Mid-Calder, after
wards Archbishop) ; and perhaps others.
Publication — Five Letters to James VI.
(Orig. Lett., i .). — [Reg. Min. and Assig.;
Knox's Works, ii. ; Douglas's Peer., i. ;
Lindsay's and Scott's Lives ; Test. Reg. ;
Zurich Lett., ii. ; MelvilPs Autob., Excheq.
Ptiiik ; Acts Part., iii., iv. ; M'Crie's Melville,
i. ; Eooke of the Kirk ; Calderwood's, Spot-
tiswood's, and Row's Hists. ; Orig. Lett.,
Wodroiv Miscell., Guthrie's Mem. ; New
Stat. Ace., ii. ; Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, ii. ;
Diet. Nat. J)iog.~\
1576 WILLIAM BALFOUR, reader.
DAVID LINDSAY (secundus), born
1613 about 1566, son of preceding ; edu
cated at St Salvator's College, St
Andrews ; M.A. (1586) ; ord. min. of
VOL. I.
Forfar 1590 ; trans, to Second Charge, St
Andrews, 17th Aug. 1597; inst. rector of
St Olave, Southwark, 28th Jan. 1603-4 ;
min. of Forgan 20th May 1606 ; trans, to
Second Charge, South Leith, 30th July
1609 ; trans, and adm. 1613. An assistant
was required in respect of his weakness,
8th Feb. 1616. He died Jan. 1627. He
marr., probably as a second wife, Margaret
Hepburn, who died in 1635. He had
issue — Janet (marr., cont. 19th and 23rd
Nov. 1616, Andrew Collace, min. at Gar-
vock); David, bapt. 8th and buried 10th
Nov. 1606 ; Samuel, bapt. 14th Dec. 1608 ;
Barbara, born 10th April 1610 ; Bernard,
bapt, 29th Jan. 1611-12; Sara, bapt. 3rd
May 1613; Euphan (marr. George John
ston, min. of Westruther : G R. tf'is., vi.,
22) ; Elspeth. The latter and Barbara
were his executrices. Publications — The
Heave til;/ Chariot Laid Open (St Andrews,
1622) ; The Godly Man's Journey to Heaven
(London, 1625). — [Test. Reg., Reg. Assig.,
Diet, A
JOHN CRANSTOUN, son of Michael
1627 C.. min. of Cramond ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1611) ; adm. to Second
Charge 1620 ; trans, to Liberton 1624 ;
trans, and adm. 1627 ; died in 1629, aged
about 38. He marr. after 30th Nov. 1618,
Agnes, daugh. of William Rigg of Morton,
and had issue — Thomas, eldest in 1639
(G. R. Has., 48, 380); Robert; John (who
was served heir 12th Sept. 1644) ; James,
died in 1674 ; Agnes, alive in 1674. —
[Liberton fiess., Dalkeith. Presb., and Test.
Reg.; Ing. Ret. Edin., 931.]
WILLIAM WISHART [WISCHART,
1630 ^VISHEAKT], son of Sir John W.
of Pitarrow ; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1606) ; adm. to Fettcrcairn 1611 ;
trans, to Minto 1613 ; readm. to Fetter-
cairn 1618; trans, and adm. 6th May
1630 ; member of the Court of High Com
mission 21st Oct. 1634 ; burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh 27th July 1636 ; dep.
9th June 1639, " for erroneous doctrine,"
etc. He was banished from the country,
and died in Cornwall some years after
wards. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
Alexander Keith of Phaisdo (served heiress
SOUTH LEITH
[PRESB. OF
to her father 25th April 1634) ; she had the
vacant stipend of Turriff allowed by Parlia
ment 8th July 1002, and had issue— John,
marr. (cont. 14th Aug. 1035) Elizabeth,
daugh. of Sir (George Home of Manderston,
and was killed at the battle of Edgehill,
fighting on the loyalist side, 23rd Oct.
1642; Jean (marr. after 3rd Oct. 1637,
Alexander Wood, portioner of Benholme :
G. K. Has., xlvi., 338); Elizabeth (marr.
Sir William Forbes of Monymusk). Pub
lications — An Exposition of the Lord's
Prayer (London, 1633) ; Immanuel, a poem
(London, 1642) ; Aaron's Obsequies (Forbes'
Funerals, Aberdeen, lG3»).—[Edin. Guild
Reg. ; Stevenson's, i., and How's 1 lists. ;
Baillie's Lett., i. ; Acts ParL, vii. ; Maitland
Miscell., ii. ; Wodrow's MSS., Ixxii. ; Scot's
Stngg. State ; Inq. Ret. Kincardine, 64 ;
Forbes's Funerals; Knox's Works, vi. ;
Home of Wedderburn Paper s.~\
JAMES SHARPE, son of Patrick S.,
inin. of Govan ; regent in the Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. ; adm. min. of
Govan before 12th June 1622 ; pres. by
John, Lord Balmerino ; trans, and adm.
29th Aug. 1639 ; declined call to Glasgow
in 1641 ; member of the Commission of
Assembly 1643-4 ; died in 1645, aged about
53. He marr. 15th July 1623, Agnes (died
Nov. 1665), daugh. of John Bell, min. of
Tron Parish, Glasgow, and had issue —
David, apothecary in Glasgow ; John ; and
a daugh.— [Test. (Glazy.) and Glasg. Reg.
(Marr. and. Jktpt.) ; Mun. Univ. G'lasg.,
iii. ; Wodrow's MSS., Ixiii. ; Stevenson's
Hist., iii.]
JOHN WEIR, M.A.;, trans, from Carluke ;
1647 l)res> ky J°nnJ Lord Balmerino, and
adm. 12th May 1647 ; member of
the Commission of Assembly 1648, and
of that for visiting the University of Edin
burgh, 31st July 1649. From 7th July
1050 to 26th Dec. 1651, "no session was
held in respect of the great troubles and
warre betwixt Scotland and England.
The Scots army lying in leagour about
Leith, and, after the defeat at Dunbar,
the ministers and most part of all the
honest people fled out of the town, for
fear of the enemie." Immediately on his
1653
return, on Sunday 23rd Nov. 1651, \Veir
convened the scattered congregation of
Leith together, and preached to them in
the Caitchball or tennis court, near Holy-
rood. Trans, to Borthwick 14th April 1052.
— [Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ; Acts of Ass. and
Part., vi.]
JOHN HOG [HOGG or HOOG], son
of Thomas H., min. of Stobo ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 20th July 1034); licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 13th Oct. 1636;
ord. to West Linton, Peeblesshire, 5th
Feb. 1640; trans, to Canongate 19th May
1040 ; called by a committee of Session
and Heritors llth Jan., trans, and adm.
(at Restalrig) 28th July 1053. He preached
in the Tolbooth 22nd June 1054, which was
the first day of preaching in Leith since
3rd Sept. 1050. I3eprived by the Acts of
Parliament and Privy Council in 1062 ;
adm. min. of the Scottish Church, Potter-
dam, 31st Dec. 1002, and took leave
of his native land 4th June 1063. Though
ministering in a foreign country, he was
forfeited by the Court of Justiciary, 2nd
April 1683, for holding intercourse with
several intercommuned ministers who had
escaped to Holland, and had his goods
escheat, 25th Feb. 1684. Feeling at
length the infirmities of age, he clem.
1st July 1689; died April 1692, in his
79th year, and had issue— William ; John,
buried in Greyfriars, 29th May 1673;
and a daugh. Thomas Hog, nephew of
John Hog, was min. of Delft, Campvere,
and Rotterdam. An original portrait of
John Hog is extant at the latter place.
— [Douglas's Bar., Lament's Diary, Min.
Book Reg. Priv. Seal, Steven's Scott. Ch.
Rotterd. ; Wodrow's Hist., i.-iii.j
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A. ; trans, from
Cramond ; coll. 4th, and adm. 10th
Sept. 1603; ordered to be removed
hence to Cramond, 16th July 1074 (Scot.
Warrant Book, iii., 19) but not carried into
effect ; Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal 31st
May 1681 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh ; same year became Bishop of
Dunkeld (q.v.).—[Reg. Cottat.; Wodrow's
Hist., ii. ; Chambers's Ann., ii. ; Min. Book
Reg. Priv. Seal, v.]
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163
JAMES WAUGH, born 1645, a native
1682 of Lanark; M.A. (Edinburgh 1665);
licen. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 10th Oct. 1672 ; ord. to Kirk-
newton 21st Oct. 1673; trans, and adm.
25th May 1682 ; deprived by the Committee
of the Estates, 2nd May 1689, for contra
vening their Proclamation, 13th April
preceding. lie was the first of those
removed from their livings at the Revolu
tion. He had sasines, March 1679, of
parts of the Overtown of Kirknewton ;
March 1681, of the lands of Easter Kirk
newton ; and December following, of the
former again, with the teinds of Easter
Kirknewton, and "ane parcell " of the
minister of Kirknewton ; also, 10th April,
a confirmation of the Overtown of Kirk
newton. He died 2nd April 1691.
Robert Waugh, in Quothquan, a younger
brother, was served heir 4th Aug. 1693.
—[Edin. Rey. (Bur.); Acts Parl., ix. ;
Min. Book Rc<j. Priv. Seal, v. ; Part. Re<j.
Sas. Edin. ; Inq. Ret. Edin., 1511; Peter-
kin's Constitution of the Church.]
WILLIAM WLSHART, called 24th Nov.
1687; ord. (in the meeting-house)
12th Jan. 1688. His call was ap
proved by the parish 1st July 1688, and
confirmed by the Presb. 6th Jan. 1692,
having before this been only min. of a
" gathered congregation." " The Presby
tery, with the magistrates of Edinburgh
and Leith, came 10th Aug. 1692 and
required the keys of the church doors from
the min. [Charles Kay] and neighbours,
to which it was answered, that if they
had any warrand from the Privy Council
for that effect, or any remit from them
to the Presb. authorising them to pro
ceed, they were ready to give obedience ;
but none being produced, they thought
themselves not obliged, the matter being
still depending before the Council, and
protested against any violent intrusion to
be made by them, and for cost, skaith, and
damage, and for remeid of law. Notwith
standing whereof the magistrates and
ministers of the Presb. with a confused
company of people entered the church, by
breaking open the windows, breaking the
locks off the doors, and putting on new
ones, and so caused guard the church doors
with halberts, rang the bell, and possest
Mr W. of the church, against all which
irregular procedure public protests were
taken." Having been adm. to the charge
in this manner, he "came to the church
next day with a guard of halberts, and
preached, and after sermon took possession
of the session-house, Kay [Second Charge]
and his Session being refused entry, the
bailies declaring W.'s the only legal Session,
on which K. took instruments. W. preached
every Sunday forenoon, and his colleague
in the afternoon, in the church. On the
afternoon of Sunday W. preached in the
meeting-house, and on Thursdays they
preached in the church and meeting-house
alternately. The Presbyterian Session,
however, got a decreet from the Privy
Council, 28th Feb. 1693, "declaring them
the only legal Session, and ordaining K.'s
[the Episcopal] Sess. to deliver up the
poor's-box, all rights of mortification,
utencils of the church, etc.'; Trans, to
Tron, Edinburgh, 3rd Sept. 1707.— [Wocl-
row's /fist., iv.]
1708
JOHN SHAW, studied at Glasgow
Univ- -; licen- V Presb. of Dalkeith
7th Jan. 1696 ; ord. to Newton 21st
April 1696; trans, to Leslie, Fife, 29th
Nov. 1698; called 18th March, trans, and
adm. 22nd April 1708. He refused to take
the Oath of Abjuration in 1712; died 7th
Sept. 1739, in his 66th year. He marr.
20th Jan. 1734, Cecil Stenhouse, widow of
Charles Hay, banker, who survived him.
Publication — Two Sermons, posthumous
(Edinburgh, 1743).— [Test. Rey.]
WILLIAM AITKEN, ord. min. of Lar-
174Q bert 6th Sept. 1732 ; pres. by John,
Lord Balmerino, 14th March 1740,
trans, and adm. 26th June 1740; died 4th
Sept. 1765, in 60th year. He marr. 28th
Nov. 1750, Christian (died 4th Jan. 178f;},
claugh. of James Stevenson, min. of Old
Grey friars, and had issue— Thomas, born
6th Jan. 1755. Publication — Ten Sermons
on Important Subjects (published by his
Widow ; Edinburgh, 1767).
SOUTH LEITH
[PTIESB. OF
1765
THOMAS SCOTT, son .of Waiter S.,
merchant, Leith ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
18th March 1742: ord. to Cavers •
17th April 1747; trans, to Second Charge
12 tli Nov. 1762 ; pres. by George III. 19th ,
Sept., and adm. 20th Oct. 1705; died i
16th July 1790, in 68th year. He marr.
15th Aug. 1750, Helen (died at Edinburgh, j
13th March 1806). daugh. of John Half our,
and niece of James Balfour of Pilrig,
and had issue— Walter, born 3rd May 1753 :
Martha Janet, born 29th Sept. 1756; John,
surgeon, 10th Light Dragoons, born 14th
May 1758, died 7th Sept. 1791 ; Thomas,
min. of Newton, born 4th April 1764.
ROBERT DICKSON, son of D. of
Locherwoods : licen. by Presb. of
Annan 4th Dec. 1782; ord. to
Second Charge 17th July 1787; pres. by
George III., trans, and adm. 29th Sept.
1790 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 27th March
1800) ; nom. principal clerk of the General
Assembly, in opposition to Andrew Dun
can, min. of Eatho, 21st May 1807, but was
defeated by a majority of 48; declined nomi
nation to the Moderatorship 1812 ; died un-
maiT. 25th Jan. 1824.— [Scots May., xciii.]
JAMES GRANT, pros, by George IV.
22nd March 1799; ord. 26th Aug.
1824; D.D. (Glasgow, April 1842);
suspended (with nine others, by the General
Assembly, 30th May 1842), for holding
communion with the deposed ministers
of Strathbogie ; trans, to St Mary's, Edin
burgh, 16th Nov. 1843.
WILLIAM STEVENSON, D.D. ; trans.
from Arbroath 10th May 1844; res.
1844 30th Oct. 1861, on admission as Pro
fessor of Church History, Edinburgh Univ.
JAMES MITCHELL, born 5th Oct.
1830, son of James M., min. of Gar-
1864 vock, Kincardineshire ; educated at
Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal
College; M.A. (1850); licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 16th May 1854; assistant at St
Enoch's, Glasgow; ord. Peterhead 23rd
Aug. 1855; trans, and adm. 24th March
1864; D.D. (Aberdeen 1831); Moderator
of the General Assembly 1901 ; res. 30th
Dec. 1903 ; died 21st Sept. 1911. He marr.
(1) 7th Sept. 1859, Georgina (died 4th Nov.
1860), only daugh. of James Skelton of
Sandforth, Newton, Sheriff-substitute of
Aberdeen, and had issue— Georgina, born
4th Nov. 1860 (marr. Major-Gen. Edwin
Loftus M'Causland: (2) 19th Dec. 1862,
Catherine (died 2nd Jan. 1867), eldest
daugh. of Rev. Charles Haycock of Pytch-
ley House, Northamptonshire : (3) 18th
Jan. 1875, Janet Stewart, daugh. of James
Sceales, merchant, Leith. Publications—
The Church and the People; Rulers and
Subjects; The Voluntary Question; The
Revised Version; faithfulness in Little
Things; The Minister in the Manse, the
Pulpit, and the Parish (12th ed.), trans,
lated into German and Chinese ; Significant
Etymology (Edinburgh, 1908).
JOHN WHITE, M.A. ; trans, from
Shettleston 27th Sept. 1904 ; trans.
1904 to Barony, Glasgow, 7th June 1911.
WILLIAM. SWAN, born Grcenock, 31st
Dec. 1865, son of Andrew S. and
1911 Catherine Bowes MTadyen ; edu
cated at Grcenock Academy, Glasgow High
School and University ; M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890) ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
May 1890 ; assistant at Larkhall ; ord. to
Toward Chapel-of-Ease June 1892 ; trans,
to Old Kilpatrick 26th Sept. 1.893 ; trans.
and adm. 12th Dec. 1911. Marr. 22nd Aug.
1894, Catherine, daugh. of James Orr,
Brigend, Islay, and Anne Christie, and has
issue— Anne Eila, born 20th Oct. 1895 ;
Noel Patrick Andrew, born 23rd Dec.
1896; Catherine Alison, born 21st July
1898 ; Dorothy Mary, born 19th July 1900 ;
William, born 3rd Sept. 1904.
SECOND CHARGE.
[An Act of Parliament was passed for
the discontinuance of the Second Charge
and for other church purposes, 21st July
1873, vide page 21— Abbey Church.]
JOHN DUPvIE, trans, from Colintpn ;
adm. May 1570 ; trans, to St Giles,
1570 Edinburgh, in 1574.-Of/. Mm.,
Melvill's A-iitob., Scott:s Reformers; New
Stat. Ace., ix.]
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SOUTH LEITH
165
1591
JAMES LOGAN, M.A. ; adm. before
16th Nov. 1591 ; trans, to Eddleston
22nd April 1593.-[J/,S'. Bond of
Mr Dav. Lindesay, and Petition to Gen.
Ass., 1593.]
[GEORGE SEMPILL, formerly of
Houston ; mentioned as min. in
1593. On 15th April 1595, " certain
brethern gave in sundrie informations,
among quhilk, 'That he was a wanter
(vaunter) of himself, and ane that was
given ower-meikle to his awin praising.'' ::]
JOHN HALL, trans, from Colinton ;
adm. 24th Oct. 1596; trans, to St
Giles 7th Dec. 1598.— [Reg. Assiy.,
Eooke of the Kirk.]
ANDREW LAMB of South Tarrie :
min. of Burntisland 1593 ; trans, to
Arbroath 1596 ; trans, and adm.
22nd July 1600. Being appointed chaplain
to John, Earl of Mar, ambassador to
England, the Presb., 4th Feb. 1601, agreed
to supply his place till his return. Having
been appointed chaplain to the Royal
Household, he was ordered by the General
Assembly, 12th Nov. 1602, to enter on his
cure "betwixt and the 1st Januar nixt/'-
[ttooke of the Kirk, Row's and Calder-
wood's Ilists., Melvill's Autob. ; Pitcairn's
Cr. Trials, ii.]
JOHN MORAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Borthwick ; adm. 1603. He unsuc
cessfully opposed the reception of
the constant Moderator, nominated by the
General Assembly 17th Dec. 1606, main
taining that by such a proposal the liberty
of the Kirk was overthrown. Heartily sym
pathising with the six banished brethren,
he received them into his house, and
hospitably treated them previous to their
departure. Opposing the entry of Epis
copal authority in the Church, and preach
ing against it in a sermon at the opening
of Synod, he was summoned before the
Privy Council, 25th Feb. 1608, and dis
missed. He incurred the royal displeasure,
however, and a warrant was issued for his
committal to the Castle. The General
Assembly, July following, requested that
he might be released, which was done in
the succeeding year, on condition "That
he sould within twentie dayes goe to
Newabbey, and there keepe within the
compasse of four myles ; preache not, and
goe not to Leith before his departure."
The Chancellor (Alexander, Earl of Dun-
fermline) accused the bishops of "barbar
ous and unbrotherlie dealing," in depriving
him of his situation and living, when his
office and quality, as well as the state of
his wife's health, called for different treat
ment. He retired to Dumfries for eighteen
months, assisting his brethren in preaching.
For other six months he resided in Dysart,
then left for Prestonpans, where he took
every opportunity of exercising his ministry.
He became min. of Dunfermline.— [Reg.
Assig., Booke, of the Kirk, Row's and
Calderwood's I lists., Test. Reg. ; Christ.
M~n(j., vii. ; Melvill's Atttob. : Wodrow's MS,
/liog., iv.]
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Forgan ; adm. by James, Bishop of
Orkney, 30th July 1609; trans, to
First Charge in 1613.— [Calderwood's II 1st. ;
Orig. Lett., i. ; JJooke of the Kirk]
THOMAS HOG, M.A.; master of the
Grammar School ; adm. after 4th
July 1616: trans, to Stobo in 1613.
- [MS. Gem-id, of Ifog.]
JOHN CRANSTOUN, M.A. ; adm.
1620; trans, to Liberton in 1624.—
[Act Rect. Univ. St And., St Cuthbert's
Sess. and Edin. Reg. (Bapt.}, Reg. Presb.'}
JAMES FAIRLIE, M.A. ; regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. 1625 ;
trans, to the Professorship of Divinity
in the Univ. of Edinburgh 1629 (q.v.\—
[Grant's Uni»]
WILLIAM MORTON [MYRETON],
son of William M. of Cambo (Fife
1 Sets., x., 242) ; educated at the Univs.
of Glasgow and St Andrews ; M.A. (1627) ;
tutor to John, Lord Borthwick, and on the
exercise at Dalkeith. After leets had proved
twice unsuccessful, he was elected "by
the Session, Sailors, Maltmen, Traffickers,
Crafts, and Mealmakers, all in one voice,"
1620
1625
16G
SOUTH LKITH
[PIIESB. OF
30th Jan. ; pros, and adm. 1st March j
1631. He disappeared after 24th Jan. (
1039. The congregation, 28th April there
after, protested against him, in respect "he
did desert his ministry without licence of
the Presb. or congregation."' Thrust from
his church and plundered of his goods and
gear by the violence of the Covenanters, he
was compelled to fly to England, where he
was incarcerated in the prison at York, and
continued there to the utter ruin of himself,
his family, fortune, and estate. In 1G42 he I
was min. at Anderbiestipill, in Yorkshire
(Reg. of Deeds, clxli., 155). He marr. (cont.
16th July 1631 : Reg. of Deeds, dxxix., 298)
Elizabeth, eldest daugh. of Ninian M'Moran
of Newhall, and had issue — Elizabeth, died
before 1688 ; Agnes or Anna (marr., pro.
18th Nov. 1669, John Fermour, writer,
Edinburgh, afterwards baron - clerk of
Anstruther), as a widow with children,
she petitioned the Privy Council, 29th
July 1685, who ordered her 2000 merks
from vacant stipends in the Diocese of
Argyll ; Eupham (marr. David Anderson) ;
Margaret (marr. Alexander Home, M.A.) :
Thomas, died before his father (G. R.
Inhib., 5th Oct., 1671 ; G. R. Homings,
17th Aug. 1 688).— [Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ;
Act Rect. Univ. St And., Sess. Reg., Row's
and Stevenson's Hists., Chambers's Ann.~\
ALEXANDER GIBSON, M.A. ; adm.
1640; app. by the Presb. to attend
the army in England 5th May 1644.
The Session, 6th Jan. 1646, petitioned the
Presb. to use their influence with the
patron for his appointment to the First
Charge, from the "solid experience" they
had " of his fidelitie and diligence in feed
ing the flock of God, not by constraint but
willin^lie, in our greatest straits, and
dangers," and in a letter to the patron
himself five days after, they declare their
unanimous affection towards him, "from
his unblameable conversatione, his integ-
ritie in the publick cause of religion, his
fidelitie and diligence in dispensing holie
things, his prudent resolution in vindicating
the liberties of our Kirk and Sessione, and
his willingness to bestow gladlie, and to
be bestowed for our soules when the hand
of the Lord was heavelie smyting us." On
a question "being put, whether to suppli
cate again or not1?" they answered in ane
voice (being posed man by man) that they
would do so againe and againe if there
were ane hope that he wold grant their
request, but they could see no hope to
insist therein for him.'" Having supplied
the vacant First Charge almost two years
in addition to his own, and because of his
extraordinary " pains " during the time of
the pestilence, the Session, 9th May 1647,
presented him with 800 merks, in addition
to his ordinary stipend of 1200 merks.
When the English took possession of Leith
he removed, and was appointed by Presb.
of Dunblane, 30th Oct. 1650, to supply
Dunblane " until it sal pleas God he get
back." In 1652 he was min. of Ayton. —
[Dunblane Presb. Reg.~\
GEORGE KINTORE, M.A. ; called 2nd
Oct. 1656 ; adm. 16th June 1657 ;
trans, to Cranston 1663. — [Wodrow's
1657
Hist]
JOHN CORSAWR [COSSAR], M.A. ;
called by the Session and neighbours,
with one consent, 15th May, ord. and
coll. 20th, and adm. 21st July 1664 ; trans.
to Dalgety in 1669.— [Act Rect. Univ. St
And., Sess. Reg., Reg. Collat. ~\
1671
ANDREW CANT, M.A. ; called by the
Session and neighbours 29th Dec.
1670 ; ord. and coll. 30th Jan., and
adm. 5th Feb. 1671 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, in 1679.— [Reg. Collat. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 6803.]
1681
CHARLES KAY, son of Robert K., min.
of Stow; M.A. (Edinburgh 1668);
min. of St Cuthbert's, Second
Charge, 1677; trans., adm., and inst. 15th
Sept. 1681 ; deprived in 1694 for non-jurancy
(P. C. Acta, 6th Sept. 1694); died 17th
Nov. 1719, in 70th year. He had issue-
Barbara ; Christian ; Robert, a skipper in
Leith.— [Stow Sess., Test., and Reg. (Bur.) ;
Reg. Collat.; MS. Act of Min., 1689.]
EDINBURGH]
SOUTH LEITH
167
JOHN GILCHKIST, M.A. ; called by
the Kirk-session and delegates from
the Incorporations 20th June, and
ord. llth Sept. 1695. He was one of forty-
four sent to supply the want of Presbyterian
min. in the North (169G), of whom twenty-
two, it was agreed, should remain, if they
received calls ; trans, to Alves IGtli May
1697.— [Acts of Ass., 1695, 1697.]
JAMES DICKSON, M.A. ; called 23rd
1700 April, and ord. 16th July 1700;
trans, to Markinch 23rd Jan. 1712.
WILLIAM BROWN, M.A. ; called llth
April, and ord. 25th July 1712. He
scrupled to take the Oath of Abjura
tion same year, and was trans, to Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh, 19th Jan. 1721.
JAMES STEVENSON, M.A. ; called
20th April, and ord. 17th Aug. 1721.
He had no sermon at the opening of
Synod, 30th April 1745, for fear of the
rebels, but was re-elected Moderator, and
had the honour of signing an address to
the King. Trans, to New Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 20th June 1745.— [Act liect.
Univ. St And., Scoonie Sess. Jt<'gJ\
ROBERT WALKER, trans. from
1746 Straiten ; called 15th May, and
adm. 20th Nov. 1746; trans, to
St Giles, Edinburgh, llth Oct. 1754.^
[Kay's Portr., i. ; Sermons, iii.]
1755
ALEXANDER STUART, pres. by
George II. and by the Kirk-session
and Incorporation of Shipmasters,
and ord. 10th July 1755 ; trans, to St
Cuthbert's 10th June 1762.
THOMAS SCOTT, M.A. ; trans, from
1762 Cavers ; pres. by the Kirk-session,
etc., 9th Aug., and adm. 12th Nov.
1762; trans, to First Charge 26th Oct.
1765.
HENRY HUNTER, born 25th Aug.
1766 1741, fifth son of David H. and
Agnes H., Culross ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; tutor to Claude
Irvine Boswell, later Lord Balmuto, and
in the family of Archibald, Earl of Dun-
donald ; Keen, by Presb. of Dunferm-
line 2nd May 1764, assistant to William
Arthur, First Charge, for some months
'• before his death (Home Office Cat., 1760-5,
No. 1908); pres. by the Magistrates, etc.,
: in 1766; ord. 9th Jan. 1766; dem. (on
receiving a call to the Scots Church,
, London-Wall), 31st July, and adm. there
j llth Aug. 1771 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, soon
; after) ; Secretary to the Board of the
Society in Scotland for Propagating
Christian Knowledge, 5th Aug. 1790;
died 27th Oct. 1802, and interred in
Bunhill Fields. He marr. 21st May 1766,
: Margaret (died 25th July 1803), claugh.
of Thomas Charters, min. of Inverkeith-
1 ing, and had issue — David, born 27th Feb.
1767, died 2nd Nov. 1767 ; Samuel, born
llth May 1768, and others, most of whom
died young. Publications — Thirteen single
Sermons (London, 1774-98); Sacred Bio
graphy, 6 vols. (London, 1783-92; 8th ed.,
1820) ; Sermon V. (Scotch Preacher, iii. ;
Edinburgh, 1789); A Brief History of the
Society in Scotland for Propagating
Christian Knowledge (London, 1 795) ; Ser
mons, 2 vols. (London, 1795); A History of
London and its Environs (London, 1796) ;
Charge at the Ordination of William
^Yicol (Steven's Sermons, London, 1796);
Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity
(begun by John Fell; London, 1798);
Sermons, and oilier Miscellaneous Pieces,
2 vols. (London, 1804). Translated from
the French — Lavater's Essays on Physi
ognomy, 5 vols. (London, 1789-98) ; Studies
of Nature, by St Pierre, 5 vols. (London,
1796-7); Sermons, by Saurin (vol. vi. ;
London, 1796); Travels in Egypt, by
Sonnini de Manencourt, 3 vols. (London,
1799); Life of Catherine II., Empress of
Russia, by Caste'ra, 2 vols. (1800); and
from the German — Letters to a German
Princess, by Euler, 2 vols. (London, 1795;
new ed., 1846). — \_Sermons and Misc. Pieces,
i. ; Wilson's Diss. Churches, Loud.; Diet.
Nat. Biog.}
JOHN LOGAN, born in 1748, at Soutra,
Midlothian, was son of George L.,
farmer, and Janet, claugh. of John
Waterston or Weatherston, Stow. He
168
SOUTH LEITI-I
[PIIESIJ. OF
was removed soon after his birth to Gosford
Mains, East Lothian, and received his
early education at the Grammar School
of Musselburgh. In 1762 he entered the
Univ. of Edinburgh, where he excelled in
classics and English literature. He was
for a time tutor at Ulbster to John, after
wards the celebrated Sir John Sinclair,
Bart. ; Keen, by Presb. of Haddington 27th
Sept. 1770 : he received, in the year follow
ing, a presentation to this parish, but a
competing presentation delayed his settle
ment until the matter came before the
-Court of Session, which gave judgment in
his favour. He was accordingly ordained
2nd April 1773. In 1775 he became a
member of the Assembly's Committee on
the Paraphrases, and was the largest con
tributor to the collection. During the
college sessions, 1779-80 and 1780-81, he
delivered a series of Lectures on History,
which the Edinburgh literati regarded
with much favour. The presentation of
his tragedy of Runnamede at an Edin
burgh theatre, in 1783, gave offence to bis
parishioners and to many of the public —
so pronounced, indeed, was the feeling
against him that for this, and other
reasons, he found it expedient to demit
his charge, 27th Dec. 1786. He had an
annuity of £40 from the stipend. The
remainder of his life was spent in London,
where he occupied himself with literary
pursuits. He died unmarr., on Christmas
Day 1788. As a preacher he was con
sidered one of the most eloquent of his
time. It is around his reputation as a
poet that the main interest centres. In
1770 he published the Poems of his friend
and fellow-student, Michael Bruce, adding
" some poems written by different authors."
The " Ode to the Cuckoo " was the second
last piece of the collection. Eleven
years later he issued a volume of Poems
under his own name, in which the
" Cuckoo " ode had first place. Then
began the long Logan-Bruce controversy,
which is not likely to be ever satisfactorily
settled. The charge against Logan of
appropriating both Bruce's "Hymns" and
" Ode to the Cuckoo ;; has been renewed
from time to time, and the assertion is
made that all the Paraphrases which he
furnished to the Church were also the
work of his friend. Logan, however, was
a genuine poet, and in spite of circum
stances which militate against his claims,
a good case can be made out in his
behalf. He was probably the sole author
of Pars, viii., ix., x., xi., xviii., xxxi.,
xxxviii., liii., Ivii., and of Hymn v. ;
and he may have revised (or assisted to
revise) Pars, i., ii., xxiii., xxv., xxviii.,
xlviii., and Ixiii. Publications — Verses on
the Esk (Scots Mag., Ixv.) ; ed. Potms I;/
Michael Bruce (Edinburgh, 1770); Ele
ments of the Philosophy of History, Part i.
(London, 1781); Essay on the Manners of
Asia, 1781 ; Poems (London, 1781 ; new ed.,
with Life, 1807) ; Runnamede, a Tragedif
(London, 1783); A Review of the Principal
Charges against Warren Hastings, Esq.,
late Governor-General of Bengal (London,
1788); he is also said to have Avritten A
View of Ancient History, by William
Rutherford, D.D., Head of an Academy at
Uxbridge, 2 vols. (London, 1788-93); Ser
mons, 2 vols., with a Memoir (London,
1790-1) (which have gone through many
editions). — [Anderson's Brit. Poets, xi. ;
Chambers's Biog. Diet., iii. ; Robertson's
Lethendy Case, Maclagan's Scottish Para
phrases, Young's Metrical Psalms and
Paraphrases; Laing's Ode to the Cuckoo,
with Remarks on its Authorship ; John
Small's (Librarian, Edin. Univ.) " Michael
Bruce and the Authorship of the Ode to the
Cuckoo," in British and Foreign Evangelical
Review, July 1877 ; Rev. Robert Small's
" Michael Bruce versus John Logan " — two
articles in British and Foreign Evangelical
Review, April 1878 and Oct. 1879 ; Principal
Shairp's " Michael Bruce," etc., in Good
Words, Nov. 1873; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT DICKSOX, pres. by the
Magistrates, Incorporations, and
Kirk-session Jan., and ord. 17th
July 1787 ; trans, to First Charge 29th
Sept. 1790.
THOMAS MACKXIGHT, pres. by the
1791 Magistrates Xov. 1790; ord. 17th
Feb. 1791 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 21st June 1804.— [Anderson's
1787
EDINBURGH]
SOUTH LEITH— ST MUNGCTS
169
Edin. Clergy ; Acts of Ass., 1802 ; Steven's
High School ; Kay's Portr., ii.]
1804
JAMES ROBERTSON, licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow -2nd May 1781 ; ord.
assistant at St Xinians 13th Aug.
1783 : adm. to Gargunnock 12th July 1787 ;
pres. by the Magistrates, etc., and trans,
and adm. 13th Dec. 1804; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 9th Dec. 1805) ; died at Balloan,
Perthshire, 25th Aug. 1832, in 75th year.
He marr. (1) 24th Sept. 1787, Ann Walker,
who died 18th Oct. 1806, and had issue— i
Campbell, born llth Sept. 1788, died 7th
Jan. 1807 ; John Thomas, merchant, Leith,
born 20th April 1793, died 17th April
1865 : (2) 25th Feb. 1808, Alison (died 10th
June 1858), daugh. of William Jamieson,
Portobello, and had issue — Christian, died
3rd Dec. 1809. Publications— The Duty of
Contending Earnestly for the Faith once
delivered to the Saints, a sermon (Edin
burgh, 1811) ; Account of Gargunnock (Sin
clair's Stat. Ace., x.vm.).—[Tombst., Kay's
Portr.]
DAArID THORBURN, born 31st Aug.
1805, son of William T., merchant,
Leith, and Marion Marshall ; edu
cated at Leith High School, Edinburgh
High School, and Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 27th July 1831 ; assistant to
preceding ; pres, Nov. 1832 ; ord. 14th
March 1833 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th March
1833). Joined the Free Church ; min. of
South Leith Free Church 1843 ; D.D. (Edin
burgh 1885); died 22nd Aug. 1893. He
marr. 12th Dec. 1843, Jane (born 25th
June 1809, died 10th June 1874), daugh. of
John Hay and Jane Pasley, and had issue-
William David, advocate, born 20th Feb.
1846, died 19th Feb. 1888; John Hay,
born 9th Jan. 1848, general secretary,
Free Church of Scotland, 1900-8 ; Jane
Pasley Hay, born 2nd April 1850 (marr.
J. J. Graham Brown, M.D.), died 1891.
Publications — The Divine Origin and Per
petual and Universal Obligation of Tithes
(Edinburgh, 1841) ; The Constitution of the
Deacon's Court (Edinburgh, 1847) ; The \
Divinely-Prescribed Method for the Sup- \
port of the Clergy (Edinburgh, 1847) ; The. j
Sustentation Fund of the Free Church j
(Edinburgh, 1852) ; Historical Review of
the Legislation of the Free Church on the
Sustentation Fund (Edinburgh, 1855) ; Sup
plemental Review on the Same (Edinburgh,
1855) ; Memorandum Relative to the T< /•-
Centenary of the Reformation -tit Scotland,
(Edinburgh, 1860); How to get rid <>f
Parliamentary Grants to Rome (Edin
burgh, 1860) ; Suggestions Relative to the
Formation of a National Association for
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1863); The Endow
ment of the Universities of Scotland an
Object of National Importance (1864).
— [Macfarlan's Leith Clergy, Campbell
Irons's Leith and its Antiquities, Family
Papers.]
1844
HENRY DUFF, born Leslie, Fife,
5th July 1807, son of Peter D.,
Walkerston Flax Mill, and Anne
Russell ; educated at Leslie and Dunferm-
line, Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
English master (1833), and latterly head
master of the Trades' House School,
Glasgow ; one of the originators of Queen's
College, Glasgow; ord. 15th Feb. 1844;
clerk to Presb. of Edinburgh 1845 ; died
12th June 1872, when the Second Charge
ended. He marr. llth July 1843, Margaret
(died 19th Aug. 1894), daugh. of Robert
Dunlop Mather, merchant, Glasgow, and
had issue— Mary Anne, born 17th April
1844 (marr. llth Aug. 1864, Alexander
Latta, solicitor); Henry John, born 1st
April 1847 (deceased) ; Robert James, born
llth Nov. 1851 ; Alexander, born 2nd
June 1854. Publications — Editor of The
Literary Museum and Critical Revieio
(Glasgow, 1832); editor of The Scottish
Pulpit (1832); various papers to The
Republic of Letters (Glasgow), and The
Covenanter (Belfast).
ST MUNGO'S
(Cliapel-of-Ease).
GEORGE JACK, born Monquhitter,
Aberdeenshire, 9th Feb. 1865, son
of Alexander J. and Helen Legge ;
educated at Old Grammar School and
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170
ST MUNGO'S— LIBERTON
[PRESB. OF
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (Aberdeen,
1890); licen. by Presb. of Turriff 1892;
assistant at St Aidan's, Edinburgh ; ord.
28th June, 1901. Marr. 10th Oct. 190G,
Jeannie, daugh. of John Ross. Publica
tions— The Hin of f'rudfi/ to Animal*;
Industrial War.
LIBERTON.
[Belonged before the Reformation to the
Abbey of Holyrood house. The church was
dedicated to the Virgin Mary.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, formerly
canon of the Abbey of Holyrood ;
may have been the son of Alexander
F., who owned land in Liberton in 1536 ;
was a member of Assembly 29th June 1562 ;
trans, to Jedburgh before 25th June 1566. —
[Booke of the Kirk.]
ANDREW BLACKBALL, trans, to
1564 Ormiston after 5th June 1567 (Acts
and Dec., xxxix., 235).
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, min. of
Borthwick in 1567 ; adm. at Lam
mas 1569 ; trans, to Peebles May
1570; returned before 1574; continued
in 1578; removed to Ashkirk in 1579;
declined a call to Annan 7th May 1580 ;
returned after 12th April 1582; died in
Edinburgh, 21st May 1585. He marr. (1)
before 1559, Janet Liddell, Lady Halkerston
(Acts and Dec., xlvii., 281): (2) after 1570,
Janet Mowbray, and had issue — Michael,
his successor ; Andrew, schoolmaster of
Peebles ; Isobel. — [It eg. Min. and Assig.,
Test. Reg. ; Wodrow Miscell. and Biog., i. ;
Archceol. Scot., i.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A. ; formerly
regent in St Leonard's College, St
Andrews; min. in 1579. He fled to
England about the end of April 1584, to
escape the troubles of the period, and
appears as min. of this parish for the last
time 7th Oct. following. He was offered
to be again settled here, but refused, 5th
Nov. 1588. He became min. of Preston-
pans 1596. — [Reg. Assig., Calderwood's
Hist., Test. Reg. ; Edinr. Chr, Inst., xxii. ;
Chambers's Biog. Diet., ii. ; Archceol. Scot.,
i. ; Wodrow's Biog., i. ; Diet. Naf. Biog.]
MICHAEL CRANSTOUN, trans, from
Selkirk ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 8th March 1586; trans.
to Cramond in 1590.— [T?^/. Assig., Excheg.
Buik.}
JAMES BENNET, M.A. (St Andrews
1581) ; min. of Ormiston 1585 ; trans.
and coll. to the vicarage May 1591.
He was suspended by the Presb., 2nd
Oct. 1599, whilst under a sentence for
rebellion; reponed llth Dec. thereafter;
died before 20th March 1609. He had a
son, George, bapt. 6th Aug. 1598.— [Reg.
Assig., Edin. Reg. (Bapt.); Calderwood's
Hist., v.]
JOHN ADAMSON, born 1576, son of
Henry A., Provost of Perth; M.A.
1609 (Edinburgh, 30th July 1597) ; Regent
of Philosophy in Univ. of Edinburgh 1598 ;
min. of North Berwick 1604; pres. by
James VI., and adm. 2()th March 1609 ;
member of Aberdeen Assembly 1616 ; one
of a committee appointed to draw up
a form of liturgy and a catechism for
children ; trans, to the Principalship of
the Univ. of Edinburgh in 1623 ; died 1651.
He marr. (cont. 2nd May 1606, pro. 15th
March 1607) Marion (died 1651), daugh.
of Thomas Auchmoutie, merchant, burgess
of Edinburgh (Dupplin Charters), and had
issue— David, bapt. 20th Dec. 1608 ; Marie,
bapt. 24th Sept. 1611. Publications—
The Muses' Welcome to the High and
Mighty Prince (James VI.) (Edinburgh,
1618) ; Erotxf'wtm, Eloquiorum Dei (1627).
—[Grant's Univ., Reg. Assig., Edin. Reg.
(Bapt.) ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Murray's
Life of Rutherford, Diet. Nat. Biog.}
JOHN CRANSTOUN, M.A. ; trans.
from Second Charge, South Leith ;
1624 pres. by James VI. 12th March 1624 ;
trans, to First Charge, South Leith, in
1627.— [Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
EDINBURGH]
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171
ANDREW LEARMONTH, M.A., son of
1627 J°nn L. of Balcomie and Birkhill,
and Elizabeth Myrton of Rander-
ston ; regent in Old College, St Andrews ;
pres. by Charles I. 7th Sept. 1627, and
adm. soon after. In 1038 he informed the
King of the outrages of the people against
those ministers who were zealous in his
service. Deposed in 1039 for calling
the Covenanters perjured, etc. He wras
obliged to quit the Kingdom, lived in
great want, and died 4th Nov. 1662,
leaving not enough to bury him. His
widow, Agnes Aytoun, obtained a grant
from the vacant stipends in 1662 (Privy
Council Decreta). He had issue — Jean;
David ; John ; Margaret. — [Edin. Reg.
(Bapt.), Wodrow Mftti., Durie's Dec.,
Lochleven Pap. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Peter-
kin's Records, Stevenson's Hist.]
ARCHIBALD NEWTON, born Edin-
1639 burSn 1605 i M-A- (Edinburgh, 23rd
July 1625) ; one of the masters in
the High School 19th Feb. 1630 ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 29th Sept. 1631; went
abroad, where he suffered imprisonment
for a too free criticism of the Romish
Church ; adm. min. of Duddingston 1635 ;
trans, and adm. 19th May 1639 ; pres. by
Charles I. 8th Sept. 1641 ; died 2nd June
1657. He left (Test., 27th June 1657) £100
to the kirk-session ; to Robert Douglas
(of the High Kirk) "four of the best of
my books at his awne choosing"; and
the rest of the books he left to be
"equallie devyded" between John Smyth
of Trinity Parish, and Richard Waddell,
afterwards min. at Dunbar. Publication —
Uldericus Veridicus, sive de statu ecclesice !
ScoticanoB dialogus (Edinburgh, 1657, anon. ;
see copy in the Univ. Lib., Edinburgh).—
[Crawfurd's Univ., Test. Re<j., Steven's High
School, Tombst., Baird's Duckling ston."\
ANDREW CANT, adm. 10th March
1659 1659 > trans- to Trinity Parish, Edin
burgh, 13th July 1673.— [Kennedy's
Ann. Aberd., ii. ; Wodrow's Hist., i. ; Dal
keith Presb. Reg.; Baillie's Lett., iii. ;
Brodie's Diary. ~\
NINIAN PATERSON, a native of
1674 Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow 1657) : ord.
to a parish in Dumfriesshire (name
unknown) 1666 ; trans, to Dalserf 1668 ;
trans. to^Smailholm 1671 ; trans, and adm.
14th Oct. 1674, when a riot took place ;
dep. for immorality. He petitioned the
Presb. of Dalkeith, 10th Oct. 1683, to
have the sentence relaxed ; compliance
was delayed, " until it shall be made more
apparent that he is reformed in his life
and conversation." Died Dec. 1688, aged
about 52. He marr. 31st Aug. 1668, Mar
garet Somerville, and had issue — Jean ;
Ninian ; Margaret, bapt. 19th Jan. 1672.
Publications — Epigrammatum lilri octo,
cum aliquot Psalmorum Paraphrasis
Poetica (Edinburgh, 1678) ; The Fanatick
Indulgence Granted (London, 1683);
Obsequies to the Memory of Alex., Bishop
of Ross (1683) ; On the Death of General
Dalziel (1685) ; On the Birth of the Prince
of Wales (1688) ; and many other Elegies,
etc., mostly printed on single sheets.—
[Dalkeith Presb. and Edin. Reg. (Marr.};
Wodrow's Hist., ii. ; Scot. Pasq., i. ; Advo
cates' Lib. Catal.]
ROBERT FARQUHAR, M.A. (Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen) ; regent
1683 there 1675-81 ; recommended by
Presb. of Aberdeen for license 5th June
1677 ; inst. at Cullen in Feb. 1682 ; trans,
and inst. 12th April 1683 ; died 6th March
1687. He marr. Christian Udney, and had
issue — George ; Mary (marr. 16th Feb.
1702, John Carre, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh).— [Cullen tiess. and Dalkeith
Presb. Reg.]
1689
ALEXANDER CUMING [CUMIN],
bursar of the Presb. for 1684 and
1685 ; deprived by the Committee
of Estates, 14th May, for not reading
the Proclamation, nor praying for King-
William and Queen Mary. He preached
his farewell sermon 19th May 1689. In
1701 he had 350 merks bequeathed to him
by John Cuming, min. of Birnie. He died
in Edinburgh, 26th April 1713, in 61st year.
—[Ratho Xess., Test. (Mora;/), and Edin.
Reg. (Bapt.); ArcJueol. ticot., i. ; Acts Parl.,
172
LIBERTON
[PKESB. OF
ix. ; MS. Ace. of Mia,, 1689; Petcrkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
JAMES WEBSTER, was a probationer
at the first meeting of Presbyterian
min. in Lothian and Tweeddale (5th
July 1687 ; ord. in 1G88 to the congrega
tion at Craigmillar (which is said to have
been the first meeting-house opened by the
Presbyterians after liberty was granted to
them), and appears as the junior min. of
Presb. 25th July of that year. Permission
was given him by the Committee of Estates,
17th May 1G89, to exercise his ministry
at the kirk without prejudice to the
patron, and on 29th May 1689 he preached
his first sermon as min. of Liberton.
Trans, to Whitekirk in lGQl.—[Acts Part.,
ix. ; Archceol. Scot., i. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
ii. ; Boston's and Webster's Mem. ; Edin.
Chr. List., iil]
GIDEON JACQUE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1665) ; got a ministerial charge in
Ireland; adm. before 16th Oct.
1692; returned to Ireland in 1695; was
settled at Wexford, and subsequently
removed to Ulster, but refused to take
the Oath of Abjuration in 1703, though
he was then without a charge ; finally
settled in England. By his wife, Judith
Waulkets, he had a son, William.— [MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Archceol. Scot., i. ;
Reid's Ireland, iii.]
SAMUEL SEMPLE, born 1666, son of
Gabriel S., min. of Jedburgh, and
Margaret, daugh. of Sir Patrick
Murray of Blackcastle ; educated at the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (3rd July 1693) ;
ord. 31st Aug. 1697; died 7th Jan. 1742.
He marr. 2nd Nov. 1701, Elizabeth (died
18th Jan. 1748, aged 77), daugh. of Sir
Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, and
had issue — Mary (marr. John Swinton of
Swinton, advocate), died 4th Sept. 1768.
Publications— He projected a "History of
the Christian Religion from its first
plantation in Scotland." The design wa
encouraged by four successive Genera
Assemblies (1708-9-10-11), as well as by
grant of £300 from the Treasury. Visiting
Liberton in 1727, Wodrow writes (Analecta,
vol. iii., p. 428), " Mr S. tells me that his
History is ready for the press, and he designs
to print it in London or here. He let
me see a vast many papers, upwards of
3u quires, he had caused copy out of
the Bodleian and Cotton Libraries, and
other collections in England." The work
was never published. Many attempts have
been made to recover the MS., but with
out success.— [Douglas's Bar., Test, and
Edin. Rffj. (Marr.), Acts of Ass. ; Archcrol.
Scot., i. ; Wodrow's Corresp. and Anal. ;
New Stat. Ace., i. ; Edin. Chr. Inst. ;
Burke's Commoners, ii.]
JOHN JARDINE, pres. by George II.
28th Feb., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 30th July 1741 ; trans, to
Lady Tester's, Edinburgh, 6th Dec. 1750.
— {Archceol. Scot., i. ; Morren's Ann., i.]
DAVID MOUBRAY, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 3rd Oct. 1738; ord. to
Currie 25th Sept. 1740; pres. by George
II. 25th Jan., trans, and adm. 28th
May 1751 ; died 3rd Oct. same year, in
36th year. He marr. Sarah (died 13th
Dec. 1774), daugh. of George Fordyce,
min. of Corstorphine. and had issue-
George, Accountant -General at Madras,
H.E.I.C.S., born 6th June 1747 ; Richard,
born 17th Aug. 1749 ; Jane, died 29th July
1775.— [7Vsf. Reg. ; Archceol. Scot., i.]
THOMAS WHYTE, born 1717, son of
James W. of Stockbriggs, Lesmaha-
gow; M.A. (Edinburgh); licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 3rd June 1747 ; pres. by
George II. 31st Oct. 1751 ; ord. 20th Aug.
1752. He was in the theatre when the
tragedy of Douglas was originally acted,
and called before the Fresh. 12th Jan. 1757,
he was suspended for three weeks. He died
13th Jan. 1789. He marr. 20th April 1757,
Anne (died 2nd June 1774, in 48th year),
third daugh. of Daniel Bethune, min. of
Rosskeen, and had issue— James ; Daniel,
born 17th May 1759 ; Gordon ; David, born
15th Feb. 1762 ; Thomas, born 19th March
1764, died 19th Nov. 1768; Kenneth, born
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173
6th Aug. 1766, died 23rd April 1768;
Douglas, born 1st July 1769; Johanna
Russell, born 14th July 1771, died 15th
March 1777. Publications — Historical
Account of the Bethunes of the Island of
Skye (Edinburgh, 1778) ; Account of Les-
mahagow ( Weekly Mag., xx.) ; Account
of the Parish (Archceol. Scot., i. ; abridged
Sinclair's Stat. Ace., vi.). — [Test. Reg.,
Carlyle's Autob. ; Archaol. Scot., i. ; MS.
Gene<d. of Bethunes, Tombst.; Morren's
Ann., ii. ; New Stat. Ace., i.]
JAMES GRAXT, M.A., born 1760, son
of David G. of Limepots ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 8th Sept. 1784 ;
pres. by George III., and ord. 18th Aug.
17*9 ; died unmarr. 8th June 1831. In
the period of social and political danger
which followed the French Revolution he
was strongly and actively loyal, and
chiefly instrumental in raising a local
volunteer corps, in which he held a
commission as lieutenant. — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM PUUDIE, born Carluke,
1789
1832 - ' S011 °
fanner ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 13th May 1829 ;
tutor in the family of Lord Cockburn ;
pres. by William IV. in 1831 ; ord. 26th
Jan. 1832 ; died unmarr. 16th Xov. 1834.
JAMES BEGG, born 31, st Oct. 1808,
son of James B., D.D., min. of Xew
Monldand ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; M.A. (1824) ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 10th June 1829; assistant at
Xorth Leith ; ord. to Maxwelltown 18th
May 1830 ; trans, to Lady Glenorchy's,
Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1830; trans, to
Middle Parish, Paisley, 25th Xov. 1831;
trans, and adm. 25th June 1835. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of Xewington Free
Church, Edinburgh, 1843 ; D.D. (Lafayette
College, Pennsylvania, 1847) ; Moderator of
the Free Church General Assembly 1865 ;
died 29th Sept. 1883. He marr. (1) 23rd
Sept. 1835, Margaret (died 30th Sept. 1845),
daugh. of Alexander Campbell, Sheriff-
substitute of Renfrewshire, and had issue
• — a son, born 27th Aug. 1836 ; a daugh.,
born 12th April 1838, died 16th Dec. 1840 ;
a son, born 4th Xov. 1839 ; Margaret
Campbell, died 30th Sept. 1845; Fanny,
born 20th April 1843 : (2) 25th Xov. 1846.
Maria (died 15th May 1892), daugh. of
Ferdinand Faithfull, rector of Headley,
Surrey, and had issue— Ferdinand Faith-
full, stockbroker, London, born 27th Dec.
1847 ; William, actor [" Walter Bentley "],
born 7th Oct. 1849; Charles, born 2nd
Oct. 1851 ; Henry, born llth July 1853,
died 26th Sept. 1854 ; Elizabeth, born 29th
Aug. 1857 ; John, born 26th Jan. 1862 ;
Frederick, born 20th May 18(55, died
4th April 1870. Publications — Are you
Prepared to Die ? (Edinburgh, 1845) ; How
to Promote and Preserve the True Beauty
of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1849) ; Pauperism
and the Poor Laws (Edinburgh, 1849) ;
National Education for Scotland Practi
cally Considered (Edinburgh, 1850) ; Social
Reform (London, 1851); A Handbook of
Popery (Edinburgh, 1852) ; Reform in the
Free Church (Edinburgh, 1855) ; Scotland's
Demands for Electoral Justice (Edinburgh,
1857); The Art of Preaching (Edinburgh,
1863); Account of the Parish (New Stat. Arc.,
i.) ; and many smaller works. — [Smith's Scott.
Clergy, iii. ; Diet. Nat. Pjiog., Memoirs by
P r of ^ Thomas Smith, D.D., 2 vols. (1885-8).]
JOHX STEWART, born Greenock, 26th
June 1793, sixth son of Roger S.,
shipowner, and Jean Stewart ; edu
cated at Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1818);
licen. by Presb. of Kintyre 21st Aug. 1821 ;
ord. by Presb. of Glasgow llth April 1823,
as min. of Oldham Street Presbyterian
Church, Liverpool ; trans, to Sorn llth
March 1824 ; trans, and adm. 28th Sept.
1843; died, Father of the Church, 27th
Dec. 1879. He marr. 1st July 1824, Mary
(died 23rd March 1872), daugh. of General
Andrew Gammell, A.U.C. to Frederick,
Duke of York, and had issue — James,
M.D.,born 16th April 1825, died 18th April
1853 ; Harcourt, born 21st May 1827, a
master mariner, drowned in the China
seas, 1st Sept. 1854 ; Mary Gammell,
born 18th April 1830 (marr. George
Smyttan Davidson, min. of Kinfauns).
Publication — A Letter on the Abolition of
Tests in the Universities of Scotland (Glas
gow, 1846).
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LIBERTON— EAST CALDER
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM HENRY GRAY, born Hawk-
stone, St Madoes, Perthshire, 13th
1880 Feb. 1825, son of Andrew G. and
Janet Kettle ; educated at Perth Seminary
and St Andrews Univ. ; MA, (April 1841) ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 24th June 1843 ;
ord. St Paul's, Perth, 26th Nov. 1840 ; trans,
to Lady Tester's, Edinburgh, Oth May 1850.
D.D. (St Andrews 1869) ; trans, and adm.
3rd June 1880 ; convener of the Colonial
Committee 1880-8 ; Moderator of the
General Assembly 1888; res. 10th Nov.
1897; died in Edinburgh 6th Dec. 1908.
He marr. 1st June 1855, Mary Smith, widow
of William Richardson Dickson, of Alton,
Roxburghshire, and daugh. of Robert
Mitchell, merchant, one of the magis
trates of Edinburgh, and had issue-
Andrew, born 14th Sept, 1856, who died
in infancy. By her previous marriage
Mrs Gray had a son and two daughters.
Publications— Mort>!ii>i tieed, Sermons for
the Young (Edinburgh, 1861); Mentions
on Disestablishment (Edinburgh, 1893);
A Simple Catechism (Edinburgh, 1895);
Jubilee Jottings (Edinburgh, 1896); Old
Creeds and, New Beliefs (Edinburgh, 1899) ;
Our Divine Shepherd, a Book for Young
People (London, 1903); The Children's
Friend (Edinburgh, 1907).
ROBERT BURNETT, born Memsie,
Fraserburgh. llth Jan. 1865, son of
1898 James B. ; educated at Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; M.A (Aberdeen
1886), B.D. (Edinburgh 1890) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 4th May 1890 ; ord.
21st July 1898. Marr. 25th July 1900,
Mary Couper, youngest daugh. of James
Morrison, Viewbank, Liberton.
CRAIGMILLAR
( Chapel-of-Ease).
[Opened as a chapel-of-ease to Liberton
parish, 24th Sept. 1904.]
[WILLIAM COWPEK ROBERTSON, M.A.
(afterwards of Cleish) ; DAVID CRAWFORD
(afterwards of Bressay) ; and THOMAS
FERGUSON, MA., B.D., served as proba
tioners from 1905 to 1910.]
JAMES WATSON, B.A., formerly min.
of the Free Church, Leith ; adm. to
the Church of Scotland by the
General Assembly 1910 ; adm. 1st Sept.
1910 ; res. 30th Sept. 1912, on appointment
as Missionary Professor of Economics in the
Scottish Churches College, Calcutta.
1913
THOMAS GILLTESON, born llth Dec.
1882, son of Archibald G., min. of
Olrig ; educated at Miller Institu
tion School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Westminster, B.C., 1911 ; ord.
to St Paul's, Vancouver, B.C., 1912 ; received
into the Church of Scotland, and app.
1913 ; trans, to Cranshaws 1914. He marr.
15th April 1906, Flora, daugh. of David
Shaw, and has issue — Margaret, born 22nd
June 1907 ; Archibald, born 5th May 1909 ;
John, born 25th April 1910; Marian, 1st
July 1912. Publications — Editor of West
minster Hall Magazine and Western Review
(Vancouver, 1909-11).
EAST CALDER.
[East Calder, or Calder-Clere, so named
from Rudolph de Clere, an early owner, to
distinguish it from the adjacent Calder-
Comitis belonging to the Earl of Fife.
The church was dedicated to St Cutli-
bert, and belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.
The parishioners petitioned the Presb., 14th
July 1641, to be disjoined from West (Mid)
Calder and erected into a parish ; united
to Kirknewton by the Commissioners of
Teinds, 23rd Jan. 1751.]
SAMUEL WARDLAW, pres. to the
1582 yicaraS« by James VI. 13th July
1582 ; adm. 8th May 1583 ; continued
in 1585. — \R?g. Assig.]
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, pres. by James
VI. July 1594 ; clem. 1596 ; ride Mid-
1594
Calder.
JOHN BROWN, pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 31st Jan. 1596 ; died
before 3rd March 1610.— [Key. Assig.]
ROBERT GILMOUR, pres. by James
VI. 3rd March 1610; vide Mid-
1610
Calder.
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175
1642
1649
JOHN TENNENT, pres. by James VI.
1617 5th Oct. 1617 ; vide Mid-Calder.
JOHN DUNLOP, born 1617, son of
John D., min. of Ratho ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1636) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 24th Oct.
1639; adm. 13th Oct. 1642; died 29th
May 1648. He marr. 14th Sept. 1643,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Barbour,
writer, Edinburgh, and had issue — John ;
Alexander, apprenticed 17th Dec. 1662, to
George Meyne, merchant, Edinburgh. —
[Mun. Univ. Glasy., iii. ; Test, and Edin.
Reg. (Bapt. and Marr.).]
ANDREW KINNEAR, M.A. ; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Buccleuch, and adm.
13th June 1649 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Stirling, in 1663. — [Test. Reg.
(Stirl,).]
EDWARD KINNEAR, M.A. ; pres. by
1663 ^-ary> Countess of Buccleuch ; ord.
and coll. 24th April 1663 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Old Church, Edinburgh,
same year. — \_Rey. Collat.]
JAMES BROWN, second son of Robert
B. of Finmont ; chaplain to David,
Earl of Weniyss ; pres. by Robert,
Bishop of Dunblane, 10th March 1665 ;
coll. 9th, and inst. 16th June 1665 (Key. of
Deeds, Durie, 12th Dec. 1679). He was
probably outed in 1689 ; died Feb. 1691. He
marr. 17th June 1675, Helen Douglas, and
had issue — George, served heir to his uncle,
14th Dec. 1705 ; John, min. of Abercorn ;
Jean (marr. 30th Sept. 1709, Charles
Anderson, Kinglassie). — [Lament's Diary,
Edin. Key. (Bapt., Marr., and Bur.), Reg.
Collat., Wodrow's Hist., Spec. Ret. Fife;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JOHN KINNAIRD [KINNEAR], licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 2nd May
1693 ; ord. 10th Jan. 1694 ; died 10th
Jan. 1725. He marr. (1) Marion, daugh.
of Robert Wellwood of Touch, and had
issue — Margaret (marr. John Moubray of
Cockairny) ; Jean (marr. John Steedman
of Baldridge, min. of the Tron Parish,
Edinburgh) : (2) Rachel Sandilands, who
survived him. — [Test. JReg,]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, licen. by
„ Presb. of Biggar 14th June 1716;
ord. to Skirling 29th April 1718;
dep. 1719 ; reponed 1721 ; pres. by George
I., and adm. 28th Oct. 1725; died 8th
Sept. 1749. He marr. Isabella (died 4th
June 1775), daugh. of Andrew Houston of
Calder, and had issue — Sholto ; Alexander,
merchant in St Kitts ; Jean (marr. Aretas
B. Akers of St Kitts) ; Robert, planter in
St Kitts; Isabella; Mary (marr. James
Stoddart, min. of Kirkintilloch) ; John
Leigh, lieut. R.N. — [Acts of Ass., Wodrow's
Anal., Burke's Commoners.]
MID-CALDER, FOUMEHLY
C ALDER-CO MITIS.
[Divided in 1646 into Mid-Calder and
West Calder; the latter being the new
parish. Disjoined from the Presb. of
Linlithgow and annexed to the Presb. of
Edinburgh by General Assembly, 1884.]
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD (primu*\ born
1510, second son of William S. of
Spottiswood, Berwickshire (killed at
Flodden), and Elizabeth Pringle of Tor-
sonce ; entered Univ. of Glasgow 27th June
1534, and took his degree of M.A. in 1536 ;
went to London soon after, where he im
bibed the principles of the Reformation
from Archbishop Cranmer. He returned
to Scotland in 1543, and was pres. by Sir
James Sandilands of Calder in 1548. He
joined the Reformers in 1560, and was
one of six elected for drawing up the First
Book of Discipline, and Confession of
Faith ; became Superintendent of Lothian
9th March 1561. In 1562 the parishioners
complained to the General Assembly that
S.'s duties as Superintendent prevented him
discharging all his duties of min. of the
parish. The reply was that owing to the
rarity of ministers it could not be other
wise, and that "the profit of many
churches was to be preferred to the profit
of one/' He died 5th Dec. 1585. His son
relates that he was " a man well esteemed
for his piety and wisdom ; loving and
beloved of all persons, charitable to the
poor, and careful above all things to give no
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MID-CALDER
[PHESB. OF
man offence.'"' He marr. Beatrix, daugh. of
Patrick Crichton of Lugton and Gilmerton,
who survived him, and had issue — John, his
successor; James, D.I)., Bishop of Clogher,
Ireland, born 7th Sept. 1567, died (buried)
31st March 1644-5; William; Rachel
(marr. James Tennent of Linhouse) ;
Judith, died before 1593 (AY//, of Deeds,
xliv., 438). — [Douglas's J>ar., Rf<j. Assi'j. ;
Kuox:s Works, ii. ; Test. Rey., ttoolce of
the. Kirk, Wodrow's Jlioy. and Mined I. ;
Pitcairn's Or. Trials, ii. ; Spottiswood's,
Calderwood's, Row's, Cook's, and Hether-
ington's Hints. ; Scott's Lives; Baillie's Lett.,
iii.; New Mat. Ace., i. ; M'Ure's Glasy. ;
Chalmers's Caled., ii. ; Diet. Nat. nio>/.~\
JOHX SPOTTISWOOD (*eeM>«Z«s),born
at Oreenbank in the parish, 1565,
eldest son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1581) ; app. assist
ant and successor to his father 1583. He
Avas pres. to the vicarage of Calder-Clere by
James VI. 1594, but clem, in 1596, and had
from His Majesty a gift of stipend, 12th April
1599. In 1601 he was chaplain to Ludovic,
Duke of Lennox, ambassador to the court of
France. While attending James VI. on his
visit to England on acceding to the united
Crown, in 1603, he was promoted to the
Archbishopric of Glasgow and nominated
a Privy Councillor, but continued min.
here. He was four times Moderator of
Assembly, in 1610, 1616, 1617, and the
Perth Assembly, 1618, which sanctioned
the Five Articles. Called to the see of
St Andrews in 1615, he crowned Charles I.
at Holyrood in 1633, and was Chancellor
of Scotland in 1635. Seconding the King's
efforts to introduce a liturgy, he became
obnoxious to the Covenanters, and was
deposed and excommunicated by the
Glasgow Assembly of 1638. He died at
London, 26th Xov. 1639, and was interred
in Westminster Abbey. He marr. 1599,
llachel, daugh. of David Lindsay, Bishop
of lloss, and had a numerous family, of
whom only three survived him— Sir John
of Dairsie ; Sir Robert, President of the
Court of Session, having sided with Mon-
trose, was taken prisoner at Philiphaugh,
and sentenced to death by the Scottish
Parliament, 16th Jan. 1646 ; Anne (marr.
Sir William St Glair of Roslyn). Publica
tion — Hi star 11 of the Church of Scotland,
from the Year 203 to the Reiyn of James
VI. (London, 1655; new edition, Spottis-
wood Society, 1847, with Life by Russell).
See also Sj>ot. Soc. Misce.lL, vol. i. (1844).—
[Melvill's Aittob., Keith's Cataf., Row's and
Calderwood's Hints., Duppa's Life, Cowan's
Lonl Chancellors of Scotland, Diet. A at.
Bioy.]
ROBERT GILMOUR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1604
the Session 8th April, he was adm.
(colleague) 2nd Aug. 1604 ; pres. to the
vicarage of Calder-Clere by James VI. 3rd
March 1610 ; died 23rd Xov. 1616, aged
about 39. He marr. 12th April 1613, Marie
Cleland, who survived him, and had issue
—James ; John ; Robert, apprenticed 29th
June 1636, to Alexander Inglis, litster,
Edinburgh. — [Craufurd's Univ., Uphall
Sens, and Test. Key., Key. Sec. Siy., Calder
wood's Hist. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 801.]
JOHN TENNENT, younger son of
1617 James T> of Linhouse, and grand
son of John Spottiswood (primus) ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1606) ; was on the exer
cise there 22nd Dec. 1613; having been
pres., he produced a letter from the Bishop
(Spottiswood) to the Prcsb. for his admis
sion 3rd Sept. ; was pros, by James VI. to
the vicarage of Calder-Clere 5th, and to the
vicarage of C. 15th Oct. 1617 ; was on the
Commission for Church Discipline 21st Oct.
1634 ; died 29th June 163S aged about 52.
He marr. (cont. 20th and 27th Feb. 1619 :
Raj. of Deeds, ccclii., 74) 21st April 1619,
Nicolas, daugh. of Andrew Lamb, Bishop
of Brechin, afterwards of Galloway, who
survived him (alive in 1643), and had issue
- Margaret ; John ; Rachel ; Andrew ;
Bethia. A grandson, William Tennent,
was Laird of Cairns in 1693.— [Mun. Univ.
Glasy., iii. ; Test. Rey. ; Maitland, ii., and
Banmtym Miscell., iii. ; Baillie's Lett., i.]
GEORGE DUXBAR, probably of the
family of Dunbar of Cumnock ; min.
of Cumnock in 1599, of Ayr 1608 ;
deprived by Privy Council 1611 ; became
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177
inin. of the Second Charge, Ayr, 1613 ; trans,
to First Charge 1619 ; deprived in 1622 for
refusing to recognise the Articles of Perth ;
was for twelve years min. at Inver, near
Larne, in Ireland, but was again deprived by
Henry, Bishop of Meath, in 1637 ; returned
to Scotland, and adm. here ; died Dec.
1641. He marr. (1) Jean Craufurd : (2)
Margaret Wallace, who survived him, and
had issue— Samuel, who succeeded him in
the lands of Pollesche ; George, died in
1651 ; Margaret (marr. Piobert Peebles,
Irvine); Marion (Acts and Dec., dlxxvi.,
7). — [Livingston's Ckamc., Test. Reg.
(Glasg.), Row's Hist. ; Reg. Old Dec., iv. ;
Rutherford's Lett. ; Reid's Ireland, i. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 3170 ; Prof. Book, Robert Brown.]
[WILLIAM DUNBAR, M.A. ; was pres.
1st June 1642, but declared by Presb.
14th July, "un capable because of his not
entering on his trials at the tyme ap
pointed."
[SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, Professor
of Divinity at St Andrews, was presented,
and the presentation was sustained, but
the University opposed his removal, and
the Synod, yielding to its desire, the
translation did not take place.]
HEW KENNEDY, of Easter Inch of
1643 E^-thgate, M.A. ; usually called
Father Kenned;/; recommended by
Samuel Rutherford, "with whom he was
brocht up " at St Andrews ; pres. by John,
Lord Torphichen, with consent of his cura
tors, 28th Feb. and 1st March ; ord. 13th
April 1643 • was a member of the Commis
sion of Assembly 1648, assisted in form
ing the Protesters' Presb. 6th Aug. 1651,
and was dep. 7th Dec. 1660 for non-con
formity, "being a very zealous protester."
He returned in 1687.- [Mun. Univ. Glasg.,
iii. ; Hist, of Gen. Ass., 1690; Neiv 8tat.
Ace., i. ; Acts, of Ass. and Parl., vii. ;
Baillie's Lett., iii. ; Peterkin's Records.}
24th Nov. 1665, Mary, third daugh. of Sir
George Preston of Valleyfield, and had issue
—Alexander, bapt. 2nd Oct. 1666 ; Marjorie,
bapt. 2nd July 1668; George, -24th Dec.
1669; Anna, bapt. 25th Dec. 1670.— [Reg
Collat,, Test. Reg.}
JOHN SOMERVILLE, M.A.; trans.
from ^est Balder; adm. and inst.
16th May 1672; trans, to Cramond
in 1674.
1672
NORMAN MACKENZIE, MA. (Glas-
1675 gow 1656) '> min- of Carsphairn 1664 ;
trans, to Whithorn 1666; pres. by
Walter, Lord Torphichen, 21st July ; coll.
24th Aug., and adm. 25th Aug. 1675 (G. R.
Horn., 26th Nov. 1689). He was threatened
by armed men for discharging his minis
terial duty, and petitioned the Committee
of Estates for protection, which was granted
8th May 1689. He deserted, and became
a brewer in Edinburgh, where he died 13th
June 1701, aged about 65. He marr. Mary,
youngest daugh. of George Lundie, clerk
of Dysart (G. R. Inhib., 4th March 1669),
and had a daugh., Aimn.~[Corstoi-p/iiite
tiess. and Edin. Reg. (Bur.); Acts Parl.,
ix. ; JAS'. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication.}
HEW KENNEDY, M.A. ; returned at
1687 tlie Toleration, 6th July 1687 ; trans.
to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 25th
Aug. 1687.
JOHN COLVILL, M.A., eldest son of
1663 Dr Alexander C. of Kincardine;
regent in Old College, St Andrews ;
coll. 27th Jan., and adm. 9th Feb. 1663;
died in Feb. 1671, aged about 41. He marr!
VOL. I.
WILLIAM BURNETT, was a min. at
'• 1687 tlle general meeting of Presbyterians,
6th July, and adm. (by a Committee
i of Synod) 4th Nov. 1687 ; trans, to Falkirk
| 1st July 1696.
JOHN LOOKUP, born 1675, son of John
1698 L>' lnercliant, Edinburgh; educated
at the Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (9th
July 1694) ; schoolmaster of Earlston 24th
Sept. 1694 ; recommended by Principal Car-
stares, and called 13th Oct. 1697 ; ord. 26th
Jan. 1698; died 1st Nov. 1758. He marr.
Jean, daugh. of Richard Houston (or
Huison), min. of Inveresk, and left issue-
Margaret, born 1709; John, born 1710,
advocate ; Isobel, born 1712 ; Andrew, born
M
178
MID-CALDER— WEST CALDER
OP
1710; Griscll, born 1720. Publication—
Jlalm for the Wounded Spirit, 1719. He
left in MS., Memoralriles temporum circum-
stantice ac accidentifi, quredam
Johanne Lukup notnt'i.
1759
JAMES WATSON, born Closeburn, 1723,
son of John W. ; educated at Glas
gow Univ. ; ord. to Torphichen 1751 ;
pres. by Walter, Lord Torphichen ;. trans.
and adm. 18th Oct. 1759; died unmarr.
12th Nov. 1772.
JAMES DOBIE, licen. in Northumber
land, and received by Presb. of
Kelso, 5th Jan. 1773 ; pres. by the
tutors of James, Lord Torphichen, and
ord. 27th July 1773 ; trans, to Linlithgow
15th June 1792.
JAMES WILSON, M.A. ; pres. by
James, Lord Torphichen, and adm.
20th Dec. 1792; trans, to Falkirk
2nd May 1794.
JOHN SOMMERS, born in the parish
of Hamilton, 1765, son of John S.,
farmer ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
B.A. (1785), M.A (1785) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dumbarton 21st March 1791 ; pres. by
James, Lord Torphichen, Oct. 1794; ord.
16th April 1795 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 15th May
1818); died 25th Sept. 1842. He marr.
16th Sept. 1811, Isabella Euphemia Hamil
ton (died 13th May 1821), second daugh.
of Charles Donaldson of Calcutta, and had
issue— John Charles, merchant in London ;
Charles ; Euphemia, died 9th Sept. 1821 ;
Bethia Hamilton ; Henry William. Publi
cations—Many articles in the Edinburgh
Encydopcedia, of which he was a consider
able proprietor, and editor of the last three
volumes ; Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat.
Ace., i.), also published privately (1838).
WILLIAM WALKER, born Redburn,
Torphichen, 4th April 1804, son of
843 James W. and Jane Dale; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Annan; pres. by James, Lord
Torphichen, Nov. 1843, and ord. 14th Feb.
1843; died 2nd Nov. 1882. He marr. 29th
Dec ' 1852, Anna (died 1st Aug. 1913),
daugh. of George Campbell, Prospect House,
Newton-Stewart, and had issue— Thomas
Charles, M.D., Liverpool; George Alex
ander Campbell, merchant, Buenos Ayres ;
William, M.A., missionary of the Church
of Scotland at Chamba, Panjab, India, and
min. of St Leonard's, Ayr.
MATTHEW GARDNER, ord. 24th April
1883 ; trans, to Peebles 20th Sept.
1883
1893.
DAVID JOHN MOIR PORTEOUS,
M.A., B.D. : ord. 23rd March 1894 ;
trans, to Port-Glasgow 6th June 1907.
WILLIAM WEIR CLARK, born Lark-
hall, 8th March 1875, son of William
C. and Elizabeth Kirkwood ; edu
cated at Larkhall School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1903), B.D. (1906) ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 5th May 1904;
assistant at Paisley Abbey; assistant
garrison chaplain, Edinburgh, 1905-7;
ord. 20th Sept. 1907. Marr. 8th Jan.
1908, Katherine Robertson, daugh. of
Peter Dewar and Isobel Seggie, and has
issue — William Arthur Weir, born 5th
Dec. 1908.
WEST CALDER.
[Disjoined from Calder-Comitis, and
erected in 1647. Disjoined from Presb. of
Linlithgow, and annexed to the Presb. of
Edinburgh, May 1884.]
PATRICK SHIELDS [SHIELLS], M.A.
(Glasgow 1638); ord. to Livingston
9th Dec. 1641 ; trans, and adm. 12th
June 1645; was on the Commission of
Assembly 1647 ; officiated at Mid-Calder in
1646-7 ; suspended by the Diocesan Synod
in 1665, for non-conformity ; died in 1668,
aged about 50. He marr. (1) Isobel Sandi-
lands, who died 7th March 1653, and had
issue — James, born 1650: (2) Margaret,
daugh. of James Readdie, schoolmaster
at Dunfermline. By her he had Mary;
Marjorie ; James ; Walter, served heir 27th
Jan. 1670 ; Patrick ; Elizabeth ; Margaret.
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WEST CALDER
179
— [Mid-Calder and Cramond Sess. and
Test. Reg., Morrison's Digest, Wodrow's
Hist., Acts of Ass. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5288.]
JOHN SOMERVILL, M.A. ; trans, from
1668 ^lasserton ; coll. 17th June 1668;
trans, to Mid-Calder in 1672.— [Reg.
Collat.]
JOHN KNOX, M.A., formerly of North
1672 Leith, where he had lived peaceably
after his deprivation ; indulged by
the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; returned
to North Leith July 1687. — [Wodrow's
MSS. and Hist., Brown's Hist, of Indula.]
WILLIAM WEIR, M.A., formerly of
1672 Linlithgow, indulged with the pre
ceding, 3rd Sept. 1672. Resisting
the royal supremacy in spiritual affairs,
and maintaining his obligations against
Episcopacy in his public ministrations, he
was, by authority of the Privy Council 31st
July 1673, carried prisoner to Edinburgh,
and committed to the Tolbooth ; obliged to
leave afterwards he went to Ireland, and
accepted a charge in Coleraine. He
returned to Scotland and was resettled at
Linlithgow. — [Wodrow's Hist., Brown's
Hist, of Indulfj.]
GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.A. (Edin-
1675 burgh 1665); ord. to Queensferry
29th Dec. 1674. He appears as min.
about 1675; trans, to Kirkurd 16th Jan.
1678; dep. 3rd Nov. 1680. Rabbled in
1689, when he left the parish, and died
July 1691, aged about 46. He marr. 2nd
Oct. 1685, Anna Naismith, who was buried
in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 29th June 1695.
— [Test, and Edin. Reg. (Marr. and Bur.} ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1689
JOHN LAUDER, bapt. 25th Jan. 1671,
son of Jolm k., min. of Tynning-
hame; min. of Dalziel 1659; dep.
1662; ind. at Dalziel 1670-84; returned
1687; called 31st Aug., and trans, and
adm. 1689 ; died 1691. He marr., and had
issue — Isabel ; David ; John. — [Dalziel
Sess. Reg.~\
JOHN ANDERSON, studied at Univ.
1692 °^ Utrecht, lived for a time at
Borrowstounness ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 28th Oct. 1691 ; called 29th
Nov. following ; ord. 28th April 1692 ; died
17th Dec. 1705, in 48th year. He marr. (1)
2nd March 1696, Mary, daugh. of Patrick
M'Carra, bailie of the Canongate, and had
issue— Mary (marr. 15th Oct. 1719, John
Russell of Braidshaw, W.S.) : (2) 18th May
1701, Janet, daugh. of John Gordon of
New-work, who survived him.— [Canon-
gate Sess., Test., and Edin. Reg. (Marr.} ;
Tombst.]
JAMES ANDERSON, called 13th
1707 March, and ord. 5th May 1707 ;
trans, to Falkirk 26th March
1718.
ANDREW GLOAG, M.A. (St Andrews,
172Q 8th April 1718); licen. by Presb. ol
Auchterarder 2nd June 1719 ; chap
lain to the Laird of Marjoribanks ; called
14th Oct. 1719; ord. 25th Feb. 1720; died
28th Feb. 1770, in his 82nd year. He marr.
(1) Oct. 1720, Christian, daugh. of Thomas
Ronald, Provost of Linlithgow, and had
issue alive in 1759, and all above 26 years
of age — Thomas ; James ; John ; William,
min. of Lady Yester's, Edinburgh; Janet
(marr. 25th Nov. 1720, William Good,
wright, Edinburgh) : (2) 5th Nov. 1730,
Jean (died 1st Dec. 1793), daugh. of John
Veitch, tenant in Hamildean, Lyne (&-'. R.
Homings, 29th June 1732), and had issue
—Elizabeth ; Andrew ; Margaret ; Mary,
born 26th March 1742 (marr. Robert
Wishart, min. of Livingston).
WILLIAM GARVIE, M.A. ; pres. by
1770 Alexander Marjoribanks of that ilk,
and ord. 28th Nov. 1770; trans, to
Aberdalgie and Dupplin 10th Jan. 1782.
ALEXANDER WARDROP, licen. by
1782 Presb. of Haddington 1st Dec. 1778 ;
was for a time a schoolmaster ; pres.
by Alexander Marjoribanks of Marjoribanks,
and ord. 6th Sept. 1782; died 9th Dec.
1784.
180
WEST CALDER— PORTOBELLO
[I'RESB. OF
JOHN WILLISOX, pres. by James, Earl
of Lauderdale, who purchased the
patronage that year from Alexander
Marjoribanks, and ord. 15th Sept, 1785;
trans, to Forgandenny 17th Sept. 1793.
JOHX MACKERSY [MUCKERSEY],
born 1757, son of John M., min. of
the Assoc. Antiburgher Congrega
tion, Kinkcll ; liccn. by Prcsb. of Auchter-
arder 4th Aug. 1789 ; assistant at Kirk
liston ; pres. by James, Earl of Lauderdale, j
Oct. 1793 ; ord. 9th April 1794 ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 2nd Oct. 1819); died llth June
1S31. He marr. (1) Katherinc Wallace,
who died 24th June 1817, and had issue-
John, min. at Macquarrie or Esk River,
Tasmania ; Lindsay, accountant in Edin
burgh ; William, W.S., Edinburgh, born
1795, died 3rd Oct. 1875: (2) 14th April
1819, Jean (died 10th Nov. 1805, in her
92nd year), eldest daugh. of John Cook,
Professor of Moral Philosophy, St Andrews.
Publications — Translation?, of M. Gener,
leiiig a Election, of Letters on Life and
Manners, 3 vols. (London, 1808-12) ; Htnnon
preached after the Death of the Rev. Walter
J,i.,-<Une (Edinburgh, 1812) ; View of French
Literature duriixj the Eighteenth Century,
trans, from the French (Edinburgh, 1814) ;
revised the Rudiments of the, Latin Tongue
(Edinburgh, 1817); Sermon XII. (Gillan's
ticott. Pul pit) ; Accounts of Kirkliston and
of West Calder (Sinclair's Mat. Ace., x.,
xviii.).
[JOHX JOHXSTOX, schoolmaster,
West Calder, was presented by the patron,
but there was vigorous objection, and his
appointment was withdrawn.]
WILLIAM LEARMOXTH, born 1801,
son of John L., farmer, Xether
Kinncil, Bo'ness, and Janet Robert
son ; M.A. (Glasgow 1826) ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 9th May 1832 ; pres. by James
Grindlay in 1834; ord. 14th May 1835;
died 31st May 1870. He marr. (1) 9th Jan.
1838, Helen (died 22nd March 1856), daugh.
of John Cochrane, farmer Waterstone,
Ecclesmachan, and Janet Smcllie Robert
son, and had issue-John William, com
mission agent, Edinburgh, born 1840;
Janet, born 1841 ; James, born 1842, died
1852; William, born 1843; Andrew, born
1844; Ellen Jane Cochrane, born 1847:
(2) 13th Sept. 1859, Janet Grey, Ayr, who
died 26th May 1869. Publication— Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., L).
JOHX DAVIDSOX GRAXT, born Aber
deen, 26th Sept. 1826, son of Peter
1 G. and Barbara Davidson ; educated
at schools in Perthshire and Forfarshire,
and St Andrews and Edinburgh Univs. ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 4th June 1856 ;
assistant at Carluke ; ord. to Calderhead
18th Feb. 1859 ; pres. by John Drysdale of
Kilrie, and ad in. 25th Aug. 1870 ; died at
Portobello from the effects of an accident,
: 7th Feb. 1914. Marr. 28th June 1864,
Margaret (died llth July 1912), only child
of Thomas Hunter, solicitor, Maxwelltown,
Dumfries, and Agnes Glendinning.
JAMES ALEXANDER AXDERSOX,
born Londonderry, 1st July 1860,
son of Adam A. and Elizabeth Todd ;
educated at Magee College, Queen's and
Assembly's Colleges, Belfast and Dublin;
licen. by Presb. of Glendermott May 1885 ;
ord. to the first congregation at Bally waiter,
Belfast, 23rd Feb. 1886 ; aclm. (assistant and
successor) 1st Xov. 1894. Marr. 1st Dec.
1886, Margaret, daugh. of Andrew Melville
and Agnes Burns, both of Argyllshire, and
has issue — Gustave Alexander Melville,
M.B., Ch.B., R.X, born 31st Aug. 1888 ;
Winifred, M.A,, born 3rd May 1890 (marr.
12th Aug. 1914, David M'Vicker, M.B.,
Ch.B., Peterborough); Olivia, born 2nd
Dec. 1898; Eva, born 26th April 1900;
Frederick Percival, born 1st Aug. 1903.
PORTOBELLO (Q.6'.).
[The foundation stone of the church was
laid on 27th Oct. 1808, the building being
opened in 1810, as a chapel-of-ease to
Duddingston. Declared a parish quoad
sacra by Act of Assembly, 31st May 1834,
and erected by the Court of Teinds, 17th
July 1861.]
[THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A., was app.
"preacher," and served till 1814, when he
was pres. to the parish of Borthwick.]
EDINBURGH]
PORTOBELLO— RATHO
181
JOHN GLEN, born Fife, 1782; licen.
1818 ^7 Presb. of Dunfermline 2nd July
1811 ; in charge of Portobello Chapel
from 1814; ord. 9th July 1818; preached
for the last time 18th Oct. 1840, being
attacked by paralysis. Joined the Free
Church, and died at Edinburgh, 7th Nov.
1854. He marr. 4th Dec. 1818, Sarah
Isabella (died 18th Dec. 1875, aged 91),
daugh. of John Whyt, of Kingston, Jamaica,
and had issue — Bain Whyt, died 23rd
March 182G; Jemima Agnes Bethia
Anderson, born 1824 (marr. William
Kippen, lieut. 24th Regiment), and died
26th Dec. 1846; Sarah Isabella, died 26th
Jan. 1828. Publications — A Treatise on, the
Sabbath (Edinburgh, 1822) ; On Cruelty to
Animals, a sermon (Edinburgh. 1833).
WILLIAM STIRLING BLACKWOOD,
1844 korn 1806 ' orcl> to J°kn St- Church,
Maryport, Cumberland, 1835; app.
by the managers, and adm. 7th March 1844 ;
died uninarr. 2nd June 1861.
JOHN WALLACE, ord. 28th Feb. 1862 ;
res' 28tl1 Feb> 18G6; [Became min-
1862
of New Deer].
GEORGE THOMAS JAMIESON, born
1866 Currie> 27th AuS- 1838> son of P>r
Robert J., min. of Currie, afterwards
of St Paul's, Glasgow ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 7th May 1862 ; assistant
at North Leith ; ord. to Newton-on-Ayr
26th March 1863 ; trans, and adm. 20th
July 1866; clerk of the Presb. of Edin
burgh 1898-1912; D.D. (Glasgow 1904).
Marr. 30th April 1868, Harriett Flora
MacWhirter (died 28th Jan. 1907), youngest
daugh. of James Bryce, D.D., first Church
of Scotland chaplain at Calcutta, and min.
of St Andrew's Church there, and had issue
—Mary Florence, born 30th Aug. 1869 ; Eliza
Katharine, born 5th June 1873 (marr. 13th
July 1905, Robert E. Wallace-James, S.S.C.,
Edinburgh) ; Robert George, M.A., chaplain
in India, Bengal Presidency, born 16th July
1874; James Bryce, B.D., min. of Grey-
friars, Dumfries, born 17th July 1879 ;
Henry William, accountant, Secunderabad,
born 25th Dec. 1882.
1562
RATHO.
[Belonged to the Bishopric of St
Andrews, and thereafter was annexed
to the College Kirk of Corstorphine. The
church was dedicated to St Mary. Our
Lady's Well is in the vicinity.]
DAVID WEMIS [WEMYSS], one of
those in St Andrews whom the first
General Assembly, 20th Dec. 1560,
thought "maist qualified for ministreing
and teaching"; adm. in 1562; trans, to
High Kirk, Glasgow, about 25th June 1565.
— \_Booke of the Kirk, Keith's and Calder
wood's I lists. ; Wodroiv 7>Yor/., ii.]
PATRICK CREICH [CREECH], com-
1565 plained against at the Assembly,
25th June 1565, "for not repairing
to Linlithgow for the exercise of prophecy-
ing, excused himself because his stipend
was not duly paid him." Another complaint
was laid to his charge, 25th Dec. folloAving,
of marrying a couple regardless of the dis
cipline of the Kirk. This he confessed on
the 27th, and was ordained to do so
publicly, twice at Edinburgh, and after
wards at Dalmeny, where the offence had
been committed. For a similar fault he
was " suspended from his ministrie, and
lifting up of his stipend," 30th Dec. 1567 ;
and again on 8th July 1 568 ; " and if he
commit the like offence, that he be
deposed." He was settled at North
Berwick in 1568. — [Jloofie of the Kirk,
Keith's and Calderwood's IIistsJ\
JAMES HAMILTON, adm. 1st May
.__„ 1568; had Kirknewton and Gogar
also in his charge. He resided at
the former place in 1573. — [Rey. J/?'».,
Test. JRey., Calderwood's Hist.']
1568 THOMAS BISHOP, reader.
RICHARD THOMPSON, having Gogar
also in his charge; coll to the
vicarage Jan. 1589 ; pros, to the
Prebend of Half Byres, in the College
Kirk of Corstorphine, by James VI., 8th
182
RATHO
[PRESB. OF
Oct. 1596 ; pres. to Castleton in 1604,
which he held in conjunction. In 1605, he
was clerk to the Commissioners of the
General Assembly, and died Oct. 1606.
He marr. Agnes Foulis, who survived him,
and had issue — David, served heir 8th
July 1607; Alexander; James; Richard;
Margaret ; Helen ; Mary (Acts and Dec.,
ccxxiii., 352). — [Reg. Assig., Booke of the
Kirk, Craufurd's Univ. ; Calderwood's
Hist.; Inq. Ret. Gen., 313 — de Tut,,
110, 111.]
JOHN DUNLOP, M.A. (Edinburgh,
16Q7 22nd Feb. 1602); pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. June 1607 ;
died Feb. 1647, aged about 65. He marr.
Elizabeth Black, who survived him (alive
in 1657), and had issue — Elizabeth (marr.,
cont. 11 th Oct. 1633, John, son of John
Mitchell, preacher in London : Reg. of
Deeds, dxi., 384) ; John, min. of East
Calder ; Alexander ; Lucy ; Barbara ;
William ; Alison (marr., pro. 26th April
1660, Andrew Cockburn, schoolmaster at
Queensferry) ; Katherine ; Ludovic, min.
of Skene. — [Reg. Assig. and Pres. (Caut.) •
St Cuthbert's Sess., Test., and Edin. Reg.
(Bapt.\-\
1648
DAVID READDIE, son of James R.,
master of the Grammar School at
Dunfermline ; educated at the Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1633) ; adm. in 1648 ;
died Sept. 1662, aged about 50.— [Dal-
keith Presb., Colinton Sess., and Test.
Reg. ; Wodrow's Hist., i. ; Reg. Old Dec.,
1650.]
JOHN MACMATH, M.A. ; coll. 25th
March 1663 ; trans, to Lasswade in
1670.— [#6.7. Collat^
JOHN WILKIE, trans, from Kirk-
newton, 1674; trans, to Eyemouth
in 1677.— [Lanark Presb. Reg., Min.
Book Reg. Priv. Seal.]
WILLIAM STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow,
1683 12th July 1667')p The collections>
25th Sept. 1687, "were so inconsider
able that the box was not able to maintain
the poor " ; an assessment was proposed
according to Act of Parliament, which is
said to be the earliest instance of a com
pulsory rate for this purpose. Rabbled
at the Revolution. After S.'s rabbling
it was found that the communion and
baptismal plate was missing ; on enquiry,
the kirk-session found that it had been
conveyed to Lord Lauderdale's house at
Thirlstane, whence it was recovered by
S.'s successor. He went to Fife, where
he lived on the charity of friends. Died
about 20th Nov. 1690, having marr. Grizel,
daugh. of James Durie of Craigluscar, who
survived him (P. C. Acta, 23rd Dec. 1690),
and had an only son, Charles. — [Mim. Univ.
Glasg., iii. ; Sess. Reg.; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
JAMES HART, M.A. ; ord. 4th July
2 1692. In Aug. 1702 he was called
to Greyfriars, but "declared his
sense of emptiness for so eminent a part,
and his unwillingness to undertake it."
The Presbytery ordered the call to be
transmitted to Ratho and the parishioners
to be summoned to answer thereto. At
the next meeting the officer reported that
on 9th Aug., as he was on his way to
cite the heritors, elders, etc., a multitude
of women came to him and so threatened
him, that he was obliged to leave the
place. Strong remonstrances were offered
against the translation, but the Presby
tery overruled the objections and appointed
his admission for 19th Aug. 1702. — [Edin.
Reg. (Marr.), Murray's Biog. Annals.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, son and heir of
1703 James G., brother of John G.,
younger of Mongerswood (Ayr Sas.,
vii., 239) ; called 30th May, and ord. 16th
Aug. 1703. He refused to take the Oath
of Abjuration in 1712; died 28th Feb.
1756, in his 83rd year, being a widower,
with a daugh. Margaret, and others.
WILLIAM WILKIE, born 5th Oct.
1721, son of James W., Echline ;
educated at Dalmeny School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by the Presb.
of Linlithgow 29th May 1745; called 15th
Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor) 17th
May 1753. He demitted, 15th Nov. 1759,
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RATHO
183
on appointment as Professor of Natural
Philosophy in the Univ. of St Andrews ;
died 10th Oct. 1772. When at Ratho his
success as a farmer earned him the name
of "Potato Wilkie." His scientific attain
ments were great, and among his pupils
were Playfair and Leslie. Publication —
The JSpigoniad, an Epic Poem in Nine
Books (Edinburgh, 1757; 2nd ed., 1759);
Moral Fables in Verse (1769). He has
been styled "the Scottish Homer.'" — [Car-
lyle's Autob. ; Chambers's Biog. Diet., iv. ;
Robert Fergusson's Poems.'}
JAMES ROBERTSON, M.A. ; Keen, by
17 the Presb. of St Andrews, llth May
1757 ; pres. by James, Earl of
Lauderdale, and ord. 10th July 1760 ; died
13th Sept. 1802, in his 75th year. He
rnarr. 20th Aug. 1772, Jean (born 1743,
died at Edinburgh 6th Sept. 1824), daugh.
of Alexander Robertson, min. of Eddleston,
and had issue — James Maitland, min. of
Livingston, born llth May 1774; Alex
ander, born 18th Nov. 1775, died 7th Dec.
1776 ; John, surgeon H.E.T.C.S., born llth
March 1777, died on his passage to India
1st Dec. 1795 ; Alexander, M.P. for Gram-
pound, in Cornwall, born 14th Feb. 1779.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin
clair's 8tat. Ace., vii.).
ANDREW DUNCAN, bom 1755, son
of Patrick D., min. of Tibbermore ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 29th July
1778 ; ord. to Auchterarder 6th Sept. 1781 ;
pres. by Thomas Davidson, D.D., of Muir-
house, Sept. 1802 ; trans, and adm. 24th
March 1803 ; app. principal clerk to the
General Assembly, 21st May 1807 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 14th March 1811); Moderator
of the General Assembly 20th May 1824 ;
died 29th July 1827. He marr. 15th Aug.
1786, Margaret (died 16th Sept. 1821),
daugh. of Neil Bethune, min. of Kenno-
way, and had issue — Jean, born 4th April
1790 (marr. 7th July 1820, Capt. Duncan
Ogilvy), died in India, April 1821 ; Chris
tian, born 16th Aug. 1791 ; Janet, born 10th
Jan. 1793; Hannah, born 17th Dec. 1793
(marr. 8th Sept. 1821, Capt. H. A. Mont-
gomerie); Margaret, born 21st Feb. 1795;
Catherine, born 14th Aug. 1796 ; Andrew
Bethune, min. of Culross, born 19th July
1797; Susan, born 12th July 1798; Ann
Mercer, born 2nd April 1800 (marr. 19th
Dec. 1828, James Craig, surgeon, Ratho) ;
Grace, born 25th April 1802 ; James, born
28th Aug. 1806. Publications— The Benefits
of Christianity, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1806) ;
Account of Auchterarder (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., iv.). — [Paterson's Ayr., i. ; Kay's
Portr., ii.]
JAMES HENDERSON, trans, from
1828 Stockbridge Chapel (St Bernard's);
pres. by Thomas Davidson, D.D., of
Muirhouse, and adm. 21st Feb. 1828 ;
trans, to St Enoch's, Glasgow, 29th Nov.
1832.
JAMES CLASON, born Dunblane, 27th
1833 ^une 1808, son of James C. ; edu
cated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1825) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd
Aug. 1831 ; assistant at North Leith ; pres.
by the trustees of Thomas Davidson, D.D.,
of Muirhouse ; ord. 15th Aug. 1833 ; died
unmarried, 17th April 1842. Publications
—Account of the Parish (Nnv Stat. Ace.,
i.); Sermons, edited by P. Clason, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1843).
JAMES CHARLES FOWLER, born
1843 Aberdeen, 1808, son of George F.,
schoolmaster ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1824) ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberdeen 22nd July 1828 ; ord.
to Roxburgh Place Chapel, Edinburgh, 7th
Aug. 1834 ; trans, to St Luke's, Glasgow,
16th March 1837 ; trans, and adm. 12th
Jan. 1843 ; LL.D. (Marischal College, Aber
deen, 1856) ; died at Torquay, 16th March
1866. He marr. (1) 26th Dec. 1848, Mary
Elizabeth (died 5th Sept. 1850), daugh. of
Andrew Steele of Crosswoodhill, W.S. : (2)
2nd June 1853, Helen (died 18th March
1895), daugh. of Major David Brown of Park,
and had issue— Jane Munro, born 27th Jan.
1855 (marr. Alexander Thorn, St Andrews).
Publications — The Right Improvement of
Divine Judgments and the Proper Means
of Averting Them, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1851) ; Lectures on the Evidences of
Revealed Religion; on Infidelity; on
184
RATHO— EDINBURG II CASTLK
[PRESB. OF
tiabbatk Schools; Preparatory Essay to
Watson's Apology for the Bible.
ROBERT CHARLES HENRY MAC-
1866 DUFF, born 6th March 1829, son of
Alexander M. of Bonhard and
Margaret Catherine, daugh. of John Ross
of Balgirsh ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; liccn. by Presb. of
Edinburgh; ord. to Falkland 10th March
1853 ; trans, and adm. 19th July I860 ; res. |
1st June 1876 ; died at Leamington, 28th •
May 1891. He niarr. 18th Jan. 1868, |
Margaret Lucy (died at Aboyne, 23rd Aug. '
1910), daugh. of William Spence, secretary
of the British Linen Bank, and had issue
—William Alexander, F.R.C.O., born 22nd j
July 1869; Robert Ross, born 31st July
1871, died 13th March 1876 ; Catherine
Margaret, born 7th Jan. 1876.
ARCHIBALD BISSET, born Edinburgh,
1876 12th Aug' 1843' S°n °f Arckibal(i
B., merchant, Edinburgh, and
Isabella Davidson ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1872 ; assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edin
burgh ; ord. to Foulden 21st May 1874 ;
trans, and adm. 17th Nov. 1876. Marr.
24th April 1878, Barbara (died 20th Aug.
1913), daugh. of Ralph Dodds, merchant,
Berwick-on-Tweed, and Barbara Wright.
[The following chapels, formerly belong
ing to the Church of Scotland, no longer
exist.]
EDINBURGH CASTLE.
[Formerly a parish belonging to the
Abbey of Holyroodhouse, but since the
Reformation joined to Canongate Parish.
On the appointment of a minister he was
fully recognised and admitted as in other
parishes, and had a seat in the Presb.
(though excluded from the benefit of the
Widows' Fund, at its establishment, 25th
March 1744), till the translation of the
incumbent in 1754, from which time it has
been recognised only as a chapel belonging
to the garrison. In 1755 the chapel was
divided into three storeys, and turned into
military stores.]
JOHN BROWN, recommended to Parlia
ment by the Privy Council 9th April
lQGl.—[Af-ts ParL, vii.]
ALEXANDER SMITH, M.A. ; ord.
22nd Oct. 1668; trans, to Crailing
1672.-[7?ef/. Collat.]
GILBERT SIMSON, M.A. ; ord. 4th
1673 Fcb' 1673; pres- to Eckforcl 25tl1
March 1677 (Warrant Book Scot.,
iv., 204), but not settled ; trans, to Kings-
barns 1678. — [Kingsbarns' Sess. Reg.~\
JOHN BARCLAY, M.A. : adm. 1680;
trans, to Cockburnspath \W2.-\_Act.
Reel. Univ. tit And., Min. Book Reg.
Privy Seal, Test. Reg. (G'lasg.).]
CHARLES FORRESTER, a native of
1682 Buchan > M'A- (KinS's College 1674).
He fled the country on the surrender
of the Castle in 1689. He marr. 20th Nov.
1682, Barbara Alison.— [Haddington Presb.
and Edin. Reg. (Marr.); M8. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
WALTER SMYTH, M.A. (Glasgow, 27th
July 1676) ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Aberdeen, 1st Nov. 1684, took
orders as deacon ; chaplain to Sir John
Dalrymple of Stair, and tutor to his
children ; adm. 1692 and dem. 1709 ; died
at Restalrig, 3rd April 1738, aged 82. He
marr. 6th Sept. 1699, Christian, daugh. of
Peter Paterson, portioner of Restalrig.—
[Mioi. Univ. Glasg., iii. ; MX. Ace. of Min.,
1689; Linlithgow Presb., Edin. (Marr.\
and Cotton Reg. (Bur.) ; Acts ParL, xi.]
JOHN FLEMING, ord. in the Castle
Kirk 19th Jan. 1710; trans, to
Second Charge, Perth, 24th Feb.
1710
1713.
1716
ALEXANDER KER, ord. in the Castle
7th Aug. 1716 ; died unmarr. 24th
Jan. 1737.
EDINBURGH CASTLE— MARINERS1 CHURCH
185
JAMES GLASGOW, M.A. (Glasgow,
1?38 10th March 1718) ; commissioned by
George II. 7th July 1737 ; ord. 14th
Feb. 1738 ; died 9th Feb. 1746, aged about
48. — [Mun. Univ. Glasy., iii. ; Reg. (Bur.) ;
Trustees Sep., 1745.]
WILLIAM SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
1746 Haddington 12th Jan. 1727 ; ord. in
the Castle 4th Sept. 1746 ; died Gth
Feb. 1751.— [Test, and Edin. Reg.}
JOHN JOHNSTON, M.A. ; ord. 10th
1751 May 1751; trans, to Biggar 15th
Aug. 1754, having exchanged charges
with William Haig. — [Carlyle's Autob.,
Morren's Ann.]
WILLIAM HAIG, son of James H.,
Orchardfarm, Alloa ; adm. 13th Sept.
1754; died 19th Oct. 1761.
and the Dignity of the Redeemed (Edin
burgh, 1814).— [Scots Mag., Ixxxi.]
SAMUEL GEOEGE KENNEDY, ord.
1818 10th Dec. 1818 ; resigned 26th April
Perth.
1820, on appointment to West Parish,
LEITH WYND CHAPEL.
[Opened as a chapel-of-ease, 18th Nov.
1792; declared a parish quoad sacra,
31st May 1834. Closed in 1843.]
JOSEPH ROBERTSON, licen. by
1792 Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Oct. 1788 ;
assistant at Stewarton 1790 ; ord.
13th Dec. 1792 : dem. 21st April, and dep.
2nd May 1818, having been convicted by
the High Court of Justiciary of celebrating
unlawful marriages, and uttering fabri
cated certificates of proclamations, and
banished for life 18th April preceding.
He marr., and had issue— Hamilton, died
12th Nov. 1861, aged 21 ; Joseph, W.S.
apprentice 1805. Publications— Letters and
Dialogues on the Lords Supper (Edin
burgh, 1794) ; translated Lampe's Theologi
cal Dissertations concerning the Endless
Duration of Pimishment (Edinburgh, 1796);
Outlines of a Course of Theological Lectures
(1799); The Traveller's Guide through
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1799) ; The Traveller's
Guide through Ireland; Theological Lec
tures (Edinburgh, 1806) ; Sacred Biography;
Sacred Contemplations; The Ecclesiastical
Biography of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1810) ;
A Sermon on the Doctrine of the Trinity,
JOHN THOMSON, ord. 16th Nov.
1820 182°; dem- 28ta Jan. 1824, on
appointment to Dysart, Second
Charge.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, M.A., born
1824 Dundee, 1787; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 8th Dec. 1807 ; ord. assistant
at Arbroath llth Dec. 1813; afterwards
assistant at Dairsie ; adm. 21st Oct. 1824.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of John
Knox's Free Church, Edinburgh, 1843 ; died
unmarr. 4th Jan. 1858. Publication— Re
membrance Remembered (Edinburgh, 1839).
MARINERS1 CHURCH, LEITH.
[Constituted by the General Assembly,
27th May 1839. Became, in 1843, St
Ninian's Free Church, Leith.]
JOHN THOMSON, born Edinburgh,
1840 1808> son of James T- and Katherine
Oakley; educated at High School
and Univ.; M.A. (1830); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh; ord. 1840, to the "Bethel"
or Floating Chapel in Leith Harbour,
previous to the erection of permanent
building. Joined Free Church ; min. of St
Ninian's Free Church, Leith, 1843; clerk
to the Free Synod of Lothian and Tweed-
dale ; died 18th Nov. 1881. He marr. 3rd
April 1848, Elizabeth Gavin, daugh. of John
Brown, D.D., min. of Langton, and had
issue — John Brown, I.C.S. ; Katherine
Oakley (marr. A. A. Gillies); James
Douglas; Georgina Elizabeth (marr. 1883,
David Ross. M.A., min. of the Free Church,
Crathie, afterwards of St Kilda, Mel
bourne), died 1901. Publications— Trans
lation of Hengstenberg's Commentary on
the Psalms ; Stier's Words of Jesus ; ' con
tributed to ditto's Journal, etc.
186
NEW STREET— ROXBURGH PLACE
[PKESB. or
NEW STREET CHAPEL.
[Opened as a cbapel-of-ease, 16th March
1794. By Act 30 & 31 Viet. cap. 107 (20th
Aug. 1862), which uncollegiated the parish
of Canongate, New Street was erected into
a parish quoad sacra, but no min. was
appointed. By Act 33 & 34 Viet. cap. 87
(9th Aug. 1870) the charge was abolished
in 1884, and the parish was divided between
Trinity and Canongate parishes.]
DAVID DICKSON, trans, from Both-
.,_„_ kennar, and adm. 22nd Oct. 1795 ;
dem. 27th Feb. 1799, on appointment
to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh.
DAVID SAVILE, born 1774, educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1791) ; tutor in the family of David
Johnston of Lathrisk ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 4th May 1790 ; Lecturer in
Theology at Northampton ; joined the
Presbyterian Classis at Long Lawford
9th April 1798 ; ord. by Presb. of Cupar
to Little Harborough, Warwickshire, 10th
July 1798 ; trans, to St Andrew's, Dun-
fennline, 1799 ; trans, to this charge 10th
Oct. 1799 ; died 12th June 1810. He marr.
Ann (died 23rd June 1834), daugh. of
Commissary-General Petrie, and had issue
—David, died 28th May 1816 ; Mary (marr.
John Anderson, merchant, Mexico), died
at Edinburgh 8th Oct. 1844; Ann Petrie,
missionary of the Church of Scotland, India
(marr. John Anderson, min. of Coulter) ;
Elizabeth Saville, died 31st Oct. 1884, aged
75. Publications — Salvation only to be
obtained through Christ, a sermon (Edin
burgh, 1803) ; The Progress of Man, an
essay (Edinburgh. 1804); A Letter to the
Members of the Society for Propagating
Christian Knowledge, respecting the Election
of a Secretary (Edinburgh, 1805); Disserta
tions on the Existence, Attributes, Providence
and Moral Government of God (Edinburgh,
1807) ; Discourses on the Peculiar Doctrines
of Revelation (Edinburgh, 1810) ; Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1814).— [Tornbst., Old Calton
Ch urchyardJ]
ROBERT KAY, trans, from Kinclaven,
and adm. 18th Oct. 1811 ; dem. on
appointment to West Parish, Perth,
9th Nov. 1813.
WILLIAM DUNN, son of William D.,
watchmaker, Glasgow; ord. 18th
Aug. 1814 ; died 7th June 1822. He
marr. 20th Feb. 1816, Eliza (died 3rd March
1824), daugh. of Alexander Campbell, col
lector of Excise.
JOHN CLARK, M.A. ; ord. 25th April
1823; trans, to Second Charge,
Canongate, 12th Sept. 1833.
WILLIAM NISBET, only son of William
N., Glasgow; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
25th April 1832 ; assistant at Clarkston
Chapel ; ord. 25th Sept. 1834. Joined the
Free Church ; min. of Canongate Free
Church 1843; died 27th Sept, 1869. He
marr. Catherine Arthur, who died 6th Jan.
1859. Publication — The Voluntary Sup
port of the Christian Ministry, the Only
Method Acceptable to God, and Beneficial
to the Church (Edinburgh, 1835).
ROXBURGH PLACE CHAPEL.
[Formerly a chapel belonging to the
Relief Church. The introduction of an
organ in 1829, while agreeable to the
minister and practically all his congrega
tion, was vigorously opposed by the neigh
bouring congregations, who petitioned the
Synod to suppress the innovation. On
the Synod's deciding against the use of
instrumental music in public worship, the
congregation ceased connection with the
Relief body, 17th May 1829. On 26th
June 1833, minister and people were
admitted into the Church of Scotland, and
a parish quoad sacra was declared by Act
of Assembly, 31st May 1834. A debt of
£4000 having accumulated, the church
passed by sale into the hands of private
parties. In 1856 the building was pur
chased by the trustees of Lady Glenorchy's
Church, and it was occupied by that con
gregation till 1913, when a new church
EDINBURGH]
ROXBURGH PLACE
187
was erected on its site. Eoxburgli Place
Chapel was the meeting-place of the Con
vocation, 17th Nov. 1842, when of 465
present, 333 pledged themselves to secede
if no other means could be taken.]
1833
JOHN JOHNSTON, born 1780, son of
John J., Edinburgh ; educated at
the Canongate Grammar School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. ; tutor in the
families of Gordon of Cluny and Millar of
Balmain ; licen. by Relief Prcsb. 12th July
1807; ord. 14th July 1808; joined the
Church of Scotland, and inducted llth
July 1833. Whilst preaching in the Middle
Church, Perth, 1st Sept. of the same year,
he was seized with illness, and died two
days after. He marr. 4th Sept. 1812,
Elizabeth (died 12th Jan. 1864), daugh. of
John Home, land surveyor, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Eliza (marr. 1848, Finlay Mac-
pherson, min. of the Free Church, Larbert),
died 1853 ; Charlotte (marr. David Purves,
min. of Free Church, Maxwelltown), died
14th Sept. 1904 ; William Knox, died
young ; John, died 1st May 1820. Publica
tions — The Gospel of the Kingdom to be
Universally Preached, a sermon (London,
1818) ; Address to the JRelief Congregation,
Kelso (Edinburgh, 1829) ; 7W Sermons
preached in Roxburgh Place Church (Edin
burgh, 1832) ; Hermans, with Memoir by
Alexander Peterkin (Edinburgh, 1834). —
[Sermojts ; Acts of Ass., 1833; New Stat.
Ace., xviii. ; Knox Genealogy; Small's
History of U.P. Congregations, i.]
JAMES CHARLES FOWLER, M.A. ;
ord. 7th Aug. 1834 ; trans, to St
1834 Luke's, Glasgow, 16th March 1837.
1841
JAMES HAMILTON, born Paisley,
27th Nov. 1814, eldest son of William
H., D.D., min. of Strathblane ; edu
cated privately and at Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Glasgow 1835);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1839 ;
assistant at St George's, Edinburgh, and
Abernyte ; ord. 21st Jan. 1841 ; inducted
to the National Scottish Church, Regent
Square, London, 22nd July 1841; D.D.
(College of New Jersey, U.S.A., 1848);
F.L.S. ; died 24th Nov. 1867. He marr.
1847, Anne Hovenden (died April 1886),
daugh. of John Moore, Calcutta, and had
issue — Anne, born 12th March 1849 (marr.
3rd July 1867, Sir Frederick Wills, Bart.),
died 12th Feb. 1910 ; James, born 20th Oct.
1850, died 22nd Feb. 1911; Mary Isabella,
born 5th Aug. 1853 (marr. Alexander Law
rence), died Aug. 1887 ; Christina Jean, born
llth July 1856, died unmarr. Jan. 1885 ;
Herbert William, born 1st Feb. 1861 ;
Ada Frances, born 25th Feb. 1864, died
unmarr. Jan. 1902. Publications — At the
age of seventeen he compiled Lives of
Richard Baxter, Jonathan Edwards,
Thomas Boston, and others, for a Glas
gow tract society, and in 1836 he wrote a
short Memoir of his father and edited his
posthumous works. His other publica
tions include — Life in Earnest (1845) ; The
Mount of Olives (1846); Memoir of Lady
Colquhoun (1850) ; The Royal Preacher
(1851) ; Memoir of Richard Williams
(1854) ; Excelsior : Helps to Progress in
Religion, Science, and Literature, 6 vols.
(1854); Emblems from Eden (1856);
Lessons from the Great Biography (1857) ;
Our Christians' Classics (1857-9) ; Memoir
of T. Wilson of Woodville (1859) ; A Morn
ing beside the Lake of Galilee (1863) ;
The Psalter and Hymn Book, three
lectures (1865) ; Memoir of J. D. Burns
(1869, posthumous). He edited the
Presbyterian Messenger, and Evangelical
Christendom (the organ of the Evangelical
Alliance). He was a constant contributor
to magazine literature, and the Botanical
articles in Fairbairn's Biblical Dictionary
were from his pen. A collected edition of
his works, in 6 vols., appeared in 1869-73. —
[See Life by William Arnot, Hair's Regent
Square, Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
ALEXANDER GREGORY, born Lossie-
mouth, 15th Sept. 1817, son of Thomas
G. and Jean Duncan ; educated at
Elgin Academy and Univs. of Aberdeen
and Edinburgh; M.A. (King's College,
1837) ; tutor at Altyre ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh ; ord. 1842. Joined the
Free Church; min. of Roxburgh Place
Free Church 1843-52; of Anstruther Free
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ROXBURGH PLACE— ST PAUL'S [PRESB. OF EDINBURGH
Church 1852-82 ; died 17th July 1888. He
marr. 1853, Eliza (died 12th Aug. 18G5,
aged 35), daugh. of William Stothert of
Cargen, and had issue — William, born 24th
Oct. 1854 ; Thomas, horn 8th April 185G ;
Alexander, min. of St Columba U.F.
Church, Kilmacolm, born 23rd Aug. 1858 :
Eliza Jane, born 6th Dec. 1861.
ST PAUL'S (Q.S.).
[Erected by Agnes (died 10th July 1859,
in her 87th year), daugh. of Thomas Hunter
of Glencarse; declared a parish quoad
sacra 30th May 1836, and opened 4th Dec.
1836. By the terms of endowment the
chapel remained with the Free Church in
1843, and is now United Free St Paul's.]
1838
ROBERT ELDER, born Inveraray, 28th
July 1808, son of John E. and
Euphemia Beith ; educated at
Campbeltown Grammar School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1825); licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre 25th Nov. 1829; ord. to Kil-
brandon 23rd March 1831 ; trans, to Killin
18th Dec. 1834; trans, and adm. llth Oct.
1838. Joined Free Church ; min. of Free
St Paul's 1843-7 ; trans, to West Free
Church, Rothesay, 24th May 1847 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1871) ; Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 1871 ; retired 1st June
1882 ; died at Edinburgh 30th March 1892.
He marr. 4th April 1838, Margaret, daugh.
of John Robson, Oban, and had issue —
Euphemia Beith, born 21st Jan. 1839 ;
John Robson, born 22nd June 1840, died
23rd May 1897 ; Margaret Matilda, born
1st April 1842; Julia, born 24th Sept.
1844, died 19th March 1846 ; Xancy Eliza,
born 4th July 1846. Publications — Non-
Intrusion, a lecture (Edinburgh, 1840) ;
Danger of Spiritual Ignorance, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1841); On the Conversion of
the Jews, a lecture (Edinburgh, 1842) ;
Sermon in Vol. II., Free Church Pulpit
(Edinburgh, 1846) ; The Soul's Deliverance,
a lecture (Glasgow, 1861) ; Present Trial
and Future Glory, Memorial Sermons
(Glasgow, 1868); Thesis on Doctrine of
the Sacraments (Glasgow, 1871) ; The
Unchanging Saviour, Memorial Sermons
(Greenock, 1876) ; Free Church Principles,
a lecture (Glasgow, 1877) ; Sermon in Vol. L,
Modern Scottish Pulpit (Edinburgh, 1880).
PKESBYTERY OF LINLITHGOW
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, April 1581. The record commences
12th Dec. 1610, and extends to twenty-five volumes, including that of the Protesters from
Gth Aug. 1651 to 7th July 1658, with blanks from 31st Oct. 1632 to 16th Oct. 1639.]
ABERCORN.
[The church, dedicated to St Serf, in
all probability occupies the site of St Wil
frid's monastery of Aebercurnig, founded
about 675.]
1567 JOHX MACKAY, reader.
WILLIAM POWRIE, of the Fothring-
1584 ham family ; pres. to the vicarage of
Errol by James VI. 31st Jan. 1573 ;
was reader there 1578 ; schoolmaster of
Linlithgow; adm. 1584; died Sept. 1631.
He marr. Agnes Forrest, and had issue
— Alexander, min. of Dryfesdale. — [Reg.
Assig., Test. Reg., Tombst., Calderwood's
Jlist., Linlithgow Buryli Records.]
JOHN CRICHTOX, M.A. ; ord. (col-
1622 league) 1622 ; trans, to Campsie
lC)23.—[Act. Rect. Univ. St And.]
JOHX LAIXG, M.A.; ord. (colleague)
1624 ^tn ^arcn 1624 j trans, to Kirk-
newton \C>*25.—[Inq. Ret. Gen., 2472.]
ANDREW YOUXG, M.A. (St Andrews,
1626 1614); min. of Bothkennar 1619-22;
dep. 1622; adm. (colleague) 29th
Oct. 1626; died 19th Xov. 1639, aged
about 46. He marr. Margaret Darroch, who
died June 1629, and had issue— Robert,
min. of Dunbarney. — [Test. Reg. (Stirl.) ;
Reg. Old Dec., iv.]
JAMES FORBES, son of John F., min.
1640 °^ Delft, formerly of Alford, and
Moderator of Assembly 1605; M.A.
(Aberdeen 1627) ; pres. by Presb. jure
189
devoluto, and adm. 12th June 1640; died
19th July 1642. He marr. 30th Oct. 1640,
Janet (died April 1671), daugh. of James
Fleming, min. of Tester (St Bathans),
and had issue — Janet ; Catherine, who was
served heir 25th July 1643.— [Tester Sess.
and Test. Reg. (Edin. and Dunbl,), Living
ston's Charac., Lumsden's House of Forbes ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 2888, 5530— de Tut, 663.]
ROBERT ROW, born 1610, son of John
1642 ^"' m^n> °f Carnock ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (24th July
1630); licen. by Presb. of Perth 2nd Oct.
1639 ; ord. 28th Dec. 1642 ; a member of
the Commission of Assembly 1648 ; sided
with the Protesting brethren, and formed
one of the Protesting Presb. ; was confined
to his chamber in Edinburgh by the Com
mittee of Estates, 15th Sept. 1660, and
ten days afterwards had his stipend seques
trated for subscribing the Remonstrance,
" ane dangerous and seditious paper tending
to disturb the peace of the kingdom " ;
died 14th March 1661. He marr. 20th
Feb. 1645, Elisabeth Hardie [or Hamilton]
(see Edin. Sas., ix., 143, 1660), and had
issue — Alexander, died young ; Mary ;
Grisell (marr. Gaspar Chambon, a French
surgeon) ; Robert, died young ; John ;
George, a skipper, drowned at sea ;
William, schoolmaster of Grail; Isobel
(marr. William Stevenson) ; Robert, died
in infancy ; Thomas ; Robert, a soldier,
: fought at Blenheim. — [Baillie's Lett., iii. ;
i Row's and Wodrow's ffists., Fergusson's
! Tracts, Acts of Ass.]
190
ABERCORN
[PKESB. OF
JOHN ARTHUR, licen. by Presb. of
1662 Haddington 27th March 165G ; chap
lain to David, Earl of Wemyss, and
subsequently to Mary, Countess of Buc-
cleuch ; pres. by Alexander, Viscount of
Kingston, 23rd July 1601 ; but the presenta
tion being informal, the Privy Council
ordered the patron to present anew (P. C.
Decretal); obtained a gift of the escheit of
Sir Patrick Hamilton of Little Preston 25th
July 1675; was still min. in 1681, when he
was probably deprived on account of the
Test. He marr. 13th Feb. 1662, Grisell
Kynynmound (died 20th Dec. 1684, and was
buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh), gentle
woman to the Countess of Buccleuch, and
had issue— James, bapt. 25th Jan. 1663 ;
Marie; John; Thomas; Ann; George;
Jean. — [Lament's Diary, Edin. Reg.
(BajJt.), Reg. tiec. Sig. ; Neiv Stat.
Arc., i.]
ROBERT GORDON, trans, from Caputh,
and aclm. 1683 ; deprived by the
Privy Council, 23rd Aug. 1689, for
not reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
nor praying for King William and Queen
Mary, but praying for King James ; after
wards min. of Clunie. — [Peterkin's Con
stitution of the Church ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
1690
ALEXANDER DALGLEISH, called
June 1689; ord. 1st Jan. 1690;
called to Dunfermline 7th April
1697; translation refused by the General
Assembly 18th Jan. 1698 ; trans, to Lin-
lithgow 31st May l6Q9.—[Acts of Ass.]
JOHN BROWN, bapt. 1st May 1677,
second son of James B., min. of East
Calder ; licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow 4th Oct. 1699 ; chaplain to Lady
Torphichen ; declined call to Linlithgow,
Second Charge, 15th Nov. 1699; ord. to
this charge 20th March 1 700 ; he was on
the leet for Rotterdam 1714; died 3rd
May 1743. He marr. (1) 20th April 1700,
Margaret (died 22nd Sept. 1702), daugh. of
Michael Henderson, portioner of Croft-
martin, and had issue— Charles, bapt. 5th
May 1701, died 10th Dec. 1703; Isobel,
bapt. 31st Aug. 1702, died 28th March
1703 : (2) 16th April 1704, Elizabeth, daugh.
of David Williamson, min. of St Cuthbcrt's,
and had issue— David, of Golf Hall, born
12th May 1707; Stephen, born loth Nov.
1710, died 10th Oct. 1712 ; John, born 10th
June 1714, died 17th April 1715 ; George,
born 19th June 1715, died 18th Nov. 1716 ;
Joseph, born llth May 1717 ; William,
born 19th Feb. 1719, died 17th March 1724 ;
Robert, born 2nd Jan. 1721, died 27th April
1725; John, born 7th Sept. 1722, died 6th
Dec. same year ; James, min. of New
North Parish, Edinburgh, born 17th Dec.
1724 ; Margaret, born 26th July 1705
(marr. 5th April 1730, John Johnston, min.
of Arngask), died 8th July 1768 ; Henrietta,
born 30th Dec. 1708 (marr. 8th Nov. 1730,
John Tod, shipbuilder, Leith), died 7th
Aug. 1796; Jean, born 10th Oct. 1712
(marr. 15th Aug. 1740, Walter Gibson of
Greenknowe) . Publications — Three single
Sermons : The Rod of God shaken over
the Heads of His Oivn Children (Edin
burgh, 1772) ; On Christian Fear ; and
The Song of the Redeemed. — [Edin. Reg.
(Marr.), Brown's Gosp. Truth. ,]
HENRY LUNDTE, trans, from Monzie ;
called 16th July, and adm. 24th Sept.
1747 ; trans, to Trinity Parish, Edin
burgh, 15th June 1758.
JOHN RITCHIE, licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 28th Sept. 1757; pres.
by John, Earl of Hopetoun. Sept.
1758 ; ord. 7th March 1759 ; died 4th May
1791. He marr. 20th Sept, 1763, Elizabeth
Riddell, who died 17th Sept. 1796, and had
issue — Harriet, died in infancy ; Charles,
min. of Kirkliston ; James, born 10th Dec.
1766; Elizabeth, born 12th Jan. 1769;
Robert, born 22nd Sept. 1770; William,
born 28th Sept. 1772; John, born 1st May
1775; David, born 21st July 1777.
HUGH MEIKLEJOHN, born 1765,
17Q1 on^ son °^ Hugh ^- °f Saline-
Shaw, min. in Carolina ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 27th Aug. 1788; pres. by
James, Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. 22nd
LINLITHGOW]
191
Dec. 1791 ; adra. Professor of Ecclesi
astical History in the Univ. of Edin
burgh (held in conjunction with his
charge) 21st Jan. 1799; D.D. (Edinburgh,
27th March 1800) ; Moderator of the General
Assembly 17th May 1810; died llth June
1831. Sir Robert Christison describes him
as " a powerfully built man of six feet four,
with a smooth round face that never bore
any expression but that of good humour
and contentment." He marr. 28th May
1792, Anne (died 27th March 1852), daugh.
of Robert Liston, min. of Aberdour, and
had issue — Eliza, born 12th June 1793 ;
James Hope Johnstone, captain, 92nd
Highlanders, born 5th March 1795; Hugh
Cree, writer, born 27th Jan. 1797; Ann,
born 26th June 1798; Robert, min. of
Strathdon, born 1st Oct. 1800; Mary,
born 17th Oct. 1802 (marr. James Bryce,
13. L)., min. at Calcutta) ; Andrew Cree,
born 14th July 1805; Alexander, born 18th
Feb. 1808; William Hope, D.D., min. at
Calcutta, born 5th Aug. 1811. Publications
—Three single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1798-
1823); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xx.). — [Grant's Univ., ii.]
LEWIS HAY IRVING, son of John I.,
W.S., Edinburgh ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 26th Oct. 1830; pres. by John,
Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. 16th Dec. 1831.
Joined the Free Church ; adm. to Falkirk
Free Church 1843; died 28th June 1877.
He marr. (1) 12th Sept. 1832, Isabella
Carruthers, Balmaclellan, who died 16th
Aug. 1836, and had issue — Margaret Isa
bella, born 27th July 1836 (marr. David
Mathie Peebles, banker, Falkirk) : (2) 6th
Oct. 1840, Catherine (died 16th Oct. 1890),
daugh. of John James Cadell of Grange
and Banton, and had issue — Catherine
Cadell, born 28th May 1842, died 8th May
1843 ; Isabella Moubray, born 17th Dec.
1843 (marr. 20th July 1866, Robert Craigie
Bell, W.S.), died 21st June 1911; Agnes
Hay, born 16th June 1845 (marr. 27th Jan.
1870, Surgeon-Major Julius John Wood,
Indian Medical Service) ; John, M.A., min.
of Free Church, Innellan, afterwards of
Nice, born 20th June 1847, died 1904;
Christian Katherine, born 28th July 1849
(marr. 25th July 1878, Thomas Stewart
Omond, barrister, London) ; Mary Chan
cellor, born 24th Oct. 1852. Publication —
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., ii.).
DAVID PL A YF AIR, born 12th Sept.
1815, fourth son of Patrick P., of
Dalmarnock, Glasgow, and Jean,
1 second daugh. of Principal Playfair, St
Andrews ; educated at Glasgow Academy,
the Univs. of Glasgow, Edinburgh, St
; Andrews, and Trinity College, Cambridge ;
i B.A. (Cantab. 1838); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh llth Nov. 1841 ; pres. by the
. tutors of John Alexander, Earl of Hope-
I toun, July 1843 ; ord. 14th Sept. 1843 ; res.
i 9th Nov. 1880 ; died at Edinburgh, llth
Aug. 1886. He marr. 7th March 1854,
Jane Kincaid (died 2nd Aug. 1897), daugh.
of James Pitcairn, M.D., Edinburgh, and
had issue — David Thomson, M.D., born
24th March 1855, died 1st Nov. 1904;
Cecilia Pitcairn, born 7th Nov. 1856 (marr.
15 tli Sept. 1895, William Vassie, B.D., min.
of Castleton) ; Patrick Macdonald, D.D.,
min. (First Charge) of St AndreAv's
Parish ; Mary Jemima Jane (died in
infancy) ; Alice Jane Macduff, born 9th
July 1865. Publications — Sermon, Comfort
in Christian Sorrow for the Christian Dead
(Abercorn, 1859) ; Sermon, Parting Words
of Counsel (Abercorn, 1880).
JOHN HOWARD CRAWFORD, born
1881 Edinburgh, 7th June 1854, son of
William C., missionary in connection
with St Thomas's Episcopal Church, Edin
burgh ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
M.A. (1878); lecturer in Moray House
Training College, Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 12th May 1880; ord.
12th May 1881 ; died unmarr. 16th Aug.
1900). Publications — A Circle of the Soul
— Poems of the Spiritual Life (Edinburgh,
1889); An Atonement of East London
(Edinburgh, 1890) ; Thoughts at Opening
Manhood; The Unity of the British
Empire; Calvinism Taught in the Thirty -
nine Articles ; The Brotherhood of Mankind
— A Study towards a Christan Philosophy
of History (Edinburgh, 1895).
192
ABERCORN— BATHGATE
[PRESB. OF
JOHN WALLACE, M.A. ; ord. 10th
1901 Jaru 1901 > trans- 30tl1 Jan' 1908 to
Tron, Edinburgh.
JOHNSTON OLIPHANT, born Fraser-
t burgh, 3rd Dec. 1875, son of John O.
and Catherine Ann Blow ; educated
at Rathen School and Aberdeen Univ. ;
M.A. (1897), B.D. (1900) ; licen. by Presb.
of Deer 26th April 1900 ; assistant at
Inverness ; ord. to Midmar 23rd Sept.
1904; trans, and adm. 14th July 1908.
ARMADALE (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Bathgate and erected
into a parish quoad sacra by decreet of
Court of Teincls, 15th March 1886.]
11OBE11T CAMERON, born Boharm,
Banffshire, 22nd April 1845, son of
William C. and Ann Grant ; edu
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by
Presb. of Aberlour 21st Jan. 1873 ; assistant
at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. 5th Oct.
1881 ; died unmarr. 1st May 1909.
JOHN ALEXANDER CALDWELL
1909 DREW, born Newton-Stewart, 3rd
July 1877, son of James D., of Craig-
en cal lie and Jessie Caldwell Gibson ; edu
cated at Moffat, Fettes College, St Peter's
College, Cambridge (B.A. 1902), and Edin
burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown
June 1905 ; missionary of the Edin. Univ.
Miss. Assoc. ; assistant garrison chaplain,
Edinburgh ; ord. 9th Oct. 1909.
BATHGATE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Newbattle. A
church built in 1596 was demolished in
1882, on erection of the present edifice.]
JOHN HAMILTON, monk of the
„ Monastery of Paisley, was infeft
in the vicarage of Bathgate, 30th
March 1567. — [Linlithgow Burgh Rec.~\
JOHN GRAY had " the haill vicarage,
with the manse and gleib " ; pres. by
James VI. 26th May 1572; died
before 1st May 1574.— [Reg. Min.]
ROBERT HODGE, trans, from Tor-
phichen, with Livingston and
Torphichen in addition ; retrans. to
Torphichen after 1580.— [Reg. Assig. and
Min., Test. Reg., Wodroiv Miscell.]
JOHN HAMILTON, reader (probably
1576 above mentioned).
JAMES JOHNSTON, born about
1549, son of Thomas J. in Calder ;
reader at Torphichen from May
1575 to l5SQ. — [Wodrow Miscell., Reg.
Assig., Test. Reg.]
GILBERT TAILZEOUR [TAYLOR],
trans, from Penicuik ; adm. 1588;
demitUd, but reponed by Presb. of
Edinburgh, 20th Oct. 1591, and declared
eligible for " quhatsomever kirk God sail
call, except Bathgate." He continued till
after 9th Oct. 1595.— [Reg. Assig., Edin.
Presb. Reg.]
GEORGE INGL1S of Balbairclie, son
of Thomas I., portioner of Auld-
liston (Edin. /Vas. >SVc. Reg., i., 100) ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1592); pres. by Alexander
Hamilton of Innerwick ((/. R. Inhili., xxi.,
277) ; adm. after 1st April 1595 ; a member
of Assembly 1602 ; declared 29th Dec. 1613,
" that there were certain gysers [guisards]
in his parochyne upon the 25th of Dec. in
the night, and craived order might be tane
with them. The gysers compeirit and offerit
themselffis in the will of the Presb. for their
offence, who quhairupon ordained them to
mak their publick repentance to tak away
the sclander the next Sabbothe in their
kirk, quhilk they promised to obey." He
died 10th March 1617, aged about 45. He
marr. Margaret Marjoribanks, who took
sasine of lands of Powburn 16th July 1604,
and had issue— Thomas, who had precept
of dare constat as heir of his father, 20th
Nov. 1617 (Edin. Sas., xviii., 157) ; George ;
Mary ; Martha ; Susanna ; Anna (G. R.
Inhib., 21st Oct. 1617); Rachel; Marion.
— [Act. Rect. Univ. tit. And., Reg. Assig.,
Edin. Presb. Reg., Test. Reg., Booke of the
Kirk ; Linlithgow Sas., ii.]
LINLITHGOW]
BATHGATE
193
1618
JAMES SIMSOX, probably son of
l^trick S-> min. of Stirling; M.A.
(St Andrews 1600); went to
France ; licen. on his return 1G13 ; adra.
to Tongland 1618 ; was a member of As
sembly same year, and voted against the
Perth Articles ; a member of the General
Assembly 1038 ; one of the visitors of the
Univ. of St Andrews llth Xov. 1641 ;
died Jan. 1654. He marr. (1) before 163f>,
Bessie Kirkcaldy, widow of Henry Boswell,
merchant, burgess of Kinghorn (G. R. Xas.,
xlii., 4o2) : (2) Annabella Hay, and had
issue — Margaret ; Katherine (marr. John
Scott, min. of Shotts). — [Test. Reg.; Reg.
Old Dae., iv. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Acts Parl.,
v. ; Stevenson's I/ist.]
1654
JOHX HUTCHESOX, ord. 31st Jan.
lfi54 > trans- to ^kiybole 18th April
1655.
WILLIAM CIUCHTOX, M.A. ; called
10ct. 15th and 29th Jan. and 5th Feb.,
J.OOO
also to Strathbrock, 21st Feb., but
preferring Bathgate ; was ord. (by the Pro
testers) 10 th April 1654. His ministry was
inhibited by the Synod Feb. 1655. A pro
cess was raised for his intruding on Bathgate
contrary to the order of the Church, and
he was removed by the Synod after 16th
Xov. 1660. He was indulged by the Privy
Council atBeith, 3rd Sept. 1672, but refused
to accept ; was min. again in 1687.— [Bail-
lie's Lett., Wod row's Hist., Brown's Hist, of
Indiilg., Rep. on Ch. Patronage.']
ALEXANDER KIXXEAR, M.A. ; trans.
,__., from Roberton ; adm. 10th Dec.
Iboo
1656; coll. 12th Nov. 1662; trans.
to Ha wick before 2nd Aug. 1663.— [Rey.
Coll at.]
1665
WALTER RIGG, M.A. ; ord. and coll.
15th Sept. 1655. A glebe of four
acres, with grass for one horse and
two cows, was designed him 15th April
1668. Dem. 19th Jan. 1670; [min. of
Athelstaneford in l(>82.]—[Act. Rect. Univ.
St And., Reg. Collat.]
VOL. I.
WILLIAM MANX, a native of Avoch ;
1672 ^-"A" (King's College, Aberdeen, 2nd
July 1667) ; licen. by Presb. of Aber
deen March 1671 ; inst. 24th May 1672 ;
outed at the Revolution. He made a
mortis causa disposition 21st Jan. 1708,
recorded Ed in. Com. Deeds, 13th May 1709.
He man-. 17th June 1675, Jean Miller. —
[Ediii. Reg. (J/arr.), Kirkton's Hist., Rule's
b'ec. Vindication.]
WILLIAM CRICHTOX, M.A., above
mentioned ; returned at the Tolera-
tion ; opened a meeting-house at
Hilderstone, and with three others formed
a Presb. 30th Xov. 1687 ; was a member
of the General Assembly 1690, and
Moderator 15th Jan. 1692 ; trans, to
Fulkirk 23rd Aug. 1693 — [Reg. G'en. Ass.,
Peterkin's Constitution of the Church.']
JAMES HOUSTON, called 18th July,
1694 an<^ OIC^' ^k Sept. 1694 ; trans, to
Kirkliston 26th Sept. 1716.
THOMAS LAAVRIE, M.A., chaplain to
Shairp of Houstoun ; pres. by Alex
ander Hamilton of Ballencrieff llth
Feb. 1717. A considerable opposition arose
in consequence of the parishioners not having
been consulted. At the service of the edict,
19th Xov., the minister employed had to
be guarded into the town by a troop of
dragoons, but L. was ord. 26th Dec. 1717 ;
trans, to Benvie 20th Oct. 1731.— [Kid's
Lett, concerning the Parish.]
1735
GEORGE BLACKWELL, born 1713,
son of Thomas B., Principal of
Marischal College, Aberdeen ; edu
cated at Marischal College 1722-6 ; called
4th Sept., and ord. 18th Xov. 1735 ; died
7th April 1749. "The best scholar and
most spirited speaker I knew in his pro
fession/' says his brother, Principal Thomas
B. the younger. He marr. Janet Alex
ander, who died 29th June 1788, and had
issue — Thomas, buried in Blackfriars
Churchyard, Glasgow, 29th April 1751 ;
N
194
BATHGATE
[PRESR. OF
Robert of Ramoth, died 21st Sept. 1800;
Margaret.— [ Tombst]
THOMAS WARDROBE, ord. in Eng-
land ; prom, from Hexliam ; pres.
by Alex. Hamilton of Innerwick,
and aclin. 4th April 1750. He was taken
ill while preparing for service on Sunday
the 2nd, and died 7th May 1756, in his
41st year. A daugh., Christian, marr.
David Dickson, min. of West St Giles. —
[Tombst., tiitpp. to Gillies' s Collections.]
1757
ADAM WEATHERSTON, from Bav-
ington, Northumberland ; pres. by
Alex. Hamilton of Innerwick, and
adm. 13th July 1757; died 28th Aug.
1780, in 58th year. Isobel Stuart, his
widow, died 27th Feb. 1795. — {Tombst.,
Somerville's Sermons.]
WALTER JARDINE, originally a
1781 blacksmith, became schoolmaster
of the parish ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 23rd Feb. 1774. Having been
mentioned in the Edin. Mag. as the author
of an article on a ball held at Whitburn,
" which exhibits alternate strokes of
superstition and blasphemy, with an utter
contempt of all the rules of grammar," he
brought an action for defamation against
the publishers. The Court of Session found
(20th June 1776) the defenders liable in
damages and expenses. Pres. by John,
Earl of Hopetoun ; ord. 15th March 1781 ;
died 30th Nov. 1811, in 72nd year. Chiefly
by his exertions an additional school was
established in the western portion of
Torphichen. He contributed both school
and schoolhouse, with a plot of ground,
and a sum of twenty pounds sterl. per
annum. He marr. 19th Sept. 1769, Janet
Martin, who died 21st Aug. 1813, and had
issue— William, died 6th March 1800. Pub
lications — The Causes and Dangerous Con
sequences of Security and Sensuality, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1796) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., i.). — [b'cots
May., xxxviii. ; Muckersy's Fun. tierm.,
Tomb st. ; Edin. Chr. Inst., iv.]
.JOI IX SMITH of Farthingrush, pres.
by James, Earl of Hopetoun, and
ord. 17th Sept. 1812 ; trans, to
Aberlady 28th June 1820.
1812
JAMES MONILAWS, pres. by John,
1821 "^ar^ °^ Hopetoun, and ord. llth
Jan. 1821 ; trans, to Annan 2nd
June 1825.
SAMUEL MARTIN, born 1802, son of
1825 J°hn ^I-> D.D., min. of Kirkcaldy ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 27th July
1824 ; pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun ;
ord. 22nd Sept. 1825. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Free Church, Bathgate,
1843 ; died 15th May 1850. He marr. 2nd
Sept, 1836, Janet (died 14th Oct. 1863),
daugh. of Alex. Weir of Boghead, and had
issue — John, born 18th Aug. 1837 ; Alex
ander, born 30th May 1839 ; Samuel, born
2nd Sept. 1840; Robert, born 12th Jan.
1842, died at Natal, 1862; William
Hamilton, born 1st June 1843; David,
born 4th March 1845 ; Jessie, born 24th
Dec. 1846 ; Edward Irving, born 23rd Nov.
1848, died 8th July 1849. Publications—
The Responsibility of the Hearers of the
Word, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1837) ; Ac
count of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., ii.) ;
Memoir by J. Duns, D.D. (1854).
JAMES GEORGE WOOD, pres. by the
tutors of John Alexander, Earl of
Hopetoun; ord. 28th Sept. 1843;
trans, to the Middle Parish, Paisley, 21st
Feb. 1845.
JOHN BYRES, born Kirkpatrick-
Fleming, 1789, son of William B. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
sometime headmaster of Montrose Street
School, Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lang-
holm 15th June 1819; pres. by the tutors
of John Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun, 21st
March 1845 ; ord. 9th May 1845 ; died 26th
June 1861. He marr. Margaret Paton, who
died 27th Sept. 1869.
GEORGE COOK, M.A. ; pres. by John
Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun ; adm.
9th Nov. 1861 ; trans, to Borgue 3rd
Dec. 1867.
LINLITHGOW]
BATHGATE— BCTNESS
195
JOSEPH MILNE, born Stonehaven, 10th
Nov. 1841, son of James M. and Ann
Wylie; educated at Fetteresso School,
and Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1858); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 12th
May 1863 ; assistant at Linlithgow, and
St Mungo's, Glasgow; pres. by John
Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun, 10th June
1867; ord. 24th Sept. 1867; died 10th
Dec. 1871. Marr. 26th April 1870, Mary
Lushington, daugh. of John Burns, and
had issue— Elizabeth Shirley Burns, born
22nd March 1871 (marr. (1) Lieut.-Colonel
Hoile, M.D., 17th Lancers ; (2) Frank Ford,
M.B., Wimbledon).
WILLIAM BENNIE, born Glasgow,
13th April 1835, son of John B. and
Janet Finlay ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; sometime headmaster of St Enoch's
Parish School, Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; ord. to Kelvinhaugh Chapel llth
May 1865 ; pres. by John Alexander, Earl of
Hopetoun ; trans, and adm. 5th July 1872 ;
died 31st Dec. 1894. Marr. 28th June 1870,
Catherine Craig, and had issue — John ;
James Craig, died 1874 ; Jessie Smith ;
William, died 1878; Catherine; David
Finlay ; Isabella ; Octavia ; Elizabeth.
1895
DAVID GRAHAM, ord. llth July 1895 ;
trans, to Inverbrothock 9th Feb.
1898.
WILLIAM LAURIE WEBSTER, born
Edinburgh, 9th April 1873, son of
William Heron W. ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1895); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh llth May 1898; ord.
30th Aug. 1898. Marr. 29th March 1899,
Elizabeth Carr, daugh. of Joseph Wood,
and has issue— Janetta Eleanor; Laura
Wilhelmina ; William Heron, died in in
fancy. Publications — The Greatest Ques
tion of Evolution (Bathgate, 1903).
BLACKBRAES (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Muiravonside, and
erected into a parish quoad sacra by
decreet of Court of Teinds, 14th July
1890. Church built in 1866.]
WILLIAM SMITH, born Glasgow, 22nd
1890 ^y 1850' son °^ Andrew ^- anc*
Anne Calderwood ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 1883; ord. to Blackbraes
Chapel-of-Ease 1884. Marr. llth April
1876, Helen Anderson, daugh. of George
Hume, Glasgow, and has issue — Elizabeth
M'Queen (marr. William Simpson, M.A.,
min. of Fortrose) ; Andrew, M.A., born
1879; William, born 1885.
BORROWSTOUNNESS,
on BO'NESS.
[The parish was erected by Parliament,
9th March 1649, and was formerly called
Kinneil.]
JOHN WAUGH, a native of Lanark ;
1648 M.A, (Edinburgh, 17th April 1639);
ord. 27th Nov. 1648. He opposed the
Protesting brethren, and at their Presb.,
in name of his own (20th Oct. 1652), pro
tested against the ordination of John
Primrose, at Queensferry, summoning them
to com pear before the Synod in Nov. ; im
prisoned in 1654 for naming King Charles
II. "in his prayers"; dem. his charge 19th
Sept. 1670, and went to Ireland with his
family; died in Edinburgh, March 1674,
aged about 55. He marr. 1652, Christian,
fourth daugh. of George, first Lord Forrester
of Corstorphine, widow of James Hamilton
of Grange.— \_Edin. Keg. (Bur.); Baillie's
Lett., iii. ; Wodrow's Hist., Linlithgow
Burgh EecJ]
ROBERT HUNTER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
July 1643 ; ord. to Corstorphine llth
April 1655 ; deprived 1662 ; ind. at
Dunning 1669 ; ind. in this charge 3rd
Sept. 1672. Having petitioned the Council
for the stipend of Dunning, 1671 and 1672,
the Lords ordered the same to be paid ;
died April 1676. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of William Hunter of Braidwood-
shiel, Lauderdale (G. R. fnhib., 29th Sept.
1674), and had issue— James, who died
April 1672. — [Brown's Hist, of Inditlg.,
Tombst., Wodrow's Hist.]
196
BO'NESS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN TXGLIS, M.A, formerly of
0 -Hamilton; indulged with preceding
3rd »Sopt, 1072. [Min. of First
Charge, Hamilton, 1087.]— [Brown's Jlixt. »f
Indiiftj., Wodrow's Hist.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. (St An-
1677 drews, 25th July 1608) ; offered Dai-
serf in 1677, which he declined ;
adm. here 1677 ; two men were scourged
for committing an assault on him same
year; died Feb. 1685. He man*, (name
unknown) and had issue — one child (Ed in.
Com. Decreets, 1st April 1685). — [Act. Rec.
f'/iii<. St And., Test. Reg., Wodrow's Hist.,
Turner's Memoirs.]
1685
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. (Edin
burgh 1671) • inst. at Douglas 20th
Sept. 1682 ; trans, and adm. 1685 ;
deprived by the Privy Council 12th Sept.
168!}, for not reading the Proclamation
of the Estates, etc. [Probably min. of
Tundergarth 1691.] — [Peterkin's Constitu
tion of the Church.]
1627
MICHAEL POTTER, M.A. ; called at
^ie Toleration 23rd Oct. 1687 ; joined
with three others in forming the
Presb. 30th Nov., and adm. 7th Dec.
1687 ; a member of Assembly 1692, and
trans, to Dunblane same year.— [Wodrow's
Hist. ; Xew titat. Ace., ii. ; Crichton's Mem.
of Blackadder, Dickson's Emeralds Chased
in Go/d.]
JOHX BRAND, M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th
1694 'Tuly 1G88); licen- 1;>y tlie Presb. of
Edinburgh ; called 14th Sept. 1693 ;
ord. 3rd Jan. 1694 ; app. by the General
Assembly (17th Feb. 1700) one of a deputa
tion to visit Shetland, and if convenient,
Orkney and Caithness, a journey which
occupied from 18th April to 24th June.
He died 14th July 1738, aged about 70.
He marr. Aug. 1700, Elizabeth, daugh. of
Andrew Mitchell, Provost of Aberdeen
(Canongate Jteg.), &nd had issue— Andrew ;
Elizabeth ; Janet ; Margaret ; Joan ; John ;
William, his successor; Martha; Mary
(man*. 17th Oct. 1746, Alexander Smith,
baker, Edinburgh). Publication — A Jirief
Description of Orkney, Zetland, Caithness,
etc. (Edinburgh, 1703 ; reprinted 1883).—
[Acts of Ass., Diet. j\~at.
WILLIAM BRAXJ), born 1709, son of
preceding ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 7th
Dec. 1732); licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 17th March 1736; called 1st
Feb., and ord. llth April 1739; died 9th
Nov. 1745. He marr. (cont. 22nd Oct.
1742), Mary (died llth April 1768), daugh.
of John Meldrum of Brochoell, and had
issue — Marjory; John; William.— [Test.
tier/., etc.]
PATRICK BATLL1E, chaplain to Sir
William Maxwell of Calderwood ;
licen. by Presb, of Hamilton 30th
May 1738. During the illness of Professor
Drummond he taught the Greek class in
the Univ. of Edinburgh for a session;
called 8th May 1746 ; ord. 14th May 1747 ;
died llth Sept. 1791. He marr. 16th Feb.
1749, Margaret Connell, who died 14th
June 1771, and had issue— Jean (marr.
John Chrystie of Bo'ness, 12th March
1783). Publication— A Short Account of
the Author (John Henderson's [shipmaster,
Bo'ness] Divine Meditations and Contem
plations) (Glasgow, 1763).— [Acts of Ass.,
1749; Carlyle's Autob.]
1792
JOIIX MORTON, son of Gavin M.,
London ; educated at L'niv. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
28th March 1781 ; prcs. by Douglas, Duke
of Hamilton and Brandon ; ord. 10th May
1792 ; died unmarr. 6th May 1794.
ROBERT REXXIE, born Perthshire,
17g5 only son of Robert R., a min. in
Virginia, U.S.A. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; taught an academy for some
time at Dumbarton; licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 25th Oct. 1791 ; prcs. by Douglas,
Duke of Hamilton ; ord. 9th April 1795 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 27th April 1820) ; died 29th
July 1833. He marr. 19th Dec. 1809, Jean
(died at London, 14th Feb. 1851), eldest
daugh. of William Urquhart, merchant,
Glasgow, and had issue — Anne, born 13th
April 1811, died 19th May 1811 ; Janet,
born 1st July 1812, died 12th Oct. 1827;
LINLTTIIOOW]
BCTNESS— CAMELON
Eobert, born 3rd Aug. 1814, died 12th
Nov. 1829 ; William Urquhart, merchant,
Glasgow, born 25th Dec. 1815; John,
writer, Glasgow, born 9th June 1817.
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin
clair's Mat. Ace., xviii.).— [Brown's Disc.]
1834
KENNETH MACKENZIE, born 1797,
son of John M., min. of Gorbals
Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen (1812-13),
and Univ. of Glasgow : licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 26th March 1822 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) to his father, 19th Oct. 1823 ;
pres. by Alexander, Duke of Hamilton ;
adm. 18th Feb. 1831; died unmarr. 1st
Nov. 18G7. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Xew Mat. Ace., ii.).
HENRY M'INTOSH ROBERTSON-
FULLA11TON, born Edinburgh,
27th March 1834, son of John Argyll
Robertson, M.D., F.R.S.E., and Elizabeth,
daugh. of Edward Charles Stewart Wight-
man, of Concordia, West Indies ; educated
at Neuwied, Germany, and Edinburgh
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton ;
assistant at Brodick ; ord. to Chapel of
Newmains, Presb. of Hamilton, Feb. I860 ;
pres. by the Commissioner of William,
Duke of Hamilton, 27th Dec. 18G7 ; adm.
23rd April 1808 ; assumed the name of
Fullarton on his wife succeeding to the
estate of Kilmiehael 1889 ; died 23rd Dec.
1895. He marr. 4th Sept. 1800, Susan
Anne (died 4th Feb. 1899), daugh. of Major
Archibald Fullarton, of Kilmiehael and
Whitefarland, Arran, and had issue— Archi
bald Louis Fullarton, M.B., born 8th Oct.
18G1 ; Susan Anne Henrietta, born 12th
Nov. 1803 ; Mary Adelaide, born 21st June
186G ; Henry Argyll, M.B., born 23rd Dec.
1868; Elizabeth Gertrude, born 22nd Sept.
1871 : Edward Charles, M.B., born 17th
Sept. 1873.
ROBERT GARDNER, born Craigton,
1896 New KilPatrick> 2Gtl1 July 1868> son
of Robert G. and Jane M'Innes ;
educated at Craigton School and Glasgow
Univ.; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1890); licen. by
Presb. of Dumbarton 20th May 1890;
assistant at Galashiels and Alloa ; ord. 2nd
July 1896. Marr. 14th April 1897, Jessie,
daugh. of Walter Wylie and Jane Younger,
and has issue— Jane Marjorie, born 29th
June 1898; Robert James and Jessie Norah,
born 13th Sept. 1900 (twins).
BROXBURN (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Uphall, and erected into
a parish quoad sacra by decreet of Court
of Teinds, 20th March 1903. Church
built in 1884.]
JOHN AITKEN ORR, born Stewarton,
1903 9tl1 Marcl1 18fj7' >son of Jolin Ol
and Catherine Boyd ; educated at
Stewarton School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
1883 ; examiner in Philosophy in Glasgow
Univ. ; assistant at Calton, Glasgow ; ord.
8th May 1889.
CAMELON (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Falkirk, and erected into
a parish quoad sacra by decreet of Court
of Teinds, March 1853. Church built in
1839.]
JOHN OSWALD, born Madderty, 28th
June 1804, son of David O. and
Bethia Maxton ; a teacher in George
Heriot's School, Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 7th April 183G ; ord. 14th May
1849 ; died unmarr. 5th Feb. 18G7. Pub
lications— Etymological Dictionary of tlie
English Language; Outlines of Englisk
Grammar (Gth ed., 1849).
JOHN SCOTT, born 8th July 1839, son
of James S., Gattonside, Roxburgh
shire, and Jessie Henderson ; edu
cated at Lilliesleaf School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
June 1864 ; assistant at Livingston ; pres.
by William Forbes of Callender, 17th
June 1867; ord. 17th Sept. 1867; clerk to
Presb. Nov. 1872; retired 26th Nov. 1912;
died 2nd May 1914. He marr. 8th July
1868, Elizabeth Fowler (died 21st Jan.
1912), daugh. of William Malcolm, M.A.,
schoolmaster of Echt, Aberdeenshire, and
had issue— James Ross, born 28th May
198
CAMELON— CARRIDEN
[PEESB. OF
IMJO; William Malcolm, born 1th April
1871 ; Annie Henderson, born 20th .Fob.
1874 (marr. 10th June 1000, Andrew ] [untcr,
solicitor) ; John Michael, born 4th March
187G ; Elizabeth Jessie, born 15th Feb. 1878 ;
George Robert, born 23rd Sept. 1870.
ROBERT AGNEW, born Finnard,
1913 Newry, Ireland, 5th Dec. 1883 ;
educated at Newry, and Royal
Univ., Belfast and Dublin; B.A. (190(5);
M.A. (1007); licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh May 1910 ; assistant at Portobello ;
ord. 16th April 1013.
CARRIDEN.
[Prior to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. A
church built on a new site at a cost of
£6500 was dedicated 18th Sept. 1000.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A.,
"vicar of Carriden"; witness to a
sasine 10th May 1501. — \_Linlithyow
Ihirgh RecJ\
JOHN LESLIE, M.A., son of Robert L.
of Inverpeffer ; adm. cxhorter 1503.
He was marr., and of the age of 47
in this year; adm. a notary 20th Feb.
1503-4.
ANDREW KEIR, born 1508, son of
William K., min. of Ecclesmachan ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (22nd July 1015) ; adm. Aug. 1021 ;
clerk to the Presb. 1020; in March 1030
he was put in possession of four acres
three roods of the lands of Little Carriden
for a glebe ; member of Assembly 1038.
He was suspended for preaching for the
Engagement in 1648 ; died 22nd Nov. 1653.
He marr. (1) Christina Bell, and along with
her took sasine of a tenement in Linlithgow
in 1022 : (2) Euphan Primrose, and had
issue — Andrew ; William ; Janet ; George ;
Marion ; Elizabeth (marr. 1030, James,
eldest son of James Hamilton of Hiltlie :
Edin. Sas., xv., 290) ; Christian ; Robert.
— [Linlithffoiv fiess. Jleg., Stevenson's Hist.,
Peterkin's AW., Tomhst.; Morison's Digest
and Dec., i. ; Baillie's Lett., i. ; Litdithymo
Huryh Rec.'\
ROBERT STEEDMAN; M.A. (Edin-
165Q burgh, 30th July 1040); adm.
(colleague) 13th March 1650 ; joined
the Protesting Presb. in 1651 ; was obliged
to escape after the English entered Lothian,
and officiated for some time at Cleish ;
dep. 21st Aug. 1001 ; denounced by the
Privy Council for keeping Conventicles
3rd Aug. 1070 ; returned in 1087.— [Wod-
row's Jfist.]
1663
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. ; ord. and
co^' 24t^ ^Pr^ 1G(^3 ') trans, to
Bedrule 1004. — \Colinton fiess., Rey.
Collat.]
JOHN PARK, son of James P., maltman,
1665 Linlithgow, and Joanna Mure ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
10th April 1004 ; ord. and coll. 9th June
1005. His life being threatened for having
reported the presence in the neighbourhood
of Donald Cargill and other preachers,
he was recommended to the Treasury by
the Privy Council (8th June 1080) for some
allowance for that service. He was accused
before the Privy Council, 10th Sept. 1089, of
not reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
etc., baptizing the children of scanda
lous persons without demanding satis
faction ; and praying that the walls of the
castle might be as brass about George, Duke
of Gordon, but was acquitted. Dep. 28th
Aug. 1690 for drunkenness, etc. He carried
off the parochial and session registers.
Marr. Annabella, daugh. of Provost James
Glen, Linlithgow. — [Key. Collat.; Wod-
row's Hist., iii. ; Peterkin's Constitution
of the Church, Hewison's The Covenanters,
Salmon's Sorrowstoimness.]
ROBERT STEEDMAN, M.A., returned
1687 a^er the Act of Toleration ; restored
by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690; died 29th Sept. 1701, in his 76th
year. He marr. Sarah (died 26th Oct.
1720), daugh. of Sir Alex. Inglis of Inglis-
ton, and had issue — John, min. of Tron
Parish, Edinburgh ; Helen (marr. Will.
LINLITHGOW]
CARRIDEN
199
Paton, overseer at Clackmannan coal-
works; Christian (marr. Alex. Hamilton,
min. of Stirling).— [Test. Reg., Tombst.,
8. P. Eloq.~\
JOHN TODD, studied at the Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 15th May 1700; called 2nd
Sept. 1703; ord. 19th Jan. 1704; died Jan.
1720. He marr. llth April 1704, Agnes
(died Jan. 1733), widow of George Dundas
of Garvock, and had issue— John, min. in
Edinburgh. — [J/zw. Univ. Glasg., iii. ;
Test, and Edin. Reg. (J/a»v.), Tombst.}
ALEXANDER PYOTT, ord. 29th Oct.
1725; trans, to Dunbar 24th Oct.
1 1733.— [Fordoun Presb. Reg.}
JAMES YAIR, pres. by James, Duke
of Hamilton and Brandon, and ord.
18th Sept. 1735 ; trans, to Campvere
18th April 1739.
GEORGE ELLIS, licen. by Scots Presb.
in London, and received by that of
Hamilton 25th July 1738; called
23rd Oct. 1739 ; ord. 9th April 1740 ; died
5th March 1795, in his 83rd year. He
marr. 27th July 1750, Alice (died 21st
April 1790), daugh. of Captain Drummoml,
Midhope, a son of Pitkellony, and had
issue— Katherine, born 12th June 1751, died
9th Dec. 1809 ; Mary, born 18th July 1752 ;
Alice, born 12th June 1754, died 9th June
1765; Helen, born 15th Nov. 1757 (marr.
23rd Sept. 1776, James Thomson, ship
master in Leith), died 26th April 1784;
George, born 20th Feb. 1763 ; Anne, born
7th Feb. 1765; Joanna, born 12th July
1769, died 12th Jan. 1775; James, died in
infancy. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's 8 tat. Ace., i.).
JOHN BELL, born 1745, son of James
1796
B., Cambusnethan ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark 10th May 1786; pres. by
Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, in 1795 ; ord.
21st Jan. 1796; died unmarried 14th Dec.
1815.— [Scots May., Ixxviii.]
DAVID FLEMING, born 1790, son of
John F., merchant, Paisley ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1808);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 9th June
1813 ; pres. by Alexander, Marquess of
Douglas, and ord. 22nd Aug. 1816 ; died
19th Jan. 1860. He marr. (1) 3rd June
1818, Grace (died 2nd July 1827), only
daugh. of John Ross, Borrowston Mains,
and had issue — Grace Matilda, born 4th
June 1819 (marr. 1840, James Edgar of
Keithock, Sherbrooke, Canada) ; John,
born 29th March 1821 ; David Carrick
Buchanan, born 24th July 1822 ; Elizabeth
Smith, born 10th April 1824, died 5th May
1842; Martha Duncanson, born 13th July
1825 (marr. George Cadell of Cowdenhill) :
(2) 15th March 1830, Janet (died 25th
April 1884), only daugh. of William Caiiile,
Provost of Paisley, and had issue— Janet
Carlile, born 14th Dec. 1831 (marr. 1857,
Andrew Vannan, Bo'ness), died 1859.
Publications — A Voice from Calvary
(London, 1830); Account of the Parish
(New tStat. Ace., ii.).
EDWARD SMITH, born Kirkmichael,
Dumfriesshire, 18th May 1828, son
of John S. and Catherine Dobie ;
educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben 7th Aug. 1858 ; assist
ant at Cranstoun ; pres. by William, Duke
of Hamilton and Brandon, 31st Dec. 1860 ;
ord. 4th April 1861 ; died unmarr. 30th
March 1887.
WILLIAM DUNDAS, born Stroma,
Caithness, 31st July 1855, son of
William D. and Elizabeth Kennedy
Sinclair ; educated at Stroma School,
Church of Scotland Training College, and
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1881), B.D. (1886);
schoolmaster of Stroma 1881-3; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1886 ; assistant
at Holywood ; ord. 27th Sept. 1887. Marr.
7th Feb. 1895, Harriet Mary Croxall (died
22nd Feb. 1914), eldest daugh. of James
Skipper, Manor House, Coltishall, and
has issue— Mary Sinclair, born 2nd May
1896, died 10th Nov. 1900; William
Fawdington, born 15th May 1898 ; Harriet
Elspeth Kennedy, born 17th July 1900.
200
DALMENY
[PRESB. OF
DALMENY.
[The church previous to the Reformation
belonged to the Abbey of Jedburgh, and
was dedicated to St Cuthbert. There is
no finer example of Xoriiian ecclesiastical
architecture left in Scotland. Aldcathie
was united to Dalmeny by Commission of
Parliament, 21st Jan. 1018.
GEORGE FUIRD, min. in l->r>-2.—[IMe
1562 of the Kirk, Keith's JHst.~\
JOHN FRUDE (probably the same
1565 Pcrson)j was complained upon at the
General Assembly, 25th June 15GG,
" for not repairing to Linlithgow to the
exercise of prophecying" ; and on 25th Dec.
for persuading Effie, Lady Kilconquhar, and
John Wernyss [St Andrea's J\.S. Rey.~\ "to
contract marriage in great contemption of
the decreit (of the former Assembly), and
all good order heirtofoir observit in the
reform! t kirk," for which he was "sus
pended fra all functioun in the ministrie
in the meantime/' — \_Booke of the Kirk,
Keith's llist.~\
1569 ROBERT HOGG, exhorter in 1509.
GEORGE LUXD1E of Breriehill (Re<j.
°f Deeds, xix., 320) ; trans, from New-
burn 1574, when Aldcathie, Aber-
corn, and Cramond were also under his
care. In the Assembly 1575, the Bishop of
Dunkeld was complained upon for having
written a letter to L. to serve equally four
kirks, by course, upon the Lord's Day,
under pain of deprivation. Richard Brown
was appointed to help him as reader in
1576. L. was pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. llth April 1580, and trans, to
Pentland 21st Nov. 1587, but continued
to reside at Dalmeny 18th Sept. 1589. —
[Key. Assiy., Calderwood's Hist., Wodrow
Jfiscell., Edin. Fresh.]
WALTER TULLIE [TULLIS], offici-
ated as helper till the trans, of pre
ceding ; pres. to the parsonage by
Thomas Hamilton of Druincairn, 7th April
1597 ; died 19th Aug. 1GOG. He bequeathed
loo merks to the poor in the burgh of
Queensferry, and 50 mcrks to the poor in
the rest of the parish. He marr. (1)
Alison Oliphant (Edin. Com. Dec., llth
March 1G07) : (2) Katherine Dundas, and
had issue — James ; Walter ; John ;
Margaret. Jean Arnot, wife of Robert
Logic, is mentioned as his daughter-in-law
(Edin. Com. Dec., llth March 1607).—
[Edin. Fresh, and Test. ReyJ]
1607
JOHN GIBSON, M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th
'^y 1GO°) > adm. to Slamannan 2nd
Aug. 1602 ; trans, and adm. 1G07 ;
died 29th April 1648, aged about G8. In
1611 he obtained a gift of the presentation
of the parsonage and vicarage of Auld-
cathie, and craved the consent of the Presb.
thereto. He marr. (1) Agnes Abercrombie
(Rey. <>f Deeds, ccxvi., 104) : (2) Margaret,
daugh. of Thomas Peebles, min. of Kinneil,
whom he infeft by him in his tenement
in Linlithgow on 15th March 1615 : (3)
Marie Dundas, who died April 1632 : (4)
May 1637, Christian Craufurd, in the parish
of Kinneil : (5) April 1644. Elspeth (died
Dec. same year), daugh. of James Sandi-
lands of Slamannanmure (Reg. of Deeds,
dlvii., 115), and had issue — Robert, min. of
Queensferry ; Margaret ; Anna (marr., cont.
26th Aug. 1639, Robert, youngest son of
John Mowbray in Dalmeny : Rey. of Deeds,
dxxviii., 138).— [Re<j. Assiy., Test. Rey. ;
Bannatyne's Jfiscell., ii. ; Linlithyow Jjuryh
Fee.]
JOHN DURIE, son of Simeon D., min.
1646 of Arl .roath ; M.A. (St Andrews 1643) ;
ord. (colleague) 20th Aug. 1646 ; pres.
to Kilpatrick by Lord Cochrane of Dun-
donald in 1647 ; joined the Protesters in
forming a Presb. in 1651 ; died in 1656,
aged about 33, " of most rare invention,
and lofty gift of preaching." He marr.
llth May 1648, Katherine, youngest daugh.
of Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood,
widow of Claude Hamilton of Mecklinhole
and of George Dick, min. of Glenluce. His
son, John, who was served heir, 23rd Oct.
1661, had the collections of llth and 18th
April 1660 from the Session of West Calder
given to him and two of his comrades on
LINLITHGOW]
DALMENY
their return from captivity among the
Turks at Algiers.— [Act. Rect. Univ. AY
And. Presb.; Dumbarton Presb., Abercorn,
and W. Gaidar AVs.«. Reg. ; Acts Parl., i. ;
Reg. Old Dec., iii. ; Wodrow's Anal., ii. ;
Livingston's Charac., Brodie's Diary ; Itiq.
Ret. (Jen., 4504 ; Irving's Dumbarton.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, called 25th
May, and ord. 2nd July 1G56 by the
Protesting Presb. He petitioned the
Synod, 8th Xov. 1660, that "his ministry
might be owned by the Prcsb. and Synod,
expressing his sorrow for the irregularity of
his entry, etc. The Synod recognised him
as min. of 1)., and as a member of Synod,
and appointed him to go to the Presb.
recognised by the Synod, and acknowledge
his offence," and on 14th Xov. " the Presb.
received him as a brother and as one of
their ministry." Deprived by the Act of
Parliament llth June, and that of the
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662, for not sub
mitting to Episcopacy ; indulged here 1669,
and restored 1690. — [Wodrow's Anal., iv.,
and Hist., i. ; Anderson's House of Hamil
ton ; Mun. Univ. (flasy., iii.; Re<j. Old
Dec., iii.]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, pres. by Sir
Archibald Primrose of Chester ; ord.
and coll. 28th Xov. 1663 : trans, to
Cramond 1664. — [Keith's Catal., Wood's
Hist, of Cramond } Re<j. Collat.]
THOMAS GOLDEN, M.A. ; coll. 2nd
1664 ^ec> 1GG4 ' trans- to Garsphairn 1669.
— [Act. Rect. Univ. AY And., Reg.
Collat.}
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A,
formerly mentioned; indulged by
the Privy Council 2nd Sept. 1669.
The popularity of his ministrations drew
many people from Edinburgh to hear him —
to the annoyance of the Bishop, who had
him removed to Dalserf, 7th March 1677. —
[Brown's Hist, of Induly., Wodrow's Hist.}
PATRICK SMYTH, M.A. (Edinburgh
1672) ; licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 13th June 1675 ; ord.
1679 : removed for refusing the Test,
Nov. 1681.— [AV;/. Collat., Wodrow's Hist.]
1669
ALEXANDER BANKS, M.A. (Edin-
1682 >
George, Bishop of Aberdeen, 6th
Jan. 1666 ; adm. to Peterhead (probably
assistant and successor) prior to 21st April
1674; trans, and adm. 1682; died in 1689,
in 45th year. He marr. Katharine (died
Xov. 1693), daugh. of John Kinross, mer
chant, burgess of Edinburgh, and had issue
— William, served heir to his mother 3rd
April K>(.)-L—[7'est. and Edin. Re;/. <P»ir.};
Acts Part., ix. ; Inq. Ret. Ccn., 7249,
7458.]
ALEXANDER STRANG, M. A., formerly
of Durisdecr ; officiated in the meet
ing-house at Dundas, after its erec
tion ; but returned to his former parish in
1689.
1638
GEORGE TURNBULL, M.A. ; "a
young man for grace and pairts
very promising " ; ord. at London
9th Feb. 1688; app. to the meeting-house
by the Presb. "during pleasure," 28th Nov.
1688; removed to Alloa 1689.- [Acts Parl.,
ix.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A.,
above noticed; occupying a meeting
house in Edinburgh, was restored by
the Act of Parliament 25th April 1690, but
demitted his charge 15th Aug. 1690; trans.
to the High Kirk, Edinburgh, 4th Dec.
same year.
CHARLES GORDON, M.A., formerly of
Campvere ; returned to Scotland on
a call from Dumfries ; called to this
charge also 21st June 1691. He produced
testimonials from the classis [Presbytery] of
Valachia and from Campvere, dated 28th
Feb. 1691, "applauding him in the ministry
while he was among them, and loosening
him upon a call from Dumfries," but was
adm. here 23rd Sept. 1691 ; trans, to Ash-
kirk 8th Aug. 1695.— [Steven's Xcott. Ch.
of Rotterd., Wodrow's Hist.]
JOHN STEEDMAN, called 15th June
1699, and ord. 16th Aug. same year ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh,
27th Dec. 1710.
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DALMENY
[PRESB. OF
JAMES NASMYTHj born Hamilton,
1711 m&3 '} studied at the Univ. of Glas
gow and at Leyden, under Witsius,
Frigland, and Boerhaave ; tutor to Basil
Hamilton, and to James, fifth Duke of
Hamilton ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
23rd March 1708; called 2nd Aug., and
ord. 13th Sept. 1711 ; nom. Moderator in
the Assemblies 1730 and 1744, but not
chosen ; died Father of the Church 27th
Xov. 1774. He rnarr. 25th April 1710,
Marion (died 7th June 1782), daugh. of
Patrick Young of Killiecantie, Linlithgow,
and had issue — Alexander ; Anne, died 9th
March 1816 ; Patrick ; James ; Margaret ;
Sarah (marr. William Paton, min. of Eck-
ford) ; Isabel (marr. Dr Parlane, Glasgow).
— [Test. Reg., Reg. Gen. Ass. ; Weekly Mag.,
xxvi. ; Carlyle's Autob.]
THOMAS ROBERTSON, licen. by
Presb. of Lauder 3rd Jan. 1775;
pres. by Xeil, Earl of Rosebery, and
ord. 26th Oct. 1775 ; F.R.S.E. (1784) ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 26th March 1792); one of His
Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary 1793 ; died
at Edinburgh, 15th Nov. 1799. He marr.
14th Nov. 1775, Jane Jackson, in the parish
of St John, Westminster, who died 18th
Dec. 1808, and had issue— Margaret, born
12th Feb. 1777 ; John, born 18th Jan. 1778 ;
Janet, born 10th Feb. 1779 ; Mary, born
13th Aug. 1782 ; Charles Hope, writer,
Edinburgh, born 2nd Sept. 1 785 ; William
Findlay, lieutenant H.E.I.C.S., born 31st
Dec. 1786. Publications — An Inquiry into
the Fine Arts, i. (Edinburgh, 1784) ; History
of Mary, Queen of Scots (Edinburgh, 1793) ;
Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1784,
1799); "An Essay on the Character of
Hamlet" (Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., ii.) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's 8 tat. Ace.,
i.).— [Kay's Portr., ii. ; Diet. J^at. Biog.]
JAMES GREIG, M.A. (Edinburgh, 16th
^OV> 178r>) > h'cen- by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 10th July 1793; pres. by Neil,
Earl of Rosebery, and ord. 18th Sept. 1800.
He became involved in a dispute with the
schoolmaster of the parish, and, disobeying
the authority of the Presb. thereanent, was
suspended in 1827. Refused to give up
the keys of the church to those appointed
1800
to officiate. The case was referred to the
General Assembly, who (28th May 1828)
unanimously disapproved of his disobeying
the injunctions of his Presb., and declared,
with similar unanimity, " that it is the
ecclesiastical right of the ministers of
parishes to have free entrance to their
churches, for the purpose of divine worship
and religious instruction, and that during
vacancies or suspensions this right is
vested in the Presb. of the bounds.'5 Died
17th March 1829, in his 60th year. He
marr. 1st June 1801, Anne Russell, who
died 14th Sept. 1822, and had issue —
Eleanor, born 31st Oct. 1802 (marr. John
Sibbald, surgeon, Edinburgh) ; James
Dundas, born 8th Feb. 1804; Ann, born
6th Sept. 1805 (marr. George Ferguson,
Edinburgh Academy) ; Andrew, born 18th
Jan. 1807 ; John, surgeon, Queensferry,
born 13th Aug. 1808 ; Eliza Christian, born
30th May 1810 ; Christian, born 13th Aug.
1812, died 13th Oct. 1827; David, born
22nd Oct. 1815.— [Acts of Ass., Steven's
High School.]
JAMES SCOTT, trans, from Torphichen ;
1829 Pres' kv Arch. John, Earl of Rose
bery, and adm. 10th Sept. 1829;
trans, to Dirleton 14th Dec. 1843.
ROBERT HUGH MUIR, born 26th
1844 Feb' 1819> S011 °f William M-> D.D.,
min. of St Stephen's, Edinburgh ;
educated at Edinburgh Academy and
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th
Oct. 1843 ; pres. by the tutors of John
Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun, 13th Jan.
1844; ord. 21st March 1844; convener of
the General Assembly's Committee on
Intemperance ; one of the founders of
Morning Rays; convener of the Colonial
Committee 1866-80; res. 8th Nov. 1889;
died llth May 1903. Marr. (1) 28th Sept.
1869, Margaret Flora (died 25th Sept. 1882),
daugh. of Colonel Wm. MacDonald of
Powderhall and Ormiston : (2) 5th Oct.
1892, Annie, daugh. of James Black, son
of James B. of Craigmaddie. Publica
tions — Words that Take Hold (Edinburgh,
1896) ; Faith and False Science (Edinburgh,
1898).
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203
1563
PETER DUNN, born 4th Aug. 1845,
son of James D., farmer, Kincraife,
Lumphanan, and Jessie Petrie; edu
cated at Lumphanan and Alford Parish
Schools, Grammar School and Univ.,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1865); schoolmaster of
Urquhart (Elgin) 1866-72 ; Keen, by Presb.
of Elgin 12th Oct. 1870; ord. to Spey-
mouth 9th May 1872 ; trans, and adm. 9th
May 1890. Marr. 19th Oct. 1898, Elizabeth
Mary (died 29th Jan. 1912), daugh. of J.
F. Kit to, M.A., vicar of St Martin-in-the-
Fields, London, and prebendary of St
Paul's.
ECCLESMACHAN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Machan, belonged to the
Preceptory of St John at Torphichen.]
JOHN MOWBRAY, styled rector and
vicar, granted Ecclesmachan kirk
lands to Robert Hamilton of Eccles
machan, 30th Dec. 1563 ; and infeft his
daugh., Mariota, wife of John Maine, in a
tenement in Linlithgow, Feb. 1579-80.
He was still min. in 1586, — [Reg. Min.
and Assig., Wodroiv Miscell., Linl. Jlurgh
Rec.]
ROBERT CORNWALL, M.A. ; adm.
1588 1588 ' a mcmlaer °f Assembly in
1590; trans, to Linlithgow 1597. —
[J/w/t. Univ. Glasy., iii. ; Reg. Assig. and
Fresh., Eooke of the Kirk.}
WILLIAM KEIR, one of the original
students at the Univ. of Edinburgh
who took his degree of M.A. at the
first graduation, 9th Aug. 1587 ; min. of
Muiravonside 1595 ; pres. by James VI.
13th Oct. 1597 ; trans, and adm. soon after ;
died 10th March 1611, aged about 44.
He left £40 to the poor of Linlithgow.
He marr. Janet Ker, who survived him,
and had issue — Andrew, min. of Carri-
den ; Robert ; Elizabeth. — [Stirling Presb.
and Test. Reg., Reg, Assig.]
DAVID GUDLATT [GUDLAD], M.A.
1611 (Edinburgh, 27tl1 Juty 1609); pres.
by James VI. 28th April, and ord.
30th June 1611; dcm. 1637; died 22nd
1597
Feb. 1639, aged about 50. He marr. 22nd
June 1625, Margaret Dalyell, of the family
of Binns, who was alive 17th March 1658. —
[Reg. Assig. et Sec. Sig., cviii. ; Test, and
Abercorn Sess. Reg.; Inq. Ret. Edin.,
1085.]
ROBERT KEITH, nephew of preceding,
and son of Alex. K., min. of Strath-
brock ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th July
1629) ; pres. by Charles I. 31st March 1637,
and adm. soon after. He was accused, 9th
Jan. 1654, of officiating at the marriage of
his brother while under scandal ; assisted
in forming the Protesting Presb. 6th Aug.
1651 ; died in 1661, in 52nd year. He marr.
Marion Rollock, and had issue — Margaret
(marr. William Beatson of South Glass-
mont). His widow delivered up " the kirk
byble;) which she had in keeping, 5th July
1663. — [Reg. Sec. Sig., cviii. ; Test. Reg.,
Peterkhvs Records.]
CHARLES CRAUFURD, son of James
C., Linlithgow, and Marjory Ker ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 30th
March 1659; "pres. by Charles II. 30th
Aug. 1661 and 4th Oct. 1662 ; coll. (having
been previously ord.) 5th Dec. 1662 ; died
July 1682. He was served nearest heir
to the children of Robert Craufurd, mer
chant, burgess of Linlithgow, 3rd June
1671. He marr. 14th Feb. 1667, Margaret
Hay, widow of William Shairp of Houston,
and had issue — Margaret (marr. (1)
William Sandilands of Couston : (2) James
Watson of Corntoun) ; Magdalen ; Mary ;
and an only son, David, M.D.— [Test. Reg.,
Reg. Sec. Sig. and Coll at.; Inq. Ret. de
Tut., 964.]
WILLIAM SMART, M.A. (Glasgow, 13th
July 1669) ; pres. by Charles II. 8th
Sept. 1682; ord. and inst. 28th
March 1683; outed by the rabble 1689;
died at Edinburgh, 27th Jan. 1715, aged
about 66. He is mentioned AS the
"honestest of blackcoats, the humblest,
and holycst of our gown-men." Pub
lications— A Short Discourse recommend
ing the Service and Prayer of the Church
(Edinburgh, 1712); 7>o Sermons against
204
ECCLESMACHAN
OF
Ti'ciicltcrous and, Double. Deali/i<j, i/'ilk
an Ansu>er to .!//• Anderson,, Dtnnb<n'tt>n,
(Edinburgh, 1714).— [Man. Univ. (,'las</.,
iii. ; Jie</. Sec. X/;/., Kirkliston A'w. and
Edin. Reij. (l!ni-.) ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, orcl. 29th
1694 Aug. 1694 ; trans, to Airth in 1700.
JO I IX BATLLIE, son of Thomas B. of
1701 I'olkommet ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 7th Aug. 1700; called
9th June, and ord. 25th Sept. 1701 ; died
25th Feb. 1733. He inarr. Bethia Baillie,
who died 28th July 1761.
CHARLES WILKIE, son of John W.,
1*734 m*n> °^ ITPnall j studied at lTniv.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 3rd July 1733; pros, by Charles,
Earl of Hopetoun, same month ; ord. 18th
April 1734; died 5th Nov. 1786, in 76th
year, leaving the property of Charlesfield,
West Calder, to Thomas Hardy, D.D., min.
of the Xew Xorth Parish, Edinburgh, for
whom he entertained a warm affection. He
marr. 4th Aug. 1756, Eupharn Flint, who
died 10th Jan. 1790, without issue.
WILLIAM PETERKIX, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1755-9 ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 8th
Aug. 1764; assistant at Old Deer; ord.
min. of the Chapel-of-Ease at Down, or
Macduff, 30th Xov. 1768 ; trans, to Lcad-
hills 2nd Xov. 1785 ; pres. by James, Earl
of Hopetoun, and adm. llth July 1787 ;
died 22nd Xov. 1792. He marr. 5th Dec.
1768, Isobel Irvine, who died at Peterhead,
27th March 1810, and had issue — James,
born 9th Sept. 1769; George, born llth
May 1773 ; Margaret, born 25th Sept.
1775 ; Elizabeth, born 2nd Sept. 1777, died
22nd Jan. 1790; Alexander, Sheriff-sub, of
Orkney, ecclesiastical lawyer, editor of the
]>ooke of the Universalle Kirk of Scotland,
etc., born 23rd March 1780, died 9th Xov.
1846 ; Hope, born 2nd May 1787 ; William,
born 17th Feb. 1789, died 3rd May 1790;
John, born 13th Dec. 1791. Publications
— A Dialofjue on Public Worship (Aber
deen, 2nd ed., 1780) [not by W. P. of
Elgin] ; Account of Ecclesmachan and of
Leadhills (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ii., xxi.).
HENRY LISTOX, born 30th June 1771,
1793 'son °^ ^t0^(-rt Ij-> inm- °f Abcrdour ;
educated at Tniv. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 5th Sept.
1792; pros, by James, Earl of Hopetoun,
and ord. 8th Aug. 1793; Presb. clerk, and
also, 2nd May 1820, conjunct clerk of
Synod ; died at Merchistonhall, Falkirk,
24th Feb. 1836. He had a strong natural
bias for mechanics and music, and became
widely known as the inventor of the
"Eucharmonic" organ: his attainments in
the classics and sciences were of no mean
order, and in many other respects he was
a man of genius. Pie marr. 21st Oct. 1793,
Margaret (died 24th May 1802), daugh. of
David Ireland, town-clerk of Culross, and
had issue— Robert, F.R.C.S., Edinburgh,
distinguished London surgeon, born 28th
Oct. 1794, died 7th Dec. 1847 ; Janet, born
28th June 1796, died 21st Sept. 1888;
Anne, born 20th March 1798, died 14th
July 1802 ; David, Professor of Oriental
Languages in Univ. of Edinburgh, born
10th Oct. 1799, died 1881 ; Margaret, born
23rd April 1801, died 3rd June 1866. Pub
lications — An Essay on Perfect Intonation
(London, 1812); Articles in Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia ; edited lloratii Flacci Opera
Sclecta (1819), and the sixth book of Caesar,
for use in schools. — [Diet. X<it. JJioy.]
JOHX SMITH, born 2nd April ISO], son
1836 °^ James S-> gardener at Hopetoun
House ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith
gow 29th Dec. 1830; rector of Bathgate
Academy ; pres. by the Commissioner of
John, Earl of Hopetoun ; ord. 19th Aug.
1836 ; Presb. clerk 1854 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
Jan. 1866) ; died 30th May 1869. He marr.
1st June 1847, Agnes (died 12th Aug. 1910,
aged 86), second daugh. of James Wallace
of Belmont. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Few Stat. Ace., ii.).
ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, born 19th
1869 April 18J2> son of George S., of
Shethin, Aberdeenshire ; educated
at Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Ellon 26th April 1865;
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205
assistant at Linlithgow ; refused (owing
to severe illness) a presentation to Whit-
burn 1st Aug. 18G7 ; pros, by John, Earl of
Hopetoun, 23rd June 18G9 ; ord. 7th Oct.
I860; died 28th March 1905. Marr. 17th
Jan. 1871, Jane Douglas, daugh. of John
Dawson, Linlithgow, and had issue —
Euphemia Gillon, born 15th May 1872, died
1C th Oct. 1872; George Douglas, M.A.,
liccn. by Presb. of Linlithgow 10th May
1899, assistant at Bothwell, born 24th July
1873, died 29th Sept. 1899; Sophie Hay;
Jane Gillon ; Effie Frances ; Margaret
Gillon; Annie Alexandra Macleod, born
15th Dec. 1880, died 4th May 1894 ; Mary
Stuart Baillie ; Fanny ; John ; Alexia
Ligertwood ; Ada Evelyn Dawson ; Con
stance Hunter, born 28th July 1888, died
1st May 1889.
ALEXANDER BROWN GRANT, M.A.,
_ B.D. ; trans, from Garelochhead, and
adm. 26th Oct. 1905; trans, to Old
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 10th May 1910.
ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY
1910 TULLOC1I> born 16th March 1879,
son of William Weir T., D.D., min.
of Maxwell, Glasgow; educated at High
School and Univ., Glasgow; M.A. (1900),
B.D. (1903); Keen, by Presb. of Glasgow
April 1903 ; ord. by same Presb. to Darjeel-
ing, India, llth Oct. 1903; served under
Foreign Mission Committee from 1903-8 ;
invalided home ; adm. to this charge 20th
Sept, 1910. Marr. 3rd Xov. 1903, Catherine,
daugh. of Alexander Buist M'Donald, city
engineer, Glasgow, and has issue — Arthur
Alexander, born 12th Aug. 1905; George
Hill, born 17th May 1907 ; Margaret Jean,
born 17th Feb. 1912.
FALKIRK.
[The church, dedicated to St Modan,
previous to the Reformation belonged to
the Abbey of Holyroodhouse. It was
included in the Presb. of Stirling till 1608,
though in Linlithgow, 17th May 1614.]
ANDREW HOGGE, vicar, dem. soon
1560 after.
1567 JAMES ERSK1NE, reader in 1567.
ANDREW FORRESTER, trans, from
Dysart, with Airth and Bothkennar
in charge. He was one of the Com
missioners appointed for the maintenance
and defence of the true religion, 6th March
1589, in the Sherihxlom of Stirling ; trans.
8th Dec. 1590 to Kippen, but not adm.
till 1595. — {Reg. Assiy., Wodrow MiscelL,
Stirling Presb. AVf/., JJooke of the A'-irk.]
ADAM BELLEXDEN, of Kilconquhar,
M.A. : pres. by James Bellenden of
Broughton, 15th and 21st May, and
ord. 19th July 1593 ; a member of the
General Assemblies 1602 and 1608 ; one of
those who met at Linlithgow, 10th Jan.
1606, in conference with "the imprisoned
ministers," previous to their trial for de
clining the authority of the Sovereign in
"causes spiritual" ; and at a convention
in the same place, 10th Dec. thereafter,
protested that it should not be held as
a General Assembly. He attended the
Convention at Falkland in 1609, and was
suspended 16th NOV. 1614, the sentence
being taken off 18th Jan. following;
enjoined 22nd Feb. to wait more diligently
on his Hock in preparing them for the Com
munion. In March 1611 he had craved
the Synod for a helper to be granted on
his own charges, because of the disturb
ance "betwixt his kirk and the lands of
Kilcon<iuhar, which fell to him by the
death of the laird," but was ordained either
to transport himself, or else to demit, or
else to serve in person, under pain of deposi
tion ; dem. July 1616; promoted to the
Bishopric of Dunblane (q.v.) same year,
after having been violently opposed to
Episcopacy, and one of forty-two ministers
who signed a protest to Parliament against
its introduction, 1st July 1606.— [Keith's
Catal. and J/X Notes, Oriy. Lett, of Adm. ;
Douglas's Peer., ii. ; Melvill's Autob., Stir
ling Presh. and Si/n. Key., JJooke of the
Kirk ; Row's and Calderwood's llists., i. ;
Select Jiioy., i.]
JAMES CAL DWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1600) ; ord. to Bothkennar 31st May
1603; trans, and adm. 14th Aug.
1616; died before 16th Oct. same year,
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FALKIRK
[PKES15. OF
aged about 30. He marr. Helen Young,
who survived him, and had issue — Colin
(mentioned in Reg. of A'as., Perth, vi.
fol. 334) ; James ; John ; Margaret ; Isobel.
Publication — The Count e^e of Morre'x
Arcadia or Sanctvarrie (Edinburgh, 1625).
Part of this volume was republished with
an historical introduction by Rev. James
Young (Edinburgh, 18G2). — [Test. Re<j.
titirl., Young's Introd. to Arcadia.]
WILLIAM AXXAXD, M.A. ; trans.
1617 ^rom ^utnven (Cairncy) ; pres. by
Alex., Earl of Linlithgow ; coll. July,
adm. soon after ; trans, to Ayr in 1625.
THOMAS SPITTAL, M.A. (Glasgow
1626 1G14)-; min- of ^irtu 1618-20; pres.
by Alex., Earl of Linlithgow, trans,
and adm. 18th June 1626 ; a member of
the Court of High Commission, 21st Oct.
1634; died in 1040, aged about 52. He
marr. Eliza Spittall, of the Blairlogie family,
and had issue — Alexander, born 1627;
Barbara, born 1628 ; Michael, born 1630 :
Robert, born 1634— [AV/. Old Dec., i., iii. •
Baillie's Lett., i. ; Matt-land, ii. ; JJa/r/ta-
ti/ne Miscell., iii.]
EDWARD WRIGHT, M.A. ; trans, from
1646 ^ MunS°'s> GlasgOAv; pres. by
James, Earl of Callendar, and adm.
25th Xov. 1646; Principal of Univ. of
Glasgow llth Dec. 1002 (q. »>.).— [Baillie's
Lett., iii. ; Peterkin's Rec.}
RICHARD CALLEXDAR, bom 1620,
1663 eldest son °f Alexander C., rain,
of Denny, nephew of preceding ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin
burgh ; M.A. (26th July 1649); chaplain
to Isobel, Countess of Roxburghe ; adm.
min. of Cockburnspath 1657 ; trans, and
adm. 1663; died 29th Jan. 1686. He
marr. 24th Oct. 1661, Alison, bapt. 28th
June 1639, claugh. of William Hog of
Bogend, advocate, and sister to Sir Roger
Hog of Harcarse, a Lord of Session, who
survived him, and had issue— Alexander,
heir to his lands in Cockburnspath (of
which he and his wife had sasine 1st Jan.
1663); Edward; Alison; Mary; Jean.—
[Cockburnspath Sess. and Test. Reg. (Stirl.) ;
Monteith's Mart., ii. ; New Gen. Reg.
Sas., v.]
ARCHIBALD MUSCHET, M.A. (St
1686 Andrews 1646) ; min. of Gargun-
nock 1652-62 ; trans, to Larbert and
Dunnipace 15th Oct. 1602; trans, and inst.
8th Sept. 1086: died in 1690. He marr.
(1) 23rd Aug. 1055, Catherine Wright,
Falkirk : (2) Margaret, daugh. of Thomas
Edward, merchant, Linlithgow ; took sasine
of tenement there 1089, and had issue-
Archibald ; David ; Edward.— [J/X. Ace. of
Min., 1089; Hist. Gen. Ass., 1090; Linl.
Jhirgh Rec.]
WILLIAM CRICHTOX, M.A. ; trans.
1693 from Bathgate ; called 17th July
1692 ; adm. 23rd Aug. 1093 : trans.
to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 8th Sept. 1695.
WILLIAM BURXET, was a min. at the
1696 General Meeting of Presbyterians 6th
July, and adm. to Mid-Calder 4th
Xov. 1687 ; called 3rd Dec. 1695 ; trans.
and adm. 1st July 1696; died 18th Dec.
1714. He marr. (1) Isabel English or
Inglis, and had issue— Catherine (marr.
July 1706, George Monro, min. at Xigg) ;
Xicolas, born 1697; Christian, born 1700:
(2) Sept. 1703, Beatrice, daugh. of James
Eraser of Brea, min. of Culross, who
survived him, and had issue — James ;
Alexander, born 1705 ; Beatrice, born
1706; Isabel, born 1708; William, born
1709; Elizabeth, born 1713 (marr., pro.
12th July 1766, Henry Thomson, ship
captain at Leith) ; Catherine (posthumous),
1715. —[Edin. Reg. (Marr.); Reg. Old
Dec., i.]
JAMES AXDERSOX, licen. by 1'resb.
1718 of Linlithgow 24th Oct. 1704;
assistant at Crichton ; orcl. to West
Calder 5th May 1707; called llth June
1717, and 19th Feb. 1718; trans, and
adm. 23rd April 1718; while on his way
to an ordination in the adjoining parish of
Bothkennar, in Jan. 1722, he was nearly
drowned in the river Carron ; a son,
about the age of fifteen or sixteen, who
accompanied him, perished. He died 27th
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207
Jan. 1732. He marr. when a student of
divinity, Janet, daugh. of Robert Sibbald
of Woodfoot, and had issue— John, bapt.
21st Aug. 1709.— [TF. C alder 8ess. Re<j.,
Wodrow's Anal.]
WILLIAM ANDERSON, nephew of
preceding ; licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow 25th Feb. 1730 ; called 5th
Sept. 1732; ord. 16th Aug. 1733. He died
unmarr. 8th May 1741.
1744
JOHN ADAMS, son of Henry A., min.
of Kirkoswald ; M.A. (Glasgow, 15th
Jan. 1723); licen. by Presb. of Ayr
1st Sept. 1725 ; ord. to Dalrymple 15th
Feb. 1726; called 23rd Nov. 1743;
Moderator of the General Assembly 10th
May 1744 ; trans, and adm. 30th of same
month ; proposed again for Moderator in
1748, but not chosen. He died 20th
March 1757, aged about 54. He marr.
Janet Osborne, who died 7th Jan. 1768,
and had issue — Dicksona (a daugh.) ;
John ; David ; Robert ; Margaret ; Mary ;
Harry ; Quentin ; Patrick Grant. Publica
tions — "An Inquiry into the Powers com
mitted to the General Assemblies of this
Church ;> ; " Apology at the Bar of the
General Assembly on the Settlement of Tor-
phichen," 1751 (ticots Mag., xiv.).— [Morren's
Ann., i. ; Carlyle's Autob.]
JOHN AITCHISON, min. of a Presby-
terian chapel at Morpeth ; pres. by
George II. 28th April, and adm. 6th
Oct. 1759; died 18th May 1787, in 72nd
year. He marr. 12th Aug. 1741, Jean
Hardie, who died 20th April 1774, aged 55,
and had issue — Samuel, born 17th May
1744 ; John, born 8th Nov. 1745 ; Thomas,
born 12th March 1747 ; Ann, born 9th Dec.
1751, died 24th Nov. 1783 ; Jean, born 26th
Oct. 1753 (marr. 12th Nov. 1783, William
Glen), died 17th April 1787.
JOHN MUIR, licen. by Presb. of Lin-
1787 lithgow 2nd Dec. 1778 ; pres. by
George III., and ord. 26th Oct.
1787 ; died 20th July 1793. He marr. 22nd
Dec. 1788, Marion Pearson of Borrowstoun-
ness, Avho died 9th Feb. 1801.
JAMES WILSON, only son of William
W., Carluke, born 1754; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1781) ;
ord. to a congregation in Stafford 15th
April 1784 ; removed to Stockport ; adm.
to Mid-Calder 20th Dec. 1792; pres. by
George III. llth Jan. 1794 ; trans, and
adm. 2nd May 1794; D.D. (Edinburgh,
28th May 1802) ; died 8th June 1829. He
marr. 8th April 1785, Jean (died 4th Sept.
1819), daugh. of John Weir of Kerse, and
had issue — William, born 1st Feb. 1786,
died 1803 ; Thomas, born 16th Jan. 1788,
died 2nd June 1805 ; John (a twin), D.D.,
min. of Stirling, born 16th Jan. 1788 ;
Elizabeth, born 23rd May 1789, died 17th
Sept. 1804 ; Gray, student, born 17th Aug.
1793, died 16th Nov. 1811 ; James, born
8th Nov. 1796, died 15th Dec. 1811 ; Archi
bald, born 19th Aug. 1798, died 15th Dec.
1804. Publications— A Defence of Public
or Social Worship; A Sermon for t/te
Benefit of the Public Kitchen (Edinburgh,
1800) ; The Histori/ of Egypt, 3 vols. (Edin
burgh, 1805) ; Prayers for the Use of Families
and Individuals (Edinburgh, 1818) ; Ac
counts of Mid-Calder and of Falkirk
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiv., xix.) ; " Method
of Increasing the Sensibility of the
Barometer " (Nicholson's Journal, iii.) ;
Articles in Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. —
[New Stat. Ace., viii.]
JOHN BROWN PATTERSON, born
183Q 29th Jan. 1804, son of Robert P.,
Crofthouse, Alnwick ; educated at
Haddington, where his maternal grand
father, John Brown, D.D. (author of The
Self-Interpreting Jlible), had ministered to
the Burgher Seceders, and at High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh, where he greatly
distinguished himself ; M.A. (31st March
1827) ; tutor to James Edward, Lord
Cranstoun, whom he accompanied to
Oxford ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
7th Jan. 1829; pres. by George IV. 21st
Sept. 1829, on the suggestion of Sir Robert
Peel, Secretary for the Home Department ;
ord. 26th Feb. 1830 ; died 29th June 1835.
He marr. 23rd April 1833, Sarah Elizabeth
(died 24th March 1882), only daugh. of the
Rev. George Atkin, Morpeth, and had
208
FALKIRK
[PKKSB. OF
issue— Robert John Brown, born 3rd March
1835, died 18th Aug. 1910. Publications—
0)i the National Character of the A tJi.cn in //.<,
University Prize Essay (Kdinburgh, 1828;
reissued with a Memoir in 1800) ; Dis
courses, with a Memoir, and Select Literary
and Reliyioux Remains, 2 vols. (Edin
burgh, 1837); Lectures on the llth to \(\tk
Chap. of >S7 John's (loxjiel (Glasgow, 1840);
Lecture VI II. (On Church Establish
ments); ed. Itcauti<s of , la-emu Tat/lor. —
[New Stat. Ace., viii. ; Edin. C/tr. Just.,
iv. ; Steven's Hiyh Sdiool, Cockbnrn's
^[em., Diet. Nat. jBiog.]
ALEXANDER MELYILLK, born sstli
1836 f^y 1809' 'son °f Andrew M., min.
of Logic, Fife; M.A. (St Andrews
1828); licen. by Presb. of Cupar 8th Dec.
1829 ; pres. by William IV. Oct. 1835 ; ord.
22nd Jan. 1830 ; died at Largs 2nd Dec.
1839. He marr. llth Oct. 1836, Catherine
(died at Paris, 25th Feb. 1806), daugh. of
Patrick MacFarlan, D.D., min. of Creenock,
and had issue— Andrew, D.D., min. of the
Free Church at Alva, and at St Enoch's,
Glasgow, clerk to Free Church Assembly,
joint-clerk to United Free Church Assembly,
born 14th Jan. 1839, died 29th Jan. 1907.
1840
WILLIAM. BEGC!, born 2nd July 1815,
son of James i>-> I).])., min. of
Xew Monkland ; educated at Parish
School, New Monkland, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
27th Sept. 1830 ; assistant at St Bernard's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to New Monkland 19th Oct. 1837 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria, and adm. 24th July
J840; D.D. (Glasgow 1886); died 10th
April 1888. He marr. 24th June 1841,
Helen (died April 1894, aged 74), daugh.
of William Pagan, of Curriestanes, Tro-
queer, and had issue — James, head of
District College at Hamilton, Victoria, and
Corowa, N.S.W., born 2nd July 1842, died
at Melbourne, llth Feb. 1911 ; Mary, born
7th Oct. 1843 (marr. 4th July 1865, Peter
Sinclair Menzies, min. of St George's-in-
the-Fields, Glasgow, afterwards of Scots
Church, Melbourne, died 15th Nov. 1914) ;
Jane, born 8th April 1845 (marr. John
Morrison, farmer, Dalmeny), died 14th Oct.
1911; William, born 24th Oct. 1846, died
27th Feb. 1848; Allan Pagan, born 31st
Dec. 1847, died at Hay, New South Wales,
3rd Oct. 1882; Francis Forbes, born 9th July
1849, died at Melbourne 27th June 1911;
Helen, born 13th Dec. 1850 (marr. Duncan
Cameron Macvean, min. of Strontian), died
14th Oct. 1889; William Hugh, M.A.,
student of divinity, born 31st Jan. 1852,
died at Athens (where he was acting as
tutor) 5th Jan. 1874 ; Margaret, born 13th
Oct. 1853; Elizabeth Agnes, born llth
May 1855 ; Henry Cunningham, min. of
Sorn, born 1st Dec. 1856; Catherine Evans,
born llth June 1859 (marr. John Saunders,
min. of Kingarth).
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, born Kirk-
1888 croft, Applegarth, 28th March 1846,
son of Robert C., farmer, and Agnes
Jardine ; educated at Sandyholm and Sib-
baldie schools, Dumfries Academy, and
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1809), B.D. (1870) ;
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 1870 ;
assistant at Newton-on-Ayr, and St John's,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Dalziel Chapel, Mother-
well, 19th Aug. 1875 ; trans, to Johnstone,
Paisley, llth Jan. 1877; trans, and adm.
27th Sept. 1888 ; died 17th July 1898. He
marr. 20th Jan. 1880, Mary, second daugh.
of Thomas Russell, Kirkcaldy, and had
issue— Robert, born 26th Nov. 1881, died
31st Oct. 1904 ; Mary Hutchison Russell,
born 13th June 1883 ; Thomas Russell
Davison, born 3rd Nov. 1886.
ALEXANDER LOUDON, born Airdrie,
1899 28t^ ^ePt- 18;")6> 'son °f James L. and
Elizabeth Law ; educated at Calder-
cruix School, Clarkston Academy, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1880), B.D.Q883) ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton April 1883 ;
in charge of Toward Chapel 1883 ; ord. to
Galashiels (West) 27th Dec. 1883; trans,
and adm. 2nd Feb. 1899. He marr. (1) 30th
June 1884, Jeanie (died 10th April 1898),
eldest daugh. of William Reid Wiseman,
Caldercruix, and has issue— Mary Grace
Brown, born 15th Sept. 1885, died in
infancy; James Alexander, born 16th Nov.
1890; William Reid Wiseman, born 12th
LTNLITIIGOW]
FALKIRK— FAULDHOUSE
209
Nov. 1892 : (2) 21st March 1900, Sophia
Jane, second daugh. of George Shepherd,
Shethin, Aberdeenshire, and has issue-
Helen Hay Shepherd, born 19th Nov. 1902.
PROPOSED SECOND CIIAKGE.
[A process was raised for its erection,
after the appointment of A. F., but the
Commissioners of Teinds, 31st Dec. 1707,
" found there was no ground for settling a
second minister."]
ANDREW FULLARTON, chaplain to
Sir Alex. Hope of Carse ; called
13th June 1700, and ord. 15th Oct.
same year ; trans, to Second Charge, Ayr,
7th April 1708.
L A U R I E S T O N
[Disjoined from Falkirk and erected into
a parish quoad sacra, 10th July 1914.]
CHARLES BROWNLIE, ord. 24th
1896 June 189G '} adm. to St Margaret's,
Hawick, 3rd May 1898.
THOMAS NELSON ALLEN, ord. 17th
18gg Aug. 1898 ; res. 1899 ; assistant at
Alloa ; adm. to Craigmore 8th Jan.
1903.
JOHN ARCHIBALD DRON, ord. 13th
igoo Feb. 1900 ; adm. to Kilcreggan 17th
Sept. 1908.
ALEXANDER BARRTE ROBB, born
1908 Springfield, Armadale, 27th April
1872, son of John R, and Janet
Wilson ; educated at Bathgate Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1897) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1901 ;
assistant at Cadzow (Ferniegair) ; ord. 28th
Dec. 1908. He marr. 25th Feb. 1909, Amy,
daugh. of George Wilson.
ST MOD AN1 S
(Chapel-of-Ease).
ROBERT WINCHESTER JACKSON,
from Galashiels ; educated at Evan
gelical Union Theol. Hall 1874;
min. of E.U. Church, Bellshill, 1878-85 ; of
E.U. Church, Falkirk, 1885-96; received
into the Church of Scotland with most of
the members and adherents of his con-
VOL. I.
gregation, and ord. to this charge 17th
Nov. 1897 ; res. 1899 ; min. (1914) of South-
bridge Presbyterian Church, Canterbury,
New Zealand. He marr. 10th June 1889,
Emma Madeleine Thompson, and has issue
— George Winchester, born 7th March 1890 ;
Irene Winchester, born 19th May 1891.
JOHN M'LEAN, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 15th
lggg Aug. 1899 ; adm. to Maryton 5th
Jan. 1905.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, M.A. ; ord. llth
April 1905 ; adm. to Fortrose 20th
.
Aug. 1909.
JOHN MARSHALL PRYDE, born
1910 Gorebridge, 18th Oct. 1872, son of
George P. and Janet Brunton ; edu
cated at Penicuik Public School, and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903);
assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries, and St
George's, Glasgow ; ord. to Ruthrieston 15th
Aug. 190G; trans, and adm. llth Oct. 1910.
He marr. 24th Oct. 190G, Jeanie, daugh. of
A. Symington of Allanton, and has issue —
Jeanie, born 13th Sept. 1907 ; George, born
23rd March 1910; Helen, born 2Gth July
1912. Publications — David Livingstone
(Glasgow, 1902) ; Mazzini (Glasgow, 1905).
FAULDHOUSE (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Whitburn and erected
a parish </uoad sacra by decreet of Court
of Teinds, 8th July 1872. Church built in
1867.]
THOMAS BELL, ord. 14th May 1868 ;
1868 trans, to Keig 6th July 1876.
JOHN CONNOR, ord. 18th Jan. 1877 ;
1877 res. 15th Feb. 1882 ; entered the
Methodist Church and afterwards
the Presb. Church of England ; died at
Westmancote, Tewkesbury, 22nd Sept.
1907. He marr. 30th April 1894, Elizabeth,
daugh. of Joseph Wilson, Paisley.
GAVIN CRAWFORD, born Quarter,
1882 Lanarkshire, 13th May 1850, son of
William C. and Mary Hamilton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 14th June 1876 ; ord. to
Annbank, Ayr, 18th Oct. 1877 ; trans, and
O
210
FAULDHOUSE— KERSE
[PKESB. OF
aclm. 20th June 1882 ; died 18th Sept.
1897. He marr. 24th Sept. 1884, Jessie
Brown! ie, daugh. of Dr John Craig, Strath-
aven, and had issue — Janet King, born 18th
July 1885 ; Mary Hamilton, born 5th Jan.
1887 ; Annie Margaret, born 24th Sept.
1889 ; William, M.A., probationer, born
26th April 1891 ; John, born 23rd Xov.
1892; Gavin, born 20th Nov. 1896.
THOMAS WATT M 'ANDREW, born
1898 ^rlasgow, 2!)th Sept. 1864, son of Peter
M'A. and Annie Picken ; educated at
Glasgow schools and Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1893 ; assistant in Renfrew
Parish 1893-8 ; ord. 15th March 1898. Marr.
27th April 1898, Christina Mackie, daugh.
of Lyon Wilson, Glasgow, and has issue —
Margaret Craig Wilson, born 6th Feb. 1899 ;
Peter Douglas, born 15th Jan. 1901.
GRAHAMSTON (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Falkirk and erected into
a parish quoad sacra by Court of Teinds,
6th Dec. 1875.]
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Keig, and adm. 3rd Feb.
1876; res. 29th Nov. 1880, on app-
as chaplain of the Scots Church, Paris.
ANDREW ROSS TAYLOR, born Aber-
1881 deen, 9th July 1852, son of James
Stirling T., schoolmaster, Watten,
Caithness ; educated at Watten, and
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1874) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
7th May 1878 ; ord. 13th April 1881. Marr.
28th Sept. 1881, Margaret, daugh. of Alex
ander Walker, Aberdeen.
GRANGEMOUTH (Q.S.).
[Declared a parish quoad sacra by the
General Assembly, 29th May 1837. Dis
joined from Falkirk and erected a parish
quoad sacra by decreet of Court of Teinds,
7th June 1880. Church built in 1866.]
WILLIAM PURDIE DICKSON, served
1846 as Pr°bationer from 1846 till his ad
mission to Cameron 9th Sept. 1851 ;
[afterwards Professor of Divinity, Univ. of
( llasgow.]
WILLIAM HOLDOM, born Athelstane-
1839
JAMES WILLIAM TAYLOR, ord. 7th
May 1839 ; trans, to Flisk 14th April
1843.
1880 '
H. and Janet Reid ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 14th Feb. 1848 ; ord. to the
Mission Station, Grangemouth, 7th Oct.
1856; first min. of the parish 1880; died
8th June 1884. Marr. 5th July 1859,
Martha (died 24th May 1908), daugh. of
James Marshall.
GEORGE MILES THOMSON, born
1884 Olasgow, 18th June 1854, son of
William T. ; educated at Glasgow,
and Kingston UJniv., Canada ; B.A. (1878) ;
licen. 1882 ; ord. 7th April 1884 ; adm. to
this charge 8th Dec. following ; died 5th
Dec. 1908. Marr. 3rd April 1889, Catherine
Mathie, daugh. of Alexander Macnie, writer,
Glasgow, and had issue — William Alexander
Miles, born 27th July 1890 ; George Miles,
born 9th July 1891 ; Camilla Macnie, born
12th Sept. 1892 ; Mary Miles, born 16th
Nov. 1893 ; Catherine Mathie, born 4th
Jan. 1895 ; John Somerville Miles, born
2nd Feb. 1896, died 18th Dec. 1896 ; Daniel
Macnie, born 2nd May 1897 ; Robert Macnie,
born 18th Jan. 1899; Oswy Miles, born
29th April 1900 ; Jean Marjorie, born 13th
Sept. 1901 ; Jemima Anne Harrison, born
llth Feb. 1904.
1909
WILLIAM REID WISEMAN, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 26th April 1909 ; trans,
to Gladsmuir 5th Feb. 1914.
ALEXANDER MACPHERSON, born
1914 Aberdeen, 7th Feb. 1873 ; educated
at Gordon's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1895), B.D. (1903) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 1903 ; assistant at
Irvine, and Abbey Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
8th May 1914.
KERSE (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Falkirk and erected into
a parish quoad sacra by decreet of Court of
Teinds, 13th July 1906. Church and halls
built in 1899.]
LINLITIIGOW]
KERSE— KINNEIL
211
WILLIAM ANDREW KNOWLES,
1906 ^•-^•:> B.D. j orcl- to Kerse Mission
2nd Sept. 1897 ; trans, to West
Coates Parish, Edinburgh, 1st Oct. 1909.
WALTER ROLAND LACEY, M.A. ;
191O orc^ ky John Herbert Edwards,
bishop of the Moravian Church ;
received into the Church of Scotland as an
ord. min. by General Assembly 13th May
1907 ; adm. to this charge 2nd Feb. 1910 ;
trans, to Hillhead, Glasgow, 12th Feb. 1914.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON BROWN,
1914 born Eataven> 9tn Sept. 1884, son
of William B. ; educated at Gram
mar School, Keith, and Aberdeen and
Edinburgh Univs. ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1904) ;
licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie 1908 ; as
sistant at Hamilton ; ord. 6th May 1914.
KINNEIL.
[Belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood ;
united to Borrowstounness by Parliament,
23rd Dec. 1069. A mere fragment of the
ancient church of St Katherine is extant.]
1567 J 0 1 IN JO 1 INSTON, exhorter, 1567.
PETER HAMILTON, reader, ir>71 ;
1571
trans, to Livingstone in 1585.— [Reg.
J/?M. and Assign.]
THOMAS PEEBLES, pres. to Bathgate,
but ordered to remain 25th April
1592 ; a member of Assembly in
1602 and 1610; continued 22nd Oct. 1617.
He had a son, John, boarded in the New
College, St Andrews, llth Dec. 1616, prob
ably min. of Kirkmichael ; also a daugh.,
Margaret, wife of John Gibson, min. at
Dalmeny. — \_Re<j. Assiy. ; Edin. Presb., Syn.,
and Test. Keg. ; JJooke of the Kirk, Calder-
wood's Hist.]
JOHN PEEBLES, M.A. (Edinburgh,
22nd July 1615); adm. 1618; died
March 1625, aged about 30.
RICHARD DICKSON, M.A. (Edin
burgh, 28th July 1596 ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 27th March
1599; adm. to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
probably only as assistant, and ord. 2nd
June 1603 ; pres. by Anne, Marchioness of
Hamilton, and adm. 1625. He was a
1618
member of the General Assembly 1638 ;
died 2nd May 1648, aged about 72. He
marr. (1) Bessie Panton, and had issue-
Marion ; John ; Margaret ; James ; Robert,
apprenticed 24th Aug. 1631 to John Dick-
son, merchant, Edinburgh ; Richard ; John :
(2) (cont. 2nd Jan. 1606 : Rcy. of Deeds,
cxc., 408) Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert
Hamilton, merchant, Edinburgh, who sur
vived him. — [St Cuthbert's Hess, and Test.
Reg., Livingstone's Life and Charac.}
WILLIAM WISHART, son of Alexander
W., of the Pittarrow family, Forfar-
shire, born Dec. 1621 ; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 15th April 1645) ; adm. 22nd Aug.
1649. He joined the Protesters, and formed
one of the Dissenting Presb. from 6th Aug.
1651 to llth Feb. 1659 ; he was confined to
his chamber at Edinburgh by the Com
mittee of Estates, 15th Sept. 1660, and five
days afterwards Avas imprisoned in the
Tolbooth, where he remained for thirteen
months, until released on the petition
of the Presb. His stipend was seques
trated for his refusal to disown the Remon
strance or sign the bond for keeping the
peace. On his wife petitioning Parliament,
showing his sad condition, " as now prisoner
in the Castle of Stirling, throw want of
meanes, while ane numerous familie were
dependant," an Act was passed, 29th Jan.
1661, whereby "all arrears of stipend
were ordered to be payed to her be the
persones lyable in payment thereof.'"'' An
other half-year's stipend was paid to him
self. He was intercommuned by the
Council, 6th Aug. 1675, for keeping con
venticles ; ordered 5th Feb. 1685 to be sent
to His Majesty's plantations for declining
the Test, but liberated from prison
24th Aug. 1685, "upon giving bond with
caution under 5000 merks to compear when
called." At the Toleration he began to
preach, and took charge of the congregation
in Leith where he had his residence, 10th
July 1687, promising to continue until a
min. was settled, though he stands en
rolled as a min. in Presb. of Linlithgow at
25th July 1688, and was appointed one of
the Pres. Committee to General Meeting
in Edinburgh, 1st May 1689 ; he died Feb.
212
KINNEIL— KIRKLISTON
[PRESS. OF
1602. He marr. Christian, daugh. of
Richard Burne, a magistrate of Linlitligow,
and had issue— Sir George, entered the
army, and acquired the estate of Clifton-
hall, Ratho ; Sir James of Little Chelsea,
admiral, commander-in-chief in the Medi
terranean, M.P. for Portsmouth, etc., died
31st May 1723 ; William, Principal of the
Univ. of Edinburgh (V/.c.).— [»S'. Leifh tiess.,
Test., and Edin. Keg. (/>'»>•.) : Wodrow's
Hist, and Anal., iv. ; Acts Par!., vii. ;
Mun. Univ. Glasg., ii. ; Brodie's Diary.']
KIRKLISTON.
[The church, which belonged to the
Templars, dates from the 12th century.
The south wall contains a partly restored
Norman doorway, and there are other
features of note.]
WILLIAM STRANG, adm. May 1509;
trans, to Irvine 1584.-— [Re;/. Min.
and Assiy., Booke of the Kirk, Wod-
row Miscell. and Biog., Test. Key.]
JAMES LAW, M.A.; pres. by James
VI. ; coll. and adm. 1585 ; rebuked
by the Synod for playing football
on the Lord's Day ; one of the Commis
sioners app. in 1589 for the maintenance of
religion in the Sheriffdom of Linlithgow ;
app. Bishop of Orkney 1005, but probably
continued here till his consecration 1610 ;
Archbishop of Glasgow 1615 (q.v.).—[Act.
Rect. Univ. tit And., Keith's CataL, Reg.
Assiy., Booke of the Kirk, How's and Calder-
vfood'sllists., Test. Key.; Acts Part. ,iv.; Pit-
cairn's Cr. Trials, ii. ; Livingston's Charac.]
JOHN BOOK, M.A. (Glasgow 1000). He
had a recommendation to George,
1611 Archbishop of St Andrews, from the
Presb. 13th Feb. 1611, testifying to him as
a " very worthy young man, who had given
good trial of his gifts and was well lyked
by the parish," and was adm. 10th March
1611 ; recommended as colleague to Adam
Bellenden at Falkirk 1614 ; craved trans
portation there by reason of his mean
and unsettled condition ; resolved to abide
same year; George Thomson, "his guid-
sone," was reader 1644 ; a brother, James
Book, is mentioned in 1644 ; dep. 6th May
1646, but had £100 promised him yearly,
£80 being paid from the stipend, the Presb.
making up the balance. Recommendations
were granted in his favour by the Synod
6th Nov. 1651, and by Parliament 13th
March and 30th May 1061 ; died June 1063.
He marr. Marion Inglis, and had issue-
John, apprenticed to George Ker, tailor,
22nd Nov. 1(526 ; ]lobert, to Alexander
Muir, skinner, 30th March 1031 ; Walter,
to Robert Tait, merchant, 20th Jan. 1643 ;
Alexander, to William 1 Fainilton, tailor, 23rd
Dec. 1646, all in Edinburgh.— [Mun. Univ.
Glasy., iii. ; Cramond, Uj>hall, Torphichen,
and Tetter tiess., and E-Hn. />'«,/. (Bur.};
Reg. Assiy. and Old Dec.; M'Ure's
tied. Book of Teinds]
1646
GILBERT HALL, brother of Thomas
H., min. at Larne ; M.A. (Glasgow
1642); ord. 9th Dec. 1040, when he
promised to give £80 yearly of the stipend
to his predecessor. He withdrew from
the Presb., and assisted in forming the
Protesting Presb. 1051. He had a call to
Linlithgow 1655, which was annulled. He
was one of the Commissioners for visiting
the Universities, and authorising good and
able men to fill the livings appointed for
the ministry in the south of Scotland.
Subscribing to the Remonstrance, he was
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle 23rd Aug.
1660, and his stipend was sequestrated by
the Committee of Estates. He was sus
pended by the Synod May 1661, and
deprived by Act of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He was accused of attending con
venticles in 1672, and died 15th March
1673, aged about 51. Principal Baillie
said of him that he was "one of the
greatest preachers in his time ; he had
heard most of the celebrated preachers in
England, the most noted in Holland, and
the most considerable in Scotland, but, in
his opinion, H. surpassed them all in a
preaching gift." "He was of small
stature, with a pleasing countenance, and
an extraordinary voice." He marr. Cecil
Inglis (alive in 1090), and had issue —
George and Marion, twins, bapt. 8th Feb.
1670; Alexander, entered apprentice to
James Braid, merchant, Edinburgh, born
LINLITIIGOW]
KIRKLISTON
213
14th Feb. 1677 ; Janet (marr. Archibald
Hamilton, niin. of Cambuslang). — \_Mun.
Univ. Glasg., ii., iii. ; Edin. Guild, and
Reg. (Bapt. and Bur.} ; Lament's, NicolPs,
and Brodie's Diaries ; Kirkton's and Wod-
row's Hist, and Anal.; Acts Pa?1/., vii. ;
BailhVs Lett., iii. ; Monteith's Mort., i.]
JAMES WEMYSS, M.A. ; pres. by
James, Archbishop of St Andrews ;
orcl. 31st July, and adm. 3rd Aug.
16G3 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 18th April 1687) ;
prom, to the Professorship of Divinity in
Univ. of Glasgow 1688 (g.t'.).—[Act. Red.
Univ. tit And., Reg. Collat. ; Miui. Univ.
Glasg., iii.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, third son of Donald
M. of Loggie ; "served His Majesty
1689 . P
seven years in foreign countries ;
the edict for his admission was read at St
Andrews, thirty miles distant, and not at
K. ; the parish Avas declared vacant 16th
Oct. 1690, there being no legal settlement ;
he Avent to Holland, and died in London.
— [J/,V. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Hist, and Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Rule's /See. Vindication.}
THOMAS MILLER, M.A. (Edinburgh
1669) ; min. of Stranracr in 1689 :
called 8th March, and having pro
duced testificates of his ordination, Avas
adm. 14th April 1691 ; died Jan. 1716, aged
about 67. He marr. (name unknoAvn), and
had a son, William, min. in the Barbados.
— [Nisbet's Her., ii.]
JAMES HOUSTON, licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 16th May 169J ; ord. to
Bathgate 1st Sept. 1694 ; called 20th
July ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1716 ; died
7th Jan. 1749. He marr. Isabel Baillie, Avho
died 26th March 1762.— [Test. Reg.}
JOHN D11YSDALE, pres. by George II.
18th Feb., and ord. 9th Aug. 1749;
trans, to Lady Yestcr's, Edinburgh,
14th Aug. 1764.
JAMES LIXDSAY, licen. by Presb. of
1765 Kdinljullgh 23rd Feb- 1732 '= tutor at
Thirlestane Castle, Lauder ; ord. to
Lauder 19th Aug. 1736 ; trans, to Dun-
barney 20th June 1746; trans, to Loch-
maben 9th Aug. 1750; pres. by George
III. 21st Jan., trans, and adm. 16th July
1794
1826
1765 ; died 2nd Nov. 1796, in 85th year. —
[Carlyle's Autob. ; Wilson's Pr., Perth ;
Kay's Portr., ii.]
CHARLES RITCHIE, born 7th Dec.
1765, son of John R., ruin, of Aber-
corn; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
31st Oct. 1792 ; pres. by George III. 20th
March, and ord. (assistant and successor)
19th June 1794; died 2nd Oct. 1825. He
marr. 30th April 1821, Margaret (died 5th
Aug. 1837), daugh. of Alexander Reid of
Rathobank. Publication — A Sermon
preached after the Death of John, Earl
of Hopetoun (Edinburgh, 1823).
ADAM DUNCAN TAIT, born 1802, son
of Walter T., min. of Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 21st Sept. 1825 ; pres. by George IV.,
and ord. 29th June 1826; died 10th Nov.
1864. He marr. 4th Sept. 1829, Margaret
Hill, who died 13th March 1873, and had
issue — Walter, min. of St Macloes ; Mary
Jemima, born 1st Feb. 1833 (marr. Robert
Hutchison of Carlowrie) ; James Hill, min.
of Aberlady. Publications — Remarks on a
Pamphlet (>>/ the Rev. James Buchanan
(Edinburgh, 1840) ; Letter to the Moderator
of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1840) ; Letter to the Duke, of Argyll on
the Abolition or Modification of the Tests
affecting Chairs in Universities (Edinburgh,
1853) ; Letter to the Riyht Hon. the Lord
Justice-Clerk on the State of the Theological
Faculties in the Univ. of Scotland (Edin
burgh, 1859) ; Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace., i.).
JOHN ROBERTSON LIDDLE, born
Lauder, 25th Oct. 1836, son of Mark
L. and Margaret Robertson ; educated
at Lauder School and Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Lauder 9th June
1863 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 31st Dec.
1864; ord. llth May 1865; died 18th
Jan. 1879. He marr. 21st March 1872,
Clara Elizabeth (died 29th Jan. 1875),
daugh. of Thomas Price of Crickhowell.
ALEXANDER MASSON, born Aber
deen, 18th Aug. 1845, son of Alex
ander M., Aberdeen ; educated at
Grammar School and Univs. of Aberdeen
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Aberdeen 1863),
1865
1879
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KIRKLISTON— LINLITHGOW
[PRESB. OF
B.D. (Edinburgh 1867); licen. by Prcsb. of
Aberdeen 14th May 1867 ; ord. to Boharm
4th Feb. 1869; trans, and adm. 31st July
1879. Marr. 1st July 1884, Helen, daugh.
of James Ogilvie, Edinburgh, and has issue
—Helen Isabella, born 27th May 1885.
LIXLITIIGOW AND BINNY.
[The church, previous to the Reformation,
belonged to the Priory of St Andrews, and
was dedicated to St Michael. Binny or
Binning was united about 1564. Vide Fer
guson's Ecdesia Antigua for a complete
account of the ecclesiastical annals of the
parish.]
PATRICK FREXCH, had been vicar
previous to the Reformation and
. i • i T
continued in the charge.
PATRICK KINLOQUHY, or KIX-
LOCH, an Augustinian canon at St
Andrews previous to the Reforma
tion ; app. 1563, chaplain of the Trinity
Altar in St Michael's Church, for the
purpose of handing over its endowments
to the town. Pres. to the vicarage by
James VI., 3rd and llth June 1574,
having charge in that year, with the help
of readers, of " Kynneill, Carriddin, and
Bynnie." He was a member of Assembly
when the Second Book of Discipline was
confirmed. He was requested by the
citizens of Edinburgh, 16th Oct. 1584, "to
teache ane certane space," and "besought
to rcmane ;> as one of their ministers,
a committee being appointed by the
Council " to agrie with him to be a
minister in the burgh." The matter went
no further. He was one of the nine " best
learnit and maist qualified ministers within
the diocese of St Andrews besouth the
Forth " charged to compear before the
Privy Council, 7th Dec. 1584, for not sub
scribing obedience to the Archbishop. He
read answers for himself and his brethren,
but submitted before the month closed.
He was engaged by His Majesty, 2nd Jan.
1586, with two of the Court ministers,
to address his brethren for their submis
sion. He was nominated by the Secret
Council, 6th March 1589, one of the com
missioners for the maintenance of true
religion in the Sheriffdoin of Linlithgow.
At a visitation of the parish, 3rd July 1611,
it is recorded, ''Patrick Kinloquhy, auld
minister, teaches none for his age and in
firmities" ; but the efficiency of his ministry
is evidenced by the further entry : " Xa
excommunicates, na non-communicants, na
papists except my Lady Linlithgow, na dis-
obedients, na witches, na consultors." He
died before 10th Dec. 1612. He marr. Helen
Bell, and had issue — Patrick, who was on
the exercise 12th March 1617; Andrew;
Agnes (marr. Robert Hally, min. of Airth) ;
Elspeth ; Marian ; David. — [Winzet's Trac-
tatis (Maitland Club, 1835) ; Reg. Jfin. ;
Zurich Lett., ii. ; Wodrow's llioy. and
Niscell., Jhiryh Rec., Edin. Council Re<j.,
Reg. G'reat Xeal, Privy Council, L'ooke of
the Kirk, Calderwood's Hist. ; Ferguson's
Eccl. Ant., and authorities quoted there.]
ROBERT CORNWALL, son of Nicol
15g7 C. of Bonhard, provost of Linlith
gow ; educated at the Grammar
School, Linlithgow, and LTniv. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1583); min. of Eccles-
machan in 1588 ; trans, and adm. (col
league and successor) 1597 ; pres. by James
VI. 16th April 1599; member of the
Assembly of 1602; took an active part, in
1604, in the prosecution of Patrick Aber-
cromby of Bonnytoun, who, with his wife
and mother, was accused of harbouring a
Jesuit and of hearing Mass. He was
nominated Constant Moderator of Presb.
by the Assembly 1606 ; preached before
the Linlithgow Assembly 1608 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 20th April 1610,
and the same year was one of a committee
appointed by the Assembly to examine
George, Marquess of Huntly, with full
power, if they found him willing con
stantly to confess the true religion, to
absolve him from sentence of excom
munication. In 1611 the vicarage tithes
were still held, and the pre-Reforma-
tion manse occupied by the minister, but
there was no glebe. A noteworthy feature
of his ministry was the long but ineffectual
prosecution, begun in 1612, of Helenor Hay,
Countess of Linlithgow, for papistry. He
died 5th June 1626, aged about 63. He
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marr. Jean, sister of Alexander Mowbray,
and had issue— Janet ; Alexander, min. of
Muiravonside ; John (his successor) ;
llobert ; Rachel (marr. cont. 23rd Oct. and
3rd Nov. 1617, Ludovic Stewart, min. of
Denny), who died before 1621 (G. R.
Inhil>.).—[Booke of the Kirk, Calderwood's
Hist., Melvill's Autoliog., Reg. Assig., Privy
Council, Minutes of Synod of Fife, Burgh
Bee., Ferguson's Ecd. Ant.}
JOHX CORNWALL, son of preced
ing; pres. by Charles I. 16th June
1626. In 1635 Cornwall was made
a burgess of Linlithgow. At an in-
fluentially attended visitation of the
parish by the Presb., 24th April 1641, it
was considered that he "was not able
sufficiently to bear the whole charge of
the congregation, and therefore must have
a helper." Commissioners were appointed,
1st April 1642, to attend the Synod of
Perth and Stirling, to procure the trans
lation of David Drummond from Muckhart
to Linlithgow. Cornwall died April 1646.
He marr. (perhaps as a second wife) Jean,
daugh. of Duncan Balfour, St Andrews
(G. R. <S'«s., xxxvii., 130), and had issue-
Robert ; John, bapt. 7th March 1627, died
in infancy ; Christian ; Jean ; Andrew, bapt.
30th April 1640. — [Old Dec., iv. ; Privy
Council, Burgh, Presb., Sess., and Test.
Re<js.; Demp$teniEccl.IIist.,L; Ferguson's
Ecd. Ant.]
DAVID DRUMMOXD, M.A. ; trans,
from Second Charge; pres. by
Charles I. 6th May, and adm. 2nd
Sept. 1646; dep. 4th Oct. 1648, for his
silence in not preaching against the un
lawful Engagement. A tumult broke out
at the intimation of this sentence. He was
reponed 14th Feb. 1655, and became min.
of Moneydic. In 1665 the parishioners of
Linlithgow petitioned him to return to
them, but he declined on the ground of ill-
health.— [Privy Council, Presb., S>/n., and
Burgh Rec.; Guthrie's Mem., Peterkin's
Rec., Ferguson's Ecd. Ant.}
EPHRAIM MELVILL, son of Ephraim
M., min. of Pittenweem, and grand
son of James Melvill, the auto-
biographer; M.A. (St Andrews 1629);
chaplain to Christian, Lady Boyd ; ord. to
Queensferry 30th Sept. 1641 ; declined a
call to Livingstone 1646 ; nom. by the Kirk-
session 16th Aug. 1649 ; trans, and adm.
31st Jan. 1650. An unhappy difference di
vided the church in the following year into
Resolutioners and Protesters. Adhering
to the latter, he, Avith five others— Keith of
Ecclesmachan, Kennedy of Calder, Row
of Abercorn, Kinnear of Midcalder, and
Wishart of Kinneil, being the minority —
formed themselves into a presb. 6th Aug.
1651. Attempts were made to heal the
breach, but the remanent members (22nd
June 1652) find "that they cannot unite,
because of the reasons contained in their
protestation." They continued separate till
12th Feb. 1659, when they united. Melvill
died April 1653, aged about 44, when he is
styled " their late and worthie pastor." He
marr. Bessie Yoole, who survived him ;
she was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
8th Oct. 1688, and had issue— Bessie ;
Eupham ; Katherine, bapt. 26th July 1652
—who were served heirs-portioners, 28th
Oct. 1656, and to whom Andrew M., mer
chant, Edinburgh, was served tutor, 4th
June 1653. — [Test Rey., Lament's and
Brodie's Diaries, Wodrow's Anal.; Inq. Ret.
Fife, 863— de Tut., 801.]
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, son of Alex.
G., tailor, Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 28th July 1648). "After
seeking of God the most part of the day
for direction," he was unanimously elected
by the Session 26th April 1653, "having
great abilities and a godlie conversation " ;
adm. (by the Protesting or Remonstrant
Presb., at Langlands, near Pardovan) 1st
June 1653 ; died unmarr. March 1655, aged
about 27.— [Test. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett., iii. ;
Ji'ejt. on Ch. Patronage.']
WILLIAM WEIR, born probably in the
county of Linlithgow ; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 28th July 1648) ; licen. by the
Protesting Presb. 18th May 1653 ; ord. to
the Second Charge of this parish 6th
Oct. same year; trans, and adm. 29th
May 1655; removed by the Synod 1660.
Refusing to deliver to the magistrates
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LINLITHGOW
[PRESB. OF
tlic ] lavish registers, etc., lie was im
prisoned l>y James Glen, provost, in the
"Thieves Hole," and subsequently in the
Palace for six weeks, till he complied with
the orders. He went to Ireland and was
min. again in 1001. — [Wodrow's Hist., i., ii. ;
Reid's Ireland, ii.]
.1 AMKS RAMSAY, M.A. ; of theResolu-
16_5 tionist or Moderate Prcsb. ; trans,
from Kirkintilloch ; adm. (on a call
by the Presb. with a Committee of Synod)
14th Sept. 1055. On a petition of the
parishioners to the Synod, 8th Xov. 1050,
bearing that he is "ane able, pious, and
peaceable man and doth meet with many
obstructions in the exercise of his minis
try, to the prejudice of the Lord's work
and his discouragement, and desiring he
may be encouraged in his calling," the
Moderator, in their name, found and
declared him to be lawfully called and
admitted, "being farther confirmed in their
judgment of his abilities, by his sermon
preached this day before them."' Coll.
1002 ; trans, to Hamilton 1004 ; Bishop of
Dunblane 1073; Bishop of Boss 23rd May
1084 (f/.r.).—[Kef/. Collat.; Kirk ton's and
Wodrow's 1 lists., i. ; Baillie's Lett., iii. ;
Chambers's Ann., ii. ; Acts Parl., vii. ;
Keith's Catalogue.]
ALEXANDER SETOX, son of Alex-
1665 under S. of Graden, and Margaret
(or Janet ?) Cornwall of Bonhard.
Tn early life he qualified as a physician,
but having studied divinity, was settled as
a clergyman in England. He was pres.
by the Archbishop, and inst. Oct. 1005.
Frequently at war with the Town Council,
and violently opposing their wish for the
appointment of a second min., he was
finally libelled on various scandalous
counts, and dep. 29th Aug. 1090 ; died
Xov. 1090. He marr. Anna Channell, an
Englishwoman, who died May 1709, and
had issue — Alexander, collector of Excise
for East Lothian ; Ann (marr. Andrew
Crawford of Lochcote). — [Test. Raj., Reg.
Collat; MS. Ace. of Jfin., 1089 ; Fountain-
hall's Dec., i. ; Reg. (Jen. Ass., 1092.]
WILLIAM WEIR, M.A., who had gone
1691 ^° Coleraine, Ireland, returned on a
call given to him 21st June 1091 ',
was a member of the Assemblies 1091-2 ;
died 1st July 1095, aged about 07. He
marr. (1) Helen Hill, widow of John
Maxwell, merchant, burgess of Glasgow,
who .died before 10th Dec. 1009 (G. R.
Inhib., 5th March 1070) : (2) Katherine
Lund, and had issue— James; Jean (marr.
7th April 1095, Bailie John Waugh, EJin.
Xas., Ixxiii., 20 i). He bequeathed £100
to the poor of Linlithgow. — \_Jhirgh Reg.,
Wodrow's Hist, ; Reid's Ireland, ii., iii. ;
Ferguson's Eccl. Ant.']
ALEXANDER DALGLEISH, son of
William D., min. of Cramond ; Keen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 18th July
1088 ; ord. to Abercorn 1st Jan. 1090 ; called
14th March, trans, and adm. 31st May
1009 ; died 30th May 1720. He marr. (1)
(name unknown) : (2) Joan (died May 1701),
daugh. of Robert Marshall, ship captain,
South Queensferry : (3) 29th Oct. 1702,
Susanna, daugh. of Duncan Campbell of
Auchlync, and had issue— William, died
Dec. 1710 ; Robert (his successor) ; Christian
(marr. her cousin, William Dalgleish of
Scotscraig) ; Susanna ; Marion ; Elizabeth ;
Jane (rnarr. Robert Spears, min. of Second
Charge). — [Ed in. Reg. (J/arr.).]
ROBERT DALGLEISH, M.A., born
1727 1(593> son °f preceding; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 10th Sept. 1719 ;
ord. to Second Charge 4th Aug. 1720;
called 22nd Dec. 1720 ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto, trans, and adm. 25th Jan.
1727; died 9th Aug. 1758. He marr.
Aug. 1723, Susanna (died 24th Jan. 1704),
daugh. of John Symmers, accountant in the
Equivalent office, and had issue — William,
min. of Livingston ; Robert. — [Carlyle's
Autob.]
JAMES HOGG, licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 5th March 1735 ; tutor
to the family of Sir Charles Douglas
of Kellhead ; ord. to Kirkbean 3rd Sept.
1745 ; pres. by George II. 27th Jan. 1759 ;
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217
trans, and aclm. 8tli Aug. 1759 ; officiated
as principal clerk of Assembly in 1762 ;
killed by a fall from bis horse, Gth May
1778. He is described as "a man of
good heart, and uncommon generosity."-
[Morren's Ann., Carlyle's Autob.]
JOHN SCOTLAND, trans, from
1778 Westerkirk ; pres. by George II.
20th Aug., and adm. 17th Dec.
1778 ; trans, to New Greyfriars, Edin
burgh, 13th Oct. 1791.
JAMES DOBIE, licen. by the North
umberland Class, and received by
the Presb. of Kelso 5th Jan. 1773 ;
ord. to Mid-Calder 27th July same year;
pres. by George III., trans, and adm. 15th
June 1792; D.D. (Edinburgh, 5th April
180G); died 10th Nov. 182G, in 81st year.
He marr. (1) 10th April 1778, Isabella
Stodart, who died 26th April 1779, and
had issue— James, bapt. 13th April 1779,
died May 1781 : (2) 29th Nov. 1782, Joanna
Henry, died 7th March 1800, and had
issue — Thomas, died in infancy; Henry,
born 30th Jan. 1783; William, born 1785;
James, born 29th Sept. 178G ; George
Stodart, born 19th June 1788, died 18G4.
Publication — A Sermon preached after the
Deaths of Lord President Blair and Vis
count Melville. (Edinburgh, 1811); Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Mat. Ace.., xiv.).
ANDREW BELL, son of John B., farmer,
Tarvit, Fife ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 31st Dec. 1817 ; ord. to Tor-
phichen 28th March 1822 ; pres. by George
IV., trans, and adm. 20th June 1827;
D.D. (St Andrews, 10th July 1842);
Moderator of Assembly 24th May 1855 ;
died 7th Feb. 18G2. He marr. Gth Aug.
1861, Clementina Napier (died 27th Feb.
1862), widow of Henry Glassford of Dougal-
ston.
DONALD M'LEOD, B.A. ; trans, from
Lauder ; pres. by Queen Victoria 29th
March 1862 ; adm. 10th July 1862 ;
trans, to The Park Parish, Glasgow, 24th
June 1869.
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, trans, from
Maxwell, Glasgow; pres. by Queen
Victoria 5th July 18G9, and adm.
23rd Sept. 1869 ; trans, to Greenside, Edin
burgh, 21st Sept. 1871.
THOMAS BROWN WILLIAM NIVEN,
trans, from Tron, Glasgow ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 30th Nov. 1871, and
aclm. 16th May 1872 ; trans, to the chapel
at Pollokshields, Glasgow, 20th June
1876.
JAMES BARCLAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Canonbie and adm. 14th Dec. 1876;
trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
16th May 1878.
JOHN FERGUSON, born Kilwinning,
187g 10th Dec. 1846, son of Peter F.,
farmer, and Marion Kerr ; educated
at Stewarton School and Univ. of Glasgow- ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 9th Jan. 1872 ;
assistant at Townhead and Coatbridge ; ord.
to Johnstone, Renfrewshire, llth Sept. 1873;
trans, to Townhead, Glasgow, 21st Sept.
1876 ; trans, and adm. 10th Dec. 1878 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1908). Initiated a move
ment (advocated by several of his prede
cessors) for restoring the ancient Parish
Church of St Michael. So extensive was
the work that two years and a half were
required for its execution, and an expendi
ture of upwards of £8000. He died 8th July
1913. He marr. (1) 6th Jan. 1874, Esther
Struthers (died 10th May 1882), daugh. of
Gilbert Johnston, inin. of Shettleston, and
had issue — Peter, born 18th Jan. 1875;
Jane Briggs Burns, born 18th July 1876,
died 4th Feb. 1899 ; Marion Ker, born 24th
Dec. 1877, died 23rd March 1878; Esther
Struthers, born 28th Feb. 1879, died 2nd
Dec. 1888; Marion Ker, born 24th Dec.
1880; Gilbert Johnston, born 17th April
1882 : (2) 14th Feb. 1894, Mary Jane,
daugh. of John Miller Richard of Clarendon,
Linlithgow. Publications — Sermon, Rest
from War (Edinburgh, 1882) ; Ecdesia An-
tiqua, or the History of an Ancient Church
(tit Michael's, Linlithgow), with an Account
of its Chapels, Chantries, and Endoivments
(Edinburgh, 1905); Linlitliyoiv Session
Lands (Edinburgh, 1907) ; Linlithyoiv
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LINLITHGOW
[PRESB. OF
Palace, its History and Traditions (Edin
burgh, 1910).
ROBERT COUPAR, born Rt Cyrus,
9th April 1868, son of John C. and
Eliza Lyall Blackic ; educated at
Fordoun School and Univ. of Rt Andrews ;
]\r.A. (1888), B.D. (1891); Keen, by Presb.
of Fordoun Gth May 1894 ; assistant at
Forfar ; ord. to Macduff 24th June 1894 ;
trans, to Errol 1st Aug. 1900 ; trans, and
adm. 28th Jan. 1914. He marr. 25th Dec.
1894, Isabella, daugh. of John Xicoll, Bell-
field House, Forfar, and has issue — Sydney
Bell Xicoll, born 18th July 1897.
SKCOND CIIAKGE.
[From 1G30 until 1751 there was a Second
Charge in Linlithgow. In 1630 the Magis
trates and Town Council appointed a com
mittee " to confer with the heritors, to seek
their advice for placing of ane second
minister, and their help whereby he shall
be entertained." While the matter was
under consideration, John Cornwall engaged
Andrew Stewart, M.A., to act as colleague.
Stewart failed to satisfy the community,
and in Oct. 1638, and finally in Dec. 1639,
the Town Council repudiated all liability
to contribute anything towards his support.
In 1641, steps were taken, resulting in the
erection of a Second Charge, which con
tinued till it was declared by the Lords of
Session, 15th Feb. 1751, to be no benefice,
and was suppressed.]
DAVID DRUMMOXD, M.A. ; trans.
from Muckhart, and adm. 21st April
1642 ; he had a protection from
Montrose Aug. 1645 ; was a member of the
Commission in 1646, and was trans, to First
Charge 2nd Sept. same year. — [Acts of
Assembly, Mem. of Montrose, Eccl. Ant.,
Hist, of House of DrummondJ]
THOMAS IXGLIS, M.A. ; ord. 26th
April 1648 ; dep. 27th Sept. there
after, for "lightly esteeming the
ministry and being confirmed in malig-
nancie " (silence in not preaching against
the unlawful Engagement). He was re-
poned 12th Jan. 1654 (afterwards min. of
Whittingehame).— [Mun. Univ. Glasy., iii. ;
Presb. of Lanark .]
WILLIAM WEIR, M.A. ; called 9th
1653 June (under the Protesting Presb.) ;
ord. 6th Oct. 1653 ; inhibited by the
Synod 10th May 1654, "being not lawfully
called and tried " ; trans, to First Charge
in 1655. — \_Rep. on Ck. PatronayeJ]
WILLIAM BROWX, called 18th June
and ord. 12th Sept. 1655. " Con-
looo .
sidering the constant averseness of
Mr B. to remain in L., because of the non-
subjection of the bodie of the people to his
ministry, and with all the earnest desyr of
the said Mr W. that the Presb. wad tak in
consideration how manic calls and invita
tions have bene repelled by him heirtofore
fra several congregations quhair they had
the Presbyteries advice, and that the
Presb. would do nothing for the easing
of his spirit, the Presb. (16th Dec. 1657)
advise him to abide for one year, and if he
sail not within that time be settled in L.,
or in any other place of the Presb., satisfy -
ingly to himself, they Avill not lay any
farther bands on him to abide at L." He
went to Carnwath before 5th July 1660. —
\_]>i<jyar Presb. Reg., Livingston's Charac.,
Rep. on Ch. Patronage.'}
JOHX BURXETT, M.A. ; called by
the Heritors and Town Council 1st
Oct. 1672 • Alexander Seton of the
First Charge protesting that nothing be
done to the prejudice of him or his suc
cessors by decreet of locality ; ord. 9th
Jan. 1673 ; trans, to Culross in 1676. —
{Reg. Collat.]
PATRICK TRENT, born July 1643, son
„ of William T., min. of Hacldington ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (31st July 1662); licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh 4th June 1664 ; adm.
min. of Coulter 1664 ; trans, to Crichton
1671 ; trans, to Temple 28th Sept. 1676 ;
dep. for not taking the Test 1681 ; adm.
to this charge 19th Oct. 1687 ; again dep.
by the Privy Council 15th Aug. 1689, for
not reading the Proclamation of the
Estates, not praying for King William and
1673
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Queen Mary, and praying for King James,
and that God would restore the banished ;
died 4th Nov. 1728. He marr. (1) 3rd Aug.
1667, Christian Hog, in the parish of
Haddington : (2) before 1699, Christian
Sleich, and had issue— John, writer, Edin
burgh ; Janet (marr. 9th Aug. 1724, Robert
Meldrum, son of Robert Meldrum, min. of
Tester); Agnes (marr. Alexander Duncan,
writer, Edinburgh) ; Christian.— [Hadding
ton Hess., Test., and Edin. Rey. (-Bur.) ;
Peterkin's Constitution of the Church.]
ANDREW BARCLAY, chaplain to the
7 family of Livingston, and nephew of
Geo. B., min. of Uphall ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 5th July 1699 ; called
5th June, and ord. 14th Aug. 1700; res.
6th Aug. 1718; died 27th Feb. 1721. He
marr. (1) 25th Aug. 1700, Katherine Clay
ton, Kirkhill, Uphall, and had issue—
Francisca ; Janet : (2) 28th May 1705,
Agnes, daugh. of John Brown, merchant,
burgess of Edinburgh, and had issue —
George ; Margaret ; Janet ; William ;
Robert ; Agnes ; Alexander.— [Edin. -Reg.
(Marr. and Bur.}; Morrison's Digest and
Dec., x.]
ROBERT DALGLE1SH, M.A. ; called
1720 18th ^ov> 1T19 ; °rd> 4tl1 Aug> 172° '
trans, to First Charge 25th Jan. 1727.
ROBERT SPEARS, M.A. ; called 22nd
1728 Xov- 1727 ; °rd< 3ld April 1728 '
trans, to Burntisland 15th Sept.
1743.
KINGSCAVIL
( Ch ttpel-of- Ease} .
CHARLES MAURICE SHORT, ord.
^ 9th Aug. 1887; adm. to Jumper
Green 28th March 1892.
[ROBERT GALBRAITH, afterwards of
Fordoun, was in charge from 1893 as a
probationer ; and WILLIAM BUENETT, B.D.,
afterwards of Restalrig, in 1898.]
THOMAS LUGTON, bom Swinton,
Berwickshire, 20th Jan. 1861, son
of Andrew L. and Jane Lugton ;
educated at Swinton Parish School, Well-
field Academy, Duns, and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1880); licen. by Presb. of
Duns 1884; assistant at Eskdalemuir,
Monigaff, etc.; ord. 5th May 1895 for
service in India; adm. to Kingscavil 9th
Dec. 1899.
LIVINGSTON.
[The church, previous to the Reforma
tion, belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood-
house.]
JOHN CLAPPERTON, a native of
Berwickshire ; exhorter, Nov. 1570 ;
trans, to Hutton, in the Merse,
Candlemas 1571. — \Booke of the Kirk,
Key. Min.]
ROBERT HODGE had a glebe assigned
him by the Superintendent on his
visitation, 5th Nov. 1573 (Acts and
Dec., Hi., 320) ; trans, to Bathgate.
ALEXANDER BORTHWICK, reader
1578 in 1574; adm. in 1578. "Being of
meane literature he humblie desyrit
the Kirk, Oct. 1581, to grant him license
to gang to some Universitie within this
country, quher he may stuclie in theologie,
and have some kirk neir adjacent ther,
quher he may travell in the ministrie, in
the meantyme ; so meikle the rather as he
hes obtainit leive of his flocke," to which
request they consented.— [Rey. Assig., Booke
of the Kirk, Edin. Presl). Re<j., Row's Hist.]
PETER HAMILTON, trans, from Kin-
neil 1585; pres. by James VI. 12th
Feb. 1595 ; still min. in 1601.— [Reg.
Assig]
PATRICK MONIPENNY, M.A. (St
Andrews 1592) ; app. same year
master of the Grammar School at
Linlithgow, and reader in the church
there, with " the cure of keeping the knok
and horologe of the said burgh in guid
ordor and temper," at a salary of "ane
hundreth merks " annually, and the school
fees ; min. of Muiravonside 1598 ; trans,
and adm. 1610; died March 1616, aged
about 44. He marr. Beatrix Muirhead,
and had issue— Robert and Beatrix, to
whom their uncle, Oliver Monipcnny, was
served nearest heir, 20th June 1616.—
220
LIVINGSTON [P1,ESr, OF
[Ti'st. Reg., Reg. Assi'y.; Inq. Net. <le Tat.,
223, 224.]
JAMES ROSS, M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
1616 Ju]y 1012); pros, by Sir Walter
Dundas of that ilk, and ord. IGth
Oct. 1G1G ; died May 1641, aged about 49.
He marr. Elizabeth Ker, who died Aug.
1GG3, and had issue — James, served heir
to John Ross, in Tartraven, his great
grandfather, 29th Dec. 1G41 (Stirling >'<«.,
vii., 348)— he chose curators 24th March
1642, his nearest kin on his father's side
being Robert Ross in Parkhall and William
Ross in Nuick, and on his mother's side
Robert Ker, sheriff and town-clerk of
Linlithgow, and Dr Andrew Ker, his son
(Linlithgow tiher. Court JJooks) ; Agnes
(marr., cont. 13th Sept. 1661, Patrick Weir,
apothecary at Calder); Elizabeth (ibid.,
29th Nov. 1665).— [Test. Key. (XtirL); Key.
Old Dec., iii., iv.]
PATRICK SHIELLS, M.A. ; pres. by
1641 ^alter Murray of Livingston, and
ord. 9th Dec. 1641 ; trans, to West
Calder 12th June 1645.
JOHN LOTHIAN, son of John L., min.
1646 of Monkland ; M.A. (Glasgow 1639) ;
pres. by the Laird of Livingston,
and ord. 24th Nov. 1646 ; died 3rd Nov.
1670, aged about 52. He marr. Beatrix,
daugh. of Patrick Craig, merchant, burgess
of Edinburgh, and widow of John Green-
lees, servitor to Sir John Gilmour (G. R.
Inhib., 23rd April 1675). His brother
William was served heir 9th Jan. 1674,
and seised in the lands of Paddocken
llth July following. — [Jhtn. Univ. Glasg.,
iii. ; Tombst. ; Sasines, Lanark ; Inq. Ret.
Gen. 295, 326; Morrison's Digest, and
Dec., i.]
WILLIAM WERNER [WARNER]
licen. by George, Bishop of Edin
burgh, 10th March 1669 ; ord. 1672 ;
died 19th Oct. 1674.— [Reg. Collat., Test.
Reg., Tombst.']
GEORGE HONYMAN, son of David H.
1675 of Pitairchney, and brother of Bishop
Honyman ; M.A. (St Andrews, 19th
July 1664); adm. to Sandwick, Orkney,
1672
1673 ; trans, and adm. 1675. Outed in
1688, he went to Crail and continued to
carry on the work of the ministry. In
1710 the Pre.sb. of St Andrews libelled him
"for his intrusion there, for his introduc
ing innovations into the worship of God,
by using the English Liturgie, omitting to
pray for Queen Anne, and praying for the
Pretender, or in terms which may com
prehend the Pretender, as well as our
lawful Sovereign." He was alive at Crail,
1729. He marr. Beatrix, daugh. of Alex
ander Pearson, merchant, Edinburgh (cont.
24th April 1682, Kf.j. <,f Deeds, Dal., 20th
June 1688), and had issue — George.—
OS'« Andrews Presb., Fife St/n., Edin.
Guild and Reg. (Jiapt.) ; JAV. Act: of Min.,
1687 ; Wodrow's Hist., J/,S'. Communic.
Crail.']
JOHN SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
1692 Paisley 26th Feb. 1690; called 19th
June, and ord. 17th Aug. 1692 ; died
31st March 1717. He marr. 5th March
1703, Bethia, eldest daugh. of Thomas
Baillie of Polkemmet, and had issue-
James. His brother Thomas was tenant
in Nether Williamston.— [Test. Reg.}
ROBERT HUNTER, pres. by Sir James
1I718 Cunninghame of Milncraig, and ord.
5th May 1718; died 13th Dec. 1751.
He marr. 2nd April 1721, Eupham, daugh.
of David Blair, min. of St Giles, Edin
burgh, and had issue— Jean.— [Test. Reg.]
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, born 29th
1752 May 1727, eldest son of Robert D.,
one of the min. of Linlithgow ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 24th April 1744); licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 6th Dec. 1749;
pres. by the Commissioner for Sir David
Cunninghame of Milncraig, Bart., and ord.
8th Nov. 1752: died unmarr. 29th Dec.
1759.
ROBERT WISHART, licen. by Presb.
1761 of Liulithgow 30th March 1756;
called 23rd Oct. 1760; ord. 15th
April 1761 ; died 7th Jan. 1802, aged 69.
He marr. 29th Oct. 1765, Mary (died 29th
Sept. 1778), daugh. of Andrew Gloag, min.
LTXLITHGOW]
LIVINGSTON— MUIRAVONSIDE
221
of West Caldcr, and had issue — George,
born 22rcl Oct. 1766, lost at sea 1791 ;
William Augustus, horn 18th May 1768,
died March 1796; Andrew, born 29th Sept.
1770 ; Jean, born 4th March 1773, died
12th Jan. 1801 ; Elizabeth, born 3rd Nov.
1774, died May 1795 ; Charlotte, born 5th
Aug. 1776, died Nov. 1794.
JAMES MAITLAND ROBERTSON,
1802 born llth May 1774, son of James II.,
min. of Ratho ; M.A. (St Andrews
1797); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 2Gth
Oct. 1796 ; pros, by Sir William A. Cunning-
hame, Bart., and ord. 23rd Sept. 1802. On
his father's death the parishioners of Ratho
unanimously but unsuccessfully petitioned
the patron for his succession. Died 6th
March 1855. He marr. 4th March 1803,
Alice (died 17th Feb. I860, aged 80),
daugh. of George Lindsay, surveyor of
Customs, Inverness, and had issue — James,
born 18th Feb. 1804, died 12th July 1827;
Elizabeth, born 10th Aug. 1805 ; George
Lindsay, born llth May 1807, died 29th
Aug. 1831 ; Jean, born 4th Dec. 180S ; Mary
Anne, born 29th July 1810, died 2<)th Feb.
1816; John, born 29th April 1812; Alex
ander Hamilton, born 2nd April 1814, died
5th Aug. 1832 ; Alice Lindsay, born 19th
Nov. 1815; Helen Laing, born llth May
1817; Andrew Dalziel, born 8th Feb.
1819.
1842
JOHN LAING, born Edinburgh, 16th
Feb. 1809, son of John L., factor at
Dalmeny, and Mary Fyfe ; educated
at the High School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Rosebery, 5th
Oct. 1841 ; ord. to Livingston (assistant and
successor) 13th Jan. 1842. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Livingston F.C. 1843 ;
res. 1845 ; became Presbyterian chaplain at
Gibraltar 1846, and at Malta 1847 ; app.
Librarian of the New College, Edinburgh,
1850; died 3rd April 1880. He marr. 29th
Aug. 1843, Catherine (died 16th Feb. 1869),
daugh. of Macduff Fyfe, West Indies, and
had issue — Mary, died young ; Catherine ;
Fanny. Publications — Catalogue of the
Printed Hooks and Manuscripts in the
Library of the New College, Edinburgh
(1868) ; A Dictionary of Anonymous and
Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain,
4 vols. (1882-8). [After the death of
Samuel Halkett the materials collected by
him for this work were entrusted to Laing,
who more than doubled the store. Laing
died before the publication of the work,
which was completed and edited by his
daughter Catherine.]
1844
JOHN GAIIDNER of Knightsridgo, born
2nd Nov. 1804, son of James G.,
min. of Tweedsmuir ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh ; assistant at Invercsk ; pres. by
Archibald John, Earl of Rosebery, 6th Dec.
1843; ord. (assistant and successor) 25th
Jan. 1844; died unmarr. 23rd Feb. 1878.
THOMAS AITOX, born Kirldntilloch,
22nd Dec. 1841, son of William A.
and Agnes Hamilton; educated at
Glasgow LTniv. ; B.A. (1859); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 13th June 1866; assistant
at High Church, Paisley, and St Mary's,
Dundee ; ord. to Sauchie Chapel-of-Ease
25th May 1869; trans, on presentation by
Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery, llth
May, and ad in. (assistant and successor)
5th July 1872. Marr. 7th Sept. 1880, Jane
Charteris, daugh. of Robert Scott, Brother-
ston, West Caldcr, and has issue — Jane
Charteris Scott, born 1881 ; Agnes Hamil
ton, born 1884 ; Marjory, born 1888 ;
William, born 1889 ; Adam Charteris, born
1891 ; Robert Scott, born 25th April 1896.
MUIRAVONSIDE, on MANUEL.
[The parish originally formed part of
Falkirk. After being served by a min. for
about sixty years, it was disjoined, and
erected by Parliament 10th June 1648.
Manuel, the old name, was taken from the
Cistercian Nunnery of Emmanuel, founded
by Malcolm IV. in 1156.]
1591
WILLIAM KEIR, M.A. ; adm. 1591;
trans, to Ecclesmachan in 1597. —
\_Reg. Assig.]
222
MUIRAVONSIDE
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK MONIPENNY, M.A. ; adm.
1598 after 26th Sept. 1598; in 1007-8
Livingston Avas also in the charge ;
removed to Livingston in 1G10. — [Act. Rect.
Univ. 8t Andrews, Edin. and Stirling Presb.
Reg*., Reg. Asslg., Calderwood's Hist.]
ROBERT THOMSON, adm. 1G12; trans,
to Torryburn Oct. 1015, "but he
knawis not quhat ordour he will
tak, be reason of the great opposition that
he hears will be made.''
ROBERT HALLEY, adm. 1616; trans.
1616 to Airth 1020.
ALEXANDER CORNWALL, son of
Robert C., min. of Linlithgow ; licen.
4th Dec. 1022 ; orcl. 8th April 1027 ;
pres. by Charles I. in 1033; on 10th Feb.
1637 he received from Linlithgow Town
Council a payment of £10 for " reading the
prayers ;: in his brother's kirk ; he was in
necessitous circumstances 14th March 1639 ;
was accused of "invading James Muir,
within the burgh of Linlithgow, with ane
drawn quhinger, who had used insulting
and provoking language to him, and of
intromitting with the Session funds," and
suspended by Presb. 2nd Dec. 1640 till
next Synod ; demitted 1641, and deposed.
He was to leave the country, 27th Sept.
1043, to " seik employment in the pastoral
function." Being in distressed circum
stances, he received pecuniary aid from
several kirk-sessions between 1040 and
1649 ; schoolmaster and precentor at
Kettins 1st Sept. 1050. He represented
to that Session that he had not whereon
to live, and desired the loan of £8 from
the box, which he promised to pay out of
his first salary. In May 1652 he was under
a sentence of excommunication for marry
ing and baptizing irregularly; and was
alive May 1659. He marr. Marion Hamil
ton, and had issue— Elizabeth; Janet;
Alexander ; Jean. — [Linlithg., Kettins,
Folkirk, DunfermL, and Carnock tiess.
Regs. ; Nicoll's Diary.]
JOHN BRUCE, born 1008 ; M.A. (Edin-
1642 bur§11' 27th July 1628); pres> by
James, Lord Livingston of Almond,
21st June 1641 ; adni. 31st Aug. 1642.
His decreet of locality having been
destroyed by the burning of his house,
and the registers lost, he obtained another,
7th Dec. 1604. Although some of the
heritors " were ready to propone that their
proportion was above the worth of their
teinds," the Commissioners repelled their
objections, as "they had been in constant
use these eighteen years of paying that
proportion ; and they and their pre
decessors had bought the land with the
burden of that locality, and so they had
no prejudice thereby." He died before 20th
March 1072. Isobel Ker, his widow, claimed
the ann, which was resisted, as she had
not been confirmed executrix. The Lords,
however, 10th July 1073, "found no neces
sity of confirmation of the Ann." He
interdicted himself at the instance of
Isobel Ker, his wife, and Andrew Ker
of Littledean, 27th Feb. 1665 (Reg. of
Deeds, Mack.). A son, James, died in
1648. — [Connel on Tithes, iii. ; Morrison's
Di/jest and Diet., Tomlst. ; Baillie's
Lett., ii.]
HEW BLAIR, M.A.; orcl. and adm.
(helper) 31st Oct. 1055 ; trans, to
Rutherglen 1661. — [G'lasg. Reg.
t.) ; Baillie's Lett., iii., and ^[em.~\
[There is no trace of a settlement between
1661 and 1667.]
ANDREW UR1E, licen. by George, Bishop
? of Edinburgh, 7th Feb. 1667 ; pres.
by Alexander Livingstone of Almond
(Decreets, Durie, 12th Nov. 1072) ; ord. 30th
July 1007. The Communion cups (1070)
bear his name. In April 1085 Peter Gillies,
waulker (bleacher of cloth), of Skirling, a
Covenanter, was apprehended at his instiga
tion and executed at Mauchline a month
afterwards. LTrie was outed by the rabble
and deserted his cure 1089; died in Edin
burgh, 14th Oct. 1707, in his 71st year.
He marr. Katherine Kinnear (Stirling
Has., 15th June 1088), and had issue
—Margaret (marr. April 1706, Charles Bell,
W.S.) ; Anna (marr. John Bethune, younger,
of Craigfoodie) ; Elizabeth ; Mary. — [Reg.
Collat., Test, and Edin. Reg. (Marr. and
LINLITIIGOW]
MUIRAVONSIDE
223
Bur.\ Wodrow's Hist. ; J/A'. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
DONALD [or DANIEL] CAMPBELL,
1691 ^"^' > cal^ec^ 31st ^ay> anc* a(*m- 4t^
Aug. 1G91 ; trans, to Queensferry 27th
Dec. 1G93.
1696
ANDEEW BENNETT, called 31st
March, and ord. 13th May 1696;
died 20th Aug. 1720. He marr.
Elizabeth Livingston, who survived him,
and had issue — Andrew ; Margaret ; Bettie ;
Patrick, min. of Polmont ; William, min. of
Duddingston ; Anna ; John.— [Test. Key.
(Stirl.).]
ROBERT BOYD, licen. l»y Presb. of
1721 Linlithgow 16th Sept. 1719 ; called
15th March, and ord. 16th Aug. 1721 ;
one of those who dissented from the de
position of the eight Seceders 15th May
1740; died 8th Jan. 1768. He marr. 31st
Jan. 1723, Alison Douglas. — [AVr/. (,'en.
Ass., 1740; Morren's Ann., i.]
JOHN BERTHA M of Millhall, son of
John B., farmer at Woodlee ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar 7th Dec. 1743;
assistant at Monimail 1748 ; afterwards
min. at Whitby, Devonshire; pres. by
George III. 22nd Jan., and adm. 8th June
1768; died 23rd Dec. 1802, aged above 80.
He marr. (1) 20th Nov. 1770, Mary (died
14th Nov. 1771), natural daugh. of Lieut.
Michael Bruce of Millhall in Polmont Parish
(Privy teal Reg., x., 139): (2) 7th May
1790, Janet (died 20th March 1833), daugh.
of James Baird, Inveravon, Boriess, sister
of Principal Baird, and widow of John
Henderson, brewer, Linlithgow, and had
issue — Marion Spottiswood, born 5th March
1791 ; John, born 16th Aug. 1792. Publica
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Xtat.
Ace., i.).— [Kay's Portr.]
WILLIAM M'CALL, pres. by George
18Q3 III., and ord. 1st Sept. 1803; died
unmarr., 30th Dec. 1833, in his
67th year. On llth Dec. 1825, burglars
broke into his manse, and violently
assaulted him, carrying off money and
other valuables. Two Union Canal barge
men were tried for the crime at the
Stirling Circuit, 20th April 1826, one of
whom was condemned to death, 26th
May.
JAMES MACFARLAN, born Edin
burgh, 28th Jan. 1800, son of John
MacF. of Kirkton, advocate, and
Christian Wardrop ; qualified as advocate,
8th June 1824 ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
5th Aug. 1831 ; pres. by William IV. and
ord. 16th May 1834; died 20th Feb. 1871.
He marr. 31st Oct. 1837, Matilda Marianne
(died 16th Sept. 1890), daugh. of Captain
John Christie, 78th Regiment, and Matilda,
daugh. of William Morehead of Herbert-
shire, and had issue — John Morehead,
M.D., born 14th Sept, 1838 ; Matilda, bom
14th March 1840; Christian, born 9th Oct.
1841 (marr. Archibald Campbell, Edin
burgh); Anne, born 29th March 1843;
James, min. of Ruthwell ; Jane, born 7th
Jan. 1847 (marr. Robert Charles Menzies,
papermaker, Inveresk); Marianne, born 8th
March 1851 (marr. Charles D. Menzies,
Edinburgh); Helen, born 25th April 1853
(marr. Dr Dowie) ; Eleanora, born 25th
April 1853 ; Patrick, born 14th Sept.
1855; Katherine ; Mary. Publication—
Account of the Parish (Neiv titat. Ace.,
viii.).
GEORGE KEITH, son of John K., of
the Education Department, Edin
burgh ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th
Jan. 1868 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 7th
Dec. 1870; ord. 9th March 1871; died
unmarr. 7th Dec. 1884.
OSWALD BELL, born Edinburgh, 25th
March 1859 ; son of Lindsay B.,
teacher ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th May
1883; ord. 17th June 1885; res. 22nd July
1896; died 2nd April 1897. Marr. 16th
Nov. 1887, Kate Matilda, daugh. of Peter
Keddie, merchant, London, and had issue
—Kate Muriel, born 27th July 1888;
Oswald, born 1st Nov. 1889; Doris Milli-
cent, born 22nd July 1891 ; Leonard Edgar
MUIRAVONSIDE— QUEENSFERRY
[PRESB. OF
Romanes, born 1st Feb. 1893 ; Maud
Evelyn, born 25th Dec. 1894.
DAVID BAYNE, born Glasgow, 24th
Nov. 1870, son of Henry B. and
897 Lilias Jack; educated at Glen's
School and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1890),
B.D. (1893); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
May 1893 ; ord. 16th Feb. 1897.
POLMONT.
[Disjoined from Falkirk, and erected by
the Goramissioners of Teinds, 22nd July
1724.]
PATRICK BEXXET, born 1705, son of
Andrew B., min. of Muiravonside ;
1733 licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 7th
July 1731 ; called 1st Sept. 1732 ; ord. 21st
March 1733; died 12th April 1783. He
marr. 22nd Dec. 1752, Margaret Henderson,
who died at Dundas, llth Oct. 1800, and
had issue— Andrew, born 19th Sept. 1754,
died 28th Sept. 1769; George, born llth
Oct. 1755 ; Lilias, born 4th March 1757
(marr. David Clark); Elizabeth, born 21st
Aug. 1758, died 16th Dec. 1760; William,
min. of Duddingston ; and Margaret, Eliza
beth, Patrick, John, who all died in child
hood. — [Dalmeny Xcss.
WILLIAM FIXLAY, possibly son of
William F., farmer, Galston ; edu-
1784 cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1775) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkwall 4th
March 1778 ; pres. by George III. 31st May
1783; ord. 21st July 1784; chaplain to
George, Prince of Wales 1790; died 21st
Jan. 1800, in 47th year. He marr. 30th Jan.
1787, Jean (died 20th Dec. 1792, in her 37th
year), daugh. of Gilbert Lawrie, Commis
sioner of Excise and Lord Provost of Edin
burgh, and had issue — Sarah, born 27th Nov.
1787 (marr. 3rd July 1812, James Borthwick,
merchant, Leith), died 19th April 1862;
Gilbert Lawrie, W.S., manager of the Edin
burgh Life Insurance Co., born 29th Sept.
1792, died 1st April 1872 ; and Janet,
Grace, William, who died in infancy.
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin
clair's Stat. Ace., iii., xix., xxi.).— [Tombst.]
DYKES SMITH, born 1770, son of
1ROO Thomas S., Falkirk ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 29th April 1795; pres. by
George III., and ord. 27th June 1800;
died unrnarr. 25th Nov. 1809.— [Tomlst.]
PATPJCK M'FARLAN, trans, from
Kippen ; pres. by George III., and
adm. 13th July 1810; trans, to St
John's, Glasgow, 29th July 1824.— [Smith's
Xcot. Cler<j>i, ii.]
JOHXT WIGHTMAX KER, born 4th
July 1800, son of James K., Provost
of Peebles, and Elizabeth Wightman ;
licen. by Presb. of Peebles 27th Nov. 1822 ;
pres. by George IV. Oct. 1824; ord. 5th
April 1825 ; died 6th Jan. 1872. He
marr. 16th Oct. 1839, Margaret Logan,
who died 13th Dec. 1886, and had issue —
an only son, James, born 6th July 1843, died
9th March 1863. Publication— Account of
the Parish (New Xtat. Ace., viii.).
PEARSON M'ADAM MUIR; trans,
from Catrine ; pres. by Queen Vic
toria 27th April 1872, and adm. 1st
Aug. 1872 ; trans, to Morningside, Edin
burgh, 4th Sept. 1880.
WILLIAM ROSS, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
13th July 1880 ; trans, to St Mary's,
1872
1880
Partick, 3rd Oct. 1893.
JOHN BUCHANAN M'KEN/JE, born
Bonliill, 17th June 1854, son of
Archibald M'K. ; educated at Glas
gow Univ. ; M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton May 1893 ;
assistant at Helensburgh and Bonhill ; ord.
8th May 1894. Marr. 8th March 1880, Mary
Bain, daugh. of James Mushet, and has
issue — Archibald, born 30th March 1882 ;
Margaret Hurst, born 3rd Jan. 1884 ;
Janetta Buchanan, born 21st Oct. 1886;
James Mushet, born 10th April 1890.
QUEENSFERRY.
[Disjoined from Dalmeny and erected by
the Commissioners of Parliament, 1st July
1635, and ratified by Parliament, 17th Nov.
1641.]
LINLITHGOW]
QUEENSFERRY
225
ROBERT GIBSON, born 1607, son of
1635 J°nn Gk, mm- °f Dalmeny ; M.A.
(Edinlmrgh, 27th July 1627); "on
the exercise of Linlithgow Presb. 4th May
1631"; ord. 13th Aug. 1635; died 1641.
He niarr. Elizabeth, claugh. of Andrew Bell,
merchant, burgess of Linlithgow, and had
issue— Andrew, apprenticed 13th Oct. 1652,
to Archibald Weir, litster, Edinburgh :
Christine (marr. 1657, John Calder, Lin
lithgow).— [Test. Ji'ey., Ihtryh Min.]
EPHRAIM MELVTLL, M.A., produced
1641 testimonials of his qualifications from
Presb. of St Andrews 6th Aug. 1634,
and from (Jupar 29th July 1641 ; ord. 30th
•Sept. 1641 ; a zealous prosecutor of witches,
burning many, and making one husband
pay the cost of his wife's burning; app.
to attend Col. Erskine's regiment, but was
unable to go, " through great distemper and
weakness of bodie," 24th April 1644. He
had a prcs. to Livingston Oct. 1645, which
was not carried out ; one of the commis
sioners for visiting the Univ. of Edinburgh
31st July 1649; trans, to Linlithgow 31st
Jan. 1650. — [Act. Kect. Uni». tit And.,
Wodrow's Anal. ; Rutherford's and Baillie's
Lett., iii. ; Acts 1'arl., vi. ; tiess. Jlec.,
Ferguson's Ecc. Antiq.]
JOHN PRLMROSE, son of William 1'.
1652 *n Kincai>dine ; ord. by Protesting
Presb. 28th Oct., against the remon
strance and protestation of the Presb. He
was not recognised by the Synod 1st May
1655 ; was summoned, 13th Jan. 1657, to
com pear before the Synod of Fife, for
baptizing a child in the parish of Inver-
keithing, and removed for non-conformity
at the Restoration, but indulged by the
Privy Council 9th Dec. 1669 ; died 28th
Dec. 1673, in 45th year, leaving a widow,
Elizabeth Stirling, who had an annuity of
£100 from Archibald Primrose of Dalmeny,
and was alive in 1692.— [Tombat., AY od row's
Hist.]
CEORGE ROBERTSON, M.A. ; ord.
1674 2ytn ^CC> lf5^4 ' trans, to Kirkurd
in 1678, an exchange of benefices
having been effected between his successor
VOL. I.
and himself, the patrons and archbishop
agreeing. — \Reg. Collat.]
JOHN PHILIP, eldest son of James P.,
1678 W1'iter> Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edin
burgh, July 1654) ; ord. to Kirkurd
30th Oct. 1661 ; trans, and inst. 20th March
1678; having "a considerable fortune of
his own, he was put into this lean bene
fice :; ; deprived in 1681, for refusing the
Test; libelled before the Privy Council
15th March 1683, fined £2000 sterling,
and sent to the Bass during life, all his
books and papers being seized. He died
before 18th Dec. 1688, aged about 54.
His nephew John was served heir 26th
Aug. 169o, and his testament was con
firmed to his sister Janet, 19th July
1693. — [7W. AVf/.; Foimtainhall's Dec.,
i. ; AYodrow's Hist., Reg. tiec. Si<j. ; Acts
J'arl., ix. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7052 ; Crichton's
Mem. of J Hack-adder.']
ARCHIBALD BUCHAN, M.A. ; prcs.
1682 1>y Jonn> Bishop of Edinburgh, 29th
May, ord. Aug., and inst, 26th Sept.
1682 ; trans, to Spott in 1683.
ALEXANDER SKIRTING, M.A.
16g3 (Edinburgh 1672); ord. Oct. 1683;
trans, to Shotts in 1686.
WILLIAM SMYTH, adm. 1686; dem.
1686 IQW > died, and was buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 2nd Sept. 1699.—
[J/.y. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JOHN DALGLEISH, M.A., formerly of
1688 Roxburgh. "A petition from Queens-
ferry was produced, showing their
resolution to invite Dalgleish to exercise his
ministry amongst them. Whereupon the
Presb. did interrogate Mr John whether
he desired to settle in the Ferry as their
min. ;- he desired only to be allowed
by the Presb. to preach, and do the whole
work of a min. there for a tyme. Where
fore the Presb. allowed him to continue to
preach there according to his desire," llth
Jan. 1688; removed to Roxburgh 4th Nov.
1690.
226
QUEENSFERRY
[PKESB. OF
DONALD [or DANIEL (Edin. Mar.
1693 Rc<j.}} CAMPBELL, M.A. (Edin
burgh 1070) ; probably ord. in Hol
land ; adra. to Muiravonsicle 4th Aug.
1091 ; called 28th May 1(501 ; and again
14th Sept. ; trans, and adin. 27th Dec.
1G93 ; died 8th Feb. 1098, in 43rd year. He
inarr. Kathrina Verheiden, and had issue
— Anna (inarr. 22nd Dec. 1718, Joseph
Ford, M.A., preacher of the Gospel). —
[Linlithy. tiess. Reg., TombstJ]
JOHN GRIERSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1700 13th July 1095); chaplain to the
Lord Advocate (Sir J. Steuart) ;
called 14th May, and ord. 21st Aug. 1700.
After a long illness he died, 31st Dec. 1709,
in 41st year. He marr. (1) 18th Sept. 1700,
Mary, daugh. of James Ochterlonie, mer
chant, burgess in Edinburgh : (2) July 1705,
Agnes Learmonth (died 20th Sept. 1750),
widow of John Cairncross, writer, and
had issue — Margaret ; Janet. — [Edin. Re<j.
(Marr.), Tomlst.]
JAMES KID, suffered under the perse
cuting reigns of Charles II. and
James VII. ; took refuge in Holland,
and studied theology there; licen. by
Presb. of Dunfermline 27th Feb. 1700;
called Gth July, and ord. 28th Sept. 1710.
He was one of the " twelve apostles ;; who
gave in a representation and petition to the
General Assembly llth May 1721, against
an Act of the preceding Assembly, con
demning the Marrow of Modern Diviniti/.
At the Communion in his parish in Aug.
1733 he was assisted by several of the
Seceding brethren. He, however, went no
farther with them ; died 9th Feb. 1744, in
78th year. He marr. March 1711, Isabel,
daugh. of James Auchinleck of \Voodcock-
dale, and had issue—James ; John, wine
merchant, Edinburgh; Janet; Agnes,
died 8th March 1813; Mary (marr. James
Gladstone, schoolmaster of N. Leith) ;
Elizabeth (marr. 13th May 1743, Alexander
Wilson, merchant, Edinburgh). Publica
tions — Letter concerning the Parish of
JJathyate (1720); Address to the Reader
prefixed to The Trust, by Wilson (1723).
— [Bo'ness and A". Leith Xess. Regs. ;
Tombst., Brown's Gospel Truth, Boston's
1710
1782
Mem., Eraser's Life of R. Erskine ; Edin.
Chr. Inst., xxx.]
ARCHIBALD M'AULAY, educated at
1746 Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 2nd May 1738 ; called
June 1745 ; ord. 25th Sept. 1740; died 5th
Aug. 1781, in 75th year. He marr. 22nd
Dec. 1757, Isobel Valiant, who died Gth
Sept. 1773, S.JK— [Tomlst., Acts of Ass. ;
Xcots Mag., li.]
JOHN HENDERSON, licen. by Presb.
°^ Linlithgow 2nd Dec. 1778 ; pres.
by Town Council, and ord. 10th July
1782 ; Synod clerk ; died 12th June 1820,
in 67th year. He marr. (1) 18th Feb. 1783,
Mary (died 1st Feb. 1787), daugh. of James
Arnot, brewer, Canongate, and had issue-
Alexander, born 29th Nov. 1783 ; James,
born 4th March 1785, died 21st Nov. 1785 ;
John Arnot, born 1st Feb. 1787 : (2) 20th
Nov. 1792, Mary Mackenzie, who died
15th March 1820, and had issue— Kenneth,
born 27th Dec. 1793 ; Andrew Johnstone,
born 10th Sept. 1795 ; Thomas Livingston,
born 30th April 1797 ; William Mackenzie,
born 28th Dec. 1798, died 4th Feb. 1820 ;
Robert, born 30th Oct. 1800; Mary, born
19th March 1802, died young ; James, born
23rd Feb. 1804 ; Charles Ritchie, born 13th
June 1808; May, born 23rd Dec. 1811.
Publications — The Effect of Patriotism
on National Conduct, a sermon (Edin
burgh, 1803) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's titat. Ace., xvii.).
THOMAS DIMMA, born Sprouston
1780 ; English teacher in George
Heriot's Hospital llth Jan. 1808,
Latin and French master 26th Jan. 1809 ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, llth Jan. 1812); licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 30th Aug. 1815;
pres. by Town Council, and ord. 10th Nov.
1820; died 25th July 1854. He marr.
27th April 1821, Laura (died 1st Dec. 1874),
daugh. of Rob. Grierson, assistant min.,
Inveresk, and had issue— George, born
15th Feb. 1822, died 3rd Nov. 1842;
Robert, born 6th July 1823; Thomas,
born 21st April 1820, died at St Helena
19th Jan. 1847 ; Alexander Carlyle Grier
son, born 10th July 1828 ; James Aitchison,
born 15th Aug. 1830; Laura Grierson,
LINLITHGOW]
QUEENSFERRY— SLAMANNAN
227
born 16th Aug. 1832 ; William Grierson,
born 29th April 1835. Publication— Ac
count of the Parish (Neiv 8tat. Ace., ii.). — •
[Steven's Jfe-m. of Heriot.]
WILLIAM LOCKHART, M.A. ; pres.
by the Town Council 31st Oct. 1854 ;
ord. llth Feb. 1855; trans, to Colin-
ton llth Jan. 1861.
1855
THOMAS ANDREWS, born 4th May
1831, son of Robert A., Glasgow ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; assistant
at St Matthew's, Glasgow ; ord. to St
Luke's, Edinburgh, 19th May 1858 ; pres.
by the Town Council 9th Feb., adm. 9th
May 1861 ; died 25th May 1870.
JOHN WHYTE, born Girvan 1821, son
of David W. ; educated at Univ. of
1872 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7th Xov. 1849 ; ord. by Presb. of Bathurst
to Brockville, Canada, 6th Aug. 1851 ; min.
of Arthur, Canada, 1856-68 ; pres. by the
Town Council 6th June 1872 ; adm. 8th
Aug. 1872 ; dep. 26th May 1884 ; died at
Glasgow, 9th Dec. 1893. Marr. (1) 25th
Jan. 1845, Joanna Finlay, who died 20th
Dec. 1866, and had issue — Mary Ruth ;
John M'Clymont: (2) 30th April 1878,
Robina, daugh. of John Cameron, farmer,
Ardchapple, widow of Captain Harkness,
Greenock.
DAVID MILLER, born Edinburgh, 28th
Nov. 1841, son of James M. and
Elizabeth M'Dowell ; educated priv
ately, and at Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1864),
LL.B. (London 1866), B.D. (Edinburgh
1867) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1864 ;
ord. to Mossgreen 14th May 1868 ; trans,
to Invertiel 19th Nov. 1869 ; trans, to
Mordington 22nd June 1871 ; trans, and
adm. 3rd Dec. 1884; died llth April 1897.
He marr. 24th Aug. 1880, Margaret Fender,
daugh. of John Hay, Manderston Mill,
Berwickshire, and had issue — Elizabeth
Constance Winifred, born 12th May 1882.
1897
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART ; ord.
28th Sept. 1897 ; trans, to Inver-
WILLIAM BOWER WILSON, born
1900 lDerth> 26th Sept- 18"°> son °f James
W., min. of St Leonard's, Perth ;
educated at Perth Academy and Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1892) ; licen. 15th May
1896, by Presb. of Perth ; assistant at
Arbroath, and St Enoch's, Dundee; ord.
19th July 1900. Marr. 5th May 1908,
Mary, daugh. of Robert Stewart, Tullycoll,
Cookstown, Ireland, and has issue — Molly
Bower, born 20th Feb. 1910 ; Marion Annie
Marshall, born 26th Feb. 1913.
SLAMANNAN, OR ST LAURENCE.
[Originally part of Falkirk ; disjoined
from the Presb. of Stirling, and annexed
to Linlithgow Presb., 8th July 1589.]
RICHARD FLEMING, styled min. 9th
Nov. 1565-6 ; exhorter 1566 ; signed
the articles drawn up by the Synod
6th Oct. 1571. — [Key. Jfin. and Assiy.,
Jlooke of the Kirk, Xtirliny Presb. and Test.
Keg., Wodrow's MiscellJ]
JOHN GIBSON, M.A. ; adm. 2nd Aug.
1602 16(J2 ' trans- to Dalmeny after 10th
March 1605 ; demitted the parson
age and vicarage in 1616. — [Edin. Test.
brothock, 20th Feb. 1900.
THOMAS AMBROSE, min. of Alva
1598-1601, of Larbert 1601-1603;
adm. to Denny 30th May 1603;
trans, and adm. 1st April 1607 ; dep. by
Bishop Gledstanes, the Presb. of Edinburgh,
and Commissioners of the General As
sembly, 6th Dec. 1613, for having " married
the Lord Livingston with the Marquess of
Huntly's dochter," and for baptizing a child
irregularly in the parish of Torphichen ;
reponed by the General Assembly 1614 ;
pres. by Alex., Earl of Linlithgow, in 1616 ;
accused of "setting his teinds :; 4th June
1617 ; suspended 13th Feb. 1628, dera. 26th
March following. He marr. Janet Yule,
and had issue— Jean.— {L'alkirk Hess. Key.,
Key. AxxiyJ]
JOHN DRYSDALE, MA. (St Andrews
1617 ; adm. to Balquhidder 24th May
1626 ; trans, and adm. after 9th April
1628; suspended 1642, for drunkenness;
228
SLAM ANN AN
[PKKSH. OF
clop, by Presb. 22nd March and ratified
by the Synod 2nd May 1643, for "ane
Avyld and ignominious cuckolane and
slanderous ryinc, ventit and formed agains
the brcthrein." While the case was pend
ing, Janet Baird, his wife, and widow of
]!oger Melville, min. of Kirkmichael (Reg.
of Deeds, dxxxvi., 21), prayed for clemency
" to hir husband and hir, whom God has
visited with ane knawin infirmitie, which
she has had for twenty-three years, and
towards their poor children, who as yet
have never been able to win themselves
ane meall of meitt." He craved help for
putting his son apprentice to a chirurgeon
in Edinburgh, 28th July 1647, and received
pecuniary assistance from various kirk-
sessions, 7th Xov. 1643 to 10th Aug.
1647 ; date of death unknown. — [Heath,
Carnock, and Dunferml. Xess. Keys. ;
Morrison's Dec., xvii.j
JAMES FORSYTE, M.A. ; prcs. by
1644 Jaines, Earl of Callendar, 10th Oct.
1643 ; ord. 4th Jan. 1644 ; trans, to
Larbert and Dunipace 26th Feb. 1645.
[THOMAS THOMSON, probably son
of Thomas T., min. of Hobkirk ; adm.
min. to the garrison of the Earl of
Callendar by the Prcsb. of Glasgow llth
June 1645, and min. of a congregation at
Hartlepool, England ; pres. by James, Earl
of Callendar, Nov. 1645. On account of
violent opposition the settlement was re
ferred to the Synod, who recalled it, 6th
May thereafter ; he died in Edinburgh,
Aug. 1667.— \Glasgoiv Presb. and Edin. Reg.
(Bur.).}
WILLIAM TUEDY [TWEEDIE], of the
Drumelzier family ; M.A., regent in
the Univ. of Edinburgh ; pres. by
James, Earl of Callender, 1st Dec. 1646;
ord. and inst. 16th April 1647 ; had an Act
of Parliament in his favour 16th Feb. 1640.
Preferring his former position as a teacher,
he returned to the regency 9th Sept. 1657 ;
died in Feb. 1665, aged about 46. He
marr. Jean Turner, who survived him.—
\_Tent. and Canongate Reg. (Bur.) ; Acts
Parl., vi. ; and MS8."\
HOBERT SEMPILL, min. of Second
1658 Charge, Losmahagow, 1648 ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 27th July 1640) ; joined
the Protesters 1651 : called (when the
parishioners were much divided among
themselves), trans, and adm. 13th April
1658 ; suspended by Presb. 10th Sept., dep.
28th Xov. 1660. He had sasine of a house
and yard, in the kirktown of Lcsmahagow,
9 tli Aug. 1673. A daugli., Mary, was recom
mended to the Synod for relief Sept. 1695,
and 2nd Feb. 1704, recommended by the
Prcsb. "to be supplied out of the gift
granted by the late King William of
blessed memory, to Presbyterian ministers
outed from their charges in 1660 and their
children." On 5th Oct. 1709, the Presb.
app. another daugh., Margaret, "now
reduced to great straits in her old age,
the sum of fifteen pund Scots for her
present supply, out of the centesima money
lying in the clerk's hands/' — [Sasincs,
Lanark.}
GEORGE PHIX, schoolmaster of South
1661 Leith 1645 ; min. of Symington,
Lanarkshire, 17th July 1640 ; pres.
by Earl of Callendar ; adm. 21st Aug.
1661 ; died 10th Feb. 1689, buried at
Torphichen. He marr. (1) Margaret
Spynie : (2) Susannah Simpson, who sur
vived him, and marr. Duncan Whyte.
A daughter, Helen, was served heir,
18th Aug. lcm.—[Torphichen tiexs. and
Test. Reg. (Xtirl.); Inq. Ret. Xtirl. 329,
Lanark 429, Linlithg. 250, Fife 1302,
Edin. 1360 ; New Gen. Reg. Sasines,
xvii.]
JAMES STEVEXSOX, licen. by Presb.
16gl of Glasgow 14th Xov. 1680; called
12th April, and ord. 8th July
1601 ; died 17th Dec. 1 708.— [Wodrow's
Anal., ii.]
JOHX STEVEXSOX, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 8th Aug. 1700;
ord. to Cathcart 8th May 1701 ; called 20th
Feb., trans, and adm. Oth Xov. 1700; clem.
28th Aug. 1711; dep. 24th Oct. following.
He marr. Isobel Smith.
LIXLITHGOW]
SLAMANNAN
WILLIAM HASTIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1716 16th June 1703); called 13th Dec.
1715; ord. 19th Sept. 1716. Had
sentence passed against him early in 1720,
for refusing to take the Oath of Abjura
tion ; died llth Xov. 1755, in 84th year.
He marr. Janet Shaw, who died 14th
Sept. 1770.— [Tomi^.; Edin. Ckr. List.,
xxx.]
JOHN GEAY, pres. by George II. 27th
Jan. 1756; called 21st April, and
ord. 28th July 1756 ; trans, to Cam-
busnethan 4th April 1764.
JOHX KXOX, born 17th May 1727, son
of William K., of Ladyland, St
Ninians, and Mary Liddell ; educated
at Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1752); preacher
at Xorristown. Chapel-of-Ease t 1758-64 ;
pres. by George III. 23rd May, and ord.
27th Sept. 1764; died 12th June 1787.—
[Morrison's Dec., xvii.]
JAMES MACXAIR, born 1759, fourth
son of James M., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Oct. 1783;
preacher at Shettleston Chapel - of - Ease
same year ; pres. by George III. 6th Oct.
1787 ; ord. 10th April 1788 ; died 15th April
1798. He marr. 24th April 1789, Agnes
(died 28th Xov. 1807), eldest daugh. of
Robert M'Xair, merchant, Glasgow, and
had issue— Robert, D.D., min. of Paisley
Abbey ; Mary, born 4th June 1792 ; James,
born 1st April 1794, died at Mobile, U.S.A.,
3rd Oct. 1823; Agnes, born 6th March
1797. Publications — Set Thine House in
Order, a sermon (Glasgow, 1808) ; Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiv.). —
[Cleland:s Ann., i.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, son of James
1799 ^" ' e(lucate<l at Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 22nd
Oct. 1788 ; assistant at St Xinians ; ord.
to Dunfermline Chapel-of-Ease 6th June
1792; pres. by George III. Oct. 1798;
trans, and adm. 18th Jan. 1799; died 15th
March 1826, in his 60th year. He marr.
20th April 1820, Janet (died 25th Oct.
1867), daugh. of Matt. Murray, min. of
Xorth Berwick, and had issue — James,
born 4th Sept. 1823, died 21st Feb. 1882.
ALEXAXDER DAVIDSON, son of
Thomas D., Falkirk ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane 7th Sept. 1802 ; ord. to Gar-
gunnock 10th May 1810; pres. by George
IV., trans, and adm. 5th Sept. 1826 ; died
29th Oct. 1855. He marr. 25th Dec. 1812,
Christian Simson, who died 19th Feb. 1878,
and had issue — Anne, born 19th Oct. 1813 ;
Thomas, min. of Abbey St Bathans ; Maria,
born 12th May 1817 (marr. 13th March
1849, William Stevenson, min. of Both-
kennar) ; David, M.D., R.X., born 5th June
1819; Alexander, born 5th March 1825,
died 10th June 1842; Margaret, born 17th
Aug. 1827. Publication— Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace., viii.).
ROBERT STEVEXSOX HORXE, born
Auchenkiln, Cuinbernauld, 27th May
1830, son of George H. and Margaret
Stevenson ; educated at Forfar Grammar
School and LTniv. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1851 ; assistant at Inn-
ellan ; ord. to St David's, Dundee, llth
May 1853 ; pres. by the Crown 10th April,
and adm. 10th July 1856; died 30th
April 1887. Marr. 1st Sept. 1857, Mary
Archibald, daugh. of Thomas Lochhuad,
Toward, Innellan, and had issue — George,
born llth Xov. 1858, died 16th Dec. 1906;
Elizabeth Scott, born 29th April 1860
(marr. Andrew Lambcrton of Blair, Cum-
nock) ; Thomas Lochhead, born IGch July
1862 ; Margaret Stevenson, born 21st March
1864 (marr. J. A. B. Bayly, M.B., C.M.),
died 19th Jan. 1894 ; Mary Ann Burn, born
8th Xov. 1868 (marr. Joshua Ferguson, M.B.,
C.M.) ; Robert Stevenson, advocate, M.A.,
LL.B., K.C., born 28th Feb. 1871 ; Emily,
born 14th Jan. 1873.
WILLIAM HEXRY RAXKIXE. M.A,
188? B.D. ; ord. 9th Xov. 1887 ; trans,
to St Boswells 16th July 1891.
ALLAX REID, born Capetown, South
Africa, 26th March 1860, son of
Henry Wilson R. and Elizabeth
Sharpe ; educated privately, and at Glasgow
SLAMANNAN— TORPHICHEN
[PRESB. OF
Univ.; M.A. (1«86); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 1889 ; assistant at St Matthew's,
Glasgow ; ord. 2nd May 1893. Marr. 15th
June 1893, Jessie Baird Dodds, rlaugh. of
Neil MacDonald, Glasgow, and has issue—
Isobel ; Henry Alan ; Allan ; William
Eaird.
TORPHICHEN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Preceptory of the Knights
Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem.]
THOMAS DUNCANS ON, min.
1565 in 1565 (Acts ami Dn'., 33, 35,
19, 119).
THOMAS DICKSON, vicar of Tor-
phichen l?>%1.—[Dundonald Inven
tory, Scot. Rec. Soc., 38.]
ROBERT HODGE [HOGG], M.A,
brother - german of James H. in
Leith, and of Mungo H. of Nether
Barnton (Reg. Ho. Cal., 28th Nov. 1596);
exhorter at Dalmeny, Lammas 1569 ;
entered Candlemas 1572, with the manse
and glebe ; trans, to Bathgate before
1574, but re-entered 1585. He repre
sented, 7th July 1613, "that thair was
great profanation of the Sabbath in
his parochyne, at the corn-stack, be
pyping and dancing in gryt multitudes";
died 12th Jan. 1627. He marr. (1)
Agnes Douglas, who died before 9th
March 1591-2 (Edin. Com. Dec.}, and had
issue— Margaret, alive 1585, died 1630;
George, heir to his sister; Robert (Edin.
Sas., xvi, 349): (2) Agnes Polwart,
who died 27th June 1595 : (3) Cristine
Clelland, who survived him, and had
issue— Agnes; Grisell.— [Reg. Min. and
Assig., Test.
1627
GEORGE HANNAY, M.A. ; ord. be-
tween 19th S^ ancl 12tn Dec.
1627. Having annoyed those who
were against his settlement, he was beaten
by some of his parishioners 6th May 1637 ;
he retired from the charge, and was
suspended. He petitioned the General
Assembly, 21st Aug. 1639, to restore him.
He was trans, to Alves 12th Nov. 1640.
—[Maitland Miscell., ii. ; Baillie's Lett.,
Craufurd's Univ., Elgin Presb. Reg. ; Peter-
kin's Record*, Reg. Old Dec.]
THOMAS VASSIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1639 1Glfi); on tnc exercise at Glasgow,
and got a testimonial 12th Nov.
1623; adm. in 1639; was a member of
the Commissions of Assembly 1646-8 ;
one of the visitors of the College of
Edinburgh 31st July 1649; died Aug.
1661, aged about 65. He marr. (1)
Anna, daugh. of William Livingstone,
min. of Lanark: (2) Margaret Wallace,
who died 20th March 1655, and had
issue— Margaret : (3) Oct. 1657, Margaret
or Marion, sister of Capt. AVilliam Mon-
teith, in the parish of Falkirk (who
survived him, and marr. James Eskdale
or Erskine in Magdalens, Linlithgow),
and had issue— Isobel ; Catherine, died
in 1676.— [Act Rect. Univ. St And.;
Glasgow Presb., Falkirk Sess., and Test.
Regs. (Edin., Stirl., and Lanark} ; Acts
of Ass. and Par!., vi.]
GEORGE WILSON, M.A. (St Andrews,
1663 26th July 1649); pres. by Walter,
Lord Torphichen, ord. and coll. 21st
July 1663. In 1677 two men were scourged
for an assault on him. Refusing to take
the Test, he was deprived in 1681. He
marr. Agnes Dundas (Edin. Sas., v., 193),
and had issue — Susanna, eldest daugh. (G.
R. Inhib., 17th July 1679).— [Act Rect.
Univ. St And., Reg. Coll at., Wodrow's
Hist.]
AVILLIAM BAIN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1682 1674)' inst- 17th May 1682; °uted
by the rabble and deserted his
charge April 1689 ; died 6th Aug. 1702, in
his 48th year. He marr. 14th Dec. 1686,
Helen, sister of George Butler of Kirkland,
and had issue — John, writer, Edinburgh. —
[Edin. Reg. (Marr. and Bur.}; MS. Ace.
oj Min., 1689.]
LINLITHGOW]
TORPHICHEN
231
ALEXANDER HASTIE, M.A. ; adm.
168g 12th Dec. 1689; trans, to Outer
High Kirk Parish, Glasgow, 30th
April 1691.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., iv. ; Acts
ParL, ix. ; Deeds Univ. Glasg., Reg. Gen.
Ass.; Ed in. Chr. Inst., xxv.]
JOHN BOXAPx, born 16th June 1671,
1693 son of John B., fifth Laird of Kil-
graston ; studied at St Leonard's
College; M.A. (St Andrews, 25th June
1689) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 15th
June 1692; called 7th Aug. 1692; ord.
2nd March 1693. He refused to take the
Oath of Abjuration in 1712, and was one
of the twelve brethren who presented a
petition to the General Assembly against
an Act of the preceding year relating to
the Marrow of Modem Divinlti/. He main
tained similar views on patronage with
those who seceded, while he greatly dis
approved of their separating themselves
from the Church. After being enfeebled
by age from active duty he had himself
regularly carried to the church that he
might join in the services there ; died 7th
Aug. 1747. He niarr. (1) 26th Dec. 1693,
Grizell, daugh. of Gilbert Bennet, of Bath,
near Culross, and had issue — Margaret,
born 20th Xov. 1694, died 4th Jan. 1698;
John, min. of Fetlar ; Margaret, born 6th
Xov. 1698 (marr. Dr John Tait, Dal-
keith), died 16th Sept. 1745 ; Grizell, born
27th March 1701, died 15th Jan. 1726;
William, born 25th Xov. 1706, died 15th
May 1718 ; Andrew, born 24th June 1708,
merchant and banker, Edinburgh, died 1st
Dec. 1762; Ebenezer, born 28th May 1711,
died 29th Xov. 1712 : (2) (pro. 16th March
1735) Margaret, daugh. of Andrew Ewan,
farmer, Galashiels, who was born 27th
Sept. 1670, and survived him only five
days. Publications — Mention preached <it
Newhouse. (Edinburgh, 1719); Letters on
the Duty and Advantage of Religious
Societies (Edinburgh, 1743) ; Letters on the
Revival at Gambuslang (Edinburgh, Chr.
Inst., i.). — [Test. Reg. ; Bonar's Serm., ii. ;
Brown's Gosp. Truth; New Stat. Ace., x. ;
Eraser's Life of R. E r shine ; Edin. Chr.
Inst., xxx., and X.S., i. ; Macfarlan's Re
vivals, Family Jtapcrs.'\
JAMES WATSON, pres. by James, Lord
1751 Torphichen, 2nd Feb. 1748. His
settlement being opposed, the Presb.
referred the case to the Synod ; in the
meantime a committee of their number
conferred with the parishioners, "but all
they could say was to no purpose'"'; the
Synod sustained the call, which was affirmed
by the Assembly 20th May 1749. When the
Presb. met for ordination on ]8th Oct.,
the parishioners "acknowledged they had
nothing to object against the life, con
versation, or doctrine of W., but that he
had not a voice equal to their congrega
tion " ; and farther, " that the whole parish
(a very few excepted) were utterly averse
to submit to his ministry." After hearing
parties the Presb. "seriously exhorted the
people to fall in with W., who in his trials
and by his recommendations had given
great satisfaction to the Presb." Those
in opposition still declared "they could
not submit to his ministry, in regard he
had accepted of a presentation without the
consent and concurrence of almost the whole
parish." Proceedings were delayed and
another committee appointed to commune
with the people, which they did, 24th Jan.
1750, without effect. The case was again
carried to the Synod, and referred to the
Assembly, who appointed the settlement
for the second Thursday of Sept, At a
meeting on the 22nd Aug. so little chance
appeared of their being able to proceed
to settlement, that a third appeal was
made to the Synod, who referred as
before to the Supreme Court, who, 15th
May 1751, censured the Presb. for disobey
ing their authority, and enjoined the Presb.
to proceed with the induction, associating
with them a strong committee for that
purpose. W. was accordingly ord. on 30th
May 1751, and from the evidence of Dr
Pat MacFarlan, this appears to have been
done, under the protection of a military
force— the last instance where a settle
ment was made in the Church by what
was termed a "riding committee." W.
was trans, to Mid-Calder 18th Oct. 1759.
[Acts of Ass.; Rep. on Gh. Patronage,
1834 ; Morren's Ann., Stewart's Life 'of
Robertson, Carlyle's Ai(toJ>.~\
2.°, 2
TOHPTTiriTFA
OF
JAMKS PATOX, licen. by Prwsl.. of Si
1760 Andrews 10th .May 1758; pros, by
Walter, Lord Torphichen, and ord.
28th Aug. 1760: died 31st Oct. 1796, in
82nd year. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Staf. Ace., iv.).
WILLIAM MEEK, pres. by James,
1797 Lor(l Torphichen, and ord. 31st
Aug. 1797; D.D. (Glasgow, 10th
June 1802); trans, to Hamilton 6th Xov
1821.
AXDREW BELL, pres. by James,
1822 Tj0r(1 Torphichen, and ord. 28th
March 1822 ; trans, to Linlithgow
20th June 1827.
JAMES SCOTT, pres. by James, Lord
1827 Torphichen, and ord. 27th Sept.
1827; trans, to Dalmeny 10th Sept.
1829.
AXDREW KIXG, M.A., pres. by James,
1830 -Ij0rcl Torphichen, and ord. 29th April
1830 ; trans, to St Stephen's, Glasgow
19th Feb. 1836.
WILLIAM MAXWELL HETHERIXG-
1836 TOX, born Troqueer, 4th June 1803,
in early life a gardener; entered
the Univ. of Edinburgh in 1822 ; M.A. (30th
March 1826); licen. by Presb. of Linlith
gow 27th Oct. 1830; pres. by James, Lord
Torphichen, and ord. 28th April 1836.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the Free
Church at St Andrews 21st Feb. 1844;
LL.D. (U.S.A.); adm. to Free St Paul's,
Edinburgh, 1848; D.D. (1855); Professor
of Exegetical Theology in the Free Col
lege, Glasgow, 29th Oct. 1857; died 23rd
May 1865. He marr. 1st June 1836, Jessie
(died 2nd Sept. 1871), daugh. of William
Meek, D.D., Hamilton, and had issue-
William Meek Maxwell, born llth July
1843; Thomas Chalmers, born 15th Sept.
1847. Publications — Tivelve Dramatic
Sketches founded on the Pastoral Poetry
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1829); The Fid-
ness of Time (London, 1834) ; The Minister's
Family (Edinburgh, 1838); Thoughts on
the Connection betiveen Church and State
(Edinburgh, 1840) ; Histori/ of the Church
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1841, and various
editions); '/'/«< Hislori/ of th, Westminsl, r
AwinWi/ (1813); The Jlittor,/ of Home
(1849); The Harmony exist in<i between
Christianity and True Science; The Anti-
Christian System ; National Education in
Scotland ; Poems on Various Subjects (Edin
burgh, 1851); Toleration, or the Principles
of Religious Libert;/ (Edinburgh, 1854) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., ii.),
Lecture V. (on the Social Condition of
the People), and XL (to Young Men, ii.) :
Authoritative, Exposition of the, Principles
of the, Free Church ; edited Practical Works
of the Rev. John Willison ; founder and
editor of Free, Church Ma<j«-j<>e.— [Conolly's
Fifiann, Dirt. jYat. J>io<j.}
WILLIAM BRAXKS, born Old Monk-
1843 land' 8th Augl 1813> son of ^'illiam
B., farmer, and Jane Rankin ; edu
cated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1835) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1840; ord!
1st Oct. 1841 to Camelon Chapel-of-Ease ;
pres. by James, Lord Torphichen, Aug.
1843; adm. 15th Sept. 1843; died 16th
Feb. 1879. Marr. 22nd Jan. 1850, Jane
(died 27th Xov. 1890), daugh. of David
Rankin, Glasgow, and had issue— Jane
Rankin ; Helen Eliza Gillon ; Wilhelmina ;
Ann Janet; Anna Maria; Jemima;
Georgina. Publications — Zion's A'iny
(Edinburgh, 1859); Jfmven our Home
(Edinburgh, 1861, and many editions);
Meet for Heaven (Edinburgh, 1862);
Life in Heaven (Edinburgh, 1863);
Tabor's Teaching (Edinburgh, 1865)— all
anonymous.
JOHX M'KERLIE JOHXSTOXE.born
1879 30th 'Illly 1847' S0n °f ^Iicllael J-,
D.D., min. of Minnigaff; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871) ;
licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 1871 ; ord. 17th
July 1879 ; died unmarr. 25th Aug. 1897.
GEORGE BEALE, born Haddington,
1898 17th Xov. 1861, son of David B. and
Georgina Maclachlan ; educated at
Haddington, Church of Scotland Training
College, and Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1888) ;
schoolmaster of Scalloway, 1888-90; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th May 1893;
assistant at Clydebank, and Dean, Edin-
UXLtTHCOW]
TORPHICHKN— UPHALL
burgh; urd. I'Jth Feb. 1898. Marr. 17th
Aug. 1889, Jessie Millar, claugh. of James
Lowe, M.A., min. of Thornton, and has
issue — May Alexina Bayne, born 8th May
1890; William Henry (Iray, born 24th .Jan.
1 902.
UPIIALL, FORMERLY STRATII-
1MOCK.
[The church, dedicated to St Nicholas,
was a prebend belonging to the Provostry
of Kirkheugh.]
MICHAEL SMITH, adm. 1502. The
1562 General Assembly, 30th June 1502,
ordained the Superintendent of
Lothian to summon him to purge himself
of certain crimes of which he was accused.
— [Jiooke of the Kirk, Keith's I fist.]
1570
THOMAS DOUGLAS, adm. May 1570;
trans, to Dalkeith about 1573.—
[Rey. ^fin. Colley. Ch., Mid- Lothian.'}
THOMAS MOWBRAY, adm. 158r,;
dep. 8 th Oct. I'm.— [Ee< i. A ssi</.,
Edin. Presh. fa,,.}
PATRICK SHAIRP, son of Sir John S.
1590 °^ Houston, advocate ; one of the
original students in the Univ. of
Edinburgh ; attained his degree of M.A.
at the first graduation (9th Aug. 1587);
died probably in 1597. He marr. Jean
Gudlad (the daugh. or granddaugh. of
Walter Gudlad, vicar of Strathbrock),
who afterwards marr. her husband's suc
cessor, and had issue — Agnes, his only
surviving child in 1611 (marr. (1) after
29th April 1012, Alexander Somerville
of Humbie (Rey. of Deeds, ccvii., 259),
(2) James Laing, min. of Kirknewton).
— [AV/. Assiy., Edin. awl titirl. Presb.
Serfs.]
ALEXANDER KEITH, M.A. (Edin-
159g burgh, 28th July 159G) ; adm. 19th
Sept. 1598 ; member of the Glasgow
Assembly 1610; adhered to the protesta
tion for the liberties of the Kirk, 27th
June 1017; still min. in 1033, when his
name disappears from the Presb. Record.
He marr. .lean Gudlad, widow of preced
ing, and had issue — Robert ; Alexander,
his successor; Jean.— [AV//. Assiy., Presh.,
Ed i)i. /Vo'A. ; Jlooke of the Kirk; Oriy.
Lett., ii. ; Calderwood's Hist. ; Morrison's
Dec., xvii.]
ALEXANDER KEITH, son of pre-
1639 CC(^nS' ; ^I-A. (Edinburgh, 20th July
1031); adm. previous to 10th Aug.
1039; dep. 21st July 1649 ; reponed by the
Synod 8th May 1050; had £100 ster.
allowed by Parliament 12th July 1061, on
account of his sufferings. He marr. (I)
19th May 1640, Margaret (daugh. of James
Monteath of Kersebank), and had issue —
Katherine ; Louis ; Jean ; Margaret. —
[Falkirk Ses*. Rey. ; Peterkin's Rec. :
Acts of Ant*, ami Par?., vii.]
1655
WILLIAM DEWCATS [DUGUID],
M.A. He intruded himself, 27th
March 1655, "over the bodie of the
people,"' without any call or legal admis
sion. [Afterwards min. of Dolphinton.] —
[Presl). (Protesting) Rey.]
JOHN MOUBRAY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1659 1">t^1 April 1G45) ') licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 30th Nov. 1653 ; chap
lain to the Laird of Kirkhill ; called 7th
March and 30th June 1058 ; ord. 9th Nov.
1659; coll. 10th Oct. 1002; outed by the
rabble before 13th April 1089; dem. 6th
Aug. 1090; went to England, where he
obtained a living. He marr. 20th Feb.
1002, Julia Campbell, and had issue —
Helen and Margaret (twins) ; John ;
William ; Catherine ; Elizabeth. — [Rey.
Collat.; JAS'. Ace. of Jfin., 1089; Rule's
tfec. (Vindication).]
GEORGE BARCLAY, educated at New
1690 C°lh?Se5 St Andrews ; called to this
charge 10th Aug., and adm. 30th
Sept. 1090 ; was a member of the As
semblies 1690, 1692 ; died 29th July 1714.
He marr. Christian Fairfoul (Edinburgh
»V«s., li., 6).— [Rey. Gen. Ass.; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church ; Wodrow's
Anal., i., Corresp., i.]
234
[PKESP,. OF
JOHN WILKIE, son of John W., mer-
1706 chant, Edinburgh, of the family of
Rathobyres ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1099) ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 20th June
1705; ord. (colleague) 28th Aug. 1700;
pres. to Curric 1718, and to Second
Charge, Dumfries, 1731, but declined both ;
died 28th May 1702. He marr. Euphan
Skene, who died before April 1759, and
had issue — Charles, min. of Ecclesmachan ;
Henrietta. Publication — SV/??io» prc<\fh<-<l
at J fid-Caller (Edinburgh, 1720).— ["JiW-
corn Sess. /iV/., Law's Mem. (I'ref.).]
WILLIAM CIB, licen. by Presb. of
1763 Kirkcaldy 19th Aug. 1750; ord. to
Kilmany 24th Sept. 1701 ; pres. by
Henry David, Earl of Buchan, trans, and
adm. 27th Oct. 1703; died 3rd Dec. 1795,
aged 02. He marr. 23rd Nov. 1795 (ten
days before his death), Elizabeth Rentoul
of Middleton, who died 14th May 180!).
— [Scots Mag., Ivii.]
DAVID URE, son of Patrick U., a
1796 weaver iR Glasgow, at which trade
he himself wrought in earlier life ;
educated at the Grammar School and Univ.
of his native city ; M.A. (1770). During
his divinity curriculum he assisted the
schoolmaster of Stewarton, and subse
quently taught a subscription school near
Dumbarton ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
llth June 1783, he became assistant at
East Kilbride, with only ten pounds a
year and his maintenance. On the death
of the min. he had some expectation of
being appointed his successor, but finding
the parish not unanimous, he accepted the
post of assistant in a Presbyterian church
at Newcastle 1798. He W7as employed by
Sir John Sinclair to draw up agricultural
surveys of the counties of Dumbarton,
Kinross, and Roxburgh. He superin
tended the publication of the concluding-
volumes of the first issue of the Statistical
Account of Scotland, and prepared the
general indices of the work. Appreciating
his meritorious services, David Stuart, Earl
of Buchan, pres. him to this charge ; he
was ord. 14th July 1796, and died unmarr.
28th March 1798. Blessed with a strong
and vigorous mind, which adversity could
neither subdue, nor prosperity elate, he
persevered in the objects on which he
had set his heart, whether of classical or
scientific research, with unconquerable
ardour. His usual method of travel was
on foot, a supply of bread and cheese in
his pocket, and quenching his thirst at
the limpid spring. In the pocket of his
greatcoat he secured such minerals or other
curiosities as attracted his notice, had a
tin box for preserving curious plants, a
stout stick, armed with steel, which occa
sionally served as a spade or pick-axe ; a
few small chisels, and other tools ; a blow
pipe ; a small liquid chemical apparatus ;
optical instruments, etc., so that others
sometimes referred to him as a walking
shop or laboratory. Seemingly indifferent
to all weathers, heat or cold, wet or dry,
he was a patient observer, and an accurate
describer of Nature ; while his kindness to
an aged and widowed mother, from very
slender means, bespoke the warmth of his
affection and the goodness of his heart.
Publications — History of Ruthenjlen and
East Killride (Glasgow, 1793); Accounts
of East Kilbride, of Rutherglen, and
Killearn (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iii., ix., xvi.).
—[Scots May., Lxx. ; Tombst,, Diet. Nat.
Bioy.~\
JOHN FERGUSON (primus), son of
1798 J°hn F-' Dunblane; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; schoolmaster of
Inveraray ; licen. by that Presb. Sept.
1785; ord. by them as chaplain to the
74th Foot, 19th Feb. 1788 ; pres. by David
Stuart, Earl of Buchan, and adm. 28th
Sept. 1798 ; died 14th Dec. 1835, in 77th
year. He marr. Enea Fisher, who died 1st
Dec. 1858, in her 88th year, and had issue
— Jessie, born 2nd Oct. 1795 ; Archibald,
born 19th Sept. 1798; Angus Fisher, born
23rd July 1799, died 28th June 1817 ; John,
his successor ; Duncan Campbell, born 8th
Sept. 1802 ; William, born 8th June 1804 ;
Lilias, born 24th May 1807 ; Matilda, born
12th Feb. 1811.
JOHN FERGUSON (secundus), born
1824 2nc^ April 1801, son of preceding;
educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 24th Sept.
LINLTTHCOW]
UPIIATJ WITITBURN
235
pres. by David Stuart, Earl of
Buchan ; ord. (assistant and successor) 29th
April 1824 ; dep. 19th June 1838 ; went to
Australia, where he engaged in agriculture,
and died 28th June 1873.
1839
GEORGE BOAG, born Glasgow, 2nd
March 1799, son of William B. and
Agnes Hamilton ; educated at Glas
gow Univ. ; Keen, by Presb. of Chirnside ;
ord. by Presb. of Northumberland to the
Scottish Church at Widdrington ; pres. by
Henry, Earl of Buchan, June 1839, and adm.
2nd Aug. 1839; died 3rd Feb. 18(53. He
inarr. 4th June 1833, Eleanor G oldie, died
14th Sept. 1872, and had issue — AVilliam
Goldie, min. of Delting, born 15th Oct.
1834; John George, born llth June 1837,
died 29th May 1842 ; Ann Leithead, born
10 th July 1839, died unman1. ; Agnes
Hamilton, born 1st March 1842, died
unmarr. ; George, born 16th July 1844:
Eleanor Goldie, born 23rd Jan. 1847;
James, born 23rd Aug. 1849, died 1st
June 1908.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, born Edin-
1863 burgh, 29th May 1832 ; son of William
J., English master and chaplain,
Merchant Maidens' Institution, Edinburgh ;
educated at High School and Univ., Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th
July 1858; assistant at Lesmahagow and
Lady Tester's, Edinburgh ; pres. by David,
Earl of Buchan, 5th March 1863 ; ord. 24th
July 1863 ; chaplain to the volunteers for
upwards of forty years ; received volunteer
decoration from Queen Victoria ; died 8th
May 1912. He marr. 23rd Jan. 1872, Eliza,
only daugh. of William Arbuckle, farmer,
Wyndford, West Lothian.
CHARLES DUNN, born 1st May 1874,
1912 son °^ Peter 1 *• an(l Elspeth Strachan ;
educated at Grammar School and
Univs. of Aberdeen and Berlin ; M.A.
(Aberdeen 1895), B.D. (Aberdeen 1898);
licen. by Presb. of Alford 1900; assistant
at St Mary's, Dundee, and West Parish,
Aberdeen; ord. to Arbuthnot 2nd July
1903; trans, to Uphall 24th Sept. 1912.
He marr. 6th June 1911, Jean, daugh. of
William Munro.
WHITBUHN.
[The church was opened 21st Oct. 1718.
Parish disjoined from Livingston, and
erected by the Commissioners of Teinds,
23rd June 1731.]
ALEXANDER WARDROBE, son of
1732 Davifl ^ •> °f Colt, Livingstone;
educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Forres 13th March 1721 ; ord.
to Muckhart 7th April 1725 ; pres. by Sir
James Cunninghame of Milncraig ; trans,
and adm. 2nd March 1732 ; died 13th June
1759, in his 66th year. He marr. Julia
(died 8th July 1785), eldest daugh. of Sam
Telfer, min. of Kirkintilloch, and had issue
— David ; Barbara ; Julian ; Mary ; Henry ;
Quintin, all above 21 years of age in April
1759. — [Brown's Gosp. Truth., Diary of
Alexander Jolmstone of KirMandJ]
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, pres. by Lady
17 Mary Cunninghame Nov. 1759 ; ord.
10th June 1760; trans, to Wynd
Church, Glasgow, 28th June 1770. — [Con-
nell's Par. Law ; Neiv Htat. Ace., ii.]
WILLIAM BARRON, eldest son of
John B., Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 28th April 1762; ord. to
Wamphray 10th Feb. 1763; pres. by Sir
William Cunninghame of Livingston ;
trans, and adm. 25th April 1771 ; adm.
Professor of Logic in the Univ. of St
Andrews 2nd Dec. 1778; died 28th Dec.
1803. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1782, Margaret
Stark, and had issue— Thomas, born 28th
Oct. 1783; Helen, born 20th Jan. 1785;
John, born 27th May 1786 ; Ann, born
25th Nov. 1787, died 10th Aug. 1789 ;
Elizabeth, born 1st May 1790 ; Maria
Catherine, born 2nd Aug. 1793, died
16th June 1794 ; James, born 24th Jan.
1795, died 7th Sept. 1795. Publications
• — An Essay on the Mechanical Principles
of the Plowjh (Edinburgh, 1774); History
of the Colonization of the Free States
of Antiquity (London, 1777, anon.); His
tory of the Political Connexion between
England and Ireland from the Reign of
Henry II. 1<> the 7'resenf Time (London,
236
WIIITIUTRN
[PKEST.. OF
1780, anon.); Lecture^ on. /,WA',s--//f7//v.s
and Loyir, 2 vols. (London, 1850).
JAMES SOMI<:RVILLE, pros. by Sir
William Augustus Cunninghame,
and adm. 18th Nov. 1779 ; trans.
to Stirling, Second Charge, 8th Oct.
1789. — [tiermonx, Steven's Xcotf/xh ('h.
ftotterd.]
JAMES RHIND, licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 4th Oct. 1780; pre.s. by Sir
AYilliam A. Cunninghame, and ord.
9th Sept. 1790; died 2Gth Aug. 1808. He
inarr. 1st Nov. 1793, Helen Burn, who died
25th June 1847, and had issue — Janet, born
10th Sept. 1794 (inarr. 1st Nov. 1825, John
Sinclair Cunningham, manager, Commercial
Bank of Scotland) ; Susan, born 4th March
1796; Robert Hunter, born 13th Sept. 1797;
William and Elizabeth, born 16th Oct.
17!)!); John, born 8th May 1801, died 26th
June 1803; Jane, bom 12th Jan. 1804;
John, born 4th Sept. 1805 ; Agnes, born
8th Oct. 1807.
JAMES WATSON, born Spynie; edu-
1809 ca^ec^ at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1774); schoolmaster of Mort-
lach, 1773-85; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 2nd Dec. 1778; having the prospect
of a settlement in England, he was ord. by
the same Presb. 16th Nov. 1785 ; adm. to
South Pionaldshay 8th April 1786; pres.
by Thomas Gordon, trans, and adm. 13th
July 1809; died at Edinburgh, 28th May
1823, while attending the General Assembly,
in which he had spoken that day. Publica
tion — Sermon after the Death of the Hon.
William Jla/llie of Polk emmet (Edinburgh,
1816).
GRAHAM MITCHELL, son of Alex.
M., examiner of Excise, Edinburgh ;
educated at the High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (19th April
1822) ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
1st July following ; assistant accountant
in the General Excise Office from 8th
Jan. 1813 till his ordination; pres. by
Sir William Baillie of Polkemmet, Bart.,
in Oct. 1823 ; ord. 15th April 1824 : LL.D.
(Glasgow, 17th April 1848) ; died 25th Sept.
ISG9. ILemarr. 8th April 1828, Catherine
(died 12th June 1864), daugh. of the Rev.
John AArcbster, of St Peter's Chapel, Edin
burgh, and had issue— Graham Alexander,
born 9th April 1832 ; AVilliarn James, bora
1 Ith April 1834. Publications— The Youny
Man's Guide ayainst Infidelity (Edinburgh,
1848); Account of the Parish (New Mat.
Arc., ii.). — [Steven's Jli'yh tie/tool, etc.]
JOHN AVATT, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
1869 ^'iUiam Ikiillio, Bart., 25th Sept.
1869 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
19th Dec. 1869; trans, to Anderston,
Glasgow, 30th Dec. 1875.
JOHN ALEXANDER IRELAND ; ord.
llth May 1876 ; trans, to Gartsherrie
27th Aug. 1891.
JAMES CRAIG, born 1st July 1863;
18Q2 educated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1885), B.D. (1888); ord. 10th Feb.
1892; res. 10th Feb. 1898, to go to South
Africa, where he was adm. min. at Bloem-
fontein.
JAMES LITTLE BUCHANAN, born
1898 Ireland, 26th Nov. 1872, son of Rev.
A. C. B. ; educated at Royal Univ.
of Ireland and Edinburgh Univ. ; B.D.
(1897), LL.B. (1901); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1897 ; ord. 19th July 1898 ;
res. 1st Oct. 1909; took orders in the
Church of England ; assistant priest of St
Gabriel's, London, 1913. Marr. 18th Aug.
1898, Jessie, daugh. of James Bristow
Young, and has issue— Angus Morogh ;
Brian Urquhart ; Sheena Doreen ; Matilda
Grace. Publication — The Christ World
(London, 1913).
THOMAS OGILVY DUNCAN, M.A. ;
1910 trans- from Kintore, and adm. 10th
March 1910; trans, to Athelstane-
ford 16th May 1912.
ROBERT BRUCE MACKINNON,
1912 k°rn Glasgow, 18th Sept. 1878,
eldest son of Robert Alexander M.,
schoolmaster, Loanhead ; educated at
Lasswade School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1902), B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb.
LINLITHGOW]
WHITBURN— WINCIIHUKGH
of Dalkeith 190;") ; assistant at St Paul's
(Leith), Tolbooth (Edinburgh), and North
Leith; ord. to Cartsburn, Greenock, 15th
April 1909 ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1912.
Man-. 2nd Sept. 1909, Elizabeth Matthew,
M.A., daugh. of Andrew Gray, Bonnyrigg,
and has issue— Eobert Alexander Bruce,
born 26th Sept, 1910.
WLNCHBURGH (Q.£).
[Disjoined from Kirkliston and Dalmeny.
and erected into a parish quoad sacra by
decreet of Court of Teinds, 27th May 1904.
Church built in 1891.]
GEORGE FULLERTOX, born Hoard-
1892 wee1' Berwickshire, 17th July 1862,
son of Robert F. and Isabella
Cockburn; educated at Oldhamstocks
School, Duns Academy, and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1886); Keen, by Presb. of
Duns 1886; app. to Winchburgh Mission,
and ord. July 1892 ; died unmarr. 7th June
1897.
HUGH ARMSTROXG, born Glasgow,
1904 25th July 1864; son °f Hugh A'.
and Isabella M'Cubbin ; certificated
teacher under Glasgow School Board ; edu
cated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1890 •
ord. by Presb. of Linlithgow to Winchburgh
Chapel-of-Ease 27th Oct. 1897; clerk of
Presb. 1912. Marr. 13th Juno 1899,
Margaret Johnston (died 7th July
1912), daugh. of George Allan Smith, and
had issue— Margaret Sybil Ross, born 28th
March 1900. Publications — Unto the
2'erfi'ct (Glasgow, 1895); LMWujow Choir
Union, its Aims, etc. (Falkirk, 1909).
[Xaiuc of Parish unknown.]
ROBERT COLVILL, ''one of the Com-
1589 missioners appointed by the Secret
Council for the maintenance of true
religion within the Sheriffdom of Lin
lithgow." He was at Culross in 1593, and
in August lQ07.~[£ooke of the Kirk, Lin-
lithyoio Co. tias.]
PRESBYTERY OF BIGGAR
[Disjoined from the Presbs. of Lanark and Peebles and erected by the General
Assembly, 12th Aug. 1(513 and 3rd June 1044. it was not acknowledged under
Episcopacy, the parishes being subject to their former judicatories during that period.
The Records begin 20th June 1044, the only blanks being from 23rd Oct. 1G5U to 10th
May 1000, and from 10th Jan. 1002 to 22nd March 1088.]
BIGGAR.
[The church, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, was made collegiate by Malcolm,
Lord Fleming, 10th Jan. 1545.]
1567 WILLIAM MILL All, reader.
1571 WILLIAM HAMILTON, reader.
1573 DAVID MAKKTE, reader.
1573
XIXIAX HALL, trans, from Inver-
gowrie, and adm. 1573 ; Lamington,
Hartside, Coulter, Kilbucho, Sym
ington, and Thankerton were also under
his care. — [Reg. Assig., Wodrow MiscelL]
WALTER HALDEX, min. in 1570;
trans, to Wiston 1580 or 1588.—
1576
Reg.]
[Reg. Assig., Booke of the Kirk, Test.
1586 JOHN PETILLOCH, reader.
1586
ALEXANDER SPITTAL, M.A. ; on the
exercise at Edinburgh 3rd Dec. 1580,
and adm. same month : trans, to
Libberton 1590. — [Act. Rect. Univ. St And.,
Reg. Assig., Edin. 1'resb. Reg.]
[There is no trace of a min. for nine j
years in the Presb. Record.]
THOMAS CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1589); min. of Coulter 1590; trans.
and adm. 1599 ; died between Oth
May 1040 and 24th April 1055, leaving a
•son, Thomas, M.A., at Snafield in England,
238
who was served heir at the latter date. —
[Reg. Asxig., Text. Reg. (Lan.) , Inq. Ret.
<!en., 4011 ; Hunter's Jtiggar.]
1605
[WILLIAM FLEMING is mentioned as
" parson and vicar of Biggar " in
1005, and JAMES DUNCAN, prebend
ary, in 1010 ( Wigtown Inventor]/, Scot. Rec.
Soc., Xos. 383 and 002).]
ALEXAXDER LIVINGSTON, probably
647 COUiSin °f Alexander L., min. of
Colinton: M.A. (1 Glasgow 1033);
chaplain to Sir John Auchmutie of
Scougall and Aldhame, and tutor to his
son ; adm. min. of Carmichael 3rd June
1039 ; pres. by John, Earl of Wigtown, and
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
3rd Feb. 1047 ; member of the Commissions
of Assembly 1047, 1048 ; with most of his
co-presbyters he joined the Protesters in
1051 ; was nominated by the Protector one
of those in the provinces of Lothian, Merse,
and Teviotdale, for visiting the Universities,
and authorising "godly and able men " to
enjoy their livings, 17th Oct. 1055 ; sus
pended, May 1001, for joining the Pro
testers ; called before the Privy Council
23rd July 1001 ; confined in Edinburgh, and
ordered to wait on Alexander, Archbishop
of Glasgow, and give satisfaction as to
his behaviour and carriage. There is no
mention of him after 1002. He marr. Helen
Ramsay, who died June 1092, and had issue
— Robert, min. of Libberton and of Biggar ;
and a daugh. (marr. John Creig, min. of
PRESB. OF BIGGAK]
BIG GAR
239
Skirling).— [Lanark and Syn. (Jedburgh
J'resb.), Edin. (Bur.) and Test. Reg. (Lan.);
Acts of Ass. and Parl., vii. ; AYodrow's
Hist., Nicoll's
RICHARD BROWN", M.A. ; trans, from
Blantyre, and adm. 1065; trans, to
Dumfries Aug. 1685.— [Test. Keg.
(Lanark).]
JOHN REID, M.A. (St Andrews, 13th
1685 April 1026) ; min. of Walston 1078 ;
trans, and inst. 23rd Dec. 1685 ;
continued 2nd May 1088, but soon after
wards outed by the rabble. It is highly
probable that he became min. of Loch-
rutton 2nd Dec. 1690; died 2nd Jan. 1727.
His first wife was an Inglis, by whom he
had a daugh., Helen. He marr. (2) April
1602, Catherine, daugh. of Thomas Rome
of (Jluden.— [J/,V. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1692
WILLIAM JACK [JACQUE], a min.
in Ireland, compelled to fly to
Scotland in 168!) (/->. C. Acto, 28th
June 1092); formerly min. at Clapham,
London ; called Dec. 1091 ; adm. 28th
April 1692 ; trans, to Kelso 24th Jan.
1695.
1696
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, son of Alex
ander L., min. in 1647 : M.A. (Kdin-
burgh 1071) ; ord. to Libberton 26th
June 1089; called 29th Oct. 1095; trans,
and adm. 8th April 1096 ; died 10th May
1733, aged about 82. Marr. Mary Rae
(Lanark Mas., xii., 222).— [Wodrow's Anal.,
Hi.]
ROBERT JACK, M.A. ; ord. (colleague
1732 and successor) 27th Oct. 1732; trans,
to Carnwath 27th June 1749.
[WILLIAM 1IATG, pros, by the Earl
of Wigtown's Trustees 28th and 30th
Nov. 1749; called 10th April 1751. The
parishioners almost unanimously opposed
his settlement, and after long-protracted
proceedings in the Church Courts, he was
induced to withdraw all claim to the
incumbency. An exchange was effected
between him and John Johnston, chaplain
of Edinburgh Castle, where he was adm.
1780
13th Sept. 1754.— Hunter's Biggar ; ticots
Mag., xiv.-xvi.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1754 27th April 1742); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 31st Dec. 1746; ord. to
Edinburgh Castle 10th May 1751 ; pres. by
the Wigtown Trustees ; trans, and adm.
26th Sept, 1754; died 15th Oct. 1778.
He marr. 8th Aug. 1745, Elizabeth (died
at Edinburgh, 26th Oct. 1805), daugh. of
Capt. Dan. Vere of Stonebyres, and had
issue— Helen, born 1st July 1740; Spence,
born 14th Jan. 1748 ; Helen, born 31st July
1750; AVilliam, born Oth March 1760;
John and Charles, born 31st Dec. 1703 ;
Margaret Anne, born 10th April 1767;
Richard, born 20th June 1770. — [Scots
Mag., xvi. ; Morren's Ann.]
ROBERT PEARSON, pres. by Lady
Clementina Fleming, and Charles,
Lord Elphinstone, her husband, in
March 1779. The call was unsigned, and
there was vigorous objection. The Presb.
referred the matter to the Assembly, who,
30th May 1780, upheld the presentation by
a majority of 85 to 77. P. was ord. 28th
Sept. following, under protection of the
military, two members of Presb. declining
to take part. This forcible obtrusion led
to the formation of a Relief congrega
tion in Biggar. He died unmarr., 1st
Aug. 1787.— [Hunter's Biggar ; ticots Mag.,
xlii.]
AVILLIAM WATSON, educated at I'niv.
1787 of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 26th Sept. 1775 ; pres. by
Dowager Lady Clementina Elphinstone,
2oth Aug., and ord. 23rd Nov. 1787; died
31st Oct. 1822, in his 73rd year. He
marr. 17th March 1788, Janet (died 22nd
March 1804, aged 48), daugh. of Will.
Forrester, min. of Carstairs, and had issue
--Mary, born 9th Jan. 1789, died 29th
March 1805 ; Isabella, born 18th July 1790,
died 7th Sept. 1791 ; Gillespie, born 27th
Sept. 1792 ; Thomas, min. of Covington ;
William, born 10th Sept. 1790, died 17th
March 1818; Janet, born 22nd Sept. 1798
(marr. Walter Somerville, surgeon, Carn
wath). Publication— Account of the Parish
240
BIGGAR— BROUGHTON
[PIIESU. OF
(Sinclair's Xtat, Ace., i.). — [Innes's Mem. of
Thomas Thornton.]
JOHN CHRISTISON, horn Cumber-
nauld, 8th June 1800, son of James C.
and Ann Haig; educated at Edin
burgh Univ., where his uncle, Alexander
Christison, was Professor of Humanity:
M.A. (1st April 1819); licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 24th April 1823 ; pres. by Vice-
admiral the Hon. Chas. Fleming, same
month, and ord. 18th Sept. 1823; clerk
of Presb. 1839 : clerk of Synod 14th Nov.
1S43 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1874) : died 20th
June 1875. He marr. 3rd April 1827,
Ramsay Hannay (born 21st May 1807, died
18th June 1801), daugh. of David M'Lellan,
merchant, Kirkcudbright, and Catherine
Hannay, and had issue — Mary, born 18th
Feb. 182G, died 3rd Jan. 1886 ; Catherine,
born 1829 (marr. John Hunter, school
master, Edinburgh) ; Ann Hay, born 1830,
(marr. Thomas Oliphant, schoolmaster,
Edinburgh), died 1891 ; Ramsay Hannay,
born 19th Jan. 1832 (marr. Matthew Arm
strong, min. of Skirling); James, born 15th
Nov. 1834, died 18th Dec. 1830 ; James, born
1837 ; Melville, born 1838, died 15th March
1893 (marr. Samuel Smith, M.P.) ; David
Alexander M'Lellan, born 7th March 1840,
died 21st Oct. 1861 : William Hannay
M'Lellan, born 14th March 1842, died in
Demerara, Aug. 1867 ; John 'William, civil
engineer, born 14th July 1843, died in
India, 7th Sept. 1878 ; Charles, born 18th
Jan. 1847, died 28th April 1887; Joan
Francis Sophia, born 18th Jan. 1847,
died 8th July 1859. Publication — Ac
count of the Parish (Neio titat. Ace., vi.).
— {Memorials (privately printed, Edin.,
1875).]
WILLIAM NEWBIGGING, born
Thornyhill, Carmichael, 1836, son
of James N. and Jane Ballantyne ;
educated at Pettinain School and Edin
burgh Univ. ; M.A. (1864) ; B.D. (1866) ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark ; assistant at
Glencairn, Moffat, Tynron, Eastwood ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th Oct. 1874 ;
died 26th April 1884. He marr. 14th
March 1876, Sarah, daugh. of Robert
Wilson, min. of Tynron.
WILLIAM GRANT DUNCAN, born
Clova, Forfarshire, 20th Jan. 1855,
1884
son of Thomas D., farmer, Newbig-
ging, and Jean Low ; educated at Braemin-
zion School, Cortachy, Anderson's College,
Glasgow, and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1880),
B.D. (1883); licen. by Presb. of Meigle
9th May 1883; assistant at Strathmiglo
and Newington ; ord. 25th Sept. 1884.
Marr. 16th June 1886, Ann Williamson,
daugh. of llobert Matthew, Strathmiglo,
and Catherine Brown, and has issue — Nor
man Thomas, quartermaster of Samana
Rifles, India, born 23rd April 1887 ; Arthur
Robert, Canadian Bank of Commerce, born
14th Jan. 1889 ; Catherine Matthew, born
3rd Nov. 1890 ; Jean Ogilvy, born 3rd April
1893 ; William Ogilvy, born 25th Dec. 1895 ;
Ann Williamson, born 25th June 1900;
Edward Grant, born 26th April 1902;
Angus Wellesley, born 18th June 1908.
Publication — Guide to ]ti<j<jar (Biggar, 1900).
BROUGHTON.
[The church was dedicated to St Muir-
each. Glenholm and Kilbucho were
annexed by the Court of Teinds, 28th
May 1794.]
WALTER TUEDY [TWEEDIE], of
1576 the Drumelzier family, exhorter at
Broughton and Dawyck in 1567 ;
pres. to the vicarage of Walston 20th May
1 567 ; reader at Glenholm and Broughton
in 1574 ; Kilbucho was also under his
charge. Continued 1591. — [AV,y. Min. and
Assiij., Wot f row Miscell., Test. Reg.}
JOHN MAKCULLO, probably JOHN
1594 PETILLOCH, reader at Biggar
1588; M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug.
1592) ; adm. 28th May 1594, but 2nd April
1595 he " can find na sufficient provision " ;
min. of Yetholm in 1595.— [Hey. Ass/'g.]
1603
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON, M.A. ;
adm. 24th Nov. 1603; application
was made in his behalf for Drum
elzier the same year : trans, to Athelstane-
ford 1607.
BIGGAR]
BROUGHTON
241
•TOHX BEXXET, adm. 1608 ; trans, to
1608 Kirkurcl 1616.
JOH^X DOUGLAS of Escheillis
1616 [Eshiels]? son and heir of Archi
bald 1)., archdeacon of Glasgow ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1603) : min!
of Kilbucho 1614 ; trans, and adm.' 1616 ;
died between 24th Oct. and 21st Xov.
same year. He marr. Margaret, sister of
William Douglas of Cavers, who survived
him, and marr. secondly, Robert Living
stone, min. of Skirling, having had issue
by her first husband — William ; James
(Peebles Inkib., ii., 60; Rfr,. of Deeds
dxlv., 511).
JAMES DICKSOX, adm. 1617: died
1617 b^fore 21st Aug. 1644. He marr.
Katherine Wintone.
ROBERT BUOVYX, adm. and inst. 26th
Aug. 1644; trans, to Lyne and
1644
Megget 1st Feb. 1660.
1661
ROBEB
111 in
bun.
Earl of Wi
Deo. 1661
ment llth
Oct. 1662 ;
( Vide 1690
T ELLIOT, son of Robert E.,
. of West Linton ; M.A. (Edin-
,'h, 1st Aug. 1651) ; pros, by John,
gtown. 26th Xov., and adm. 3rd
; deprived by Act of Parlia-
•I une, and of Privy Council 1st
resided subsequently at Gullane.
GEORGE SETOX, M.A. : pres. by John,.
1668 Karl of Wigtown; coll. and adm!
12th March 1668 ; trans, to Fyvie
1672.
JAMEh SIMSOX, inst. ah May 1673;
1073 lrans- to Drumelzier 1st March
16h3.
A LAX JOHXSTOX, M.A. ; adm. 1684 ;
1684 trans, to Carstairs 27th May ICM.
WILLIAM SIMSOX, a native of Banff-
1686 sllirc^ educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1673); school
master of Boyndie 1676-84 ; recommended
by Presb. of Eordycc for licen. 21st Feb.
1683; inst. 7th Jan. 1686; deposed for
charming," but seems to have continued.
He is mentioned as "minister''' in the
VOL. I.
Presb. Reg. 24th March 1691 ; was again
deposed by Presb. of Brechin, 3rd Oct.
1726, for intruding at Dun.— [Test. Re<j.
(Brech.); MS. Ace. of Min,, 1689.]
[ROBERT ELLIOT, M.A., above men-
1690 tioncd> restored to his ministry, but
did not return to Broughton, "the
parish having urged no reason directly or
indirectly ;; for that course ; trans, to West
Linton 20th May 1691.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; called 12th Aug.,
1697 and ord- 24th Sept. 1697 ; trans, to
Gladsmuir 27th Aug. 1701.
THOMAS SIMSOX, probably son of
1702 Willi;un S., min. in 1686; school
master at Dolphinton. and after
wards at Biggar ; licen. by Pix-sb. of Biggar
28th Aug. 1701 ; called 25th Feb., and ord.
12th May 1702; died llth Sept. 1732, in
56th year. He marr. (pro. 24th -June 1705)
Margaret, daugh. of William Oliphant of
Culteuchar, and had issue -David, eldest
son, W.S. apprentice 1730; Margaret
(marr. Christopher Cairns, min'. of Tweeds-
muir).— [JEdin. Reg. (Mart:), Tombst.}
AXDREW RICHARDSOX, pres. by
1735 Jolin> Earl of ^'igto\vn : called 17th
Oct. 1734; ord. 5th March 1735;
\ trans, to Inverkeithing 30th May 175l'
but not settled until 18th June 1752.'
Richardson's trans, led to the origin of
the Relief Church.
AXDREW PLUMMER, probably of the
1754 PJummers of Middlestead ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles llth Jan. 173« •
pres. to Manor 1739, but the Pre^b. would
not proceed to the settlement, and their
action was affirmed by the General Assembly
13th May 1742; pres. by William, Earl of
March and Ruglen, 14th Dec. 1752; ord.
10th May 1754; died unmarr. 10th Oct.
1768, in 59th year.— [^cfe of Ass., Tombst,]
Morren's Ann., i.]
THOMAS GRAY, son of Thomas G,
1769 Ancrum, and Janet Shiel, born
1733 ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 12th
May 1761; pres. by William, Earl of
March ; ord. loth Aug. 1769 : declared min
242
BROUGHTON
[PRESB. OF
of Glenholm 13th July 1802 : died 1 tth
April 1810. He marr. 24th Aug. 1772,
1 felon (died at Leith, 2Sth Dec. 1*11, aged
o9), daugh. of Bailie .Muekle, Leith, and had
issue — George, died abroad; Jean, born
24th Jan. 1775 (marr. James Gardner, min.
of Tweedsmuir) ; Margaret, born 4th Feb.
1770 (marr. (1) James Bo\ve, M.D., Biggar,
(2) James Gladstone, Toftcombs, Biggar):
Uobert, of Garwood, born 1777, died ln;2 :
Alexander, of Kniglitsridge, Linlitligow-
shire, born 13th Sept. 1778 ; William,
born 21st Oct. 1779, died f>th Sept.
1783: Rebecca, Vtorn 5th Dec. 1780 (marr-
James Hill, merchant, and bailie of Edin
burgh) ; Thomas, born loth Xov. 1783, died
10th April 1784; Helen (twin), born loth
Nov., died 25th Xov. 1783: Beatrice, born
25th Sept. 1785 (marr. 17th June 1813,
John Jackson, merchant, Leith) ; Helen,
born llth June 1787 (marr. Alexander
Telfer, min. of Johnstone) : Mary, born
28th Sept, 1793 (marr. James Usher,
Edinburgh) ; Elizabeth, born 28th J uly
1795 (marr. Alexander Stoddart, merchant,
Edinburgh). Publication—Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Mat. Ace., vii.). — [7'omost.,
private information.]
WILLIAM POHTEOUS, min. of Kil-
1810 ^)ucno> succeeded in terms of clecreet
of annexation in 1810 ; died uninarr.
1st June 1813, in 08th year, leaving £100
to be applied to charitable uses in the
parish. Publication — Account of Kilbucho
(Sinclair's Mat. Ace., iv.).— [Tomlst. ; New
Stat. Ace., iii.]
HAMILTON PAUL, born Bargany,
Dailly, 10th April 1773, son of John
P., coal grieve ; educated at the
Parish School of Dailly, and Univ. of
Glasgow, where he was the friend and
companion of Thomas Campbell the poet ;
tutor in Argyllshire ; Keen, by Presb. of
Ayr 16th July 1800; assistant at Coyl-
ton and other parishes ; partner in a
printing establishment at Ayr, and for
three years editor of the Ai/r A deer- •
tiser. While resident there, he is said
to have been " a member of every liter
ary circle, connected with every club,
chaplain to every society, a speaker at
every meeting, the poet of every curious
occurrence, and a welcome guest at
every table ;; ; pres. by Ixich. Alex.
( ).s \vald, younger, of Auchincruive, 8th
Sept., and ord. 30th Dec. 1813; died un
married 28th Feb. 1854. Publications—
The Wail of Scotia, a Poem, by Philopatris,
12 ])]>. (Glasgow, 1794); First and Second
Episffes to the Female Students of Natural
Philosophy in Anderson's Institution (Glas
gow, 1800); Friendship Exemplified, a
sermon (Ayr, 1803) ; Vaccination-, or Ikauti/
/'rrxerrrd, a poem (Ayr, 1805); Poems and
Songs of ./turns, with Life, Panegyrical
Ode, etc. (Ayr, 1819) ; A Foretaste of
Pleasant Tilings (Ayr, 1820) ; Specimens of
a j\~ei/' or Improved Version, of the Psalms
(Ayr, 1830); Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace., iii.) ; "Lines to the Memory of
the Rev. Dr Dalrymple ;/ (Crawford's Fun.
Discourse); Songs, "Helen Gray," " Jeanie
o; the Crook,'"' " Bonnie Lass of Barr,"
" The Presbytery Garland," etc. To
periodical literature he was a voluminous
contributor. See articles on the " Hamilton
Paul MSS.,:; JJ urns' Chronicle, 1893. —
[M 'Kay's Jlist. oj Kilmarnock ; Rogers'
Scott. Minstrel; Edinburgh Christian In
structor, 1820 ; The Border Magazine, Aug.
1897 ; Poets of Ayrshire.]
1854
ALEXANDER THOMSON COSEXS,
born 5th April 1825, son of Peter
C., min. of Lauder ; educated at
High School and Univ., Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 1850; assistant at
Tron, Edinburgh ; ord. to Fossoway 13th
May 1852; pres. by David Dundas, W.S.,
and adm. 4th Aug. 1854; died 26th Sept,
1907. He marr. 21st Xov. 1855, Eleanor
Jeanette (died 8th Dec. 1912), daugh. of
John Taylor, min. of Drumelzier, and had
issue— Catherine Thomson, born 12th July
1858, died 29th Jan. 1877 ; John Robert,
advocate, Sheriff-sub, of Orkney, born 26th
April 1859, died 26th Dec. 1903; Eleanor
Susan, born 7th June 1861, died 21st March
1888 ; Peter Hunter, W.S., Edinburgh, born
25th May 1863 ; Ann Milne Thomson, born
llth March 1866 (marr. 1st June 1897,
Archibald David Mutter Napier, W.S.,
BIGGAli]
BROUGHTON— GLENHOLM
243
Edinburgh); Alexander Thomson and
Robert Eomanes (twins), born 7th Feb.
1868, Alexander died 12th July 1870 ; Alex
andra Jeanette, born 17th Sept. 1871 ; Mary
Iforatia, born 31st Aug. 1874 (marr. William
Lindsay Cordon, min. of South Parish,
Aberdeen).
ANDREW BAI11D, born Coatdyke, Old
1892 Monkland> 20th June 1863, son of
Andrew B. and Margaret Duncan
Gumming ; educated at Airdrie and Gart-
sherrie Academies, Church of Scotland
Training College and Univ., Glasgow:
M.A. (1886), B.D. (1889); certificated
teacher; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
9th May 1889; assistant at Xew Kil-
patrick ; ord. assistant at Shotts 3rd Dec.
1890; adm. (assistant and successor) 3rd
March 1892; chaplain to H.M. South
African Field Force 1902-3.
GLENHOLM.
[The church was dedicated to St Cuth-
bert. The parish was united to Broughton
by the Commissioners of Teinds, 28th May
1794.]
WILLIAM DICKSON, M.A., min. in
1644 lfj44 ; liacl a son> Alexander, M.A.,
sclroolmaster of Peebles, 1039.—
[\Vodrow's Hist.~\
1679
1569 G EG I {( J E TOD, reader, 1 509.
JAMES STEWART, pre.s. l,y James
1571 VI. 3rd Aug. 1571.
JOHN HEPBURN, M.A.; pros. 2lst
1592
1594.
WILLIAM SELKRIGG [SELKIRK],
M.A. ; trans, from Roberton. Hav
ing read the Proclamation of the
Estates, and prayed for their Majesties
William and Mary, he was ordered by
some of the people " to remove from his
dwelling, for which a fortnight was granted,
while others put a second lock on the
church door to keep him out,'"'' He
demitted 7th Oct. 1090, but was received
into communion by the General Assembly
29th Jan. 1092. He was min. of Falkland
1092.— [Lanark 1'reslj. A'ey., Reg. G'cii. A»x. ;
J/.V. Ace. of Min., 1089.]
ROBERT HORSBUROH, M.A. ; called
1696 24th June, and ord. 24th Sept, 1090 ;
trans, to Prestonpans 29th April
1702,
SIMON KELLIE [KELLO], bursar
1703 ot (il;isgow Univ. 19th Aug. 1093;
ri1' col]- !
aclm. before
.
12th May 1599 : trans, to Mertoun
ALEXANDER FLEMING, pros, by
1599 John, Lord Fleming, and adm. 27th
July 1599 ; still min. in 1008, and
probably trans, to Dalgarno.— [Re<j. A**i</.]
JOHN YOUNG, M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
1614 Ju]y 1G05); adm. 1014; still min. Lst
Aug. l(>32.—[Key. Assfy.]
ROBERT JOHNSTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1636 16.2°) • nephew of Robert Bannatyne,
min. of Carnwath ; he was not in
the charge 5th Aug. 1041 ; his son William
was apprenticed to James Cocklmrn, mer
chant, Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1050, and had
precept of dare conxtat as heir of his father,
7th April 1055.]
acted as precentor in the Tron Kirk,
Glasgow: licen. by Presb. of Biggar 30th
March 1099: ord. to Walston 24th April
1700; trans, and adm. 9th April 1703;
died 27th Dec. [tombstone 28th Oct.] 1748.
He marr. (1) Rachel Brown, and had issue
Helen. Jean, and Richard, all above 10
in 1744; William, James, Elizabeth, Mar
garet, Grizzel, all died young: (2) 13th
Xov. 1741, Jean, daugh. of Andrew Ward-
rope, glazier, burgess of Edinburgh, widow
of Joseph White, merchant, burgess, and
of James Scott, senior, wright, burgess of
Edinburgh ((,'. R. ,S'a*., clxxvii., 03), and
had issue— Marion, born llth Nov. 1742 ;
Joanna, born 5th Dec. 1744: Simon, born
7th Feb. 1748 : (3) 1748, Mary Livingstone,
who died 28th Sept. 1708.— [7V.sY. A'cy.,
Tombst.]
BERNARD HALDANE, born 9th July
1749 i"-^? son °f John H., schoolmaster,
Cramond, and Mary Emmott ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 14th April 1743); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh, 30th Sept. 1747 ; pres.
by William, Earl of March and Riujlen
0 >
GLENHOLM— KILBUCHO
[PRESB. OF
1614
1621
and ord. 27th Oct. 1749 ; clem. 8th Juno
1802. He died at his son's manse at Dreg-
horn, 4th July 1805. He marr. 23rd July i
1770, Helen (died 29th Dec. 1787), daugh.
of George Frascr, auditor of Excise, Eclin-
burgh, and had issue — George Eraser, born
20th Dec. 1771, died Oth Aug. 1789 ; John,
born 27th Feb. 1773, died 1st April 1773;
Andrew, min. of Dreghorn ; Bernard, born
23rd Jan. 1779, died 10th Jan. 178-1 ; John, ,
born 24th Feb. 1780. Publications—'/'/^
Foundations of Religion and Moraliti/, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1750); Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's >Stat. Ace., iv.).
KILBUCHO.
[The church was dedicated to St Begha.
(There is still St Begha's Well in the
vicinity.) Previous to the Pieformation it
belonged to the College Church of Dalkeith.
The parish was united by the Commis
sioners of Teinds to Broughton and Glen-
holm, with the northern portion to Coulter,
28th May 1794,]
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, reader in
1567 1507.
A X D R E W J A R D E N [G A 11 D E N,
1574 JARDINE], reader.
WALTER TWEEDIE (Re<j. of Deeds,
1575 xiv., 224).
JOHN WEMYSS, may be the J. W. who
1597 was m"1' °f Flisk in 159° > Pres- by
William, Earl of Morton, 21st Nov.
1590; adm. 1st July 1597; continued in
1003. — [Test. Re<j.. Re<j. Assiy., Presbytery
Displayed.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A., min. in 1014;
trans. to Iji'oughton 1010. — \_Rey.
Assig.]
ROBERT ELLIOT, M.A. ; adm. 1021;
trans, to West Linton llth March !
1047.— [Acts of Ass. ; Baillie's Lett., i.]
ALEXANDER BERTRAM of Dambrae, '
1647 ^ou^er, second son of William B. of j
Nisbet ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 20th July
103S) ; prcs. by John Dickson of Hartrcc,
28th April 1047 ; adm. 12th and coll. 31st
July 1047 ; joined the Protesters 1051 ;
was ordered by the Diocesan Synod, 28th
April 1004, to appear and answer for not
conforming ; indulged at Shotts, 3rd
Sept. 1072, but refused to accept ; cited
12th March following before the Privy
Council for disobeying their order. He
was complained against at the Synod of
Glasgow, 22nd Oct. 1074, for holding
conventicles. Denounced for intercom-
muning, 3rd Aug. 1070 ; left the country
and went to Holland, where he probably
died. He marr. (cont. 2nd Aug. 1047)
Margaret, daugh. of Alex. Somerville, min.
of Dolphin ton (G. R. 8as., Ivii., 410). —
[Kirkton's and Wodrow's Ilists.; Acts Part.,
vii.]
WILLIAM ALLISON, M.A. (Eclin-
1666 ^urshj 13th June 1051 ; licen. by
the Bishop of Edinburgh 2nd Oct.
1002; ord. to Kirknewton 12th Jan. 1003;
pres. jure devoluto, coll. by Alexander,
Archbishop of Glasgow, and inst. 29th
March 1000. He was accused of not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for their Majesties William
and Mary, but for James VII., and ac
quitted 17th Sept. 1089, the charge not
having been proved. He, however, did
not reside in the parish after 13th June
1089, and was dep. for declining the
authority of the Presb. 25th Sept. 1090 ;
died before 3rd July 1094. He marr.
(1) Elizabeth Penman (G. R. Homings,
22nd Feb. 1072): (2) Margaret Smith
(Edin. <S'as., xviii., 359), and had issue —
Elizabeth (marr. 29th May 1704, William,
son of John Thin, waulkcr, Edinburgh).
James, his son, was served heir 3rd
July 1094. —[Rule's Sec. Vindication;
J/,S'. Ace. of Min., 1089; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church; Ing. Ret.
Gen., 7504.]
JAMES BROWN, M.A.; called June
16QO 1089 ; ord. 5th June 1090 ; trans, to
Walston 24th Sept. 1691; recalled
and readm. 23rd Sept. 169G; trans, to
Aberdour, in Buchan, 1697.
BIGGAR]
KILBUCHO— COULTER
245
JOHN TAIT, called 29th Nov. 1699;
1700 ord. 25th March 1700; died llth
April 1750. He marr. Jan. 1703,
Katherine, claugh. of Thomas Young, mer
chant, burgess of Edinburgh, and had issue
—William, his successor; Elizabeth (marr.
9th June 1730, John Bowie, min. of Dol-
phinton); Margaret; Isobel ; Katherine;
Thomas, died 1746; Janet.— [Edin. Reg.
(Marr.), Pennecuik's Works.]
WILLIAM TAIT, son of preceding;
1751 licen. by Presb. of Biggar 14th Jan.
1742 ; pres. by William Dickson of
Kilbucho 4th Oct. 1750; called 29th May
1751 ; ord. 16th Oct. 1751 ; died 12th Nov.
1784. He marr. 26th Nov. 1760, Grisell
Dick, who died at Peebles, 19th May 1809,
and had issue— John, born 6th Oct. 1761 ;
James, born 8th July 1764 ; Robert, surgeon,
born 10th May 1767, died 1793; William,
merchant, London, born 5th Dec. 1769 ;
Elizabeth, born 1st Aug. 1771 ; Katherine,
born 23rd Jan. 1774.
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, son of John
1785 P>' schoolmaster, Biggar; licen. by
Presb. of Biggar 29th Aug. 1775 ;
pres. by Capt. William Dickson of Kilbucho,
and ord. 13th Aug. 1785 ; got a church
built for the united parishes in 1804, to
which he succeeded, in terms of Decreet
of Annexation, 1810.— [Hunter's
COULTER.
[The church, dedicated to St Michael,
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso. George
Shoreswood, Bishop of Brechin and
Chancellor of Scotland, 1456-60, was
"parson at Coulter," 1449-50.]
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTONE.-[0m/.
1560 Par. ticot.]
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE],
1569 trans- from Douglas, and adm. May
1569; a witness at Dalkeith for the
Earl of Angus, 10th Dec. 1574; returned
to Douglas 1574. — {Reg. Min., Home
Papers.]
NINIAN HALL, min. of Biggar, Kil-
1574 bucho, Lamington, Hartside, Syming
ton, Coulter, with William Millar as
reader at Coulter.— {Rea. Min.]
WALTER HALDEN, was pres. to Car-
1590 stairs °y James VI. 21st Feb. 1574,
but did not enter on the charge.
From 1576-86 he had charge of the
parishes mentioned above, excepting Kil
bucho ; trans, to Wiston ; clep. 7th May
1588 as "unworthie of his office." Being
reponed, he was adm. to this charge about
1590, and died between 1594 and 1596.—
{BooJce of the KirJc, Test,
THOMAS CAMPBELL, M.A. • min. in
1596 1596 ; trans, to Biggar 1599.
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, son of Patrick
1607 S. in Grein ; M.A. (Glasgow 1600) ;
min. of Dunsyre 1601-7 ; dep. 1607 ;
adm. here same year; trans, to Barnwell,
Ayrshire, 1615; returned 1616; died 14th
Dec. 1635, aged about 56. He marr. (1)
Barbara Menzies [possibly a mistake for
Inglis] : (2) Barbara Inglis, claugh. of
Inglis of Langlands Hill [Langley Hill],
Broughton, and with her had sasine of
the five-pound land of Over, Windy, and
Nether Hangingshaw, 7th Dec. 1633, and
had issue — James, who was served heir
1st Nov. 1642 ; Thomas ; Katherine (Re</.
of Deeds, ccccxci., 372).— [Key. As*i<j. : Test.
(Lan.) and New Gen. Re'j. ^'i*i/irx, iii. ;
Inq. Ret. Lanark, 210.]
JOHN CURRIE, M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
1636 July 162°); deP- 1653. but reponed
by the Synod 9th May 1661. Being
in reduced circumstances, he received
pecuniary aid from some kirk-sessions.
He marr. (name unknown), and had issue
—Adam ; Janet.— {Test, and D unbar Sess.
Reg.}
ANTHONY MURRAY, born 14th March
1654 1G30' eldest son by second marriage
of James M. in Burntisland ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 20th July 1650); adm. 18th
Aug. 1654 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
246
COULTER
[PRESB. OF
llth June, and by Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He had studied medicine, and
continued to reside in the parish, support
ing himself by his medical skill, observing
" now lie would make the doctor keep the
minister." He acted also as factor to the
Karl of Wigtown ; Avas min. again in
1072 ((,'. E. Arts., 2nd ser., x. 48S,
xxxi. 15).— [Wodrow's IIi*t. ; New Mot.
Arc., vi.]
of the same year he renounced Episcopacy
because of its tendency to popery, but
submitted and took the Test in 1681 :
was inst. here 23rd Feb. 1680 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 25th April 1690,
restoring the Presbyterian min. He went
to Kngland, and became min. of a
meeting - house at Carlisle. — [Wodrow's
77 /V. ; JAV. Ace. of J/w., 1689; Jfint.
, (,'fn. Ass., 0190.]
PATRICK TRENT, M.A. ; adm. Dec.
1664; trans, to Crichton after 4th
May 1671.— \_Re<j. Collat., l[«J<Un<jt.
AVsx. ninl Text. llc<j. (Lan.).]
ANTHONY MURRAY, M.A., above
1672 mcntioned, indulged by the Privy
Council 3rd Sept, 1672 ; refusing to
observe the anniversary of the Restoration
of Charles II., he was brought before the
Privy Council on 8th July 1673, and fined
in the half of his stipend and crop for the
year. Notwithstanding the restrictions laid
upon him, he was zealous and indefatigable
in ministerial work, and did not confine his
ministrations to Coulter, but extended them
to the surrounding districts. On 8th Oct.
1684, he was before the Privy Council
for refusing to read from the pulpit the
proclamation of a thanksgiving for the
deliverance of the King and the Duke of
York from the Rye House Plot. Pleading-
guilty, he was prohibited from exercising
his ministry, and committed to the Tolbooth
of Glasgow, unless caution for 5000 merks
was forthcoming. He was confined in
the Edinburgh Tolbooth until 12th March
1685, when he was liberated, on the under
standing that he " shall not exercise
any part of his ministry in this king
dom, but live peaceable, and appear
when called " ; restored 1687. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii. ; Brown's 77?V. of Indulg., Test.
Reg. (Dunbl.).]
JOHN MENZIES, related to the
Culter-Allers family of Menzics ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th April 1645) ;
got a testimonial from the Presb. of Biggar
30th Jan. 1650; ord. to Johnston 1658;
trans, to Caerlaverock 1670; on 12th July
168*7
ANTHONY MURRAY, M.A.; returned
on the Act of Toleration in July
1687 ; trans, to Paisley 22nd March
1088, but returned 27th Feb. 1689, and
was restored 25th April 1690 ; had the
stipend of Dunsyre for 1688 and part of
1089 assigned to him ; died 22nd March
1092. He marr. (cont. 26th Dec. 1656 and
6th Feb. 1657) Grizel, eldest daugh. of John
Muir of Annieston. He left £18 for the
education of poor children in the parish. —
[Tombst. ; Net'} Mat. Ace., vi. ; A. J'resb.
Eloq.]
WILLIAM RUSSELL, ord. 23rd Sept,
1692; trans, to Morham llth May
1693.— [Pennecuik's Works.]
ROBERT COLTHART, called 17th
1694 July; orcl- 27th Sept' 1G94> (lein-
10th Sept. 1696; went to Ireland.—
[J7A. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1700
JAMES FORRESTER, born 1676, son
of Provost Robert F. of Peebles :
M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th July 1095):
licen. by Presb. of Peebles 17th Aug. 1699 ;
called 3rd Jan., and ord. 30th April 1700:
died 3rd Dec. 1750. He marr. 16th Dec.
1703, Janet (died 12th Feb. 1760), daugh. of
Alexander Bertram of Nisbet and Crimp-
Cramp, and Grizel Muir of Annieston, and
had issue— William, min. of Carstairs :
Alexander ; Robert ; James, W.S. appren
tice 1737; Mary; Grizel.— [Tombst.; New
Mat. Ace., vi.]
JOHN BROWN of Coultermains, born
7 1714, eldest son of William B. of
Coultermains ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 25th Sept, 1743 ; ord. to Symington
17th Sept. 1744; pres. by Mrs Henrietta
BIGGAR]
COULTER
247
[Baillie] Dundas of Lamington, and adm.
23rd Oct. 1750: died 13th June 1771. He
marr. 30th Sept. 1747, Anne (died llth Oct.
1797), daugh. of William Bertram of Nisbet
and Kersewell, and Cecilia Kennedy of
Auchtifardle, and had issue — Cecilia, born
30th Sept. 1748 ; Anne, born 9th June
1750; Helenore, born 7th Jan. 1752, died
1st May 1767; Euphemia, born llth Sept.
1755; William, a student, born 16th Sept.
1756, died llth June 1771 ; Mainie, born
5th Jan. 1759; Archibald, born llth Feb.
1761, died 9th June 1761 ; John of Coulter-
mains, born 6th Dec. 1762. — [JJrotfns of
Coultermains, Hunter's Bi<j<jar.'\
WILLIAM LOCKHAKT, pres. by I )ame
Elizabeth [Baillie] Ross of Laming
ton and Balnagown ; ord. 2nd Sept.
1772 ; trans, to St Andrew's, Glasgow, 18th
Nov. 1784.
WILLIAM STRACHAN, born 1748;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 13th May
1778 ; pres. by Sir John Lockliart
Ross of Balnagown, Bart., and ord. 22nd
Sept, 1785 ; died 28th July 1826. He marr.
Elizabeth Howison, who died 5th Aug.
1823, and had issue — Alexander, of London,
born 22nd July 1778 ; William, born 12th
March 1781, died 24th Nov. 1801 ; James.
min. of Cavers ; John, surgeon, Barbados,
born 1st Dec. 1784; Margaret, born 2nd
July 1786; Robert, of London, born 26th
April 1788 ; George, lieut. in the Rifle
Corps, born 31st March 1790. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Mat.
Ace., vi., xxi.).
JAMES PROUDFOOT, born Skirling,
20th April 1796, son of Alexander P.
and Janet Glover ; schoolmaster of j
Skirling 1817 ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 7th Dec.
1824 ; pres. by John Dickson of Hartree, !
and adm. 25th April 1827. Joined the
Free Church ; min. of Coulter Free Church
1843 ; died at Lower Norwood, London,
15th Nov. 1876. He marr. 16th Dec. 1828,
Janet (died 14th Aug. 1866, aged 67),
daugh. of John Gibson, farmer, Symington
Mains, and had issue — Mary Dickson,
born 16th Oct. 1829, died at Mildura,
Victoria, 30th Oct. 1900; Alexander, a
clergyman, born 5th Jan. 1831, died at
Rockhampton, Australia, llth April 1873;
Jane, born 6th Aug. 1832, died 12th Jan.
1861 ; John Gibson, born 10th March
1834 ; Janet, born 6th Sept. 1835, died
10th May 1858 ; George, born 31st March
1837, died at Camperdown, Australia, 25th
Aug. 1864 ; Elizabeth, born 6th May 1838,
died at Mildura, Victoria, 17th Sept. 1901 ;
James, born 21th July 1842; died 30th
May 1880. Publications — Verses on the
nifjldand Soldiers who Fdl at Quatre
Bras an/I Waterloo; Occasional Poems
(privately printed, 1863) ; Account of the
Parish (Xew Stat. Ace., vi.).
JAMES GRANT RIACH, born Aber
deen, 9th June 1819, son of John
R, and Mary Dawson ; educated at
Grammar School, Aberdeen, Marischal Col
lege and Univ.; M.A. (1836) ; licen. by Presb.
of Garioch 18th July 1842 ; schoolmaster of
Monymusk 1841-3 ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1843 ;
died 16th Sept. 1862. He marr. 1st Nov.
1859, Elizabeth Scott, daugh. of John
Roger, merchant, Greenock, and had issue
— John James, merchant, America, born
8th Oct. 1860; Agnes Bain, born 27th
March 1862. (His widow marr. again
12th Aug. 186!).)
JOHN ANDERSON, born Muckhart,
10th May 1821, son of John A. and
Cecilia Fraser ; educated at Muck-
hart, Dollar, and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A.
(1842); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1846; ord. 12th Oct. 1846 as missionary
to Calcutta ; adm. to Dalkeith (West) 9th
Jan. 1857 ; trans, and adm. 27th March
1863; res. 14th Dec. 1907; Father of the
Church of Scotland (1914). Marr. 18th
March 1851, Ann Petrie, missionary at
Calcutta (died 8th July 1884), daugh. of
David Savile, min. of New Street Chapel,
Edinburgh. (She was the only foreign
missionary of the Church of Scotland who
did not join the Free Church in 1843.)
248
COULTER— CO VINGTON
[PRESB. OF
1891
JOHN COWAN HAMILTON, born
Bracfoot, Saltcoats, 24th Feb. 1859,
son of Angus H. and Martha Cowan ;
educated at Ardrossan Public School and
Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
1899 ; assistant at Kilbride, Arran, and
Cambusnrthan ; ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 19th Sept. 1891. Marr. 15th April
1897, Jessie Burns, daugh. of Andrew
Baxter Shearer and Jane Smith, Wishaw,
and has issue — Arnold Angus, born 7th
Feb. 1898; Leslie Baillic Shearer, born
13th Feb. 1905.
COVINGTON.
[The church was dedicated to St Michael.
In 1G01 it was held with Dunsyre.]
1567 JAMES FISHER, reader.
1567-73 THOMAS SIMSON, reader.
1576
ROBERT FISHER, formerly of Dalziel ;
Pettinain and Thankerton Avere also
under his care. Continued in 1594.
— [Rey. Assig., Woclrow's Miscell., Text.
Reg."\
1576 JAMES LINDSAY, reader.
ROBERT FRENCH, son of John F.,
in the Canongate, Edinburgh, had a
gift, IGth July 1574, from James VI.
of the prebend and chaplaincy of St
Andrew, in the College Kirk of Field,
for seven years, that he might study in
the Grammar School of Canongate ; he
graduated M.A. at the LTniv. of Glasgow
in 1583, and was still min. in 1599.— [Mun.
Unii>. (-llasy., iii. ; Rey. Assig.']
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE],
1605 °^ ''U1<^ ^n^rm ln l^"' (K(''J- of Deeds,
cciii., 340), probably the J. L. of
Coulter and Douglas.
GEORGE CLEGHORN, M.A, app.
160_ fellow-helper, with consent of the
patron, John Lindsay of Covington,
1605 (Rey. of Deedx, cciii., 340) ; continued
1G09, when his stipend was raised (Reg. of
Deeds, cciii., 342) ; still min. in 1612 (Rey. of
Deedx, ccix., 211).
HEW LINDSAY, who had a son Patrick
1608 (P. C. Rey., viii., 138).
GEORGE OGSTOUN, min. in 1621,
but may have been helper only;
died 12th March 1053. He inarr.
Abigail, daugh. of James Baillie, min. of
Lamington. He left his books to his son,
Andrew, apprenticed to John Hill, book
seller, Edinburgh, 17th Dec. 1051. He had
also Francis, apprentice to John Reid,
baker, 9th Aug. 1648 ; and Mary. His
wife's name is unknown. — [Test. Rey.
(Lanark).']
ARCHIBALD PORTEOUS, son of
James P., min. of Lasswade ; M.A.
(St Andrews 10-1.7) ; was on the exer
cise there, 1st May 1050 ; adra. 7th Dec.
1652 ; deprived 9th May 1661 for his active
share in the doings of the Protesting party
in the church. He was one of the tutors to
the widow and children of Samuel Ruther
ford. He became indulged min. of Cuin-
brae along with John Rae in 1672. — [Test.
Rey. (Lan. and tit And.), Act. Red. Univ.
tit And. ; Wodrow's Hist., i.]
CHARLES LINDSAY, son of Thomas
L., min. of Walston ; min. in 1662.
During his incumbency a curious
circumstance occurred. Sir William Lind
say of Covington had been seized with
illness, and was thought dead. When he
was stretched on the bier, his long beard
was seen wagging, and restoratives being
applied, he recovered, was able to talk
with his family, and told by them the
arrangements which had been made for his
funeral. " Keep it secret/'" said he, " and
let the company come." When all were
assembled, after a little detention the door
opened, and to their astonishment and
terror, in stepped the knight himself, deadly
pale, dressed in a sable suit, and supported
by his kinsman, the minister. An explana
tion was given, and the latter called on
to offer prayer and thanksgiving for the
laird's escape from being buried alive. Sir
r.TGGAIt]
COVINGTON
249
William himself presided over the carousal
which followed. L. was outed by the
rabble, and demitted previous to 4th May
1689, when he delivered up the kirk-box
and mortcloth. He was received into com
munion by the General Assembly 17th April
1694. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Livingstone, M.D. (G. R. Homings, 12th
March 1687), and had issue— Helen (marr.
25th Feb. 1705, James Wilkie, merchant,
Edinburgh); Thomas. — [Lindsay's Lives,
ii. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Acts, of Ass.]
JOHN BUCHANAN, born 1619, son of
John B., merchant, Stirling, was
ready to be taken on trial at
the general meeting of Presbyterian min.
6th July 1687 ; ord. 29th April 1691 ; died
27th Feb. 1726. He marr. (name unknown),
and had issue — John, his successor ; George,
min. of Tynninghame ; Margaret. — [Miscell.
S'-ot., iv. ; Test. Re<j. (Lan.), Wodrow's
Anal.]
JOHN BUCHANAN, son of preceding,
bapt, 20th Dec. 1694; licen. by
Presb. 18th Oct. 1722; called 9th
Nov. 1726 ; ord. 24th May 1727 ; died un-
marr. 12th Nov. 1766. — [Miscell. Scot., iv. ;
Test. Reg. (Lan.). Tombst.]
GEORGE MARK, pros, by Alex. Lock-
hart, advocate, and John, Earl of
Hyndford, and ord. 17th Sept. 1767 ;
trans, to Carnwath 29th Oct. 1111.— [Test.
Reg. (Lan.).]
BRYCE LITTLE, licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 24th Feb. 1773 ; chaplain
at Wanlockhead 1777 ; pres. by the
Commissioner for General James Lockhart
of Lee and Carnwath, 27th Jan., and ord.
8th Sept. 1778 ; died 9th May 1820, in 77th
year. He marr. (1) Euphemia (died 6th
Nov. 1809, aged 57), daugh. of Matthew
Cleghorn, min. of Dryfesdale : (2) 24th
April 1815, Katherine (died 15th August
1857, aged 77), daugh. of John Stodart,
Bank, Carnwath. Publications — Sermon
preached before the Clydesdale Volunteers
(Edinburgh, 1804); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., i.). — [Test. Reg. (Lan.),
Tombst.]
THOMAS WATSON of Cormiston, born
1821 24th Sept. 1794, son of William W.,
min. of Biggar ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 8th May 1817 ; pres. by the tutors
of Sir John Carmichael Anstruther of
Anstruther and Carmichael, Bart., June
1820; ord. 10th May 1821 (delay being-
caused by a competing presentation, by Sir
Charles Macdonald Lockhart, Bart., who
did not insist, after a decision in the
similar case of Wandel and Lamington) ;
died 17th Sept. 1864. He marr. 2nd Feb.
1825, Eleonora (died 21st June 1877), daugh.
of David M'Haffie, of Eastwood and Over-
ton, and had issue — Eliza, born 5th March
1826 (marr. James Sellar, D.D., min. of
Aberlour), died 18th Nov. 1910; William,
created Baron Watson of Thankerton, a
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, born 25th
Aug. 1827, died 14th Sept. 1899 ; Jane,
born 15th March 1829, died 4th Dec. 1904 ;
David, born 10th Sept. 1832, died 31st Jan.
1887 ; Jessie Forrester, born 18th Dec.
1835; Agnes, born llth March 1837, died
31st Jan. 1913.
JAMES HOGGAN, born Denny, Stir
lingshire, 22nd Sept. 1828, son of
William Johnston H., M.R.C.S.E.,
E.X., and Margaret Murray; educated at
Denny Parish School and Univ. of Glasgow :
licen. by Presb. of Stirling 27th June 1854 ;
assistant at Colvend, Borgue, Govan ; ord.
to Walston 15th July 1859 ; trans, and adm.
2nd March 1865; res. 4th Nov. 1889 ; died
18th Nov. 1914. Marr. 17th July 1877,
Isabella, younger daugh. of Thomas Gibson,
of Toftcombs, Biggar.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM MAC-
GEEGOR, born Crieff, 27th July
1860, son of Alexander MacG. and
Janet Black; educated at Monzievaird
School, Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 1884 ; assistant at St Ninians,
Stirlingshire; ord. 17th April 1890.
250
THANKERTON— DOLPHINTON
[PRESB. OF
THANKERTON.
[The church was dedicated to St ."John
the Evangelist (its site is still known as St
.John's Kirk) ; annexed to Presb. of Biggar,
5th Dec. 1617; disjoined and united to
Covington, 30th Jan. 1650.]
ROBERT FISHKK, reader, trans, to
1567 Covington as min.— [Reg. Min.]
DAVID FORREST, reader at Carluke
1601 1574-6.— [Reg. Assiy.]
ROBERT SCOTT, mentioned as niin. in
1607 1608.— [AV;/. A*siy.]
DOLPHINTON.
[The charge was held in conjunction with
Walston from 1574 to 1008.]
1561
JOHN COCKBUBN, "parson of ]')."
and "rector "in 1505 (vi<le Skirling).
— [Book of Assiy.]
\Y 1LLIAM ROB ESON, reader. — [ Re,,.
1576 Mrn.]
ALEXANDER SOMERVELL, M.A.
1618 (Edinburgh, 22nd Feb. 1602); was
an unsuccessful candidate for a
regency there in the following year; a
member of the Assemblies of 1638, 1639,
and 1641 (when he was on the leet for
Moderator), 1645, and 1647, and also of the
Commission 19th Aug. 1643 for visiting
the Univ. of Glasgow. Through his influ
ence the Presb. of Biggar was erected,
26th June 1644, which he opened with
a sermon from 1st Peter ii. 9 ; pres. to
Lanark 1641, but continued here 17th May
1648 ; died in the year following, aged about
67. He marr. (1) Elizabeth Cunningham,
and had issue — James ; John ; Agnes ;
Jean : (2) Margaret, daugh. of John Cock-
burn of Newholme, min. of Skirling, widow
of John Geddes, portioner of Kirkurd, and
had issue — William ; Lilias ((*. R. »S'«s.,
xxxi., 239) ; Margaret (marr. Alex. Bertram,
min. of Kilbucho : (/. R. A'as., Ivii., 406) :
(3) Margaret Tweedie (G. R. Inhib., 3rd Dec.
1623).— [Test. Reg. (Lan.) ; Baillie's Lett., i. ;
Craufurd's Univ. ; Evid. on the Univ., ii. ;
Acts of As*., Livingston's C/tarac., Steven
son's Ifist., Peterkin's Record*.']
JAMES DONALDSON, M.A. (St
165Q Andrews 1640); called llth Jan.,
and adm. 1st April 1650 ; joined the
Protesters 1651 ; suspended by the Synod,
May 1661, for having done so, which was
recalled 28th Nov. following. Deprived
by the Act of Parliament llth June,
and of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. In
1664 he was cited to appear before the
Court of High Commission for being
present at a communion contrary to law ;
indulged at Dreghorn 3rd Sept. 1672, but
declined; returned in 1687. — [Wodrow's
If 1st. ; Act* Parl., vii.]
WILLIAM DEWCATS [DUGUID],
M.A., formerly of Uphall 1655 ; inst,
1665 ; died Aug. 1672, aged about 46.
Barbara Cairncross, his widow, died in
Edinburgh, 16th Feb. 1713, aged 102.—
[Test. (Lan.) and Edin. Reg. (JJiir.).]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A. ; pres.
1675 kv James, Marquess of Douglas, and
inst. 28th Sept. 1675 ; trans, to
Douglas in 1678.
ANDREW HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres. by
James, Marquess of Douglas, and
inst. 24th April 1679 ; probably
trans, to Middlebie in 1684.
JAMES CRUICKSHANKS, inst. 17th
May 1684 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690; took
up his residence at Monktonhall, and was
dep. by Presb. of Dalkeith 16th July 1702,
for " prophane swearing," etc. — [Inveresk
*ess. Reg. ; J/,S'. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JAMES DONALDSON, M.A., above
mentioned ; returned previous to 6th
July 1687 ; restored by Act of Parlia
ment 25th April 1690; died before 1692,
aged about 70. He marr. (name unknown),
and had issue— James ; Marion (P. C.
Decreta, 23rd March 1692).— [Test. Reg.
(fit And.) ; J/X. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Kirk-
ton's Ifist., Morrison's Digest.]
BIGGAR]
DOLPHINTON
JOHN SANDILANDS, M.A. (Edin-
1693 burgh, 17th Aug. 1083); called
March 1692; ord. llth Jan. 1003:
died 24th June 1720, in r>.")th year. He
marr. Margaret Sandilands, who died 27th
May 1730, aged 75, and had issue— John,
his successor ; Christian, died 19th I )ec.
1780, aged 78 (marr. John Brown, tenant in
Millside) ; James, wright in Edinburgh :
Barbara (marr. Thomas Findlater, min. of
West Linton) ; Katherine, died at Castle-
barns, St Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh. —
[Tomlst.]
JOHN SANDILANDS, born 1083, son
1711 °^ Precec^no ': M. A. (Edinburgh, 2nd
June 1703) ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 10th March 1709; called 30th
Aug., and ord. 2nd Oct. 1711 ; died 9th
Sept. 1710. He marr. Margaret John
ston, who survived him, and had issue —
Jean (marr. 18th Sept. 1748, Hugh
Robertson, writer, Edinburgh). — \_Text. R<-<j.
(Edin. anil Lan.), Tomlst.]
1717
JOHN BOWIE, educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
fermline 24th March 1714: called
Gth Feb., and ord. 10th May 1717 ; died
7th Nov. 1769, in his 84th year. He pur
chased the lands of Stonypath in Dunsyre
for 8000 merks, and mortified and dLsponed
them in 1759 to the min. and kirk-session
to be thus distributed : — " 100 merks to
the schoolmaster for educating twenty poor
scholars, named by the said Session; loo
merks for educating any lad of remarkably
bright genius, to be allowed for six years,
or failing any such in the parish, to be
applied in paying apprentice fees ; 50
merks for purchasing Bibles, psalm-books,
etc., for poor scholars, whom failing, to be
applied to any other charitable purpose
the Session judge most proper ; 50 merks
to the min., with all other profits arising
from the lands, to compensate for his trouble
as factor and principal manager." He
marr. 9th June 1730, Elizabeth (died 14th
May 1792), daugh. of John Tait, min. of
Kilbucho. — [Tombst. ; Leechman's Xerm.,
i. ; Sinclair's Mat. Ace., xiv. ; New Mat.
Ace., vi.]
THOMAS M'COURTY, called 27th
Sept., and ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 1st Nov. 1759 : trans, to
Penicuik Oth Jan. 1772.
JAMES FERGUSON, M.A. ; pres. by
1773 -^rcn- Doughs of Douglas, and ord.
7th April 1773 : trans, to Pettinain
30th March 1780.
JOHN GOP.DON, licen. by the Presb.
1781 of Bi§°ar 20tl1 ^Iarch 1778; p™s.
by Arch. Douglas of Douglas, Sept.
1780 ; ord. 4th April 1781 ; died (when pre
paring to go to the ( Jeneral Assembly), 10th
May 1814. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Mat. Ace., xiv.). — [7V.sV.
1815
ROBERT RUSSELL, son of David ft.,
Cumbernauld : educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; tutor in the family of
Grant of Congalton : licen. by Piesb. of
IFaddington 27th March 1798; ord. to
Dunsyre 25th April 1805 ; pres. by Arch.,
Lord Douglas of Douglas, 29th Aug. 1814 ;
trans, and adm. 2nd March 1815 ; died
20th Sept. 1824. He marr. 29th Nov. 1805,
Jane Stewart, who died in July 1841, and
had issue -William Grant, born 3rd Dec.
1800: John Steele, born 17th May 1*08;
Robert, born 7th May 1813.
JOHN ALTON, born Strathaven, June
1825 ]^' y°unoest son °f William A.,
Sheriff -substitute of Lanarkshire;
studied at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin
burgh : licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 30th
Xov. 1819 ; pres. by Archibald, Lord
Douglas of Douglas, Dec. 1824; ord. 14th
April 1825 ; D.D. (Glasgow, March 1836) ;
died at the house of his son-in-law, Joseph
Bray, Pyrgo-park, Havering, Essex, 15th
May 1803. He marr. (1) 30th April 1825,
Mary Anne (died 9th Oct. 1850, aged 55),
youngest daugh. of John Smith, Midhope,
and had issue — Mary, born llth Feb.
1827 (marr. Joseph Bray), died 9th May
1868 ; Margaret, born 2nd June 1829 ;
William, born 2nd April 1831, died 28th
Feb. 1858 ; John, born 18th Jan. 1837 : (2)
19th Oct. 1852, Mary Sandilands (died 9th
July 1868, aged 58), youngest daugh. of
Alex. Weir of Boghead, and had issue —
DOLPHINTON— DUNSYRE
[PRESB. OF
Ruth, born 13th July 1854; Anna, born
18th April 1857, died 15th April 1859.
Publications — Mr Ou'en's Objection* to
Christianity, and Xew View <>f Su<-i<ti/
and Education Refuted (Edinburgh, 1824) ;
Life a/nl Times, of Alexander Henderson
(Edinburgh, 1836): Clerical Economics
(Edinburgh, 1842, 2nd cd., 1850) ; Ei<jJit
Weeks in (lermant/ (Edinburgh, 1842);
Letter to the Rioht lion. Lord Palmer-
ston, on the Political Imprisonments and
Condition of Naples (Edinburgh, 1851);
The Lands of the Mess/ah, Mahomet, and
the Pope, (Edinburgh, 1852); The Drying
Up of the Euphi-at<-x, or the Downfall of
Turkey Prophetically Considered (London,
1853) ; Appeal to Presbyterians of all
Denominations in Behalf of t//e Jews in
Jerusalem and the JToly Land (Edinburgh,
1854); The Cat o' Nine Tails applied to
the Jewish Committee of the Church of
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1856); St Paul and
his Localities, in their Past and Present
Condition (1856); Manual of Domestic
Economy (1857) ; The Tomahawk and Scalp-
in<j Knife applied with more Pith than
Pity to the Financial and other Abuses of
the Church of Scotland (1860). Account of
the Parish (New Mat. Ace. \i.)—[I)ict.
Nat. Biog.}
ROBERT JAMES STEVENSON, born
Poona, India, 5th Oct. 1835, son of
John S., D.D., of Bombay (after
wards min. of Ladykirk) ; educated at High
School and Univ., Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1861; assistant at
Lesmahagow ; ord. 28th Aug. 1863; died
30th May 1899. He marr. 27th Sept. 1865,
Mary Jane Maxwell (died 19th June 1906),
daugh. of Allan MacXaughton, D.D., min.
of Lesmahagow, and had issue — John
Gordon, min. of Dunnet, born 18th
June 18G6.
1899
JAMES RUTH GILRUTH, born Dun
dee, 15th Jan. 1868, son of George G.
and Ann Grant ; educated at High
School, Dundee, and St Andrews Univ. ;
M.A. (1890); licen. by Presb. of Dundee
1894 ; assistant at Markinch ; ord. 8th Nov.
1899.
DUNSYRE.
[The church was dedicated to St Bride,
and belonged to the Abbey of Kelso ; dis
joined from the Presbytery of Lanark and
annexed to that of Biggar, by the Com
mission of Assembly, 4th June 1765.]
JAMES KADYE,
1567 Min.}
reader. — [Reg.
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, M.A. ; pres.
leoi to tlie vicaraSe by James VI. 13th
Xov. 1601 ; dep. before 16th Jan.
1607; min. of Coulter in 1607. — [Reg.
Assig.}
JAMES LINDSAY, pres. to the
1607 vicarage by James VI. 16th Jan.
1607; trans, to Carstairs in 1616.
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, brother of
Alex. S. of Plaine (G. R. Sas., xlv.,
505); M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July
1605) ; pres. by James VI. 15th June 1615,
and 31st Dec. 1616 ; and by Charles I. to
the parsonage and vicarage, 14th Dec.
1635; died 15th April 1646. He marr.
Lilias Johnston (Reg. of Deeds, cccxlviii.,
166), and had issue— Robert, apprenticed to
William Caldwell, merchant, Edinburgh. —
[Test. Reg. (Lan.), Reg. Sec. Siy., Tomlst.}
ROBERT LOCKHART, M.A. (Glas-
1647 gow 1641) ' V*QSf by Charles I. 30th
Oct. 1646; adm. 25th Feb. 1647;
confined to the parish on the establishment
of Episcopacy, and app. by the Diocesan
Synod, 28th April 1664, to appear before a
committee of their number to answer for
not conforming. Decreet passed against
him with others, IGth July 1671. Indulged
at Coulter 3rd Sept. 1672, but not obey
ing, he was charged before the Privy
Council, 12th March 1673, and denounced
6th Xov. 1674 ; having gone to England, he
was included in the letters of intercommun-
ing, 3rd Aug. 1676, and farther cited llth
Aug. 1677. He died before 10th Jan. 1694.
He marr. (1) Helen Cowper, and had issue
—Margaret, bapt. 1st April 1652; Helen
BIGGAR]
DUNSYRE
253
(marr. And. Handysidc, writer, Edin
burgh, Acts and Decreets, Dal.) : (2) Helen
Dunlop, who died April 1664 : (3) Barbara
Home, widow of Andrew Bryson of Craig-
ton (G. R. Inhib., 25th July 1671).— [Reg.
Sec. Siff. ; St/n. (Jedburgh Presb.}, Test.
(7/rm.), and Edin. Reg. (Jtapt.) ; Connell on
Tithes, iii. ; Kirkton's and Wodrow's Hists. ;
Acts ParL, vii.]
1669
WILLIAM DALGARXO, M.A. : trans.
from Mauchline ; pres. by Charles
II. 4th Sept. 1669, and adm. soon
afterwards ; trans, to St Fergus 1678. —
[Min. P>ook Reg. Priv. Seal, v. ; Edin.
Guild Reg.]
ROBERT SKEXE, a native of Aber- '
deenshire; M.A. (King's College, I
Aberdeen, 1665 ; schoolmaster of ;
Cullen 1665-78 ; recommended by Presb.
of Fordyce for license 1st Dec. 1669 : pres.
by Charles II. 1st Xov., and inst. 10th
Dec. 1678; deserted at the Revolution;
died in Edinburgh, 22nd June 1721. He
marr. (1) in 1672, Barbara, daugh. of John
Douglas of Morriston, Provost of Elgin,
and had issue : (2) Christian (died Xov.
1690), daugh. of William Burnett of Barns
and Christian Whitford, and widow of
William MacGhie, min. of Aberlady, and
had issue — Anna, died 1721 ; James ; Jean
(marr. Alexander Hay, writer, Edinburgh);
John, Kintyre Pursuivant, who died in
1706.— [Min. Reg. Priv. Seal, Test. «n<l
Edin. Reg. (Bur?) ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
S. Pi-cab. Elo/j. and Answer.]
HEXRY DUXCAX, born Glasgow, 15th
1604 ^arca 106,3, of parents well de
scended, who suffered in means
through supporting Presbyterian prin
ciples ; entered the Greek class in Glas
gow Univ., Michaelmas 1681, where he had
a bursary ; got another of theology on
Zachary Boyd's foundation 8th Aug. 1686 ;
schoolmaster of Lanark ; licen. Oct. 1693 ;
ord. 27th March 1694 ; died 10th June
1712. He marr. 9th June 1690, Jean
Ross, who survived him, and had issue —
a son and four daughters. — [Wodrow's
MS., Ixxxii., and Anal., ii. ; Test. Reg.
(Lan.}, Tombst]
JAMES BRADFUTE, born 9th Aug.
1713 1GSO> son °f J°nn B., min. of Petti-
nain ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar
18th Sept, 1706 : chaplain to Earl of
Hyndford ; pres. by Queen Anne 3rd Xov.
1712 (P. S. Reg., vii., 37) : called 22nd Dec.
1712; ord. 1st April 1713; died 16th Aug.
175«. He marr. 10th May 1717, Jean
(died llth March 1763), daugh. of James
Mure of Rhocldens, Kilwinning, and had
issue — John, his successor ; Elizabeth ;
Janet. — [Leechman's Serm., i. ; Cahhvell
Pap., i. ; Tombst.]
JOHX BRADFUTE, born 1725, son of
preceding; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1748); licen. by
Presb. of Biggar 22nd Aug. 1750 ; pres. by
George II., and ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 22nd Aug. 1751 ; died 21st March
1793. He marr. 1st Sept. 1761, Margaret
(died 7th Feb. 1781), daugh. of John Bell,
min. of Gordon, and had issue — James,
M.A., a min. of the church, born 1st July
1762, died at Market Deeping, Lines., 18th
June 1789 ; John, founder along with his
cousin, of the firm of Bell & Bradfute,
bookseilt-rs, Edinburgh, born 14th Xov.
1763; Robert, born 5th April 1765; Eliza
beth, born 3rd Sept. 1766 : Alexander, born
9th Sept. 1767, died 1st Oct. 1767 ; Alex
ander, born 30th Jan. 1769, died 21st
Jan. 1789. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stnt. Ace., i.).— [Carlyle's
Autob.]
JOHX RITCHIE, pres. by George III.
28th May, and ord. 4th Sept. 1794 ;
trans, to Tarbolton 27th June 1799.
— [/''ou'lis SexK. Reg., Xelson's Life, of
Rite/tie.]
JOHX HAIXIXG, pres. by George III.
179g 3rd July, and ord. 19th Sept. 1799 ;
trans, to Maxton 16th Aug. 1804.
ROBERT RUSSELL, pres. by George
III. 13th Oct. 1804 ; ord. 25th April
1805 1805] trans, to Dolphinton 2nd
March 1315.
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DUNSYRE— LIBBERTON
[PRESB. OF
1815
AVILLIA.M MEEK, born 21st June 178(5,
son of AVilliam M., Garnwath, licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 31st July 1811 :
pres. by George, Prince Regent, and ord.
1st June 1«15: died at Greenlaw, Glen-
corse, 2nd March 1831. He marr. 27th
Xov. 1815, Barbara (died 5th Jan. 1839),
daugh. of AVilliam Mark, farmer, Xetherurd,
and had issue— Mary, born 13th Aug. 1810.
Publications — S<-rmoii- preaeht ,1 «t L)/ni*i/r<
(Edinburgh, 1817): Para^/iranes of Sa <•,•«!
Scripture, collected and 'i-evised (Lanark,
1818); ^1 Treatise on Philosophical ami
Theological Sect* (Edinburgh, 1829) : J
Letter to I. ord Chancellor P>ronyham
(.Edinburgh, 1831) : Accounts of the Parish
(Lit. «)>d St. May., iii. ; Ken' Stat. Ace., vi.).
GEORGE CLERK REXTOX, son of
John 11., surgeon, Penicuik: licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 13th April
182(5 : pres. by William IV. 13th April, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1834 ; died unmarr. 1st Aug.
1876.
1834
1877
1590
Andrews, 20th Xov. 1580): ord. to
Biggar 1580 ; trans, and adm. 1590 ;
died before 1G17 (AV.v. M<KJ. -V/V/., vii., 1020).
WILLIAM SMITH, born Oldhamstocks.
17th April 1840, son of David S.
and Ann Thompson ; educated at
Cockburnspath School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1808); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar ; missionary at Saughtree ; ord.
19th June 1877.
LIBBERTON.
[United to Quothquan in 1018, and dis
joined by agreement between the patron
and Presb., 3rd Feb. 1049.]
AVILLIAM LIVINGSTON, min. in 1507 ;
1567 trans, to Crawford.— [Key. MinJ]
JAMES HAMILTON', removed from ;
1574 Quothquan. Quothquan was again j
in his charge in 1585. —[Key. Min., \
Wodrov ^Uiscet?., Test. AV;/.]
GEORGE MOSSMAX, reader.— [llno/c
1576 of Ass if/.]
ALEXANDER SPITTAL, M.A. (St
He marr. (name unknown), and had issue—
Alexander, min. of Manor (Kerf, of Deeds,
ccxc., 30); James, apprenticed Hth Jan.
1021 to John Gairdin, merchant, Edinburgh.
[AV//. A **{</., Te»t. Kef/. (Lan.).]
ERT LIVINGSTONE, M.A. (Edin-
164g burgh, 22rd July 1030); called 29th,
and adm. 20th Oct. 1049; died May
1077, aged about 01. He marr. Isobel
Gockburn, who died July 1088, and had
issue— Robert j James and Samuel, both
merchants, burgesses of Edinburgh (Key.
of Deeds, Dune, istli April 1078).— [Tr'st.
Key. (Lan.).]
.101 IN TAYLOR, M.A. : pres. by James,
^;u'l °f Carn \vath ; passed trials and
was recommended 29th Aug. for
ordination : inst. 27th Sept. 1077 ; trans.
to Mearns in 1081.
ROBERT LAWSOX, son of Robert L.,
1681 schoolmaster, Renfrew : M.A. (Edin
burgh 1669); bursar in theology of
the Presb. of Earlston ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 8th May 1673; ord.
to Symington 10th April 1070 : trans, and
inst. 20th July 1081 : outed by the rabble
at the Revolution, and died Dec. 1090,
aged about 42. He marr. 13th June 1082,
Margaret, eldest daugh. of David Stirling
of Branxston, min. of Cockburnspath, who
survived him, was alive in 1709, and had
issue— Ann (marr. 22nd Aug. 1720, James
Gibb, master in the High School, 'FAin-
burgh).—[Cockburnsp. ,SV.s>-. Key.; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT LIVINGSTONE, M.A. ; ord.
1689 2Gtl1 June 1G89-: trans- to Biggar
8th April 1696.— [Key. den. Ass.,
1090.]
1697
JAMES STUART, licen. by Presb. of
Lanark llth Xov. 1090 ; called 13th
May, and ord. 20th Aug. 1097 ; died
27th Feb. 1714, He left a widow— Eliza
beth Brown, who marr. (2) Thomas Sheills
in Todshawhill (Law irk Horn., ii., Feb.
1719)— and had issue (names untraced),
His brother, John, was a writer in Glas
gow.— [7V.s7. Key. '(La ii,.).]
BIGGAR]
LIBBERTON
255
[WILLIAM CARSTARES and Princi
pal JOHX STIRLING were pros, by
George Lockhart of Carnwatli. The Presb.
characterised these as " sham :; presenta
tions, and proceeded to fill up the vacancy
in the usual way.]
JOHX THOMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1717 12th May 1693); liccn. by Presb. of
Lochmaben 1709 ; ord. to Symington
llth Sept. 1713; pres. by George Lockhart
of Carnwath, and trans, and adm. 14th May
1717; was one of fifteen ministers who
dissented from the sentence of the General
Assembly in 1740, deposing the eight
Seceders ; died 8th Dec. 1765, in his
82nd year. He marr, 18th May 172!),
Elizabeth (died 14th June 1771), daugh.
of John Sydserff, merchant, Dunbar,
brother of James S. of Ruchlaw, and had
issue — Margaret, born 17th March 1730
(marr. Dec. 1749, Robert Menzies of Culter-
Allers, W.S.); Elizabeth; James. — [Morren's
An a., i.]
JOHX CHRISTIE, pres. by Alexander
Lockhart, advocate, and ord. (assist
ant and successor) 14th Sept. 1758 ;
trans, to Carnwath 29th May 1760.
JAMES SCOTT, pres. by Alex. Lockhart,
1761 advocate ; ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 18th Feb. 1761 : trans, to
Carluke 13th May 1763.
JOHX NOBLE, born in the parish of
1763 Biggar 1721 ; licen. by the Presb. of
Biggar 9th June 1757 ; pres. by
Alex. Lockhart, advocate, and ord. (assist
ant and successor) 27th Oct. 1763 ; died
1st Sept. 1776. He marr. in 1758, Mary
(died 21st Dec. 1782, in her 73rd year),
daugh. of William Dickson of Kilbucho,
widow of Geo. Muirhead of Persilands.
DAVID DICKSON of Persilands, D.D. ;
assistant to preceding, who was his
uncle, and on whose decease a
unanimous application was made on his
behalf to General James Lockhart of Lee
and Carnwath ; pres. 7th Feb., and ord.
1st May 1777 ; trans, to Bothkennar 23rd
April 1783.— [Kay's /'ortr., ii. ; Hunter's
JOHX FRASER, pres. by General
1784 -James Lockhart- \Yishart of Lee
and Carnwath, 19th Aug. 1783 ; ord.
2 1st April 1784 ; died 26th Aug. 1812, aged
59. He marr. 3rd Xov. 1785, Jane (died
in Edinburgh 5th April 1831, aged 66),
daugh. of Hugh Smith of Carnwath,
and had issue— Pringle, captain H.E.I.C.S.,
born (5th Feb. 1787, died in Secunderabad,
2 1st June 1820: John, born 13th May
1789, died in Jamaica 16th Xov. 1821 ;
Hugh, born llth March 1791, died 21th
Sept. 1792; Hugh/surgeon, 60th Regt. Royal
Rifles, born 2nd Feb. 1793, died 22nd Oct.
1865 ; Andrew, lieut.-col. H.E.I.C.S., born
3rd Xov. 1794, died 18th Sept. 1884; Eliza,
born 26th Feb. 1797 (marr. Thomas Smith
Wharrie, min. of Symington, Ayrshire) ;
Margaret, born 1st March 1800, died 22nd
March 1872 ; Georgina, born 6th June 1802,
died April 1821 ; Patrick, physician to the
Queen of Portugal, Knight of the Tower
and Sword, physician to the London
Hospital, born March 1805, died 12th Xov.
1896. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ii., xxi.).—[Tomlst.']
1813
ALEXAXDER CRALK, born Fife, 1772,
son of Alexander ('. and Ellen
Rennie ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 19th Dec. 1798 ; became rector
of the Academy at Dundee in 1809 ; pres.
by Sir Alex. Macdonald Lockhart, Bart.,
18th May, and ord. 22nd July 1813 ; D.D.
(St Andrews, 12th Jan. 1839); died in
Edinburgh, 19th Oct. 1856. He man-.
Helen (died 7th July I860), daugh. of
William Scott, Dron, Longforgan, and had
issue — Alexander Scott, merchant, London,
born 14th Jan. 1808, died 5th May 1877 ;
Ellen, born 27th March 1810 (marr. John
Vary, min. of Pettinain), died 29th Feb.
1896; Anne, born 10th May 1813, died
unmarr. 28th Xov. 1831 ; Eliza, born 21st
Jan. 1815, died unmarr. 24th Jan. 1892 ;
Margaret, born 14th April 1817, died un
marr. 29th Jixly 1896 ; James Rennie, naval
engineer, H.E.I.C.S. (afterwards coalmaster,
Hamilton), born 14th Oct. 1818, died 3rd
Sept. 1874 ; Julia, born 22nd June 1821
(marr. James Bishop, banker, Lennoxtown
256
LIBBERTON— QUOTHQUAN
[PRESB. OF
and Coatbridge), died 12th Juno 1904 ;
William 8cott, merchant, Port Elizabeth,
Cape Colony, born 4th July 1828, died 22nd
May 1904. Publications — A Letter to
John Broicn, min. of tlie Af*oc. ( 'oii'jr<'</.,
Jliii'.inr (Edinburgh, 1820), which called
forth A Lettci- ofCon,<iratnlation,\>y Robert
Johnstoru', elder, Biggar ; Account of the
Parish LYe/r Stnt. Arc., vi.) • Sermon XV.
(C/i. of Scotland /'iifju't, i.).— [Vide J^lin-
l.ntryk Christian Instructor, xix., J820.]
1857
JOHX LAWTJE, born Annan, son of
Thomas L. and Mary Allan ; educated
at Dalkeith and Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Barony, Glasgow; ord. 3rd July 1857; res.
16th May 1882; died 20th Aug. 1908. He
marr. 25th Feb. 18G2, Isabella, daugh. of
James Stark, M.D.. of Huntfield, Lanark
shire, and Isabel, daugh. of Adam Black,
M.P., and had issue— Isabella, born 18th
Feb. 1863 (marr. Kobert John Harvey-
Gibson, M.A.. F.L.S., Professor of Botany,
T'niv. of Liverpool); Thomas Henry,
accountant, California, born 21st June
1804; James Stark, rancher, U.S.A., born
12th Aug. 1865; Mary Allan, born 1st Oct.
1866 (marr. Thomas Parker) ; Emma Lyon,
born 21st Oct. 1867 (deceased); John
Howard, farmer, born llth Dec. 1868;
Francis Allan, Royal Insurance Co., Cal
cutta, born 18th Aug. 1877.
JAMES ROBERTSON SABISTON,
B.D. ; ord. 12th Jan. 1883; trans, to
Abbey Parish, Edinburgh, 16th Oct.
1889.
1890
JOHX PIClvEX, born Stewarton, Ayr
shire, 20th Nov. 1860, son of James
P. and Janet Latta; educated at Ayr
and Kihnarnock Academies, St Andrews
and Glasgow Univs. ; M.A. (Glasgow 1883) ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 1885 ; assistant at
Galston and Campsie ; ord. 27th March
1890. Marr. 26th June 1894, Catherine
Campbell, daugh. of Andrew Morrison
Brown, B.D., St Andrew's U.F. Church,
Kirkintilloch, and has issue — James
Craigie, born 13th April 1895; Andrew
Mnurice, born 13th May 1899; Mary
Bin trie Robr.rt.son, born 7th July 100-1.
QUOTHQUAN.
[United to Libbcrton in 1648, and dis
joined 3rd Feb. 1649. The disjunction was
recalled, 27th Jan. 1669.]
GKOR< IE ALEXANDER, exhorter (Arts
1567 ami Decreets, xli., 4).
JAMES HAMILTON, adm. May
1509 ; removed to Libberton 1574.
Quoth<|uan again in his charge in
1569
THOMAS KING, exhorter in Carnwath
15 in 1567 ; trans, and adm. 1588 ; con
tinued in 1593. — [/u?;/- Assiy.]
THOMAS SOMERVELL, mentioned as
1594 min. in 1594 (Roj. of Deeds, xlviii.,
244).
THOMAS MAXWELL, son of John
1597 ^'' °^ Pottarhill, descended from
the Maxwells of Braidiland ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1583) ; min. of Carnwath
1588 ; trans, and adm. 1597 ; died before
13th March 1605. He marr. Margaret
Livingston, who survived him, and had
issue — Alexander, M.A. — [.Key. Assiy., Test,
lieij. (La >t.. mid, fr'laxy.).']
JOHX CHIESLIE [CH1ESLEY] of
1617 Kcrsevv'd'i son of John ('., farmer
in the parish ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
22nd Feb. 1602); adm. 1617; died (5th
April 1635, aged about 53. He marr.
Elizabeth, daugh. of Walter Carmichael of
Park (marr. (2), cent. 21st to 23rd Jan.
1636, John Muir of Anniston : Itey. of
Deeds, dliv., 343). She had sasine of the
lands ot Anniston, etc., llth Feb. 1636,
and had issue— Sir John, served heir to
his father, and knighted by Charles I. ;
William of Cockburn, W.S. ; Walter,
apprenticed 2nd May 1638 to James
Xasmith, Edinburgh, a merchant and
brewer, marr. a daugh. of Lord Provost
Archibald Tod of Edinburgh, purchased
the lands of Dairy, near Edinburgh, and
had a son, John C., notorious as the
assassin of Lord President Lockhart, 31st
March 1689 ; Samuel, apprenticed to
Andrew Brown, surgeon, 28th Dec. 1653 ;
Janet, who marr. John Muiy, younger, of
BIGGAR]
QUOTHQUAN— SKIRLING
257
Anniston. — [Test. (Lan.) and New Gen.
Reg. Sasines, iii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 2171 ;
Orig. Lett., ii. ; Ikmnatyne Miscell., iii.]
GEORGE BENNET, pres. by Robert,
1635 Master of Dalzell, 15th July 1635 ;
was a member of the Commis
sions of Assemblies 1645-9 ; trans, to St
Ninians in 1649.
ROBERT BROWN, son of Rich. B. of
1652 Knockmerloch, whom he succeeded
5th Dec. 1654; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1636) ; adm. 23rd April
1652 ; deprived by the Act of Parliament
llth June, and of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. In Nov. 1662 he obtained leave to
remain at Quothquan "till further order,"
on account of "the infirmity" of his wife
(Priv. Counc. Dec.); died before 6th Jan.
1674. He marr. Janet Hay (Lanark 8as.,
Over Ward, i., 252, A.D. 1658), and had
issue— Andrew. — [Wodrow's Hist. ; Inq.
Ret. Ayr, 494— et Gen,, 3967, 5681.]
SKIRLING.
[The church was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. Formerly in the Presb. of Peebles,
but transferred to that of Biggar on its
formation in 1644.]
JOHN COCKBURN, fourth son of
Sir William C. of Skirling, and
Marion Somerville ; " personne of
S." in 1565. In 1567 he is styled "Rector
of Dolphinston." He marr. (1) (cont. 24th
Oct. 1563) Katherine, daugh. of Sir John
Somerville of Cambusnethan, and had issue
— James of Newholme : (2) Elizabeth Brown,
and had issue — William ; Malcolm ; Adam ;
Elizabeth ; Margaret (marr. (1) John Ged-
des, portioner of Kirkurd, (2) Alex. Somer
ville, min. of Dolphinton). He was dead
before Feb. 1592.— [P. C. Reg.]
THOMAS LINDSAY, exhorter, with
Walston, Dolphinton, Dunsyre, in
his charge. He became min. of
Walston in 1580.
1580 JOHN PURDIE.— [Test, Reg.]
JAMES HUNTER, trans, from Borth-
1594 wi°k) and adm. after 18th June 1594 ;
trans, to Smailholm 1596. — [Reg.
Assig., Edin. Presb. Reg]
VOL. I.
1565
1567
1640
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, min. of Ellem
1597 1593 ; trans, to Drumelzier 1594 ;
trans, and adm. 1st April 1597; a
member of Assemblies 1610 and 1638 ; dem.
8th April 1641 ; died 21st May 1658. He
marr. (1) Marion Fortune (Edin. Com. Dec.,
27th May 1619): (2) Margaret, sister of
Sir William Douglas of Cavers, widow of
John Douglas, min. of Kilbucho (Reg. of
Deeds, dxxvi., 207; Acts and Decreets,
ccccxl., 334, 1631), and had issue— Robert
(Reg. of Deeds, dvii., 501); Alexander
(Prof. Jik., A. Guthrie, 22nd April 1631);
Samuel (Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxiii., 47,
ccccxxxv., 187); Margaret (marr., cont.
4th Sept. 1615, William, son of John
Tailziefer [Telfer] of Abington : ibid.,
cclv., 414); (Marion, marr. Alexander
Stevenson). — [Reg. Assig., Test, and Edin.
Reg. (Ihir.), Calderwood's and Stevenson's
ffists.]
KENNETH LOG IE, inst. (at Peebles)
17th Dec. 1640; trans, to Second
Charge, Kirkcaldy, in 1650.— [Cra\v-
furd's Univ., Edin. Counc. Reg., Acts of
Ass. and Farl. J/>SW. ; /Scots Mag., Ixiv.]
JOHN GREIG, M.A. (Glasgow 1638);
1655 licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th May
1644; suspended 9th May 1661 for
joining the Protesters, which sentence was
recalled 21st Nov. following; deprived by
the Act of Parliament llth June, and of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; restored 1687
— [Wodrow's Hist.]
DAVID HAY, M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th
July 1657); ord- to Cathcart 1664;
trans, and adm. 17th Aug. 1664 ; died
May 1666.
JAMES BUCHAN, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
James Murray of Skirling, and adm.
14th Nov. 1667; trans, to Preston-
pans in 1676. — [Wodrow's Hist. ; Neio
titat. Ace., iii.]
WILLIAM LYON, M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1671); inst. 22nd Aug.
1677; still min. 6th Nov. 1685.
THOMAS DOUGLAS, in the service
°^ Archibald, Earl of Forfar ; passed
trials before Presb. of Dalkeith, and
received a testimonial 4th Sept. 1684 for
1664
1667
167.7
1686
258
SKIRLING
[PRESB. OF
license, and was ord. a deacon ; inst. before
18th May 1086. He deserted his charge,
and was deprived by the Act of Parliament
2f>th April 1090, restoring the Presbyterian
ministers. He marr. 27th Jan. 1087, Helen
Forrest. — [Edin. Reg. (Marr.} ; J/>V. Ace.
of Min., 1689; Rule's 8ec. Vindication.]
JOHN GREIG, M.A., after being
1Q87 indulged at Carstairs, and fre
quently imprisoned in the Edin
burgh Tolbooth and on the Bass, returned,
and was present at the first meeting of min.
in the bounds of Lothian and Tweeddale
6th July 1687, after Toleration had been
granted ; died "Wih May 1689, aged about
71 . He marr. a daugh. of Alex. Livingston,
min. of Biggar; she survived him, and
requiring pecuniary aid, was recommended
for charity by Presb. of Hamilton 18th Oct.
1692. They had issue — John; James;
William, and a daugh., who marr. Nicol
Mason, mariner. — [Hamilt. Presb. and
Edin. Reg. (Marr.).]
ROBERT LAW, called 25th Sept, 1689 ;
/ . ! 16go ord. 12th March 1690 ; member of
Assemblies 1690 and 1692 ; trans, to
Shotts 18th July 1699. — [Carstairs Mess.
Reg., Tombst., Reg. Gen. Ass., Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
JOHN MURRAY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17Q1 26th June 1699); called 14th Jan.,
and ord. 21st April 1701 ; died
unmarr. 5th June 1715, in 38th year. —
[Tombst.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, called llth
1718 NOV- 1717 > °rdl 29th Apfil 1718 ;
dep. 12th Nov. 1719 ; reponed 8th
Nov. 1721 ; [afterwards of East Calder].
THOMAS HENDERSON, perhaps son
^ of Sebastian H., bailie of Linlithgow ;
chaplain at Leadhills ; called 17th
Aug., and ord. 25th Sept. 1720; died 7th
May 1764. He marr. 5th Oct. 1726, Rachel
Kinnaird, who died 10th Aug. 1750, and had
issue — James, born 3rd Feb. 1730 ; Thomas,
surgeon of the 90th Regiment, born llth
Jan. 1734, died at the siege of Havana,
13th July 1702; Janet, born 16th Feb.
1736.— [Chalmers's Ceded., ii.]
WILLIAM HOWE, licen. by Presb. of
1765 Pai^ey 22nd June 1756 ; pres. by
John Carmichael of Castlecraig,
advocate, 2nd Oct. 1764 ; ord. 17th April
1765 ; died 10th Dec. 1796. He marr. (1)
19th April 1768, Marion Ferguson, Irvine,
who died 24th March 1772, and had issue
• — James, born 14th Sept. 1769, died 27th
April 1772; William, born llth March
1772, died 27th Aug. 1772 : (2) 14th Jan.
1778, Marion Telfer, and had issue—
William, born 13th Nov. 1779; James,
distinguished animal painter, bom 31st
Aug. 1780, died llth July 1830; John,
born 30th Nov. 1782 ; Alexander, born
29th Oct. 1780. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's titat. Ace., iii.). —
[Hunter's Biggar,]
JOHN ALPINE [MACALPINE], born /
17 ,_ Park, Carluke, 2nd May 1764, son of
John M. and Isabel Hamilton ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 7th May 1794; he
changed his name to Alpine on becoming
teacher of elocution in London ; pres. by
John Carmichael of Skirling 15th Jan., and
ord. 12th Sept. 1797 ; died unmarr. 1st
Nov. 1836. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace., iii.).
[DAVID GAIRDNER, M.A., licen. by
Presb. of Biggar 5th Feb. 1822; became
assistant to preceding in 1824 ; pres. by
Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael of Skirling,
but died before the day appointed for his
ordination, 6th Jan. 1837, aged 39.]
WILLIAM HANNA, born 26th Nov. / £
1808, son of Samuel H., D.D., Pro- '
fessor of Divinity, Belfast ; educated
at the Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1830); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton llth June 1834; ord. to East
Kilbride 17th Sept. 1835; pres. by Sir
Thomas Gibson Carmichael^ Bart., 21st
Feb., trans, and adm. 8th June 1837. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of Skirling Free
BIGGATJ]
SKIRLING— SYMINGTON
259
Church 1843-8; trans, to Free St John's,
Edinburgh (as colleague to Dr Guthrie),
1850; LL.l). (Glasgow 1852), D.D. (Edin
burgh 1864) ; retired 18G6 ; died at London,
24th May 1882. He marr. 30th March 1836,
Agnes, daugh. of Thomas Chalmers, D.D.,
Edinburgh, and had issue — two sons, died
in infancy ; Thomas Chalmers, C.A., Edin
burgh, born 22nd June 1837, died 23rd
Dec. 1910 ; Matilda Grace, born 24th March
1857 (marr. 17th Oct. 1882, A. W. Blackie).
Publications — Memoirs of the Life and
Writings of Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D.,
4 vols. (Edinburgh, 1849-52) ; Postscript to
Dyke's Apostolic Times Revived (Edinburgh,
1859); The Headship of Christ (1860);
Wycliffe and the Huguenot* (Edinburgh,
1860) ; The, Marti/rs of the Scottish Refor
mation (1861) ; The Last Dai/ of Our Lords
Passion (Edinburgh, 1862) ; The Forty Days
after Our Lords Resurrection (Edinburgh,
1863) ; The Earlier Years of Our Lord's
Life on Earth (Edinburgh, 1864); The
Passion Week (1866); The Ministry in
Galilee (1868); The Close of the Ministry
(18G9) ; The Wars of the Huguenots (1871)';
The, Resurrection of the Dead (1872);
Memoir of Sir Alexander Gibson Car-
michael of Skirling, Hart, (private circula
tion) ; Memoir of Alexander Keith Johnston,
(private circulation). He edited the " Pos
thumous Works of Thomas Chalmers," 9
vols. (1847-9) ; Essays by Ministers of the
Free Church of Scotland (1858) ; Dr Charles
Hodge's Idea of the Church (1860) ; Letters
of Thomas Erskine of Linlathan (1877) ;
edited the North British Review for a
time.— [Diet. Nat.
WILLIAM M'KENZIE, born Kirk-
1843 cuclbriSnt> nth Sept. 1789, son of
John M. and Janet Kelly; educated
at Academy, Kirkcudbright (in which he
was afterwards English master) and Edin
burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud
bright 1818; ord. 10th Nov. 1843; died
unmarr. 21st Feb. 1854. Publications—
History of Galloway (Kirkcudbright,
1841); Statistical Account of Kirkcud-
^ bright ; Poems. — [See Scraps by M'K.
<•' (Kirkcudbright, 1881); Statement of Facts
as to the Writing, Printing, and Publishing
of History of Galloway, by J. C. M'Kenzie
(1882).]
MATTHEW ARMSTRONG, bom Tin-
wald Mill, Dumfriesshire, 9th Oct.
1819, son of Francis A. and Jean
Brown ; educated at Dumfries and Edin
burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries ;
assistant at Skirling; pres. by Sir Thomas
Gibson Carmichael, Bart. ; ord. 7th June
1854; died 13th Jan. 1888. He marr. 30th
Nov. 1854, Ramsay Hannay (died 16th May
1895), daugh. of John Christison, D.D., min.
of Biggar, and had issue — John Brown, his
successor; Francis, born llth April 1857,
died in the Bahamas, Sept. 1912; Ramsay
Maclellan, born 25th July 1858 (marr. llth
Aug. 1881, Dr Miller, Birkenhead) ; Thomas,
born 12th Oct. 1859, died abroad; Christi
son, born 7th March 1861, died in Havana ;
Jean Brown, born 5th Feb. 1864 (marr. John
Crawford Dick, min. of Eskdalemuir).
JOHN BROWN ARMSTRONG, son of
preceding, born 17th Oct. 1855; edu
cated at Biggar and Edinburgh
Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 1880;
assistant at Duirinish, Skye ; ord. 5th July
1888 ; died 5th May 1906. He marr. 24th
Dec. 1895, Rhoda Charlotte Mary, daugh.
of Dr Trueman, and had issue— Christison
Matthew, born 26th Oct. 1898.
THOMAS MUIR, born Old Monkland,
1906 21St Feb' 1858> S°n °f JameS M- and
Isabella Forbes ; educated at Glasgow
Univ.; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1887); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 26th April 1887 ; as
sistant at Holywood, Coylton, and St
Paul's, Glasgow ; ord. to Mcthil 24th Sept.
1891 ; trans, and adm. 25th Sept. 1906.
He marr. 2nd Dec. 1891, Joanna, daugh. of
John Brown and Jeannie Russell, Wester
Rhinds, Baillieston, and has issue— James
Forbes, born 25th Oct. 1892; John Alex
ander Russell Brown, born 13th Sept. 1895.
SYMINGTON.
[The church previous to the Reformation
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.]
1567-73 JOHN LINDSAY, reader.
260
SYMINGTON
[PKESB. OF
JOHN SYMONTON, probably son of
1592 ^TiHiam S. °f that ilk ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. before 5th
Feb. 1592 ; in 1593 Thankerton was also
under his charge ; was still min. in 1597. —
[Key. Assif/.]
JOHN LINDSAY, min. of Carstairs ;
1601 Pres- to the vicarage by James VI. ;
resigned previous to 9th Sept. 1607,
and returned to Carstairs. — \_Rey. Axxiy.}
ROBERT LINDSAY, pres. to the
1607 vicaraSe ky James VI. 9th Sept.
1G07.
1623
ANDREW GUDLAD, son of David G,,
infeft as heir of his brother John in
two acres near St Andrews (Fife Has.,
xii., 198); M.A. (St Andrews 1599); pres.
in 1623 ; dep. 31st Aug. 1648, " being found
altogether unprofitable, and a contemner of
the acts and constitutions of the Kirk
tending to the Reformation and settling of
the true religion." — [Act. Pect. Univ. St
And., Test. Reg. (Lan.)}
GEORGE PHIN, schoolmaster of South
164g Leith 13th Feb. 1645; pres. by Sir
William Baillie of Lamington 23rd
May 1649 ; adm. 17th July 1649 ; continued
5th May 1657 ; but the charge was vacant
4th May 1658 ; ejected by Presb. after three
years process (P. C. Decreta, 1662). [At
Slamannan in 1661.] — [#. Leith Sess., Presb.,
Dalkeith}
JOHN RAE, son of William R., merchant,
burgess of Edinburgh, to whom he
was served heir 7th Feb. 1666 ; edu
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1651);
adm. between 4th May and 2nd Nov. 1658 ;
deprived by the Act of Parliament llth
June, and of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He became one of the most zealous of the
Covenanting preachers ; and for eight years
peregrinated the country, conducting public
worship on the hillsides and in private
houses. In 1670 he was committed to the
Canongate Tolbooth. Thence he was taken
to Stirling Castle, and afterwards to that
of Dumbarton. Liberated in 1672 under
the " Indulgence Act," he was permitted to
discharge all his ministerial duties provided
he would limit his sphere of effort to the
Cumbraes. This he refused to do, and
along with John Welsh and others, went
about from place to place " holding con
venticles, marrying, baptizing, and dispens
ing the Lord's Supper." For nine years he
assiduously carried on these earnest labours.
In 1681 he was captured and sent to the
Edinburgh Tolbooth, and three years later
to the Bass, where he died, and was buried
at North Berwick.— [/«?. Ret. Gen., 4962 ;
Kirkton's and Wod row's Ilists., Crichton's
Mem. of Maclf adder.}
JOHN LAW, M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th
1665 July 1659) ; died in 1675, aged about
36. He marr. Helen, daugh. of John
Law of Ryesland, and had issue — John;
William ; Helen (marr. John Law, portioner
of Ryesland : G. R. Sas., xxviii., 35). — [Test.
Peg. (Lan.}.}
ROBERT LAWSON, pres. by James,
Bishop of Dunblane, and inst. 10th
April 1676 ; trans, to Libberton and
Quothquan 26th July 1681. — [Htoiv tiess.
Peg., Rerj. Coll at.}
ANGUS MACKINTOSH, M.A.; inst.
1682 and adm. 24th April 1682 ; trans, to
Stonehouse after 1st April 1685. —
[Test. Reg. (Lan.).}
JOHN LOGAN, inst. 2nd May 1686;
1686 continued 2nd May 1688, but outed
by the rabble 1689.— [J/,V. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
1692
WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, son of
Thomas C. of Eastend and Janet
Baillie; M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th July
1688, and held a bursary of philosophy at
Glasgow in 1690); orcl. 20th Sept. 1692;
died unmarr. before llth May 1699, aged
about 31.— [Test. Peg. (Lan.); Inq. Ret.
Gen., 1784.]
PATRICK MITCHELL, Keen, by
1700 1>res^)- of Peebles 17th Aug. 1699;
called 3rd Jan., and ord. 25th April
1700 ; died 18th Dec. 1711, in his 50th year.
He marr. Oct. 1702, Elizabeth Plenderleath,
who survived him. — [Test. Peg. (Lan.),
Tombst.}
BIGGAK]
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261
JOHN THOMSON, M.A. ; called 25th
1713 June) and ord. llth Sept. 1713;
trans, to Libberton and Quothquan
14th May 1717.
JAMES WILSON, Keen, by Presb. of
1(_18 Lanark Gth Sept. 1704 ; pres. by
Lockhart of Carnwath in 1717; ord.
2nd May 1718. He preached at the ordina
tion of George Sinclair, min. of Balfron
(a settlement effected by a committee of
Assembly, under protection of the military)
in 1729 ; made himself obnoxious to his
parishioners by reading the Porteous paper
in 1737, and died at Spitalhaugh, on his
return from the General Assembly, 3rd
June 1743. He was buried at West Linton.
He marr. 30th Nov. 1735, Catherine, claugh.
of Thomas Linning, min. of Walston. —
[Test. Reg. (Lan.), Wodrow's Anal.}
JOHN BROWN, pres. by Alex. Lock-
1744 hart, advocate, with consent of Geo.
Lockhart of Carnwath ; ord. 17th
Sept. 1744 ; trans, to Coulter 23rd Oct. 1750.
JOHN M'CAUL, M.A. ; pres. by Alex.
Lockhart of Craighouse, advocate ;
ord. 15th Aug. 1751; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 14th Nov. 1782.
JAMES FINLAYSON, trans, from Sand-
1783 s^mS ; pres. by Gen. James Lock-
hart of Carnwath, and adm. 8th May
1783 ; trans, to Carstairs 14th Aug. 1794.
ROBERT ANDERSON, pres. by Charles
Lockhart-Wishart, with consent of
his curators, 28th Nov. 1794 ; ord.
23rd April 1795; trans, to Eastwood 5th
July 1798.
1799
JAMES SOMERVILLE, pres. by the
Commissioners for Chas. Lockhart-
Wishart of Lee and Carnwath Gth
Dec. 1798; ord. 13th March 1799; trans.
to Drumelzier 1st Feb. 1810.
1810
JOHN EDGAR, pres. by Sir Alex.
Macdonald Lockhart of Lee and
Carnwath, Bart., 8th Feb., and ord.
26th April 1810 ; trans, to Foulden 24th
June 1813.
1813
JOHN SMITH, born Douglas, son of
William S. ; app. schoolmaster of
Libberton ; Keen, by the Presb. 5th
Dec. 1797 ; app. schoolmaster of Carnwath
in 1808 ; pres. by Sir Alex. Macdonald
Lockhart of Lee and Carnwarth, Bart.,
27th Sept., and ord. 5th Nov. 1813 ; died
21st Feb. 1834. He marr. Jean (died 9th
May 1840), daugh. of John Stodart, Bank-
head, and had issue — Mary, born 13th April
1801 (marr. John Kay, schoolmaster, Leith),
died 1870 ; Janet, born 27th Dec. 1803, died
28th Feb. 1823 ; Catherine, born 3rd June
1805 (marr. Thomas Smith, farmer), died
1892 ; William, farmer, born 13th July
1807, died 5th Oct. 1878; John, farmer,
born 1st Aug. 1809, died 22nd March 1880 ;
Alison, born 18th Sept. 1811, died 25th
July 1820; Jean Bertram, born 29th Aug.
1814, died 22nd Sept. 1879 ; Thomas, D.D.,
LL.D., missionary of the Church of Scot
land at Calcutta, afterwards Professor in
the Free Church College, Edinburgh, and
Moderator of the Free Church Assembly
1891, born 8th July 1817, died 26th May
1906 ; Grace, born 14th Nov. 1819, died 1868;
Hugh Stodart, born 4th Aug. 1822, died
17th April 1823.
1834
ALEXANDER HUGH M'LEAN, pres.
by his brother-in-law, Sir Norman
Macdonald Lockhart of Lee and
Carnwath, Bart., 17th May 1834, and ord.
26th Sept. same year ; trans, to Carnwath
5th Dec. 1839.
JOHN FORBES, born Aberfeldy, 1804,
son of Daniel F. ; educated at Perth
Grammar School, St Andrews and
Edinburgh Univs. ; Keen, by Presb. of
Weem; ord. 3rd April 1840; died as he
was preparing to go to church on Sunday
morning, 4th July 1880. He marr. 1st
Fel). 18-10, Elizabeth (died 30th Jan. 1890),
claugh. of Robert Thomson, Covington, and
had issue — Daniel Walker, born 5th March
1847, died 1st April 1911 ; Robert Thom
son, M.B., C.M., born 24th March 1849,
died 31st Jan. 1907; Elizabeth Isabella,
born 2nd April 1852 (marr. J. Murray
Bell, architect, Edinburgh) ; Margaret
Matilda, born 23rd Nov. 1856.
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SYMINGTON— W ALSTON
[PRESB. OF
[The Symington Manse and Glebe Ex
emption from Assessment for Poor-Kates
Case (1856) excited no little attention.
The litigation was costly and protracted,
as, raised against Mr Forbes, it was carried
from the local Courts and the Courts of
Session to the House of Lords. It resulted
in the decision that manses and glebes of
the Church of Scotland were exempt from
the tax.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, born at Sydney,
New South Wales, 1st Feb. 1853, son
of John A. and Mary Auchie ; edu
cated at Corstorphine and Edinburgh Univ. ;
M.A. (1875); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
April 1879 ; assistant at St Mungo and
Milton, Glasgow; ord. 15th Jan. 1881 ; res.
15th June 1891 to become chaplain of
H.M. Prison, Glasgow. He marr. 24th Feb.
1881, Isabella (died llth Jan. 1914), daugh.
of William Hurst, C.E., West Derby, Liver
pool, and widow of A. D. Hewat, Edin
burgh, and has issue — Mary Auchie,
born llth Jan. 1886. Publications -
Lectures on Philippians in The Christian
Treasury (1882) ; A Talk about my Work
in Prison, an address (Glasgow).
1891
GEORGE CALDWELL, born Kirkin-
tilloch, 24th Jan. 1858, son of James
C. and Mary Logan ; educated at
Lenzie Academy and Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1881; assistant at Both-
well ; ord. llth Nov. 1891. Marr. 30th June
1896, Margaret Anne, daugh. of Robert
Macdonald, Frederictown, Canada, and
has issue — James Robert Macdonald, born
23rd Dec. 1898 ; George Frederick Arthur,
born 8th Sept, 1903.
WALSTON.
[From early times a lay rectory in the
gift of the lord of the manor. A church
has occupied the same site from the close
of the thirteenth century.]
1560 DAVID DALGLEISH, reader, 1560.
LAURENCE LEECHMAN [Book of
1561 Assumptions; Chalmers's Caled., \i\.~\
WALTER TWEEDIE, pres. by James,
1567 Earl of Bothwell, 20th May 1567,
and again by King James VI. 3rd
Sept. 1567 (Key. 8ec. Siy., xxxvii., 5) ;
exhorter at Broughton 1567.
JOHN FOTHERINGHAM and
1567 THOMAS LINDSAY, exhorters,
when Dolphinton, Dunsyre, and
Skirling were also in the charge.
1570 ROBERT KINROSS, reader.
THOMAS LINDSAY, colleague ex-
158Q horter in 1567 ; pres. by James VI.
4th Jan. 1580 ; died 17th June 1609.
He marr. Helen Smyth, who died 12th Jan.
1629, and had issue — Thomas, his successor ;
Annabel (marr., cont. 14th Aug. 1606, John,
son and apparent heir of Stephen Bell of
Fuillisland: Reg. of Deeds, cxxi., 457). — [Reg.
Min., Tombst., Wodroiv Miscell., Stirling
Presb. and Test. Reg. (Lan.) ', New Stat.
Ace., vi.]
THOMAS LINDSAY, son of preceding,
1621 ^"A- (Glasgow 1612) ; received on
trials by Presb. of Stirling 8th June
1614 ; adm. 1621 ; died 26th Nov. 1654,
aged about 62. He marr. (name unknown),
and had issue — Thomas, min. of Dunblane,
who was served heir 13th Jan. 1662 ;
Charles, min. of Covington ; Robert,
apprenticed 12th Sept. 1655 to Robert
Brown, bookseller, Edinburgh. — [Stirl.
Presb. and Test. Reg. (Lan.}, Tombst. ;
Ing. Ret. Gen., 4532 ; New titat. Ace., vi.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, M.A. (St
1655 Andrews 1648); adm. between 1st
May and 1st Nov. 1655 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament llth June, and of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; indulged at Kilbirnie ;
resided in Edinburgh for some years ;
called before the Privy Council on a
charge of having held conventicles at Bog-
hall, Biggar, and in his house at Potterrow
during the years 1674-8, and of correspond
ing with John Welsh, Gabriel Semple, and
other intercommuned persons. He was
pronounced guilty and sentenced to im
prisonment on the Bass, unless he found
caution to the amount of 2000 merks, and
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263
agreed to remove from Edinburgh and not
come within five and a half miles of the
city, or converse Avith any persons but the
members of his own family. He found the
necessary security, and retired to Dalkeith,
where he set up a meeting-house ; but at
the request of the Duchess of Buccleuch
and Monmouth he was forbidden, and
threatened with imprisonment ; restored
1689. — [Kirkton's and Wodrow's Hists. ;
Neiv Stat. Ace., vi.]
JOHN SHIELLS, M.A. (Glasgow 1658) ;
1664 adm. in 1664 ; died in May 1677,
aged about 39. He marr. Mary
M'Calla, who survived him and was on the
Charity Roll, Whitsunday 1685.
THOMAS HARPER, M.A. ; pres. by
James, Bishop of Dunblane, and
inst. 5th April 1676 ; trans, to Wis-
ton in 1678. — [Reg. Collat., Tomlst.]
JOHN REID, M.A. ; pres. by Alexander,
Archbishop of Glasgow, jure devoluto,
and inst. 28th Sept. 1678 ; trans, to
Biggar 23rd Dec. 1685.
1686
ROBERT KINCAID, son of Thomas K.
of Warriston ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
29th June 1677) ; pres. by Christo
pher Baillie of Walston, and inst. 28th April
1686 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, restoring the Presbyterian
ministers. He marr. (name unknown), and
had issue — Thomas (P. R. Sas. Edin.,
Ixxix., ff. 267, 311).— [MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, M.A., above
1 Q mentioned ; returned previous to 6th
July 1689 ; restored by Act of Parlia
ment 25th April 1690, and died 22nd July
following, aged about 63. He marr. Mar
garet Threipland, who was joined with him
in a sasine, 29th Nov. 1659, and in another
with their children, 24th June 1663, of the
corn mill of Biggar and pertinents. His
son James, M.A., W.S., Postmaster-General
for Scotland, genealogist and antiquary,
author of Selectus Di2)lomatum Numis-
matum Scotiae Thesaurus, and of Collec
tions relating to the History of Mary,
Queen of Scots, born 5th Aug. 1662, died
3rd April 1728. His daugh. Mary marr.
(cont. 23rd, 25th, and 29th April 1678: Perth
Sas., vii., 193) David Pitcairn of Dreghorn,
and was grandmother of Principal Robert
son. — [Neiv Gen. Reg. Sasines, iii., iv. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 7188 ; Murray's Biog. Ann. ;
Chalmers's Life of Ruddiman ; Chambers's
Biog. Diet., i.]
JAMES BROWN, M.A. ; trans, from
16gl Kilbucho, and adm. 24th Sept.
1691 ; retrans. to Kilbucho 23rd
Sept. 1696. — [Reg. Gen. Ass., Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church ; Neiv Stat.
Ace., vi.]
SIMON KELLIE [KELLO], ord. 24th
? April 1700; trans, to Glenholm 9th
April 1703.— [Wodrow's Anal., ii.]
THOMAS LINKING, born Lanark-
shire ; studied at the Univ. of
Glasgow ; Keen, by Presb. of Lanark
16th April 1701 ; called 14th Feb., and
ord. 10th May 1705 ; died 20th Dec. 1731.
He marr. Ann. (died at Edinburgh, 8th
Jan. 1740), daugh. of John Hamilton of
Gilkerscleuch, and had issue — Elizabeth ;
Catherine (marr. James Wilson, min. of
Symington). Publication — Letter to Mi-
John McMillan (1710). — [Edin. Reg.
(Bur.} ; Wodrow's Corresp., i. ; Morrison's
Digest.']
[ADAM PETRIE, M.A., probationer;
pres. by George Lockhart of Carnwath in
1732. A dispute having arisen between
the patron and the Presb. his name was
withdrawn.]
PATRICK HEPBURN, pres. by George
-„„. Lockhart of Carnwath, and ord. 14th
Aug. 1734 ; trans, to Ay ton 14th June
1753.— [Steven's Mem. of Heriot.]
JOHN THOMSON, probably son of
Peter T., Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Biggar 18th Sept. 1740 ; pres. by Alex.
Lockhart, advocate, with consent of George
Lockhart of Carnwath, and ord. 20th May
1755 ; died unmarr. llth Aug. 1787.
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WALSTON— WANDEL AND LAMINGTON
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK MOLLISON, son of .Tame
1788 ^'' Kinnell, Forfarsliire, and brother
of Alex. M., one of the mins. of
Montrosc; educated at Marischal College,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1767); licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre 20th March 1777; pros, by
Count Lockhart of Carnwath 19th Dec.
1787 ; ord. 5th Aug. 1788 ; pres. to Dun-
syrc by Geo. III. 16th April 1794, but
declared himself against patronage, and
was opposed by the parishioners. The
General Assembly, 20th May 1794, found
that he ought to waive his right, and
refused the translation by a majority of
G7 to 35 [in this case Thomas Thom
son, the most profound legal antiquary
of his day, made a first appearance as
counsel]. M. died 16th Jan. 1825, in his
80th year. He marr. Jean Doig, Mon-
trose, who died 15th April 1835, aged 90,
and had issue— Crawford, born 24th March
1775 ; David, born 19th June 1781 ; Patrick,
born 25th Feb. 1783 — all merchants in
Glasgow and London ; Ann, born 17th Oct.
1777; Jean Brown, born 13th July 1786;
Christian, born 23rd May 1784 (marr.
James Mollison, surgeon, Muirdrum, Pan-
bride). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., vii.).— [Scots
Mag., Ivi. ; Tombst.]
JOHN WILSON, educated at Univ. of
1825 Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 2nd Aug. 1820; pres. to
Covington by Sir Charles Macdonald
Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath, Bart.,
Aug. and Sept. 1820, but withdrew;
pres. to this parish by the same patron,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1825; suspended by
the General Assembly 30th May 1842 from
his judicial functions as a member of Presb.
and other superior judicatories, till after
the first Wednesday of March 1843, for
holding communion with the ministers of
Strathbogie; died 28th Dec. 1858, in his
65th year. He marr. 6th Feb. 1829, Jane
Stewart (died at Newcastle, 12th April
1861), eldest daugh. of David Walker-
Arnott of Arlary, sister of Professor
Geo. Walker-Arnott), and had issue-
John George, born 18th July 1830, died
in Australia; David Walker-Arnott, born
9th March 1834, died in Newcastle ; James,
Baptist min. at Gorleston, Suffolk, born
9th April 1836, died 8th Dec. 1873. Pub
lication—Account of the Parish (New
titat. Ace., vi.).— [Reg. Acts of Ass.]
JAMES HOGGAN, ord. 15th July 1859 ;
trans, to Covington 2nd March
18G5.
1859
DUNCAN MACFARLAXE, born Camp-
1865 bcltown> 183G> son of Dugald M. ;
educated at Arrochar Manse by his
uncle, John M., D.D., and at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1856) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumbarton; assistant at Dalkeith ; ord. 4th
May 1865; res. 6th June 1898; died 22nd
April 1 906. He marr. 10th Dec. 1867, Jessie
(died 14th Feb. 1909), daugh. of John Shand.
ALEXANDER MATTHEW WYLLIE,
1898 °rd> 2?th 8ei)t< 1898' trans' to
Auchtergaven 7th April 1904.
JAMES EADIE, born Lennoxtown,
1904 CamPsie> 3rd Dec. 1871, son of
Rowland Hill E. and Catherine
M'Lintock; educated at Church of Scot
land Normal School and Univ., Glasgow;
M.A. (1894), B.D. (1897); licen. by Presb!
of Glasgow May 1897 ; assistant at Ruther-
glen, Aberdeen (Holburn), Glasgow (St
Andrew's); ord. 19th Aug. 1904. Marr.
27th Sept. 1904, Lizzie Euphemia, daugh.
of John Gall, U.F. min., Rutherglen, and
Eliza Allan Berry, and has issue— Rowland
Hill, born 9th Aug. 1905; John Gall, born
22nd May 1908.
WANDEL AND LAMINGTON.
[Church dedicated to St Ninian. Wandel
(Quendal in 1116), or Hartside, was united
in 1608.]
WILLIAM BAILLIE of Provand, Glas-
1558 gow > pres> by llis cousin, Sir William
Baillie of Lamington.— [Lives of the
JBaillies, Irving's Upper Ward.]
NICOL CRAWFORD, min. of Hartside
1560 in 1560.
BIGGAR]
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265
JOHN LINDSAY, reader, afterwards
min. of Lamington and Hartside
(Acts and Decreets, xxxvii., 472), still
here 1578 (ibid., Ixxiii., 22).
1567
JAMES BAILLTE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
15gg 10th Aug. 1595) ; min. of Shotts
1597 ; pres. by his kinsman, Thomas
Baillie of Lamington ; coll. and inst. 24th
Dec. 1598 ; pres. to Wandel by the Presb.
jure devoluto, and inst. 5th Nov. 1608 ;
died 26th Aug. 1642, aged about 68. He
marr. (1) (cont. 2nd Jan. 1600) Marion
Inglis, daugh. of Jean Symontoun, after
wards wife of John Symontoun, min. of
Carmichael (G. R. Inhib., 9th Aug. 1020),
and had issue — John, baxter, Edinburgh ;
Robert, merchant, Dan tzic ; Abigail (marr.
George Ogstoun, min. of Covington) ; Jean
(marr., cont. 1st June 1621, John Wilson,
min. of Crawford : Key. of Deeds, ccxlviii.,
321) : (2) Jean, daugh. of John Leverance,
min. of Roberton, who survived him and
had issue — Gavin, merchant, Edinburgh ;
David ; Marion ; Margaret ; Janet. — [Test.
Reg. (Lan.), Reg. Assig.]
CHARLES JARDINE (of the Apple-
1607 earth family) ; last min. of Wandel
or Hartside ; dep. 1607.
1644
[On the death of James Baillie, the
Marquess of Douglas presented
ANDREW M'Gms, Sir William Baillie
of Lamington claiming also the right of
nomination. The General Assembly ordered
the Presb. to proceed to the induction. On
the Sunday previous, the new min. was
required to preach, and making his way
into church "was barred by the Lady of
Lamington and some other women, wha
possessed themselves of the pulpit in a
tumultuous and disorderly way, her lady
ship declaring that ' no dog of the house of
Douglas should ever bark there.' " Lady
Baillie and her accomplices were seized and
taken to the Edinburgh Tolbooth, where
they remained for several months. A fine
of 1000 merks was imposed. While
acknowledging her offence her ladyship
protested " that she had no ill intention,
neither any thought, either to profane God's
Sabbath, or house, or to hinder preaching,
but only sat and stayed Mr Andro to enter
the pulpit for fear of losing her husband's
right, he being absent." — Vide Vere Irving's
Upper Ward.]
JOHN CRAWFORD, son of Nicol C.,
164 min. of Wandel; M.A. (Glasgow,
1631); adm. 20th June, and coll-
llth Aug. 1645 ; was a member of Commis
sion of Assembly 1649 ; continued 16th
Jan. 1662, but was ordered by the Diocesan
Synod, 6th April 1664, to appear before a
committee of their number and answer for
not conforming ; min. again in 1669. —
[»S'y?i. (Jedburgh Presb.) Reg., Wodrow's
Hist., Acts of Ass.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1664 162:2) ; min. of Inverkip in 1626 ; a
member of Assembly 1638 ; app. to
Paisley same year, but not settled ; acted
as chaplain to the Covenanting army en
camped at Duns Law ; joined the Protesters
1651 ; refused to submit to Episcopacy,
and dem. 1664 ; adm. to this charge May
1664; died in 1684, aged about 82.—
[Brown's Hist, of IndulgJ]
1669
JOHN CRAWFORD, M.A., above men
tioned ; indulged by the Privy Coun
cil 9th Dec. 1669; died 7th Aug.
1674, in 60th year. He marr. Elizabeth
Tweedie, who died at Lanark in 1688
or 1689, and had issue — John, D.D. —
[Wodrow's Hist., Tombst., Test. Reg. Lan.).]
WILLIAM BAILLIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1672 1°54) > mm- °f Annan 1660 ; dep.
1662; fiar of Hardington (G. R.
Inhib., 28th May 1675); indulged by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; appears again
as min. in 1689. — [Wodrow's Hist.]
JAMES BAILLIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1684 13th July 1682); pres. by William
Baillie of Lamington 8th March, coll.
13th, and inst. 17tli Sept. 1684; deserted
his charge at the Revolution, and went to
Ireland.— [rfest. Reg. (8t And.); MS. Ace.
Min., 1689.]
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WANDKL AND LAMINGTON
[PRESB. or
WILLIAM BAILLIE, above mentioned,
returned 1089; parish vacant in
1690. lie marr. Grizel, daugh. of
William Denholm of Westshields.
ROBERT BAILLIE, called llth Aug.,
ord. 27th Sept. 1093 ; trans, to Inver
ness 28th Feb. 1701.
DAVID BLIXSHALL, son of James B.,
Aberdeen; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1693);
chaplain to Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 5th March
1707; ord. 10th Nov. 1708; died Father
of the Synod 28th Sept. 1705, in his 97th
year, leaving James, D.D., one of the
mins. of Dundee ; Ann (marr. Edward
Roberts).
JAMES REID, pres. by Mrs Elizabeth
Baillie of Lamington and Capt. John
Ross of Balnagown 23rd Dec. 1 705 ;
ord. 21st Aug. 1766; trans, to Kinglassie
27th Aug. 1773, ''as he neither relished
the situation himself, nor was acceptable
to the parishioners."
THOMAS MITCHELL, licen. by Presb.
°f Edinlourgh 25tn ^ov- 17G1 '> Pres'
to Kinglassie by John, Earl of
Rothes, 7th Aug. 1770, but on the par
ishioners declaring they would receive any
other but him, an exchange was effected.
He was a candidate for the Chair of
Greek in the Univ. of Edinburgh in 1772;
and was pres. by Mrs Elizabeth Baillie of
Lamington and Capt. John Ross of Bal
nagown 23rd Oct. 1773, and by the Hon.
Archibald Douglas of Douglas same day;
ord. 23rd Aug. 1774 ; died 12th March 1816,
in his 78th year. He is said to have been
the minister characterised by Burns as
being "as cauld a minister's ever spak."
He marr. 17th April 1776, Agnes (died 3rd
Feb. 1836), daugh. of John Hope, farmer,
Glenochar, and Margaret Hope, and had
issue — John, senior physician to the Royal
Infirmary, Manchester ; Walter, M.D., Swan
sea ; and an only daugh., who marr. Thomas
M'Caughie, writer, Kirkcudbright. Publi
cations — Sermon preached at Lamington
(Edinburgh, 1782); A Letter to the Rev.
William WGill, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1791);
1774
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
vi.). — [.SVote Ma<j., xxxiii., xxxiv. ; Tomlxt. ;
Jjitmx's (Wallace's ed.) Works, iv. ; New
Ktat. Ace., vi. ; Chalmers's Ceded., iii. ;
Morrison's Dec., xvii.]
CHARLES HOPE, born 1781, son of
James II., farmer, Glenlee, Kirk
cudbrightshire, and Jean Proudfoot ;
educated at Kells Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud
bright 10th Nov. 1808 ; pres. by Archibald,
Lord Douglas, 20th June 1816. Another
presentation by Lady Elizabeth Ross Baillie
of Lamington, 20th March 1816, in favour
of James Moffat, probationer, caused delay
till judgment was pronounced by the Court
of Session, 22nd Dec. 1820, in his behalf;
ord. 3rd May 1821 ; he was suspended, by
the General Assembly 30th May 1842, from
his judicial function as a member of Presb.
and other superior judicatories, till after
the first Wednesday of March 1843, for
holding communion with the ministers of
Strathbogie; died 10th April 1862. He
marr. 23rd July 1839, Barbara Thomson
(died 24th March 1855), eldest daugh. of
John Affleck of Palmerstone, Chief Magi
strate of Maxwelltown, and Janet Fraser,
and had issue — a daugh., died in infancy,
1841 ; James Johnstone Hyslop, M.D., born
llth April 1842, died 14th Jan. 1888; John
Affleck, engineer, born 20th Oct. 1843, died
3rd Dec. 1896; Janet Sarah, born 22nd April
1845 (marr. 1886, William Chisholm, M.D.,
Darlington) ; Jane Proudfoot Isabella, born
19th July 1848, died 28th April 1849.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Neiv
titat. Ace., vi.). — {Acts of Ass. ; Chalmers's
Gated., iii. ; Tombst.]
THOMAS MILLER, ord. llth Aug.
1862 ; trans, to St Stephen's, Glasgow,
1862 28th April 1866.
1866
WILLIAM KELLY, ord. 24th August
1866; trans, to Newlands 17th
July 1870.
ROBERT RANKIN, born Spital, Cause-
wayhead, Stirling, 2nd Sept. 1838, son
of Andrew R. and Helen Paterson ;
educated at Dollar Academy and Edinburgh
BIGGAR]
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267
Univ. ; B.A. (1860), M.A. (1861), B.D. (1866) ;
Keen, by Presb. of Edinburgh July 1865 ;
assistant at Galashiels ; ord. 9th Sept.
1870; clerk to the Presb. 1875; died 4th
May 1892. He marr. 6th April 1875,
Theresa Margaret Claus, Liverpool, and
had issue — Robert Andrew Smith, tutor
in Italian, born 17th April 1876; George
Claus Rankin, M.A. (Edin.), B.A. (Cantab.),
barrister, born 12th Aug. 1877 ; John Adam,
F.F.A., born 14th Oct. 1878; Kenneth
Phin, M.R.C.V.S., born 29th Nov. 1880;
Mary Theresa, M.A., born 9th Oct. 1882 ;
Oliver Shaw, B.D., min. of Sorbie, born
28th Jan. 1885 ; Ellen Pearl Lindsay, born
9th Sept. 1887 (marr. 3rd Sept. 1913,
William Wallace Dunlop Gardiner, B.D.,
min. of St Madoes) ; Victor Albert, born
23rd June 1889; Roberta Theresa, born
26th April 1892.
1892
CHARLES JOHN RITCHIE, born
Perth, 14th Nov. 1857, son of Charles
R. and Jane Anderson ; educated at
Madras College, St Andrews, and Univs.
of St Andrews and Edinburgh ; M.A. (St
Andrews) 1879; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh 10th June 1885 ; assistant at Buittle
and St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 27th Sept.
1892; clerk of Presb. 1907.
PRESBYTERY OF PEEBLES
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly in April 1581. The Register
commences llth Oct. 1596, and is contained in thirteen volumes, having blanks from
26th Sept. 1605 to 6th March 1616; from 1626 to 1649 ; and from 1684 to 1687.]
DRUMELZIER.
[Drumelzier was a vicarage of Stobo
previous to the Reformation.]
THOMAS BISSAIT, cxhorter; had
1567 l^awvck added to his charge in
1571 ; was reader at both in 1574 ;
Dawyck was in the charge 1576 ; dep. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd Aug. 1592, but
still on the register 1593. — [Reg. Min. and
Assig., Wodrow Miscell., Edin. Presb. and
Test. Reg.]
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, trans, from
Ellem ; Broughton, Kilbucho, and
Glenholm being also in the charge ;
trans, to Skirling 20th Jan. 1596.— [Reg.
Assig.]
ARCHIBALD ROW, M.A.; adm. 19th
Oct. 1598 ; trans, to Stobo 5th May
1603.
COLIN ROW, M.A. ; adm. in 1603;
1603 Pr°P°se(i f°r Tillicoultry 22nd Aug.
1604, but settled in St Quivox same
year. — [Stirling Presb. and Test. Reg.]
ALEXANDER GREIG, son of Thomas
1605 ^'' m*n' °^ -^ortn Berwick ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 29th July 1598) ; elected
10th Jan., and adm. 7th Feb. 1605 ; died
1645. He marr. (1) (cont. 10th June 1615)
Agnes (died before 1642), sister of William
Veitch of Dawyck (Reg. of Deeds, dxx.,
185), and had issue — William ; Alexander ;
Thomas ; Janet ; and a daughter who marr.
George Halden, brother to John H. of that
268
ilk (Reg. of Deeds, dxlii., 102) : (2) Lilias
Geddes, who survived him. — [Old Dec., ii.,
iii., and Assig. ; Haddington Presb. Reg.]
1645
ROBERT FLEMING, M.A. (Edinburgh,
24th July 1630); ord. 27th Feb.
1645 ; dep. 4th May 1648 ; died at
West Linton, April 1656, aged about 46.
In 1655 a testimonial was sent to the
Synod representing Fleming's excellent
behaviour during the period of his deposi
tion. — [Edin. Sess. and Test. Reg.]
RICHARD BROWN, M.A. (St Andrews
1649 1G41) '} servitor to John, Earl of
Wigtown ; got a testimonial from
Presb. of Glasgow 22nd April 1646; pres.
by the said Earl in 1648; ord. 13th Feb.
1649. With six other mins. of the Presb.,
he was summoned before the Privy Council,
12th Dec. 1661, for assisting in the admis
sion of John Hay as min. of Manor.
Though not complying with the Episcopal
form of Church government, he continued
till deprived by the Test in 1681, and
returned in 1689. — [Jedburgh Presb. Reg. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i.]
JAMES SIMSON, recommended for
license by Presb. of Glasgow 20th
Nov. 1672 ; min. at Broughton 1673 ;
trans, and adm. 1st March 1683 ; deprived
by the Act of Parliament 25th April 1690
restoring the Presbyterian min. He died
at Glasgow Jan. 1718. He marr. 12th Nov.
1674, Elizabeth Seaton, who was buried in
the Cathedral ground, Glasgow, Feb. 1717.
—[Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
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DRUMELZIER
269
RICHARD BROWN, M.A., above
16gg mentioned ; returned 23rd Aug.
1689, and preached in the kirk four
Sundays, 25th Aug. to 15th Sept. 1689,
but as Simson was still in the manse, and
the Act of Parliament for restoring the old
ministers had not been touched with the
sceptre, and so no call given, he went back
to Edinburgh, and returned 8th June 1690 ;
was a member of the following Assembly,
as well as that of 1692 ; died after 20th
April 1698. He left 400 marks "for the
encouragement of a schoolmaster/''— [Reg.
Gen. Ass. ; Old Dec., ii. ; Peterkin's Con
stitution.'}
PATRICK RUSSEL, M.A., born 1676,
17oo a native of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 1st Sept., and
called 26th Oct. 1699; ord. 31st Jan. 1700;
dep. 30th Oct. 1702; reponed 8th Xov.
1711. Founded the Scots Church, Crown
Court, Covent Garden, London, 1710, and
was min. till his death, 27th Nov. 1746.
Interred in Bunhill Fields. Publication-
Sermon, The Deity of Jesus Christ
(London, Vt\ti).—[Tombst., Jones's Bunhill
Memorials.]
JOHN WALLACE, licen. by Presb. of
17og Kirkcaldy 7th March 1702 ; called
14th March, and ord. 10th May
1705; died 3rd June 1733, in his 59th
year. He marr. 5th March 1 706, Christian
(died 21st Nov. 1755), daugh. of William
Murray of Cardon, and had issue-
Christian, born 9th Feb. 1707 (marr. 7th
April 1838, Alexander Stevenson, Stan
hope) ; William, his successor ; Helen, born
9th July 1710, died 1728; Archibald, born
13th March 1711, died 27th July 1712;
Andrew, born 21st Aug. 1712; Agnes, born
27th Feb. 1715; John, founder of the
family of Wallace of Burlington, New
Jersey, U.S.A., born 7th Jan. 1718.—
[Tornbst., Pennecuik's Works."]
WILLIAM WALLACE, son of preced-
1734 ins' born 2nd May 1708; liccn- by
the Presb. of Haddington 13th
March 1733; pros, by John, Earl of Wigtown,
7th Nov. 1733 ; ord. 20th March 1734 ; died
unmarr. 17th July 1786.— [Tombst.; Morri
son's Dec.., xvii.]
WILLIAM WELSH, licen. by Presb. of
1787 Haddington 5th July 1768 ; ord. to
Manor 16th March 1775; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, 27th Dec.
1786; trans, and adni. 29th Nov. 1787;
died 28th Jan. 1806. He marr. (1) 21st
June 1775, Marion Waugh, who died 28th
Feb. 1780, and had issue— Janet, born 21st
June 1776; Marion, born 6th June 1778:
(2) 16th Feb. 1784, Sarah Ballantyne, who
died 8th April 1795, and had issue— George,
born 4th April 1785 ; Katherine, born 8th
March 1787 (marr. James Tod, Raecleuch) ;
John, born 26th Feb. 1789; William, born
1st Aug. 1792: (3) 15th Oct. 1798, Marion
(died 28th Nov. 1837), daugh. of John
Tweedie, Stanhope. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Mat. Ace., vii.).—
[Sinclair's Mat. Ace., iii.]
ROBERT HALDANE, pres. by John
1807 Graeme of Eskbank, W.S., Aug. 1806 ;
ord. 19th March 1807 ; app. Professor
of Mathematics in the Univ. of St Andrews,
and resigned 2nd Oct. 1809. He became
min. of St Andrews and Principal of St
Mary's College 1820 (q.v.).
JAMES SOMERVILLE, born Carstairs,
isio 9tn 1)ec- 1764> son of James S. and
Rachel Lindsay; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; assistant at St Ninians ; ord.
to Symington 13th March 1799; pres. by
John Graeme, W.S. ; called 23rd Nov. 1809 ;
trans, and adm. 1st Feb. 1810; D.D. (Edin
burgh, 4th Jan. 1838). Joined the Free
Church ; died at Edinburgh 6th May 1844.
He marr. (1) 2nd July 1799, Margaret
Moodie, who died 25th Sept. 1801, and
had issue- Charles, bora 4th Jan. 1801 •
(2) 27th March 1807, Caroline (died 3rd
Feb. 1840), daugh. of Alexander Welsh,
Patervan, and Marion Tweedie of Quarter,'
and had issue— Alexander, born 7th June
1808; Marion, born 29th March 1809;
James, student of divinity, born 26th Sept!
1810, died 16th Aug. 1832; Rachel, born
3rd March 1812; Robert, born 20th May
1814; David, probationer, assistant to his
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[PEESB. OF
father, born 30th March 1817, died 19th
April 1843. Publications — liemarks on an
Article in the Edinburgh Review, in which
the doctrine of Hume on Miracles is main
tained (Edinburgh, 1815) ; The. Penitent
Sinner Directed to the Peace of the Gospel
(Edinburgh, 1838) ; Account of the Parish
(New. Stat. Ace., iii.) — [Presb. Rey., Edin.
Grad., Acts of Ass., etc.]
JOHN TAYLOR, born 20th Dec. 1805,
son of Thomas T., D.D., min. of
Tibbermore ; educated at Perth and
St Andrews Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 26th Nov. 1828 ; ord. to Lachine,
Montreal, 16th Oct. 1834; pres. by the
Presb. jure devoluto, and adm. 22nd Dec.
1843 ; died 28th June 1865. He marr. 14th
July 1835, Eleanor Kay (died 23rd Jan.
1868, aged 49), daugh. of the Rev. John
Hick, and had issue— Mary Alison, born
13th May 1836; Eleanor Janet, born 8th
Aug. 1837 (marr. Alexander T. Cosens, min.
of Broughton) ; James Keith, C.E., born
17th Feb. 1840, died in Mexico 18th Aug.
1898; Horatio Carwell, born 13th April
1841, died 14th May 1861 ; Edward Wil-
gress, born 26th Jan. 1843, drowned off the
Cape of Good Hope 13th March 1859;
Jane, born 24th March 1845, died 10th
March 1856; Thomas, born 17th Nov.
1846, died 1st March 1900 ; Alice Margaret,
born 1st Aug. 1848, died 3rd Feb. 1849 ;
John, born 23rd Aug. 1857, died 13th May
1880.
ROBERT MEIKLEM, born Boghouse,
New Kilpatrick, 12th Oct. 1833, son
1866 of John M., farmer, and Margaret
Aitken ; educated at New Kilpatrick and
Renfrew Schools, and Univ. of Glasgow;
B.A. (1856), M.A. (1857), B.D. (1867); licen.
by Presb. of Dumbarton 2nd July 1861 ;
assistant at St Bernard's, Edinburgh,
Drymen, New Kilpatrick; ord. 3rd May
1866; died 28th Dec. 1873. He marr.
31st July 1866, Jeanie (died llth Sept.
1913), daugh. of Adam Ramage Black,
Partick, and Helen French, and had
issue— John Aitken, born 3rd Feb. 1871,
died 8th Oct. 1902; Robert Adam
Ramage, lieut. R.N., born 4th Feb. 1874
(posthumous). Publications — Luther, a
lecture (Glasgow, 1871); Occasioned Poems
(" Autumn Thoughts ").
JOHN HUME TOD, M.A. ; ord. 25th
Sept. 1874; res. 23rd April 1877;
1874 [afterwards min. of Langside and
Athelstaneford].
WILLIAM MILNE, born Braehead,
Kincardine O'Neil, 25th Nov. 1851,
1877 son of John M., farmer, and Barbara
Merchant; educated at Inchmarlo, and
Torphins Parish School, Grammar School
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1872) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen llth May 1875;
assistant at Maryculter and Newbattle ;
ord. 26th Sept. 1877 ; died 20th Feb. 1900.
He marr. 23rd Dec. 1879, Alexandrina
Helen, daugh. of William Lindsay, farmer,
Stanhope, and Marion Vassie, and had
issue _ John Frederick Lindsay, M.A.,
LL.B., born 15th Oct. 1880 ; Marion Vassie,
born 17th July 1882 (marr. 1909, Dr Mac-
Callum, Preston) ; Jeannette Murray Lind
say, born 16th Nov. 1885 ; William Fisher
Lindsay, born 4th Nov. 1894.
MUNRO SOMERVILLE, born Kirkin-
tilloch, 26th Aug. 1873, son of
Thomas S., D.D., min. of Blackfriars,
Glasgow ; educated at Glasgow High School
and Univ. ; M.A. (1895), B.D. (1898) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1898 ; assistant at
Middlebie; ord. 24th Aug. 1900. Marr.
7th June 1911, Louisa Christina Cart-
wright, daugh. of Thomas Wood, of St
Mary's Mount, Peebles, sometime Provost
of Portobello.
EDDLESTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Barr, was a prebend of
Glasgow. St Barr's fair was long held here
on his day in Sept.]
GEORGE HAY, son of William H.,
fifth of Talla and Linplum, and
Janet Spottiswood, and brother of
Andrew H., rector of Glasgow Univ. ; was
parson of this parish and of Rathven,
which he held by a dispensation from the
Pope, but conformed at the Reformation.
1900
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271
In 1562 he was a member of Assembly, and
appointed (as superintendent of Glasgow) to
preach alternately with another in the un-
planted kirks of Carrick till the ensuing
Assembly. So great was his influence
that he was called " the minister of the
Court " ; Avhen appointed to argue against
Knox on the obedience due to magistrates,
he declined, being of a similar opinion
with him. In 1568, on a complaint to the
General Assembly by Andrew Murray of
Blackbarony3 in name of the parishioners,
of his neither preaching the Word nor
ministering the Sacrament, he was sharply
rebuked. He appears to have gone to his
other benefice, where he died in 1588.
He marr. Marion Henryson, who died in
Oct. 1577, and had issue — James, founder
of the Rannes family. Publication — The
Confutation of the Abbot of Crossraguel's
Mass (Edinburgh, 1563). — [JJooke of the
Kirk, Keith's and Calderwood's Hists., Reg.
Min., Murray's J//S'. Petition, Wodrow's
Biog., M'Ure's Glasg.]
1574 ADAM DICKSON, reader in 1574.
JOHN SYDE [FAWSYDE], mentioned
as min. in 1580. He desired to get
the parish of Ormiston 13th Feb.
1583 ; was still in this charge in 1586, and
went to Newlands 1592. — \_Reg. Assig., Dal-
keitJi Presb. JReg.]
WILLIAM HAY, son of William H. of
Wyndan ; pres. by Walter, Com-
mendator of Blantyre, on George
Hay's decease, which presentation was an
nulled by the Commissaries of Edinburgh
at the instance of Sir John Maitland of
Thirlestane, rightful patron of the parsonage
16th March 1588-9.— \_Edin. Com. Decree^.']
JAMES LOGAN, brother of Andrew L.
of Coitfield ; M.A. (Edinburgh, Aug.
1588) ; min. of Second Charge, South
Leith, 1591 ; pres. by John Murray of
Blackbarony (before 6th March) 1592;
trans, and adm. 22nd April 1593 ; nominated
by the Assembly 1606 as constant Moderator
of Presb., who were charged to receive him
within twenty -four hours after notice, under
pain of rebellion ; pres. to Hope-Kailzie by
James VI. 10th Oct. 1615, which was held
in conjunction ; a member of the Court of
High Commission 15th June 1619 ; died
23rd July 1624. He marr. Katherine
Clephane, who survived him, and was in
possession of the manse as late as Dec.
1649, holding it as property acquired by her
husband while min. here. The Presb. dis
allowed her claim, and made over the manse
to Robert Scott, the incumbent. She had
issue — Robert ((/. R. tias., xvii., 65) ;
Archibald, apprenticed to George Owistian,
tailor, Edinburgh, 29th Dec. 1613.—
[Murray's MS. Petition; Edin. Presb.,
Test., and Privy Counc. Regs. ; Reg. Assig. ;
Old Dec,, iv., et tiec. &ig. ; JJooke of the
Kirk, Calderwood's Jlist.]
JOHN MAITLAND, probably of the
1624 Lauderdale family ; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 30th June 1617); desired to be
heard privately before the Presb. of Had-
dington, as an " expectant ' in the ministry,
15th April 1618; ord. 7th June 1624; he
was a member of the Court of High Com
mission 21st Oct. 1634 ; continued 29th
March 1637, but after that date all trace of
him is lost. [Dr Hew Scott says he was
translated in 1637 to Glenkirk, Presb. of
Earlston, but no parish of that name occurs
in the Presb. Record there.] — [Old Dec., iv. ;
Subval. Book of Teinds, Haddington Presb.
Reg. ; Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Maitland
Miscell., ii. ; Baillie's Lett., i.]
DAVID NEISH, from the Presb. of
1639 ^uns and Chirnside, was on the
exercise at Haddington llth March
1629 ; supplied Eddleston for not more
than a year. — [Haddington Presb. Reg. ;
Wodrow MSti., Ixiii.]
ROBERT SCOTT, M.A. ; pres. by the
1640 1>resb' 3r(i and inst' 24tl1 Sept. 164° '>
dep. 5th May 1659, for offensive
expressions, etc. ; reponed 4th Dec. 1660.
He became min. of Tweedsmuir in 1662.
— [Act. Rect. Univ. 8t And., Peterkin's
Records.]
ALEXANDER DICKSON, M.A. (Edin
burgh, 25th July 1638); ord. to
Kirkurd 7th Feb. 1642 ; called 22nd
Sept. 1659 ; trans, and adm. 20th May 1660 ;
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EDDLESTON
[PRESB. OF
continued 14th April 1664 ; died July 1664
(Privy Seal Eng. A\-<j., i., 309).
JAMES SMYTH, M.A. (Edinburgh
5 1640) ; ord. to Innerleithen 14th July
1641 ; trans, and inst. 21st May 1665 ;
died 26th Aug. 1673, aged 60. He marr. (1)
1643, Euphemia Somerville, Newton, Mid
lothian, and had issue— William, merchant,
Edinburgh ; James, born 1646 ; Margaret ;
Thomas, his successor ; George, min. of
Dawyck ; Lea, born 1652 : (2) Jean, daugh.
of George Fleming of Kilconquhar, and
Margaret Philip of Philipston (Burnetts of
Barns, 26). — {Glasy. Presb. Reg., Tombst.]
JAMES FINDLAY, M.A. (Glasgow
1661); recommmended for license
by Presb. of Paisley 17th May 1665 ;
ord. to Inchinnan 1665 ; trans, to Glasgow
1667 ; trans, to Traquair 1672 ; pres. by
Anne, Countess of Traquair ; trans, and
inst. 28th May 1674; died in Dec. 1682.
He marr. Jean Hay, and had issue — James.
— [Glasy. Reg.
THOMAS SMYTH, son of James Smyth
above mentioned; licen. by Alex
ander, Bishop of Edinburgh, 8th July
1675, having been recommended by the
Presb. of Dalkeith ; was on trials for
Manor, but adm. here 21st Feb. 1683 ; died
(between 6th July and 2nd Nov.) 1687. He
marr. 3rd Aug. 1683, Margaret Tod, widow
of Walter Smart, Fisherrow, and had issue
—Margaret (marr. 18th Feb. 1705, John,
son of William Douglas, tailor, Edin
burgh). — {Rcy- Collat., Carrinyton Sess.
Reg.]
JAMES BUCHAN, M.A. ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington, and min. of
Skirling 1667 ; trans, to Prestonpans
1676 ; deprived for refusing the Test 1681 ;
inst. to this charge 16th April 1688. At
23rd July 1691 the Presbytery Record con
tains a request that the parish be declared
vacant, "their incumbent having this long
time deserted them, notwithstanding fre
quent summons upon him"; deposed for
"charming," and removed with his family
Sept. 1691 ; became house - governor of
George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 7th
Aug. 1699; died after 1st July 1702.—
{Edin. Reg. (Jhir.); MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1692 ; Steven's Mem.
of Heriot.']
THOMAS TAIT, brother of John Tait,
min. of Kilbucho, called 18th Nov.
1691 ; ord. 13th April 1692 ; he was
appointed to attend Parliament 1695 ; died
between 25th March and 29th Oct. 1696.
JAMES ROBERTSON, born 1670, son of
a merchant in Edinburgh, descended
from the family of Struan ; chaplain
to the Laird of Stevenson, and licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 19th March 1696;
called 30th Dec. 1696 ; ord. 9th June 1697 ;
died 6th Nov. 1747. He marr. (1) Margaret
Smith (G. R. /S'as., cix., 461), and had issue
—Margaret, born 1698 (marr., pro. 30th
July 1721, Charles Dallace) : (2) (pro. 3rd
Oct. 1703) Margaret, daugh. of Patrick
Crighton, and widow of Alexander Smith,
Postmaster-General, and had issue— Patrick
of Burnhead and Shiplaw, born 23rd Nov.
1704 ; Agnes, born 24th Jan. 1706 (marr.
(1) Rev. William Dunbar, and (2) Patrick
Lindsay, who was executed in 1746 for
rebellion) ; James, 1707-14 ; Alexander, his
successor; (3) 24th Feb. 1723, Anne
Laidlaw.— {Edin. Reg. (Marr.} ; New Mat.
Ace., iii.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, born
10th April 1710, son of preceding;
licen. by Presb. 30th May 1733;
called 29th April, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 16th July 1735 ; died 16th Feb.
1773. He marr. 14th Nov. 1735, Christian
(died 1st June 1792), daugh. of Stephen
Paton, min. of Newlands, and had issue-
Margaret, born 24th Aug. 1736 ; Agnes, born
4th Dec. 1737, died April 1742 ; James,
born 1st Dec. 1739; Mary, born 4th Oct.
1741 ; Jean, born 12th June 1743 (marr.
20th Aug. 1772, James Robertson, min. of
Ratho); Joan, born 10th July 1745;
Stephen, born 12th July 1747, died 12th
Feb. 1748; Patrick, his successor; Alex-
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273
ander, born 26th May 1752, died in London ;
Christian, born 18th Sept. 1754 (marr.
David Deuchar, seal engraver, Edinburgh).
PATRICK ROBERTSOX (j>ri»m«), son
1774 of preceding, born 9th ])ec. 1748 ;
educated at Temple Parish School
and Univ. of Edinburgh; Keen, by Presb.
of Peebles 10th March 1773; pres. by
Hon. George Murray of Elibank, 9th Aug.
1773: ord. loth March 1774: D.I). (St
Andrews, 22nd Dec. 1808); died 3rd May
1822. He marr. 9th July 1785, Marjory
(died 27th Feb. 1820, aged 01), daugh. of
William Crawford, merchant, Leith, and
had issue — Alexander, merchant, Florence,
born 29th July 1780, died 20th Dec. is:,:, ;
Marion, born 30th May 17*9, died 11th
Aug. ls:,8; Christian, born 20th March
1701, died Oth Nov. 17!M : \Villiam, born
2nd Sept. 1792, died llth July 18(51:
Patrick, his successor: James, W.S., born
22nd July 1790, died 25th June 1804;
Christian, born 12th June 1798, died llth
Dec. isoo; Jane, born 18th Sept. 1800,
died 10th June 1878: Ann, born 4th
March 1803, died 5th Oct. 1883. Publica
tion—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
St'.it. Ai'i'., xviii.)
PATRICK ROBERTSOX (sccimdus),
1820 son of l'recC(lmS' born llth April
1794; licen. by Prcsb. of Peebles
5th June 1810 ; pres. by Alexander, Lord
Elibank, with concurrence of Hon. Alex
ander Murray, Master of Elibank, 9th
Dec. 1818; called 8th April 1819; ord.
(assistant and successor) 13th April 1820;
D.D. (St Andrews, 13th March 1852); died
14th April 1850. He marr. 24th Feb. 1829,
Janet Scott (died at Broughty Ferry, llth
April 1800, aged 74), daugh. of Robert
Bogle of Gilmorehill, merchant, Glasgow,
and had issue— Margaret Bogle, born 7th
Jan. 1830 (marr. John Don), died 27th July
1891 ; Marion Jane, born 18th March 1832,
died 7th Sept. 1854; Patrick Alexander,
lieut. 50th Regt., born 20th Feb. 1833, died
in India, 13th Oct. 1858 ; Janet Elizabeth
Scott, born 17th March 1834 (marr. Captain
T. E. Gordon), died at Edinburgh ; Robert
VOL. I.
James, born 17th March 1834, died at
Cannes, 1st May 1807 (his son Patrick is
now (1914) the only male representative of
the family); Anne Helen, born llth Jan.
1830 (marr. her cousin, James G. T. Scott),
died at Eastbourne, 27th Xov. 1909. Pub
lication—Account of the Parish (New 8tat.
Ace., iii.)
ALEXANDER JOHX MURRAY, born
1856 4th Feb. 1831, son of Andrew
Beveridge M., min. of Mouswald ;
educated at Univs. of Edinburgh and St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben
14th Aug. 1855; assistant at Greenside,
Edinburgh ; pres. by Alexander, Lord
Elibank, 8th Oct. 1850; called 30th Oct.,
and ord. 27th Xov. 1850; app. clerk of
Presb. 9th Feb. 1870 ; died 20th July 1897.
He marr. (1) 17th March 1857, Agnes (died
27th Sept. 1803), daugh. of William Brown,
D.D., Professor of Divinity, St Andrews, and
had issue — Helen Monilaws, born 1st March
1858, died 7th Feb. 1800; William Brown,
min. of Morham : Patrick Maxwell, born
10th Feb. 1801 ; Alexander Beveridge, born
j 2nd July 1862, died 17th May 1803; Alex
ander John, born 28th Aug. 1803, died 21st
March 1804 : (2) 28th March 1800, Anna
(died 17th Aug. 1911), daugh. of John
Wilson, factor to the Earl of Seafield,
and had issue — Anna Mary, born 12th
Jan. 1807; Catherine Mackenzie, born
10th March 1809; Alice Wilson, born llth
Sept. 1870, died 25th Xov. 1870; Eliza
beth Thorburn, born llth Dec. 1872 ; Janet
Maxwell, born 19th Sept. 1870.
1898
GEORGE LINDSAY LESLIE, born
2"^ ^"U^ 18^' son °f George Ire
land L., schoolmaster, Luthrie, Creich,
Fife, and Elizabeth Smith ; educated at
Tnivs. of St Andrew's and Glasgow; M.A.
(St Andrews 1891), B.D. (Glasgow 1894);
licen. by Presb. of Cupar May 1894;
assistant at Townhead, Glasgow, and
Alloa ; ord. 18th Feb. 1898. Marr. 4th July
1905, Elizabeth Louise Smithson, daugh. of
James Boyd, min. of Inncrleithen, and has
issue — Henrietta Roberts, born 23rd Xov.
1910.
274
INNERLEITHEN
[PRESB. OF
INNERLEITHEN.
[The church, dedicated to St Callistus,
formerly belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.]
1563 PATRICK SAX I )ERSON, exhorter.
WILLIAM SANDERSON, probably
1585 son °^ Prcce(ling ', Hope-Kailzie and
Traquair were also under his care ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 24th
May 1599; died before 5th Feb. 1607.
— [Key. AM';/., Booke of the Kirk, Ediu.
Presb. and Text. Key.'}
PATRICK SANDERSON, son of pre-
ceding, "exhorter at Henderlethane
at Beltyn 1571," and reader at Inner-
leithen and Hope-Kailzie 1574, and at the
former only 1576-80 ; pres. to the vicar
age by James VI. 5th Feb. 1607 ; con
tinuing (though old and weak) 14th July
1641, but died before 17th April 1645. He
left a widow, Isobel Tait. — [Key. Min. and
Axsiy., Wodrov.' Miscell.]
JAMES SMYTH, M.A. ; ord. (colleague)
1641 14th July 1641 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Traquair, 20th March, and inst.
21st June 1644 ; a member of Commission
of Assembly 1645 ; trans, to Eddleston in
160r>.--[.AW/,»?v//4 Presb. Key.; Key. Old
Dec., iii. ; Acts of Aw.']
1666
GEORGE FORBES, trans, from Port-
patrick ; pres. by John, Earl of Tra
quair ; coll. 10th Feb., and inst. 1st
March 1666 ; trans, to Traquair 15th June
1674. — [Morrison's Dec., xviii.]
HEW GRAY, M.A. (Glasgow 1634) ; ord.
1674 to Kailzie 3rd June 1647 ; sum
moned before the Privy Council 1 2th
Dec. 1661, for countenancing the admission
of John Hay to Manor: trans, and inst.
9th Sept. 1674 ; alive at 8th June 1681, but
probably died soon after. — [Morrison's
Dec., xviii.]
ALEXANDER GRAY, son of preceding,
instl 17t]l AllS- 1G82 ' (Icm' Oct" 109t?i-
He inarr. llth Nov. 1692, Elizabeth
Porteous of Hawkshaw, in the parish of
1682
Tweedsmuir, and had issue— Hew. — [Key.
Old Dec., ii. ; J/£. Ace. of Jfia., 1689.]
THOMAS LOWIS, probably a "Lowis
1697 °^ -^enar " [Manor], then a leading
county family (now represented
(1914) by Charles von Lowis of Menar,
Riga, Livonia, Russia) ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1643); min. of Galashiels 1657; dep. 1662.
In 1688 he was living at Traquair, when
Donald Ker of Kcrsland "went to the
House of Traquair, in frost and snow, and
found a great deal of Romish wares there,
but wanted the cradle, Mary and the Babe,
and the priest. He sent (messengers) to
the house of Mr Thomas Lowis, who had
the name of a Presbyterian min. He
ordered them to search his house narrowly.
Mr Lowis and his wife mocked them, with
out offering them either meat or drink,
though they had much need of it. At last
they found two trunks locked, which they
desired to have opened. Mr Lowis then
left them. They broke up the coffers,
wherein they found a golden cradle, with
Mary, and the Babe in her bosom ; in the
other trunk, the priest's robes (the Earl and
the priest were fled), which they brought
all to the Cross of Peebles, with a great
deal of Popish books, and many other
things of great value, all Romish wares,
and burnt them there" (Patrick Walker's
Vindication of Mr Richard Cameron, 1727).
He was called to this charge 29th Oct.
1696 ; aclm. 3rd March 1697 ; died between
3rd and 24th Nov. 1703, aged about 82.
He had a son, William Lowis of Plora. —
[ Chambers's Peeblessh //'<>.]
JAMES GRAY, licen. by Presb. of
Earlston 23rd Nov. 1699 ; called 28th
Nov. 1705; ord. 3rd May 1706; died
17th June 1726, in his 50th year. He marr.
Helen Burnett, who died 6th Feb. 1751,
and had issue — James. — [Pennecuik's
Work*, Tomlxt.}
GILBERT HUTCHESON, educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1708-
12; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1st
Nov. 1720 ; ord. to Lyne and Megget 1723 ;
trans, and adm. 24th May 1727; died 4th
Sept. 1754, in 63rd year. ITe marr. 28th
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INNERLEITHEN
275
Oct. 1723, Janet Gray, who died 15tli Aug.
1780, and had issue — William ; Katherine ;
Alexander, born 29th Nov. 1729, died 22nd
April 1745; David, born 1st July 1731;
Janet, born 17th May 1739.— [Tombst.]
STEPHEN OLIVE]}, pres. by William,
Earl of March, 30th April, and ord.
llth Sept. 1755 ; trans, to Maxton
15th Aug. 177G.
HUBERT SCOTT, born 1744, son of
l^Yj Robert S. of Coldhouse, near Hawick ;
licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 2nd Aug.
1774 ; pres. by William, Earl of March and
Ruglen, 21st Dec. 1776; called 20th March,
and ord. 1st May 1777 ; died 5th June 1790.
He marr. 28th June 1781, Margaret (died at
Edinburgh, 27th Jan. 1817), daugh. of Dr
Thomas Chisholme, surgeon, Selkirk, and
had issue— Agnes, born llth Dec. 1782:
Thomas Chisholme, born 2nd April 1784 ;
William Chisholme, born 3rd Aug. 1785 ;
Charles James, born 24th Dec. 1787; Jean,
born 27th May 1789; James Robert, born ;
31st July 1790; Robert, born 1st Sept.
1791: Alexander, born 1st Sept, 1793,
friend of Lord Byron. — [Tombxt. : Xev
Maf. Ace., iii.]
JOSEPH JOHNSTOX, chaplain to the
1797 Charity Workhouse, Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 27th
Feb. 1771, and ord. by them (at the request of
the Committee on the Royal Bounty), 10th
April following, as a missionary in Shet
land, where he officiated for three years.
He then joined the Presb. of Relief, and
was settled at King-horn, before 24th Feb.
1779. On professing his regret for this
step he was received into Communion by
Presb. of Edinburgh SOtli April 1788, his
moral character being unimpeachable, and
admonished to be more steady and uniform
in his future conduct, Pres. by William,
Duke of Queensberry 25th Nov. 1790 :
called 23rd Feb., and adm. 10th March
1797; died 28th June 1808. He marr.
Christian Grandison, who died 23rd June
1824. Their only daugh., Margaret, marr.
Oth Nov. 1818, Capt. Albert Cummings of
London. Publications- -Two single Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1778, 1802) ; pennons on
Practical Subjects (Edinburgh, 1789).—
[ Toml>st.~\
JAMES PATE, born Shotts 1748, son
1809 °^ ^riHiam P. > educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen by Presb. of
Dunoon 27th March 1781 ; Keeper of
Stirling's Library, Glasgow; pres. by
Richard Alexander Oswald of Auchen-
cruive 19th Oct. 1808; ord. 28th April
1809 ; died 7th May 1839. He marr. 10th
Dec. 1824, Jean (died 5th April 1875),
daugh. of Thomas Potts, Jedburgh. Pub
lication — Account of the Parish (jointly)
(Xvw Mat. A<r., iii.).
PATRICK BOOTH, born Aberdeen,
1833 1810> son °f John B., Aberdeen ;
educated at Univ. and Marischal
College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1827); licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen Oth Dec. 1832 ;
pres. by Livingston Booth, merchant,
Aberdeen, and ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 4th July 1833; died at Leg
horn, 22nd May 1859. He marr. 12th
July 1842, Robina (died 30th April 1893),
daugh. of Alexander Williamson, town-
clerk of Peebles, and had issue — Mary
Williamson, born 13th Xov. 1843 (marr.
Vincent Ravi, min. in the Waldensian
Church); John Livingston, min. of Stobo ;
Jane Anna, born 27th Jan. 1847; Alex
ander Williamson, merchant, New Zealand,
born 17th Oct. 1848; Patrick, Scottish
secretary, M'All Mission, Paris, born 15th
Feb. 1850 ; Robina Margaret, born 18th
Sept, 1851 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd Feb. 1853,
died 17th March 1853; William, M.I).,
born 22nd Feb. 1853 ; Helen Jessie, born
5th May 1854, died young; Robertson
Stewart, banker, New Zealand, born 17th
Sept. 1857. Publications — E.W.U/ on, lite
Existence and Attributes of (lod (Edin
burgh, 1855) ; Sermons (Edinburgh, 1858) ;
Account of the Parish (jointly) (Xew Mat.
Ace., iii.).
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, M.A. ;
pres. by the Trustees of the Rev.
Patrick Booth (his brother-in-law)
5th Oct. 1859; ord. 17th Nov. 1859; trans.
276
INNERLEITHEN— KIRKURD
[I'llKSB. OF
to West St Giles, Edinburgh, 1st July
1875.
1876
WILLIAM MEXZ FES, trans, from Glads-
muir, and adm. 13th Jan. 1876 ; trans,
to Duns 21st March 1878.
JAMES BOYD, born Softlaw, Kelso, 9th
August 1850, son of Thomas B. and
Margaret Scott ; educated at Kelso
Grammar School and Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Prcsb. of Duns 1870 ; assistant
at Galashiels and Hawick ; ord. 29th Aug.
1878. Marr. 18th Dec. 1878, Henrietta
(died 25th Xov. 1909), daugh. of James
Roberts, Selkirk, and had issue— Elizabeth
Louise Smithson, born 25th Dec. 1879
(marr. George Lindsay Leslie, min. of
Eddleston); Thomas William, born 15th
Jan. 1882, died at Xapier, Xew Zealand,
21st June 1914; James Roberts, born 3rd
Feb. 1883, died 20th April 1884 ; Henrietta
Roberts, born 14th May 1885; James
Roberts, born Gth Sept. 1880: Andrew,
born 8th Oct. 1887: Margaret Scott Knox,
born 24th Sept. 1895; George Francis
Edward, born 13th Sept. 1897.
KAILZIE, OK HOPE-KAILZIE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, belonged to
the Abbey of Kelso. The parish was
suppressed by the Commissioners for
Plantation of Kirks between 22nd May
and 5th Aug. 1G74, and united to Traquair,
Peebles, and Innerleithen. Xear the church
is Our Lady's Well.]
1567 JOHX BULLO, reader.
ALEXANDER FORREST, M.A. ; adm.
1613 iG13J trans, to Hassendean same
year. — [/iV/. Sf-r. AY//.]
JAMES LOGAX, pres. by James VI. in
1615 1GOr>) ^e !lPPcar-s to havc held this
charge in conjunction with Eddleston
till ] 022.
WILLIAM DICKSOX, son of John J).,
1623 l)Urocss of Peebles (P. fu/tib., ii.,
128); continued 9th May 1039.
Marr. Janet Sinclair, and had issue— John,
min. of Para (G '. R. /W//A., 31st Oct. 1024).
AXDREW STEWAKT, iust. (at Peebles)
1640 ^^ ^ec> 1G40J trans, to Penning-
hame4th May 1042.
1647
II KW GRAY, M.A. : ord. 3rd June 1047 ;
trans, to Innerleithen 1074. — [J/>m.
xrf., iii. : Wod row's J/ist., i.]
KIRKURD.
[The church, dedicated to St Constan-
| tine, belonged previous to the Reformation
\ to Trinity College Church, Edinburgh.]
; 1570 THOMAS PATEUSOX, reader.
1574
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, son of John
!)., burgess of Edinburgh ; pres. by
James VI. 30th July 1574, when
Lin ton and Xewlands were also under his
care ; removed to West Linton before 1570,
but returned about 15^5 : was refused
collation to Skirling 2<ith .lune 1592, and
died before 19th April 1010. — [AV//.
AssifJ.; K'lni. /'/v .-•/,., Text., >t,nl Kilin.
Counc. Jio/s. ; Calderwood ,s Hint., Wo<Ii-oii<
Misccll.'}
RICHARD WEIR, styled "vicar"
1576 1570.— [Corldnmi, Hook.]
JOHX BEXXET, son of John P., min.
of Heriot ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh: M.A. (27th July 1005):
min. of B rough ton 1008 ; pres. by the Town
Council of Edinburgh 19th April 1010, and
adm. soon after; was a member of As
sembly 1038 ; died same year, aged about
53. He marr. (name unknown), and had
issue — George, min. of Quothquan : John
(AV//. of Deed*, dxxxix., 7); James, ap
prenticed Kith April 1044 to Harry Hope,
merchant, Edinburgh.— [E</i)>. Cotntc. Raj. :
Inq. Ret. <le. Tut., 202 : Stevenson's Hist.,
Petcrkin's Rwonl* ; Mun. Univ. fihisy.,
iii. : JVc-?/' ftt'it. Ace., iii.]
1639
THOMAS LAMB, M.A. (St Andrews
1019): min. of Glenluce 1022; dep.
1029 ; reponed and recommended by
the General Assembly 1038; pres. by the
Magistrates and Town Council of Edin
burgh, and adm. 25th April 1039. Accused
PEEBLES]
KIR KURD
uf having caused a man's death by a
violent blow, he was suspended by the
Presb., but appealed to the Assembly, who
remitted the matter back to the Presb.
Xext day (Sunday, 1st Aug. 1641) he in a
passion drew his whinger and slew John
Tutop, farmer of Restalrig, on whose land
he had been trespassing. He was tried
for murder, found guilty, and dep. 2nd
•Sept. 1041 ; and shortly afterwards publicly
executed. His age was 42. He left a
widow, Helen Bisset, who had issue— Eliza
beth (marr. John Murray, yr., of Piomanno :
Rey. ^fay. tit'.y., ix., 1795).— \_Edin. Comic.
and Frestonpans >SVsx. Rojs. ; Baillie's Lett.,
i. ; Stevenson's Ifist., ii., iii. ; Spaldiny\*
Miscell., ii. ; Acf* Par!., \. ; Peterkin's
Records.]
1642
ALEXANDER DICKSON, M.A. ; pres.
by the Magistrates and Town Council
of Edinburgh 10th Nov. 1041, and
ord. 7th Feb. 1642 ; was a member of the
Commissions of Assembly 1645-8 ; a call
to Eddleston was affirmed by the Synod 2nd
May 1660 ; called 1663, to Eccles, but dis
allowed. — \_Edin. Counc. Rey., Acts of AM.]
JOHN PHILP of Ormiston, M.A. ; pres.
1661 liy ^1C Magistrates and Council of
Edinburgh 2nd Aug., and adm. 30th
Oct. 1001 ; inst. between 2nd April and 14th
May 1663 ; trans, to Queensferry in 1677, an
exchange of benefices having been effected.
GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.A. ; trans.
1678 irom Queen«ferry; pres. by the
Town Council of Edinburgh 25th
July 1677 ; inst. 10th Jan. 1078 ; dep. 3rd
Nov. 1080, for fornication. In 1081 the
Presb. petitioned the Bishop in favour of
reponement. He became min. of West
Calder 1075. — [Ediii. Coum: Rey.~\
LAURENCE MERCER, bapt. 15th Nov.
1681 1640' 'son of Tnomas M., advocate,
Aberdeen; M.A. (Glasgow, 20th
July 1075) ; min. of Craigie 1681 ; pres. by
the Town Council of Edinburgh 1st Dec.
1680; trans, and inst. llth May 1681;
probably deprived on account of the Test!
He appears for the last time in the
Presbytery Record on 7th Aug. 1082. He
died 1(592, leaving issue — Thomas of Bin-
hall, died 14th June 1745 ; Sarah (marr.
Patrick Campbell of Boath) ; Elizabeth
(marr. Alexander Fairlie, tailor, Canon-
gate, Edinburgh).— \_Edhi. Counc.]
DAVID SPENCE, M.A, (Edinburgh
1683 1^'~1) ; aPP- by the Town Council of
Edinburgh 29th Dec. 1082, and inst.
25th July 1083. He represented to the
Committee of Estates that he had been
disturbed in the performance of his
pastoral duties, notwithstanding the recent
Act discharging all persons from annoy
ing mins. who were then in actual
possession of their charges. Parishioners
carried off the poors' box, mortcloth, etc.,
ordered him to stop preaching, and to quit
his house within eight days, otherwise they
should cast his furniture to the door.
Though promising obedience to the Privy
Council, he failed to read the Proclamation
or to pray for their Majesties William and
Mary, declaring it was as lawful to attend
mass as to hear a sermon in the meeting
house. He was deprived 17th Sept. 1689.
He marr. Janet Mitchelson, and had issue
— George, alive in 1728 ; Elizabeth (marr.
16th Jan. 1719, John Scott, wigmaker,
Edinburgh). — \_Edin. Counc. Rey. ; J/,s'. Ace.
of Jfin., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitut. of the.
Church, Rule's /SVc. Vindication ; Acts
Pad., ix.]
ALEXANDER BRUCE, bapt. 13th
1690 June 1G37, third son of Robert B.
of Kennet; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (26th July 1657); got
the lands of Gartlet in patrimony from his
father, 2nd March 1070 ; licen. by Presb.
of Stirling; called March 1090; ord. 24th
July 1690; dem. 26th July 1693; went
to Ireland, and was min. of Donaghadee
or Castlereagh, Co. Down, and in June
1697 min. of Vinecash, near Portadown,
where he died 16th April 1704. He marr.
17th April 1677, Margaret (died 1722),
eldest daugh. of James Clelland of Stoney-
path, and had issue — Alexander of Gartlet,
surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh, died 22nd
Sept. 1715; David; James, resided many
KTHKURl)
[HIES?,, or
years at Barbados, was a member of the
Assembly there, and Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, and having made a hand
some fortune, was about to return to Scot
land, when he died in London, 19th Sept.
1749; Marion, born 9th Jan. 1681;
Margaret, born 13th Oct. 1080: Rachel
(marr. 10th Aug. 1724, her cousin, John
Clelland, merchant, Edinburgh, whose
daugh. Margaret was mother of John
Jamieson, D.D., author of the Scottish
Diciionar]/), who was buried in Greyfriars,
llth Jan. 1705 (Scots reerarje, i., 549).—
[E</i)i. COMIC. Ji'eg. ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1089; Scots May., xi. ; ( 'hambcrs's 1 'eelles-
shire, Life in Jamieson's Scottish .Dirt.]
ALEXANDER WALKER of Slipper-
field, chaplain to Lord President
Lockhart ; schoolmaster, clerk, and
precentor at West Linton 22nd May 1692 ;
licen. by Presb. of Peebles 7th Dec. 1692 ;
pres. by the Presb. jure Jevoluto 22nd Aug.,
and ord. 2nd Nov. 1694 ; res. 13th Feb.
1740, when he retired to his estate, where
he died soon afterwards. He marr. Agnes
Younger (G. R. Sax., xciii., 45), and had
issue — John ; William, min. of Makers-
toun ; and two daughs., one of whom marr.
a merchant in Newcastle. — [Pennecuik's
Works, Arnot's Cr. Trials.]
THOMAS GIBSON, licen. by Presb. of
Peebles 3rd March 1736 ; pres. by
James Geddes of Radian 30th July
1740 ; ord. 27th Oct. 1742 ; died 27th Jan.
1787, in his 76th year. He marr. 14th June
1754, Elizabeth Brown, who died at Hare-
hope, May 1794, and had one child, George,
born 19th Feb. 1758, W.S. apprentice 1774.
— [Sinclair's Stat. Ace., x. ; Chalmers's
Ceiled., ii.]
DAVID ANDERSON, born 15th Aug.
1760, son of William A., min. of
Manor ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles
7th Dec. 1785 ; pres. by John, Earl of
Hyndford, 3rd July, called 20th Sept.,
and ord. 7th Nov. 1787; died 16th Dec.
1836, in 77th year. He marr. 23rd Jan.
1788, Janet Burn, who died 20th Feb.
1827, and had issue — Janet and William
(twins), born 1st Feb. 1799 ; David, rain,
of Walls and Flotta, born 23rd April 1800 ;
Marion, born 22nd March 1803 ; Isabella,
born 8th May 1800 ; Walter and Alexander
(twins), born 3rd Nov. 1808. Publications
— Accounts of the Parish (Sinclair's Sfat.
Ace., x., and New Stat. Ace., iii.)
1837
WALTER PATERSON, born 1790,
second son of Walter P., stone-
engraver at the Holm of Balma-
clellan, and Mary Locke : educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; Professor of English
at Jena, Germany ; pres. by Sir Thomas
Carmichael of Skirling, Bart.: ord. 9th
Aug. 1837. Joined the Free Church : min.
of Free Church, Kirkurd, 1843 : died
unmarr. 22nd June 1849. Publication —
The Legend of lona, with other I-'oem*
(Edinburgh, 1814).— [Trotter's E«*t GnUo-
wni/ Sketches.]
THOMAS GRAY, M.A., born Nor
thumberland ; ord. (at Aberdeen)
min. of the West Presbyterian
Church, Wooler, 6th Oct. 1835 ; pres. by
Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Bart., 2nd
Sept. 1843; called 15th Sept., and adm.
28th Sept. 1843; res. 14th June 1865 ; died
in England 2nd Aug. 1874. He marr. 2nd
Nov. 1849, Harriet Barbara Burrell, of
Broompark, Alnwick, who died 16th May
1905, and had issue — George Burrell, born
7th Feb. 1851 ; Henry Peareth Burrell,
born 16th May 1853, died 17th May 1853.
Publication — On the Death of the Patriarch
Joseph (Edinburgh, 1845).
ROBERT HENDERSON, pres. by the
Rev. Sir William H. Gibson Car
michael, Bart., 20th Sept. 1865;
called 20th Oct., and ord. 10th Nov. 1865 ;
trans, to Old Kilpatrick 5th May 1870.
JOHN MILNE, M.A. ; pres. by the Rev.
Sir William H. Gibson Carmichael,
1870 Bart., 29th June 1870; called 4th
August, ord. 15th Sept. 1870; trans, to
Greenside, Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1880.
THOMAS DUNCAN MILLER, born
Perth, 13th July 1851, son of Thomas
1880 M., LL.D., rector of Perth Academy,
and Anne Buchanan, Glasgow ; educated at
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279
Perth Academy and St Andrews Univ. ;
M.A. (1872); lict-n. by Presb. of Perth
1872 ; assistant at >St Paul's, Perth ; Royal
Bounty missionary at Dalguise, Little Dun-
keld, 1875 ; ord. to Glenshee 9th Feb. 187G ;
trans, and ind. 9th March 1881. Marr. 12th
Dec. 1892, Margaret Julia, daugh. of Alex
ander Grant, of Firhill, Co. Cork, and has
issue — Thomas Alexander Grant, lieut.
K.O.S.B., born 16th Dec. 189.3; Archibald
William Buchanan, born 21st June 189G.
Publications —The Beltane Queen. (Peebles,
1909); Famous Scoff ink Links (Edinburgh,
1911).
LYNE AND MEGGET.
[Previous to the Reformation, Lyne was
a chapel of Stobo. The parish of Megget
was annexed in 1621. A Roman camp close
to the church of Lyne may have been the
cradle of Christianity both in the parish
and in the county — vide Dr Gunn's The
Jiook of Li/ne and Megget.]
PATRICK GRINTON, "ane reidare in
Lyne ;/ ; may be the Patrick Grinton
who was vicar in 1553.
GILBERT HAY of Bridgelands ; adm.
1575 1575 ; died Feb. 1592. He marr.
Janet Waugh, who survived him,
and had issue — John, executor (Edin.
Com. Deeds, 5th March 1607). — [Reg.
Assig., Test, Reg., Excheq. I Jink.]
JOHX KER, pres. by James VI. before
15Q3 1st May, and adm. 25th Oct. 1593 ;
was a member of the Assembly 1602,
and continued 6th Dec. 1627, when he
was "agit, weak, and seiklie."' He cared
nothing for the world, lived most soberly,
and was powerful in the ministry, giving
almost all he had to the poor ; mendicants
were regularly catechised when they visited
his dwelling, while he gave liberally to
their wants. He was apparently still
alive in 1630 (Key. of Deeds, ccccxxxi., 205).
His son Hew succeeded to the benefice.
[Among his direct descendants were John
Ker, D.D., Professor in the United Presb.
College, born at Tweedsmuir 1819 ; and
William and Robert Chambers, publishers,
born at Peebles 1800 and 1*02.]-— [/fry.
Asxi</. ami Sec. Sig., Ed in. Presb. Reg., Jtookc
of the Kirk, Livingston's C/iarac. ; Calder-
wood;s Hist., v. : Select JJioy., i.]
HEW KER, son of preceding; M.A.
1627 (Edinburgh, 14th July 1621); pres.
(in conjunction with his father) by
James VI. 3rd March 1627 ; was a member
of the Assembly in 1638 ; died between
24th June and 29th July 1658, aged about
57. He marr. 12th April 1637, Janet
(buried 10th July 1666 : Crei/friars Reg.},
eldest daugh. of John Dickson, merchant,
burgess of Edinburgh, and had issue —
Hugh (or Hew), who was served heir to
his father, and was apprenticed to George
Hutcheson, merchant, Edinburgh, 25th
March 1663; Janet, bapt. 21st July 1639
(marr. James Xasmyth : Privy Seal Eng.
Reg., ii., 439).— [Test, and Edin. Reg.
(Marr. and Ha])f.) ; Stevenson's Hist., ii. ;
Peterkin's Records ; Nun. Univ. Glasg.,
iii.; Inq. Ret. Edin., 824— et Gen., 4522.]
ROBERT BROWN, min. of Broughton
166Q 1644; called April 1659; trans, and
adm. 1st Feb. 1660; one of those
who assisted in the admission of the
minister of Manor, under pain of rebellion,
1661. Deprived in 1682 ; returned in 1687.
— [Wodrow's Hist.]
JOHX HORSBURGH, M.A. (Edin-
1683 kurgh 1669); inst. and adm. June
1683 ; died before 14th March
1705, aged about 56.— [J/,S'. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Reg. Old Dec., ii.]
1687
ROBERT BROWX, above noticed, is
mentioned at the first meeting of
mins. in the Province, 6th July
1687. He probably ministered in Lyne to
the Presbyterians in the interval ; he was
still min. in Aug. 1688, and there is no
mention of his death. He had a son,
Richard, and a daugh., Marion, alive in
Peebles in 1704.
SAMUEL MITCHELSON, son of John
17Q8 M. of Middleton; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 28th June 1697) ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 2nd Oct. 1706; called
280
LYNK AND MKCiGKT
[PUESD. OF
19th Aug. 1707; ord. 12th May 1708; died
at Edinburgh, OtlrXov. 1735, aged about 59.
He bequeathed 900 inerks for the mainten
ance of a schoolmaster in Lyne. He was
afflicted with blindness for some years. —
[Test. <uul Edin. Tie;/. (IJur.), Pennecuik's
Works; New Xt'tf. Ace., iii.]
GILBERT HUTOHESOX, called at
1723 Lyne 28th, and at Megget 20th
March 17:23 ; pres. by William, Earl
of March, and ord. (assistant and successor)
10th May 1723; trans, to Lmerleithen 24th
May 1727.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, bapt.
1728 ^ ^U°' 1G8(*' son °f Alexander J.,
Falkirk ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (23rd June 1713) ; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 4th May 1720; pres. by
William, Earl of March ; called at Lyne
22nd, and at Megget 24th Xov. 1727 ; ord.
20th March 1728. He experienced con
siderable difficulty in serving the edict at
West Linton for the ordination of Thomas
Findlater, being waylaid by a number of
women, who seized his papers and pre
vented him from preaching. He officiated
in public on the Sunday previous to his
death. He was the Father of the Church ;
died suddenly, whilst getting out of bed,
8th March 1788, in his 102nd year, and
unmarried. In dress and diet he was
homely and simple. He enjoyed an almost
uninterrupted state of health, had a strong
antipathy to every kind of medicine,
and is said to have used it on only one
occasion. — [Mi/a. Univ. (JUtw/., iii. : Falkirk
/SV.SX Key., Tombst. : Sinclair's $tat. Arc.,
xii.]
ANDREW HANDYSLDK, licen. by
178g Presb. of Peebles Gth Dec. 1780; !
pres. by William, Duke of Queens- [
berry, and called 25th Dec. 1788 ; ord.
30th April 1789; died at Edinburgh, i
4th Dec. 182G, in his 78th year. He was
buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard, in the
ground of his nephew, Swan of Lyne Town- j
head. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii.).
ALEXANDER AFFLECK, licen. by the
1814 l'rL'sl:>- !0th Dec. 1806 ; assistant for
some years at Lyne ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Wemyss and March, called 14th
April, and ord. (assistant and successor)
23rd June 181.4 ; died unmarr. 21st Dec.
1845, aged 71. Publication— Account of
the Parish (New Mat. Ace., iii.).
1846
THOMAS MACKENZIE, born Loch-
maben, son of James M. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1830);
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben ; chaplain
of Paisley Prison ; pres. by Francis, Earl
of Wemyss and March, 2nd Sept. 1846;
called 1st Oct. 1846; ord. 21st Oct.
1846 ; died 5th Feb. 1852. He marr.
Margaret Pearson, and had issue — James
George Steuart, born 22nd Aug. 1839,
editor of The Edinbwyh Co-it rant.
1852
WILLIAM WALKIXSHAW, born How-
faulds, Carstairs, 10th Sept. 1820,
only child of David W., farmer, and
Grizel Inglis ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 29th March 1848 ; assistant at Tron,
Glasgow, and Eaglesham ; app., but not ord.,
to Milton Chapel, Glasgow, Jan. 1851 ; ord.
there 3rd March 1852 ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Wemyss and March, 20th March
1852 ; called 4th June, adm. 3rd Aug. 1852 ;
died 6th Aug. 1860. He marr. 25th April
1854, Jane (died 5th Nov. 1900), only child
of Andrew Inglis, merchant, Edinburgh,
and Johan Craig, and had issue— Jane
Inglis, born 19th Feb. 1855; David, born
3rd July 1856, died 8th -July 1861 ; Andrew
Inglis, born 1st April 1859, died 18th July
1863. Publication — Pamphlet on Li/ne
and 3fc'j'jct (in conjunction with Alexander
Williamson).
1861
COLIN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
born 25th Dec. 1832, son of
Alexander C., min. of Croy and
Dalcross ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen (1840-50), and Univ. of Edin
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry 1853;
pres. by Francis, Earl of Wemyss and
March, Jan. 1861 ; called 28th Feb., ord.
28th March 1861 : died 12th July 1901.
PEEBLES]
LYNE ANT) MEGGET— MANOR
281
He marr. 4th Sept. 18G7, Madeline Char
lotte, daugh. of John Macrae, min. of
Glenelg, who died at Peebles, 27tii Sept.
1909, aged 73.
JAMES ALEXANDER MILNE, M.A.,
min. of the Scots Church, Paris ;
adm. Oth Dec. 1901 ; trans, to
Cramond 2Gth Sept. 1907.
1901
MOSES TAGGART, born Holywoocl, Co.
1908 D°wn> 18tn March 1SG3, son of
Henry Rawson T. and Mary Leslie
Bell ; educated at Park School, Glasgow,
and Univ., and at Bremen, Germany ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 21st June 1888;
assistant at Milton Church, Glasgow ; ord. to
St Thomas's, Glasgow, IGlh Aug. 1892; trans,
and adm. 28th Feb. 1908. He marr. 7th July
1897, Martha Hall, daugh. of William Allan,
min. of Mochrum, and has issue — Henry
Rawson, born 9th Sept. 1898; Christina
Mary Hill, born 17th April 1901 ; William
Allan, born 22nd Sept. 1903.
MANOR.
[The church was dedicated to St Gordian
(the only such dedication in Britain),
and previous to the ] Reformation was a
chapel of Peebles. The bell (1408) is the
oldest in use in Scotland.]
1565 THOMAS PURVIS, reader.
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, mentioned
1571 in 1571.
1586
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, attended
the Nynod 12tn Oct. 1580. Being
min. of Peebles, he had also charge
here ; died 1610.— [Calderwood's //>V., iv.]
GILBERT TAILZEOUR [TAYLOR],
1596 brother of William T., min. of Pen-
pont; reader at Cockpen 1570-9 ;
min. at Penicuik 1580; trans, to Bathgate
1588 ; adm. 1590 ; manse and glebe designed
llth Oct. 1590 ; ordered to reside at his kirk
12th Jan. 1597 ; continued in 1015 ; there
is no further reference to him after that
date. — [Keg. Assuj.}
1622
ALEXANDER SPITTAL, son of Alex
ander S., min. of Libberton (Kcff.
of Deed*, ccxc., 30) : M.A. (Glasgow
1014); a member of the Commissions of
Assembly 1045, 1047; died between 8th
and 29th Dec. 1659, aged about GO. He
marr. (cont. 12th Feb. 1017) Margaret,
daugh. of Hugh Elder in Carnwath Mill
((fen. Re;/. A'ax., xi., 224), and had issue-
Alexander. — \_M~ttn. r/iii<. (,'fu$f/., iii. ; Act*
of AM.]
1661
JOHN HAY, M.A. ; pres. by John,
Earl of Tweeddale, with consent of
the parson of Peebles, 13th and
19th Aug. 1001. Episcopacy having been
restored, his settlement was forbidden by
the Privy Council, but his admission was
completed 12th Dec. 1001 ; seven mins.
were charged to compear and answer for
this act, under pain of rebellion. He was
again pres. and adm. in Oct. 1002 ; trans,
to Govan Dec. same year. — [Man. Univ.
(,' I «x<j., iii. ; Wodrow's Hist., i. : Morrison's
Dec., xviii.]
1663
DAVID THOMSON, born Dysart ;
8tu(lic'(l at St Andrews ; M.A. (1045) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 27th
Nov. 1049 ; tutor in the family of Nae-
smyth of Posso ; inst. at Dawyck, and ord.
4th Dec. 1050 ; trans, from Dawyck; adm.
llth Nov. 1GG3. On 9th Sept, 10SO, he
was attacked by a number of armed men,
who plundered his house, and stole his
horses. He was deprived for refusing the
Test in 10«1, but complying, was again pres.
and adm. in Oct. 1082. Being disabled
by deafness as a result of the above assault,
he res. his charge, "leaving himself and
seven children without maintenance. ;; He
is referred to in the Presb. Records as
" necessitous," 27th June 1089 : "A petition
being presented by Mr I). T., late regular
min. of M., for supplying of his necessity,
he being deprived because he would not
take the Test, the Presb. appoint a day's
collection for him from each min/'3 He
petitioned the Privy Council, Gth Sept.
1089, who recommended Sir Patrick Murray
to allow him a share of the collection up-
MANOR
[PRESr,. OF
lifted for the French and Irish Protestants.
He died Jan. 1092, aged about 07. He
marr. 1 1 elen Spittal, who had sasinc with
liim of an annual rent of the lands of
Dowerburn, Oct. 1065, and had issue —
James, min. of Tweedsmuir and of Peebles ;
and others whose names have not been
traced. — [Skirling />V.<w. and ^Yei" Gen. AV;/.
s, xiii. : Chambers'* Peeblesshire.]
EGBERT SMITH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
28th July 1048) ; .schoolmaster of
1 DOO ... - 1 .
Peebles; keen. 1656; ord. to Craw
ford, 1000 ; trans., aclm., and inst. June
1083; res. 7th Oct. 1690; died 31st May
1690, in his 73rd year. He marr. Janet
Buchanan, who died 3Lst May 1097, and
had issue — Agnes (marr. George Smyth,
min. of Dawyck) ; Lsobel, died 8th July
1728, aged 52.—[J/A'. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
WILLIAM VEITCH, Peebles,
1690 charge of Manor in 1090.
had
ANDREW MITCHELL, M.A. : called
1695 27th Feb., and ord. 21st Aug. 1095 ;
called to Newlands 28th Jan. 1708,
but on a unanimous .petition against his
leaving, trans, was refused 25th Feb.
following. He was trans, to Newbattle
29th Nov. 1721. — [Boston's Mem.; Re<j.
Old Dec., ii. ; Pennccuik's Woifa.]
ARCHIBALD BRUCE, licen. by Presb.
of Peebles 2nd June 1720; pres. by
William, Earl of March, 18th April ;
called 30th May, and ord. 21st Sept, 1722 ;
died 13th Sept. 1739. He marr. Christian
Young, who died 13th Nov. 1750, and left
four children, who in 1746 are reported to
be "in very straitened circumstances."-
[Tombst.]
1743
WILLIAM. ANDERSON, licen. by
Presb. of Lanark, 28th Dec. 1740;
pres. by William, Earl of March, and
his curators 24th Nov. 1742; called 6th
Jan., and ord. 14th April 1743; died 20th
June 1774. He marr. 23rd Dec, 1756,
Marion Laidlaw, who died 5th July 1800,
and had issue — Margaret, born 28th Sept.
1757 ; Marion, born 19th Oct. 1758 ; David,
min. of Kirkurd ; Walter, born 15th Aug.
1704; Janet, born 18th June 1709.—
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM WELSH, pres. by William,
Earl of March, 28th Oct. 1774 ; called
19th Jan., and ord. 16th March 1775 ;
trans, to Drumelzier 29th Nov. 1787.
1775
1788
WILLIAM MARSHALL, born Peebles,
~U(^ ^U°' ^4' 'son °* l'ai^e Jame.s
M. of Peebles, and Janet Tait,
Traquair ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 16th
April 1783; pres. by William, Duke of
Queen.sbcrry, 6th Feb. 1788 ; called 27th
March, and" ord. 1st May 1788 ; died 28th
| April 1830. He marr. (1) 30th April 1790,
Christian (died 19th Sept. 1791), daugh.
of William Yair, Edinburgh : (2) 16th
Nov. 1803, Christian (died at Edinburgh,
9th March 1861, aged 84), only child of
Archibald Smith, Peebles, and Elizabeth
Govan (the last of the Govans of Cardrona),
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 1st Oct.
1804 (marr. (1) 1824, John Anderson,
Castlehill, Manor, and (2) 13th, Aug. 1833,
Thomas Thorburn, Edinburgh), died 13th
Jan. 1887; James, born 20th May 1806,
died 25th May 1812 ; William Forbes,
born llth Jan. 1808, died in London,
2nd Dec. 1866 ; Janet, born 20th May 1809,
died 30th May 1826 ; Christian, born 25th
Oct. 1810, died 5th Dec. 1811 ; Archibald,
born 22nd Nov. 1812, died 15th Dec. 1889 ;
Isabella, born 21st Aug. 1814 (mar. 28th
March 1837, John Thorburn, New York),
died 14th Jan. 1840 ; Agnes, born 24th July
1816, died 23rd July 1836 ; Jane, born 2nd
April 1815 (marr. 21st Nov. 1848, John
Anderson, Edinburgh), died 10th Oct. 1880 ;
Margaret Christian, born 6th June 1824
(mar. 14th March 1843, John Hewat,
Edinburgh, originator of the Edinburgh
Time Gun, died 30th Jan. 1886, and
had issue, among others, Archibald
Hewat, F.F.A., Edinburgh, one of the
originators of the Ministers' Pension Fund,
and its first treasurer, 1912). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., Hi.).— [Tombst., Family Papers.}
PEEBLES]
MANOR— NEWLANDS
283
1843
ADAM CAIRXS, pres. by Francis, Ear]
1828 °^ ^remvss au(l March, 26th March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 21st
Aug. 1828 ; trans, to Dunbog 3rd May 1833.
JAMES CRUICKSHANK, pres. by
1833 Francis, Earl of Wemyss and March,
5th June, called 15th Aug., and ord.
12th Sept. 1833 ; trans, to Stevenston 22nd
Sept. 1843. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Xf-w Sfv.f. An-., iii.).
JOHN LITTLE, l)orn Dumfriesshire;
educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; headmaster
of the Edinburgh Institution 1837-43 ; pres.
by Francis, Earl of Wemyss and March,
23rd Sept. 1843 ; called 5th Oct., ord. 19th
Oct. 1843 ; died 20th June 1861. He marr.
Grace Grey Smith, who died at Peebles,
22nd Oct. 1876.
PETER MACVICAR, born Monzicvaird,
16th June 1822, son of John M. and
Margaret Macainsh ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Auch-
terarder ; assistant at Bonhill and Cam-
busnethan ; ord. to Martintown, Montreal,
1856; afterwards min. of the Mission
Church at Cockenzie ; pres. by Francis,
Earl of Wemyss and March, 18th Sept. 1861 ;
called 17th Oct., adm. 31st Oct. 1861 ; died
15th May 1901. He marr. (1) 27th Aug.
1855, Jeanie Fraser, who died 20th Jan.
1862, and had issue— Jeanie Dick, born 30th
May 1856; John Ramsay, born 15th Xov.
1857; James Eraser, born llth Jan. 1860;
Elizabeth, missionary at Domasi, Africa,
born 28th Aug. 1861, died llth Nov. 1914 :
(2) 5th April 1864, Barbara Stewart, daugh.
of George Bayne, Edinburgh, who died
12th Jan. 1903, and had issue— Mary Stuart,
born 5th March 1865, died 7th March
1865 ; Neil, M.D., medical officer, Blantyre
Mission, B.C.A., afterwards of Lovedale
Mission, Cape Colony, born 1st Aug. 1871.
JOHN WILLIAM MURRAY, born
1901 Peebles> 9th Feb- 18G4' son of George
M. and Euphemia Baptie ; educated
at Peebles High School, Univ. of Edinburgh,
and Oxford Univ.; B.A. (Oxon. 1889);
assistant professor, and sometime interim
Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages
: in the Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Peebles 12th Nov. 18UO; ord. 30th Aug.
1901. Marr. 19th April 1905, Ann Thompson,
daugh. of Alexander Bell, Dalkeith, and
Martha Light,
NEWLANDS.
[Previous to the Reformation a prebend
of the collegiate church of Dalkeith.]
ROBERT ALLAN, trans, from Saltoun,
1 ,._,. where he was reader 1574-9, and min.
IDoo . . IT.
in 1580, \\ est Lmton being also in
his charge ; was probably suspended in
1588; returned 1590, and continued in
1591.— [AV/. J.W'/., Hook? <>f the, Kirk;
Calderwood's //int., iv.J
ADAM DICKSON, reader at Eddleston
158g 1574, and at Peebles 1576-86; appears
as min. of the Second Charge there,
1586 ; adm. 1589 ; probably left same year ;
returned in 1592, it being agreed that
better provision should be made for him ;
pres. by James VI. June 1593 ; died in
1595, when the stipend was assigned to
his widow and bairns. — [AV/. Assiy., E<Hn.
!>,•<•*!>. Re{,.~]
[JOHN COLDEN, formerly of Borth-
wick ; was pres. by William, Earl of
Morton, but coll. was refused 9th May
1592 ; dem. 1593, and adm. to Kinross. —
Lochleven P«p., Edin. Prrxh. Re<j.~\
JOHN SYDE [FAWSYDE], mentioned
1596 a's m*n> °^ -^ddleston 158° ') Pres. by
William, Earl of Morton, May 1592 ;
coll. was refused by Presb. of Edinburgh
13th June following, when the patron
threatened to retain the fruits of the
benefice, according to the Act of Parlia
ment ; adm. in 1596 ; recognised as lawful
minister, 6th July 1598 ; continued 29th
Sept. 1631 ; date of death unknown. He
marr. (name unknown), and had issue —
Archibald, his successor ; Margaret (marr.,
cont. 2nd March 1614, John, son of Patrick
Thomson, burgess of Haddington : G. R.
Inhib., llth Jan. 1619); Elizabeth (marr.
Patrick Purdie, min. of Newlands).— [AV/.
Assiy., Lochleven Pap., Edin. and Melrose
Presb. and Edin. Cou/ir. AV</s.]
284
NKWLANDS
[PRESB. OF
1628
ARCHIBALD SVDE, son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (101*): pres. to Minto, Jan. He' I.
when lie had testimonials from Peebles and
Haddington. An edict was issued for his
settlement at St Martin's, Haddington,
7th Oct. 1029, but objections were tendered
;- that it was no parochr kirke," when lie
was ordered, 25th Nov. thereafter. " to
preach no more there. ;: He was pro
bably only assistant to his father. What
became of him is unknown. —[.1(7. licet.
Tut'i'. ,S7 Ant!., ,Ti'<lbvr(ili «.n<l. //<t</<//n<ff.
PATRICK PURDIE (/,rimttx\ brother of
William P., schoolmaster of Peebles ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (20th July. 1023); adm. in 1034,
lief ore the erection of a school, he supplied
the want of a teacher for forty-four years :
acted as Presb. clerk, and was one of those
who countenanced the admission of John
Hay to Manor in 1001. Dem. March 1681,
and died 1688. He marr. Elizabeth (died
March 1682), daugh. of John Syde, above
mentioned, and had issue — Patrick, his suc
cessor ; John, schoolmaster of the parish,
12th Sept, 1666; Elspeth (marr. Adam
Russell) ; Rachel (marr. William Veitch
of Harehope) ; Agnes (marr. Walter Somer-
ville in Carnwath). — [Pennecuik's I To /•/•*•,
Peterkin's Record*: AVodrow's ///.</., i. ;
TombxtJ]
PATRICK PURDIE (secmulus), edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(27th July 1663) : pres. by John, Karl
of Tweeddale; ord. (assistant) in 1071:
coll. and inst. 15th Sept. 1081 ; dep. 7th
Oct. 1090. He continued to reside in the
parish, and taught a school. On 28th July
1092 the Privy Council allowed him the
stipend for 1691. He marr. 6th July 1672,
Lilias, daugh. of James Murray of Romanno.
— [J7X. Ace. of J////., 1GS9.]
ARCHIBALD TORRIE, son of James
1694 '^' *n Huttonhall Mill, afterwards in
Blackerstoun (Reg. of Deeds, Durie,
24th April 1707) ; called 23rd May, and ord.
30th Aug. 1694 ; died between 3rd and 7th
Oct. 1706. He marr. Margaret Lindsay, and
had issue- James (who predeceased him);
Maria : Euphan. — [Pennecuiks I! V, ,•/,•.-•.]
170g
STEPHEN PATOX, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (28th June
1697) ; Keen, by Presb. of Haddington
sth March 1705; called 1st Sept. 1708;
ord. 13th Jan. 1709; died 29th Jan. 17.~>5,
in his ssth year. He marr. (1) 1st Xov.
17lu, Margaret Doig, and had issue —
( 'hristian (marr. Alexander Ilobertson, min.
of Jvldleston) : (2) 14th Jan. 1713, Jean,
daugh. of John Sibbald, writer, who marr.
again. — [Ei.Un. l'rc*l>. AV'/., Pennecuik's
Work*, Chambers s Perblesshire, T</nibnt.'\
1756
DAVID DICKSOX, born 1709, son of
William D. of Kilbucho ; educated
at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (22nd
May 1724): was for a time a writer in
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 16th
Aug. 1744 ; pres. by William, Earl of
March, llth June IT.Vj ; called 10th Sept.,
and ord. 31st March 17r>6; D.I). (Edin
burgh 1763); dep. 2nd March 1763; reponed
by the General Assembly 2nd June there
after, but suspended from exercising his
ministry; finally dep. 22nd April 1767.
lie died 9th April 1780. He marr. (1)
Elizabeth Hogg: (2) Ann (died 20th Aug.
17f>0), daugh. of Alexander (.Jillon of Wall-
house, and had issue — William, M.P.,
general in the army, who succeeded to the
estates, born llth June 1748, died 18th
May 1815 ; John of Kilbucho, advocate,
| born 10th April 1752, died 25th May 1835 ;
David, min. of West St (iiles, Edinburgh;
i Elizabeth, born 15th July 1756, died 2nd
April 1821 ; James, lieut. 60th Foot, born
3rd April 1756. Publications — A Letter to
t//e 7iV. Mr Knilor/t (Edinburgh, 1750);
A Letter to tlie Jic/'. Mr John AJornx ; A
Letter to the Kirk-session of Neu'lands
(Edinburgh, 1750).— [Acts of As*.; Scots
.May., xxv., xxix., xxx. ; Moron's Ann.,
Morrison's Di<jest.\
JAMES MOFFAT, pres. by William,
Earl of March, 10th Sept. 1767;
called 9th Aug., and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1768; delay being occasioned by
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NEWLANDS— PEEBLES
285
an application to the Court of Session
as to the regularity of the sentence
on the former incumbent; D.D. (St
Andrews, 27th Jan. 1779); died (in the
pulpit at West Linton, on the day of
thanksgiving for the Communion) llth.
Aug. 1789. lie marr. 1st Aug. 1781,
Janet Stoddart, who died at Leith, 22nd
Xov. 1840, and had issue — Janet, born
Gth Aug. 1782, died 13th June 1787 ;
Marion, born Gth July 1783; Richard,
born Gth Jan. 1784; Thomas, born 21th
July 178G.
CHARLES FIXDLATER, born loth
1790 '';xn- 1"!"'^> son °f Thomas F., min.
of West Linton : educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (14th Xov. 1770)
licen. by Prcsb. of Peebles Gth Dec. 177o
ord. to West Linton Gth March 1777
pres. by William, Duke of Queensbcrry.
4th Feb., called loth April, trans, and
adm. 2tth June 1790; died at Glasgow.
Father of the Synod, 28th May 1S3S. He
marr. 2Gth July 1791, Janet Hay Russell,
who was accidently burned to death, 2nd
Aug. 1828, aged G7. Publications— Liberty
and J'^tf unlit >/: n Sermon or E*sn;i, irifh an
Append i. >• on (Godwin's System of Socieli/
'in his Politicnl Justice (Edinburgh, 1800)':
[Some political opinions in this publication
having given offence, he was obliged to go
into hiding till his friend, Lord Advocate
Sir James Montgomery of Stobo, was able
to appease the outcry]: General View of
the Agriculture of the Count;/ of Peebles
(Edinburgh, 1802); Sermons, or Essays, as
the Render shall choose to design them, upon
Christian Duties (Edinburgh, 1830); Ac
counts of Linton, and of Xewlands (Sin
clair's Sf.if. Ac,-., i., xxi. ; and Xeu> Sfnt.
Ace., iii.). — [Sinclair's S.tut. Ace., i. :
Tombst., Diet. Xat. lJio</.]
JAMES CHARTERLS, a cadet of the
1834 lamily of C. of Amisfield ; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries Gth Sept. 1831 ;
pres. by Francis, Earl of Wemyss and
March, Gth Aug., called IGth Oct., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 14th Xov.
183); died unmarr. 29th Oct. 18G9.
WILLIAM KELLY, born Auldgirth,
Dumfriesshire ; assistant at St Cutli-
bert's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Wandel
and Lamington 27th Aug. 186G; pres. by
the Earl of Wemyss 9th Feb. 1870; called
17th March 1870; adm. 17th May 1870;
died 27th Aug. 1883. lie inarr. 2Gth June
1883, Catherine, younger daugh. of John
Forrester, W.S., Edinburgh, and niece of
Alexander M'Caul Forrester, min. of West
Linton.
1884
J01IX MILXE, born Auchinblae, For-
doun, 13th Oct. 1839, son of James
M. and Mary Jolly ; educated at
Fordoun School, Grammar School and
Marischal College, Aberdeen : M.A. (]8o7) ;
licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 18G1 ; assist
ant at Auchinleck, Campsie, Irvine ; ord.
to Kirkurd 15th Sept. 1870: trans, to
Greenside, Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1880;
trans, and adm. 30th Jan. 1884 ; D.D!
(Aberdeen 1907). Publication— Lecture on,
the J'n-smn Religion ("Faiths of the
World," St Giles Series).
PEEBLES.
[The church, dedicated to St Andrew,
was formerly held by the Archdeacon of
( ilasgow.]
[JOHX DICKSOX, "minister of the
Common Prayers ;; in the Kirk of Peebles,
had £40 Scots for his service in the year
28th Xov. i:m.—J'eeUes Jhiry/i. A'ecords,
263.]
JO1LX ALLAX (priest of the diocese
1561 ol ^!las8'ow); elected min. nth Feb.
15GL— [Pebble* P>ur<jh Record*, 27o.]
JOHX DICKSOX, adm. reader and
1562 cxh°rtcr of the Common Prayers
27th June ir>f>2.— [Peebles Jji<r</h
Records, 278].
TirOMAS CIIAXSTOUX, trans, from
1571 -^ibwton ; called 10th Feb., entered
at May " to minister the Sacraments
to the haill Schyre'"'; retrans. to Liberton
Io73.— [AVy. Mi/i., Jhol-e of the Kirk.]
286
PEEBLES
[PRESB. OF
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, sou of
1573 William L\ of Cavers; pres. to the
Archdeaconry of Glasgow by James
VT. 8th June 1573 ; died before 20th April
1610. His son John, "parson of Kil-
bucho," was served heir 28th Dec. 1610 ;
another son was killed by William Hors-
burgli of that ilk, 1610; and his daugh.
Agnes marr. John Galloway, M.A.. writer,
Edinburgh (/'. C. 7iV/., lx., 44; 7iV/. of
Deeds, ccclxi., 6). — \_Reg. Asxig., Edin. Prcsh.
Jie</., Jiooke of the Kirk, MS. Tnk of Ettil-
ston ; Calderwood's Hist., iv. : Inq. Ret.
Peebl., 45, 129— ft G'en., 517; Wodrow
MiscelL]
1596
HECTOR CRAXSTOUX, reader. He is
mentioned as holding this office in
1627, "an old man then.''
THEODORE HAY, born probably 158].
1610 a voun£er son °f Andrew H., rector
of Renfrew, and grandson of William
H. of Talla, Tweedsmuir ; entered the
Univ. of Glasgow 1593; M.A. (1507). On
13th Oct. 1609 he was app. a regent in
the same University, to teach " in all
subjects, but especially in Hiysiologia " ;
pres. by James VI. 20th April 1610; a
member of the Court of High Commission
21st Dec. 1615, again loth June 1620, and
21st Dec. 1634 ; D.D. (St. Andrews, 29th
July 1616). On 27th July 1617, at the
Music School, Edinburgh, along with
fifty-four other ministers, he signed a
Protest to James VI., then on a visit to
Scotland, complaining of attempts to
advance Episcopacy, and on 12th July
he and several others debated with His
Majesty anent affairs of the Kirk, desiring
that matters of importance should be
referred to a General Assembly, to which
James consented. From 1620 to 1638 he
was a member of Peebles Town Council,
and a Justice of the Peace in 1634. In
1621 he was on the leet for one of the
Edinburgh churches, preached a "proofe"
sermon in the beginning of Dec., but was
not chosen. On 1st Aug. 1632, he gave
100 merks to the building fund in aid of
Glasgow University Library. He was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly of 1638,
and in 1H39 was Chaplain to the King. He
dem. 1648, and was dead by 4th Sept.
1651. He marr. Lilias Cockburn, and had
issue — John, his successor; Henry, a
writer, whose widow, Margaret Lindsay,
was recommended for charity by Tron
Kirk-session in 1697. — \_Re<j. Assiy., Calder
wood's II! *t. : Bannatyne, iii., and Mnit-
{'ind Mtxi-cll., ii. ; Oriy. Lett., ii. ; Scot's
Apolog, ; Conimiss. to Ass., 1638; Mun.
Univ. Glasy., ii., iii. ; Pennecuik's Work* ;
Xisbet's Her., ii. ; Baillie's Lett., 1 ; //'///
Papers."]
JOHN HAY (primus), born 1613, son of
1643 Preceding • M.A. (Edinburgh, 24th
July 1630); took the degree of B.D.
at Cambridge ; adm. (colleague) 7th June
1643, for which act the Presb. had
"upon their knees'''' before the Synod to
acknowledge disobedience to the Acts of
Assembly. On llth June 1646, the As
sembly appointed Hay to accompany the
Master of Yesters regiment to England,
where the Scots were in alliance with
the Parliamentarians against the Royalists.
His father having Jinally dem. office, he
was formally pres. and coll. 14th Feb.
1649 ; was frequently a member of
Assembly ; proposed for the Bishopric
of Caithness in 1661, and died 3rd Oct.
1666. He marr. Joanna, probably the
sister of his successor, John If. (wttuJus),
and had issue- -Theodore, vicar of Peebles
1676-89; 'William, divinity student and
Presbytery bursar 1676-9, possibly to be
identified with William H., min. of West
Linton in 1684 ; Henry, schoolmaster of
Peebles 1688-9 ; Lilias, who was dead by
1690. — [Kirk ton's and Wodrow's Hist*.,
Art* of Ass., Xicoll s Dim';/, Peterkin's
Records, Pennecuik's Work* ; Xisbet's
Her., ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7062 ; Net"
titat. Ace., iii.; Chambers's Peellessliire,
Gunn's JJonkx of the Church, Ha;/
Papers.}
JOHX HAY (wcuntlii*), born 1638,
1667 y°unoe1' son of William H., surgeon,
burgess of Peebles, and brother of
Gilbert II. of Bridgelands ; M.A. (Glasgow
1651); licen. by Prcsb. of Haddington
PEEBLES]
PEEBLES
287
Sth Sept. 1659 ; settled as min. of Manor
Oct. 1662 ; trans, to Govan Dec. 1663 ;
trans, and adm. 20th June 1667 ; died
before 4th Xov. 1690. He marr. Janet
Carstairs (G. R. Sao., Ixiii., 366), and had
issue — John (alive 20th Feb. 1712, and
litigating with the town of Peebles), who
marr. but left no issue. — [Morrison's Dec.,
xviii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen,., 7069; If 8. Ace. of
Min., 1689; Jfai/ Papers.]
JAMES FEITHIE [FITHII-:,
1687 FORTHTE], M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th
July 1656) ; was a prisoner for
holding conventicles, and ordered to be
liberated from the Edinburgh Tolbooth
4th July 1679 : became chaplain to the
Trinity Hospital, Edinburgh : was again
arrested and sent to the Bass, but allowed
liberty to walk on the rock, with an
allowance of eightpence a day, on account
of his poverty, 19th Sept. 1685 : released
in March 1686 ; adm. to this charge 17th
Xov. 16*7 : died 25th Dec. 1689, aged
about 53. He marr. Elizabeth Held, who
survived him, and had issue — Elizabeth,
served heir 3rd Xov. 1691 (marr., pro. 20th
Xov. 1691, John Elliot, writer, Edinburgh :
Eilin,. Horn., 26th Dec. 1693).— [Wodrow's
Hist., iii., iv. ; Crich ton's Mem. of Hlack-
adder ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7185; Dickson's
Emeralds Cka-xed In Gold.'}
ROBERT KXOX, M.A., formerly of
1690 r^ron Parish, Glasgow ; was pres. in
1690, but not settled (being an
Episcopalian) ; he " continued to possess
the Kirk by violence," and eventually
withdrew, 24th July 1690. — [Mem. of
Veitch.]
WILLIAM VE1TCH,M.A.; trans, from
1690 Whitton-hall (Morebattle) ; adm.
" parson of Peebles and Manor " 18th
Sept. 1690, notwithstanding the opposition
of James, Duke of Queensberry ; a member
of Assemblies 1690-2 ; after various harass
ing and vexatious proceedings, and receiv
ing calls from Edinburgh and Paisley,
was trans, to Dumfries 6th April 169 1,
leaving with regret the parish and sur
rounding country, to which he anxiously
wished to return. He was refused the
stipend during his incumbency, by the in
fluence of his enemies and the decision of
the Supreme Court ; so that, including
his law expenses, he lost above 10,000
merks. — [Memoir, Mem. of Mrs V., Reg.
and Act* of A xx. ; Calamy'.s Ace., iv. ; Rule's
tiec. Vindication.]
[ALEXANDER ORROCK, min. of
1694 Hawick, was nominated by the
heritors 17th Oct. 1694, and much
delay was caused by the case coining
before the Assembly, who set the call
aside.]
JAMES THOMSON, bom 1646, son
1696 °^ -l^vid T., min. of Manor;
ord. to Tweedsmuir 1688 ; called
13th Sept., trans, and adm. 25th Xov.
1696: died 29th Sept. 1712. He marr.
16th Oct. 1691, Susanna Carmichae], and
had issue — Jean (marr. 26th Xov. 1732,
James Veitch, younger, of Glen) ; Grizel ;
Isobel (Lanark tiax., xii., 55).— [St Cuth-
hert'x Re<j. (Man:}.]
JOHN HAY (tertntx), born 1680, son of
1717 Theodore IL, vicar of Peebles 1676-8!),
and grand-nephew of John H.
(secimdus); licen. by Presb. of Haddington
27th June 1710; pres. by William, Earl
of March, 25th March 1713. Opposed by
the magistrates on account of his youth,
he was not ord. till 26th June 1717 ; died
at Marchfield, Edinburgh, 1st June 1760.
He marr. (1) 7th Feb. 1718, Margaret,
daugh. of Robert Brown of Walston, and
had issue — William, licen. 21st April 1744,
died 1st June 1745 ; Jean, died 10th
July 1748 ; Margaret, died 28th Xov. 1744 ;
Ann (marr. 1743, Peter Edgar of Bridge-
lands), died 1769 ; Isabel (marr., proc. 2nd
Oct. 1748, Robert Brunton, merchant,
Edinburgh), died 25th March 1751 : (2)
9th June 1737, Henrietta Porteous of the
Uawkshaw (Tweedsmuir) family, who died
31st March 1762.— [N. /lertxir/,- ,SV.s-x. A'e,/.,
Act* of A **., Tombxt.]
288
PEEBLES
[PILES B. OF
WILLIAM DALGLE1SH, born (Jallo-
1761 wa^r' 1"33- educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; liccn. by Prcsb. of Edin-
burgh 2Gth March 1760; pros, by William.
Earl of March, 20th Nov. 17GO ; called 20th
March 1701 ; ord. 2nd July 1701. A grass
glebe having been designed to him. an
action of reduction was brought on the
ground that it had been felled out in
small divisions to the inhabitants of the
burgh on the eve of the Reformation.
The action was dismissed 23rd June 1784:
D.D. (Edinburgh, 2(>th Nov. 1780): chap
lain to the Peeblesshire Regiment of
Volunteers; died 20th Sept. 1S07. lie
marr. 7th July 1773. Jean (born 19th
Sept. 174S, died at Edinburgh, 7th Sept.
1*19). daugh. of William Gibson of Green-
knowe. Publications ---The True Soiixlti/i
of Chrixt Investigated (London, 1770).
[This work was animadverted on by the
Rev. Adam (Jib in An Antidote against a
Xew llere&i/ concerning tlie frit/- Sons//ij> of
,/I-SKS Christ; as also mi, A/ijiendi.'' con
cerning the Wonderful TJieori/ <>f Ani-
malcitlcir Generation, as late/// brought in.
bij a Clergyman of the Church of Scot
land. It was also attacked by the Itev.
Michael Arthur, min. of the Secession
congregation, Peebles, in The, Scripture
Doctrine of the Eternal Generation of
Chrixf ax the Son of (,'o<l Vindicated, etc.']
In reply, Dalgleish published The Self-
existence and Supreme Deit;/ of Christ
Defended (Edinburgh, 1777); Two single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1793, 1803) ; Sermons
on, the Chief Doctrines and Duties of the
Christian Relit/ion, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1799-1807): Religion, its Importance, etc.
(Edinburgh, 1801) ; Address,-* and Prayers
(Edinburgh, 1804); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii.). — [Morrison's
Digest; Sinclair's, xii., and Xew Stat.
Ace., iii. ; Pennecuik;s Works ; Chalmers's
Caled., iii. ; Diet. Xat. l}!»g.~\
JOHN LEE, M.A., M.I).: prcs. by the ;
isoa Commissioner for William, Duke of i
Queensberry, 8th Dec. 1807; called
24th March, and adm. 7th April 1808: |
dem. on appointment as Professor of i
Divinity and Ecclesiastical History in St '
Mary's College, St Andrews, 21st Oct.
1812. He became min. of the High Kirk,
Edinburgh ('/.>'.), and Principal of the
University.
1IOBKHT P.rCHAXAX, born at Trcan,
1813 Callander, 10th Feb. 1780, son of
John ]>.. farmer : educated at Univ.
of (Jlasgow: M.A. (1808); tutor in the
family of Francis. Earl of AVemyss and
March : been, by Presb. of Haddington
20th Oct. 18J2: ]»res. by the said Earl
31st March, and ord. 1st July 1813; res.
on appointment as Prof, of Logic in the
Univ. of (Jlasgow Oth Oct. 1824: Vice-
Hector 1831-4: LL.D. ((Jlasgow 1809):
died unmarr. at Ardlillayne, Dunoon, 2nd
March 1S73. Founder of the liuchanan
Bursaries : familiarly known as "Logic
Bob." Publications -— ]]'<i/?«r<-, a Tr>n/e<f>/
(1856); Fragments of the T«l,le .Round
(1800); The Von' of dlentreui!, and oilier
I'oeiit* (1802): Tragic Drama* from
Senlfith Ilixlor,/ (1.808) : Canute's ]>irth<la>j
in Ireland, a Drama in, Five Acts (1808).
His tragedy, Wallace, was performed twice
for a charitable object at the Prince's
Theatre, Glasgow, in March 1802, the
principal characters being personated by
students of the divinity and arts classes.
—[Diet. Xat. It log.}
JOHN ELLIOT, M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th
1825 ^larcl1 180!J) j licen- 1jy I're.sb. of Dal-
keith 31st March 181 -^ : pres. by
Francis, Earl of AVemyss and March ;
called 27th Jan., and ord. 3rd March
1825; died 28th April 1847. He marr.
28th Aug. 1828, Janet (died 30th May
1844, Avithout issue), daugh. of Joseph
Scott. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Xew Stat. An-., m.).-[Tom'^f.]
GEORGE HOPE [BAHPJXGTOX]
MOXILAAA'S, born 1805, only child
847 of Captain M., R.X., and Elizabeth,
only daugh. of Admiral Lord Barrington ;
educated at Kirkpatrick -Fleming (of which
parish his uncle was min.), and at Edin
burgh LTniv. ; licen. by Presb. of Annan
Gth July 1831 ; assistant at Alloa ; ord. to
Tulliallan 18th Aug. 1830 ; pres. by Francis,
PEEBLES]
PEEBLES— STOBO
289
Earl of Wemyss and March, 1847; called
8th July, and adm. 19th Aug. 1847 ; clerk
of the Presb. ; D.D. (Glasgow 18G6) ; died
27th Jan. 1870. He marr. 20th April
1837, Jane (died at Innerleithen, 3rd June
1878), daugh. of Andrew Macgeorge,
solicitor, Glasgow, and had issue— Alex
ander, born 22nd Feb. 1838; Andrew Mac
george, born 21st Aug. 1840; George, born
26th Dec. 1842; Elizabeth Jackson, born
14th Feb. 1845; Jane, born 24th June
1847, died 3rd Nov. 1852; Margaret Mac
george, born 30th July 1849 (marr. Hugh
Baird, Glasgow) ; Robert Macgeorge, born
8th March 1851, died 2Gth .Sept, 1851;
John Little, born 10th Aug. 1852 ; William
Macgeorge, insurance manager, born 4th
June 1857. Publications— A Catechism on
Pauperism and the PoorJtome in Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1845) ; Account of the Parish
of TuUiaHan (New Stat. Ace.).
JOHN BELL LORRAINE, born Tin-
mo wald> 30th April 1844' son of
Joseph Currie L., min. of Tinwald,
afterwards of Caerlaverock ; educated at
Hutton Hall Academy, and St Andrews
and Edinburgh Univs. ; M.A. (St Andrews),
B.D. (Edin.); licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
1867; assistant at Dalkeith and Peebles;
pres. by the Earl of Wemyss and March
24th March 1870; called 22nd April, ord.
2nd June 1870; died 14th May 1893. He
marr. llth Oct. 1876, Sybella Richardson
(died 25th Jan. 1894), daugh. of Wm.
Blackwood, solicitor, Peebles, and had
issue— Joseph Edward Richardson, born
4th Nov. 1877 ; William Blackwood, born
18th Oct. 1879; Sybella Blackwood, born
23rd Oct. 1881; Mary Bell, born 27th
Aug. 1884, died at New York 4th Jan
1912.
MATTHEW GARDNER, trans, from
1893 Mid-Calder ; adm- 20th Sept. 1893 ;
trans, to Hyndland, Glasgow, 1906.
1907
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Cramond ;
adm. 9th May 1907; trans, to
Paisley Abbey (First Charge) 23rd Sept.
1910.
VOL. I.
THOMAS MARTIN, born Morningside,
1911 Scone, 15th April 1856, son of Hugh
M. and Ann Mitchell; educated
at St Martin's Parish School and Univs.
of Edinburgh and St Andrews ; M.A. (Edin
burgh 1880), B.D. (St Andrews 1883) ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth June 1883; ord. to St
Stephen's, Perth, 19th Sept. 1883 ; trans, to
Forgan 20th Dec. 1884 ; trans, to Cramond
17th May 1890; trans, to St Mary's, Edin
burgh, May 1896 ; trans, to Barony, Glasgow,
25th Oct. 1900; trans, and adm. 6th Jan.
1911 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 30th March 1905) ;
convener of the Home Mission Committee
1910. Marr. 24th Dec. 1885, Christian
Isabel, daugh. of Francis Robertson and
Hannah Smith, and has issue— Hugh Forgan,
M.A., Snell Exhibitioner, Oxford, born 25th
Oct. 1886; Frances Margaret, M.A., born
14th Dec. 1888 (marr. John M. Hunter,
min. of Abbotshall); Thomas, student of
medicine, born 26th March 1891 ; Christian
Isabel, born 23rd March 1895. Publication
—Contribution to Non-Churchf/oiny (Edin
burgh, 1911).
SECOND CHAKGE.
[Created in 1586 and abolished apparently
in 1603.]
ADAM DICKSON, reader at Eddleston
1586 lr)74> and at Peebles 1576-86. He
attended the Synod 12th Oct. 1586 ;
trans, to Newlands 1589.— [Reg. Assig.,
Wodrow Miscell., Calderwood's Ilist.]
GAVIN MAKCALL, M.A.; adm. 15th
1600 Oct- 160°; trans- to Traquair 4th
Aug. 1603.
STOBO.
[The church of Stobo is of great
antiquity, and was the plebania or mother-
church of nearly all the parish churches
of Peeblesshire. It was dedicated to St
Mungo, and previous to the Reformation
was a prebend of Glasgow. Restored in
1863 at the expense of Sir G. Graham
Montgomery of Stanhope, Bart,]
JOHN COLQUHOUN, reader
1560 in 1560.
290
STOBO
[PRESB. OF
1603
JAMES STEWART, adm. 1574, when
^ Glenholm, Drumelzicr, Broughton,
and Dawyck were under his charge.
He marr. Alison Cockburn, who survived
him many years. — [Rey. Assiy., Wodroiv
Miscell.]
THOMAS NEIL SON, reader in
1576 1576.
ROBERT DOUGLAS, styled " perpetual
1580 vicar of Stobo," 1580.
ANDREW MURDO, mentioned as
15gl "min. and parson"; died June 1591.
(Edin. Com. Dec., 4th March 1591-2.)
ADAM HEPBURN, adm. 22nd June,
1592 and coll. 15th Aug. 1592 ; died Oct.
1602. He marr. Agnes Foulis, who
survived him, and left issue. — [Edin. and
Dalkeith Presb. and Test. Key. ; Rey.
Assiy. ~\
ARCHIBALD ROW, bapt. 23rd March
1571, seventh son of John R., the
Reformer, min. of Perth ; M.A. (Edin
burgh, 28th July 1596) ; ord. to Drumelzier
19th Oct. 1598; pres. by Dame Jean
Fleming, liferentrix of Thirlstane, with
consent of John, Earl of Cassillis, her
husband, John, Lord Thirlstane, her
son, and Sir Richard Cockburn of
Clerkington, Knight, his curator, llth and
13th Dec., and confirmed by James VI.
13th Dec. 1602 ; trans, and adm. 5th May
1603. He had a gift from His Majesty of
the chaplainry of the Lady Altar in the
parish kirk of Stobo 31st May 1605 ;
died after 31st Jan. 1618. Agnes Fail-full
is said to be his widow, but Alison
Cockburn, sister of James C., portioner of
Cloverhill, and bailie of Skirling (Rey. of
Deeds, cccclxi., 472), is mentioned as " relict
of A. R., min. of Stobo," 1636 (Prot. Book
of A. Guthrie, 7th Feb. 1645). He had
issue — James, min. of Muthil ; Margaret
(marr. Matthew Brisbane, writer in Edin
burgh : Reg. of Deeds, cccclxi., 472) ; John
(Rey. of Deeds, dxxvi., 270) ; Archibald,
apprenticed to William Adair, cordwainer,
Edinburgh, 27th Sept. 1620 ; Samuel, min.
of Sprouston. — [Rey. Assiy. ; Calderwood's
Hist., v.]
THOMAS HOG, eldest son of Patrick
H., min. of Fetlar ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1603) ; Master of
the Grammar School, Leith ; adm. min. of
Second Charge, South Leith, 1616 ; pres.
by John, Earl of Lauderdale (Rey. of Deeds,
di., 287) ; trans, and inst. 26th Feb. 1619 ;
still min. 8th Aug. 1639, and died probably
in the end of that year. He marr. Janet
Gilchrist (Rey. of Deeds, ccccxlii., 160), and
had issue — John, min. of West Linton ;
Thomas, min. of Larbert and Dunipace ;
James. — [,S'. Leith. Sess. Rey., Carta Johne-
ston, Sulval. Book of Teinds ; Rey. Old
Dec., iii. ; Mun. Univ. G'lasg., ii., iii.]
PATRICK FLEMING, M.A. (Glasgow
1640 1G33); Pres< 1)y Jolin' Karl of Wig"
town, and inst. 2nd Oct. 1640; a
member of Commissions of Assembly 1646,
1648, 1649 ; one of those who countenanced
the admission of John Hay as min. of
Manor 1661 ; suspended by the Synod 31st
Oct. 1667; "indulged''1 in 1681; died 12th
Feb. 1682, aged about 69. He marr. Marion
Forrester, and had issue— Marion (marr.
Robert Hunter, in Stanhope : Edin. Com.
Deeds, 24th Dec. 1685). — [J/»», Univ.
Glasg., iii. ; Wodrow's Hist., i. ; Rey. Old
Dec., ii. ; Acts of Ass.]
WILLIAM BOLLO, a native of Biggar,
M.A. (Edinburgh, 19th July 1600);
ord. to Dawyck 1665; trans, and
adm. 1682. Deprived by the Privy Council,
3rd Sept. 1689, for not reading the Proclama
tion of the Estates, and not praying for their
Majesties William and Mary, but for King
James. He had been imposed on the
parishioners by the Bishop, and at his
admission was obliged to seek entrance by
the window. He died in Edinburgh, 3rd
Aug. 1702, in 62nd year. He marr. (1)
27th Aug. 1668, Christian Williamson,
Peebles : (2) Elizabeth Lowis, and had
issue— Elizabeth, born 28th Jan. 1684;
Marie. — [Test, and Edin. Reg. (Jhtr.) ;
Wodrow's Corresi^., i. ; Peterkin's Con-
stitut. of the Church; MS. Ace. of Jfin.,
1689 ; Acts Parl., xi. ; Rule's Sec. Vindica
tion; Morrison's Dec., xvii. ; Sage's Works.}
PEEBLES]
STOBO
291
WILLIAM RUSSELL (primus), son of
less WiUiam Russell of Kingseat, called
Oct. 1687 ; ord. (at Happrew) by a
committee of Synod 22nd March 1688 ; was
a member of Assemblies 1690, 1692 ; died
Aug. 1699. He marr. 27th June 1671,
Catherine, daugh. of George Brown of
Scotstoun.— [Newlands Sess. Reg.; Rule's
Sec. Vindication, Pennecuik's Works ; Reg.
Gen. Ass. and Old Dec., ii. ; Peterkin's
Constitut. of the ChurchJ]
WILLIAM RUSSELL (secundus), of
17ol Kingseat, nephew of preceding, eldest
son of James R. of Kingseat; ord.
to Coulter 1692; trans, to Morham 1693;
dep. 1697 for contumacy in refusing to
supply "the North"; reponed 1699 ; called
25th Sept. 1700 ; adm. 29th April 1701 ;
died 13th March 1733. He marr. (1)
Helen, sister and co-heiress of John
Hamilton of Preston, and had issue —
Eleazer, died s.p. ; William of Kingseat ;
Helen ; Margaret ; Grisell (marr. Oswald of
Spittal) ; James ; John : (2) (pro. 15th Nov.
1730) Margaret Bowden, widow of Capt.
John Baillie, and of Samuel M'Clellan,
merchant, Edinburgh: (3) 23rd Jan. 1733,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Capt. John Skene of
Hallyards (Edin. Mar. Re<j.). — [Prestonp.
Sess. and Test. Keg.; Inq. Ret. llad-
dinyt., 386 ; Pennecuik's Works, Chambers's
Peeblesshire.]
JOHN BAIRD, licen. by Presb. of
1734 Biggar 25th Jan. 1733; pres. by
John, Earl of Wigtown, 12th Sept.
following; called 5th Dec., and ord.
21st March 1734; died Father of the
Church, 4th April 1795, in 86th year. He
marr. 26th Feb. 1750, Janet (died 20th
Aug. 1751), daugh. of William Kelso of
Dankeith, and had issue — Janet, born 16th
Aug. 1751, died 15th Sept. 1757.
ALEXANDER KER, a native of Peebles,
178? nephew of preceding, tutor in the
family of Lord Chief Baron Mont
gomery, at Stobo Castle; licen. by Presb.
of Peebles 24th April 1782 ; called 21st
Sept., and ord. (assistant and successor) 9th
Nov. 1787 ; died 30th March 1842, in 85th
year. He marr. 15th Feb. 1788, Katherine
(died 29th April 1812, aged 57), daugh. of
James Williamson of Cardrona, and had
issue— Isabella, born 31st Jan. 1789 (marr.
1818, James Ker, Judge of the Court of
King's Bench, Quebec), died at Quebec
7th Feb. 1821; Joanna Baird, born 21st
July 1791, died 21st Dec. 1814 ; Alexander,
probationer, born 10th Oct. 1792, died 7th
Feb. 1821 ; Captain James, who assumed
the name of Williamson on succeeding to
Cardrona, born 3rd Oct. 1793, died 15th
Aug. 1847; Walter Charles, born 16th
Feb. 1795, died 10th May 1795; Elizabeth,
born 12th May 1796 (marr. 9th Nov. 1818,
Charles Balfour Scott, W.S., third son
of Charles Scott of Woll), died 1870;
Thomas, W.S., born 23rd Sept. 1798, died
at Pau, France, 18th June 1832 (buried at
Stobo, 25th Sept. 1832). Publications-
Accounts of the Parish (Sinclair's Ace., iii.,
and New Stat. Ace., iii.).— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER EDGAR, probably of the
1837 Wedderlie family, licen. by Presb.
of Lauder 7th Feb. 1826 ; pres. by
Sir James Montgomery of Stobo, Bart.,
6th Sept., called 9th Oct., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 17th Nov. 1847;
died 21st May 1850, in 56th year. He
marr. 16th July 1840, Christina, sister of
Alexander William Kinglake, the historian,
daugh. of William Kinglake, banker,
Taunton, who marr. again 20th March
1862.— [Tombst.]
JAMES LARGIE BLAKE, M.A. ; pres.
by Sir G. Graham Montgomery, Bart.,
19th July 1850; called 5th Sept.;
ord. 19th Sept. 1850 ; trans, to Langton 10th
Oct. 1867.
1868
JOHN ROBERT ROBERTSON, born
28th Jan. 1842, elder son of Robert
John R,, min. of Forteviot ; edu
cated at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb.
of Perth 7th Nov. 1866 ; assistant at East
wood ; pres. by Sir G. Graham Mont-
;omery, Bart., 20th Nov. 1867 ; called 26th
Dec. 1867; ord. 16th Jan. 1868; died
26th March 1871. He was a brother of
Lord Robertson of Forteviot, a Lord
of Appeal in Ordinary.
292
STOBO— TRAQUA IR
[PRESB. OF
JOHN LIVINGSTON BOOTH, born
1st Nov. 1845, son of Patrick B.,
min. of Innerleithen ; educated at
Innerleithen, Edinburgh Academy and
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 30th
Dec. 1868 ; assistant at Spott, and Tron,
Edinburgh ; pres. by Sir G. Graham Mont
gomery, Bart., 1st May 1871 ; called 15th
June 1871 ; ord. llth Aug. 1871 ; died 13th
May 1891. He marr. 6th Oct. 1875, Julia
Ritchie, Stroud, and had issue — Norah
Janet, born 4th Nov. 1876 ; Alfred Patrick,
born 3rd April 1878, died 4th Sept. 1878 ;
Julian Livingston, born 14th July 1880.
JOHN [RODGERS] CRUICKSHANK,
born Dyce, 29th Aug. 1861, son of
Alexander 0. and Margaret Rodgers ;
educated at Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A. (1883),
B.D. (1885); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun
May 1885 ; assistant at Ellon 1886 ; Arbroath
1887 ; ord. 28th Sept. 1891 ; clerk of the
Presb. 1909.
DAWYCK.
[Formerly a chapelry of Stobo. Annexed
by the Court of Teinds, 17th Nov. 1742, to
the parishes of Stobo and Drumelzier.]
JOHN FAIRFOUL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1598 30th July 1597); adm. 1598 ; said to
have been trans, to Balmaghie in
1601, though there is no mention of that
in the Record. He marr. Margaret Scott,
and had issue — John. — [Reg. Assig. 1
RICHARD POWRIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1608 1603); mentioned as min. in 1608;
dep. and excommunicated, 7th Dec.
1649, "for solemnizing the marr. of John,
Lord Lin ton, afterwards second Earl of
Traquair, and the excommunicated papist,
Lady Henrietta Seton." He was released
from the sentence of excommunication on
7th April thereafter. He marr. (name un
known), and had issue— William, appren
ticed to James Wilson, W.S., W33.—[Act.
Rect. Univ. tit And., Key. Assig., tiubval.
Hook of Teinds ; Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ;
Chambers'^ Ann., ii.]
DAVID THOMSON, M.A. ; ord. 4th
1656 Dec. 1656 ; one of those who
countenanced the admission of John
Hay to Manor 1661 ; hist. 6th April, and
trans, to Manor 1663.— [New Gen. Keg.
tiasines, xiii. ; Act. Rect. Univ. tit And.,
Wodrow's Hist.]
WILLIAM BOLLO, M.A. ; ord. by Alex-
1665 ander, Archbishop of Glasgow ; adm.
and inst. 8th May 1665 ; trans, to
Stobo 1682.
GEORGE SMYTH, M.A, .son of James
1684 S., min. of Eddleston ; got a bursary
from Presb. of Glasgow in 1678;
coll. and inst. 3rd. Feb. 1684; died before
9th Dec. 1719. He marr. Agnes, daugh. of
Robert Smith, min. of Manor. —
Fresh. Key.; Mti. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT BROUNE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1729 1G")> or(l- to Golvend 1692; trans,
to Roxburgh 1702; charged with
disloyalty to the Government, he was dep.
in 1717 (vide Roxburgh); he resided at
Cessford for some years ; was called to this
charge 3rd July, and adm. 27th Aug. 1729 ;
died unmarr. 22nd Feb. 1742.
TRAQUAIR, FORMERLY
KIRK BRIDE.
[The church, dedicated to St Bride, was
a mensal church of Glasgow.]
JOSEPH TENNANT, of Listonshiells,
1599 M.A. (Edinburgh, 10th Aug. 1595).
In 1598 the Presb. gave him license
to " teach at the Kirk of Traquair " ; called
llth June 1599, and was still min. in 1602,
after which his name disappears from the
Register. — [Reg. Assig.']
GAVIN MAKCALL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
16Q3 28th July 1596) ; min. of the Second
Charge, Peebles, 1600; trans, and
adm. 5th Sept. 1603; died Feb. 1639, aged
about 63. He left 1500 merks to the poor
of the parish. He marr. Anna Murray,
who survived him. — [Test. Reg., Reg.
Assig. ; Sinclair's titat. Ace., xii. ; Mun.
Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Calderwood's Hist., v.]
PEEBLES]
TRAQUAIR
293
NINIAN DOUGLAS, adm. (at Peebles)
164Q 17th Dec. 1640; dep. 6th Nov. 1644,
for falsifying and vitiating a bond,
etc. ; reponed 4th Nov. 1647. He marr.
Margaret Reid, who died 31st Oct. 1663.—
[Canongate Reg. (Bur.).]
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 1631) ; Keen, by Presb.
of Dalkeith llth Nov. 1641; called
July 1645; orcl. 22nd Jan. 1646; com
manded to preach before the King at
Edinburgh, 28th March 1646 ; died between
20th June and llth July 1661, aged about
50. He rnarr. Geills Miller, and had issue
— Thomas, who died in 1710. — [Act. Red.
Univ. St And., Edin. Reg. (Jhtr.).]
JOHN CAIIMICHAEL, born 1632, son
1662 °^ Frederick C., min. of Markinch ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 20th July 1650);
bursar of the Presb. of Kirkcaldy 4th Dec.
1650 ; ord. 24th May 1661 min. of Thursbie,
Cumberland ; pres, by Charles II. 13th
July 1661 ; inst. and adm. 7th Aug. 1662 ;
deprived 18th Oct. 1665, for declining Epis
copacy, when he joined the Presbyterians,
had his share of suffering, and died at
Pitteadie, in Fife, about 1668. He marr.
Eupham Carmichael, who survived him,
and had issue • — Frederick ; Eupham. —
[Act. Rect. Univ. St. And., Kirkton's and
Wodrow's Hists. ; Jedburgh Presb., Kirk
caldy Sess., and Test. Regs. ; Lament's
Diary.]
JOHN CLELAND, licen. by George,
1666 Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd Jan. 1662 ;
min. of Middlebie in 1663 ; pres. by
Alexander, Archbishop of Glasgow ; trans,
and coll. 8th March, and inst. 9th April
1666 ; died between 14th Feb. and 8th May
1672, leaving a widow, Margaret Bell (alive
in 1689), for whom a collection was recom
mended, 2nd March 1681 ; [his widow is
called Magdalen Livingston in Charity
Rolls, 1682]. — [Stirling Presb. and Penicuik
and Torphichen Sess. Regs.]
JAMES FINDLAY, M.A. ; trans, from
1672 Glasford ; pres. by Robert Leighton,
Archbishop of Glasgow, and inst. 3rd
Oct. ; trans, to Eddleston 28th May 1674.
GEORGE FORBES, son of John F. of
1674 Pitnascadel ; M.A. (Marischal Col
lege, Aberdeen, 1660) ; min. of Port-
patrick in 1664; of Innerleithen 1666;
trans, and inst. 15th June 1674 ; dep. 7th
Oct. 1690, for drunkenness, negligence, etc.,
which was ratified by the General Assembly
17th April 1694.— [Selkirk Presb. and Edin.
Reg. (Marr.); MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Lumsden's House of Forbes ; Reg. Old Dec.,
ii. ; Acts of Ass.]
ROBERT TAIT, M.A. ; declared legal
min. by the General Assembly 17th
April 1694; one of forty-four mins.
appointed to go North by the Assembly
3rd Jan. 1696, when he received a call from
Cullen 29th July 1696, and was trans. 7th
April l6Ql.—[Acts of Ass.]
ALEXANDER COOPER, M.A. (Eclin-
burgh, 18th July 1692); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1st April 1697 ;
called 13th Sept. 1698; ord. 10th May
1699 ; died llth Aug. 1754. He marr. 4th
Nov. 1708, Margaret Mitchellhill. Publica
tion — An Essay upon the Chronology of the
World (Edinburgh, 1722).
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, licen. by
Presb- of Bisgar 17tn Ju]y 17°7;
called 31st Aug. 1710 ; ord. (assist
ant and successor) 20th Feb. 1711. Getting
into debt, he was called before the Presbytery
9th Sept. 1729, and stated " That he had lost
by a brother 2500 merks ; from his simpli
city and easiness of temper by another, £560 ;
by furniture for his house, loss of horses,
law plea, and necessary charges for his first
wife, £1000 ; by courting during his widow
hood near eight years, considering the
different persons I was in quest of, and the
distance of place, £1000 ; frequent going
back and forward to Edinburgh and Dal
keith, of old and of late, in quest of money
to borrow for satisfaction of those threaten
ing diligence, 500 merks ; all which being
considered, my debt will not amount to
1000 merks." He dem. 31st May 1738;
died in Edinburgh 15th April 1753. He
marr. (1) (name unknown) : (2) (cont. 24th
TRAQUAIR
[PRESB. OF
Jan. 1729) Barbara, daugh. of James Allan,
and had issue — Agnes (marr. 1696, Charles
Johnston, schoolmaster at Ormiston : Edin.
Com. Rec. Deeds, 27th Aug. 17 W).— [Edin.
Reg. (Bur.).]
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, ord. (assist-
ant an<^ successor) 12th Sept. 1738 ;
trans, to Smailholm 24th Nov. 1743.
1738
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, liccn. by
1744 Pi'esb. of Peebles 23rd April 1740;
called 18th April, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 9th May 1744 ; died 20th
July 1759, in 51st year. He marr. 27th
March 1747, Helen Ramage, who died 19th
May 1767.
ALEXANDER ADAMS, Keen, by Presb.
1760 °^ Edinburgh 24th April 1754 ; assist
ant at Peebles ; pres. by George III.
19th Nov. 1759 ; called 24th Jan., and ord.
24th April 1760 ; died 10th Jan. 1789, in his
57th year. He marr. 31st Oct. 1760, Janet
(died 7th Dec. 1799), daugh. of Adam Doak
of Monkton. — [Ayr Sess. Reg., Tombst. ;
New Stat. Ace., iii.]
JOHN WALKER, licen. by Presb. of
78g Linlithgow 26th March 1783 ; pres.
by George III. 7th April, and ord.
10th Sept. 1789; died 26th March 1802.
He marr. 19th March 1793, Jean (born 1743,
died 1818), daugh. of James Williamson of
Cardrona, and had issue — William, born
26th April 1794, died 1830. Publica
tions — Accounts of Traquair, and of Inner-
leithen (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii., xix.).
JAMES NICOL, born Innerleithen, 28th
1802 Sept;- 1769, son of Michael N. ; bred
a shoemaker ; educated at the parish
school and Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in
the families of Borthwick of Crookston, and
Farquharson of Finzean ; licen. by Presb.
of Peebles 25th March 1801 ; assistant to
preceding incumbent ; pres. by George III.
15th May, called 2nd Sept., and ord. 4th
Nov. 1802. In 1808 he founded the first
friendly society at Innerleithen. Having
adopted views inconsistent with the
doctrines of the Church of Scotland, he
contemplated resigning his charge, but died
5th Nov. 1819. He was an accomplished
scholar, and had few equals as a Biblical
critic. He marr. 25th Nov. 1802, Agnes
Walker (sister of his predecessor), who died
at Innerleithen, 19th March 1845, and had
issue — James, born 16th Nov. 1803, died
18th Nov. 1809; Marion Hope, born 16th
Dec. 1804, died 1859; Agnes, born 27th
Aug. 1806, died 1829; Marjory, born llth
April 1808, died llth Dec. 1828; James,
Professor of Civil and Natural History in
the University of Aberdeen, born 7th Aug.
1810, died 8th April 1879 ; William, born
31stMay 1813. Publications — Poems, chiefiy
in the Scottish Dialect, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1805) ; An Essay on the Nature and
Design of Scripture Sacrifices (London,
1823) ; Articles in Edinburgh Encyclo-
2~>cedia, signed N., J. N. — [Lit. and
Stat. Mag., iv. ; New Stat. Ace., iii. ;
Chambers'^ Pe ellesshire ; Rogers' Scott.
Minstrel, Veitch's Hist, and Poetry of
the Scottish Border, Diet. Nat.
JAMES CAMPBELL, born Carsphairn,
182Q 16th July 1789, son of William C.
and Agnes Rigg ; studied at the
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 7th May 1817 ; tutor in
the family of Robert Nutter Campbell of
Kailzie ; pres. by George, Prince Regent,
7th Jan., and ord. 21st Sept. 1820; died
29th April 1861. He marr. 26th Oct. 1820,
Mary (died 4th Sept. 1860), daugh. of
Matthew Combe, brewer, Leith, and had
issue— Julia Stewart, born 14th Feb. 1822,
died llth Nov. 1823; William, born 3rd
March 1824, died in Australia 1900 ; Anne
Bruce, born 8th Dec. 1825, died 25th Nov.
1836 ; George, min. of Eastwood ; James,
born 5th June 1829, died at Richmond,
Australia, 21st April 1892 ; Agnes Mary,
born 12th Sept. 1833 (marr. Jardine
Wallace, her father's successor) ; Jane,
born 25th Feb. 1836, died 16th May 1871.
Publications — Review of the Kingdom of
Heaven, a sermon (1830) ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace., iii.)
JARDINE WALLACE, born 19th Jan.
1834, son of Robert W., D.D., min.
of St Michael's, Dumfries ; educated
at Dumfries Academy, Glasgow and Edin-
PEEBLES]
TRAQUAIR— TWEEDSMUIR
295
burgh Univs. ; B.A. (Glasgow 1853) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dumfries 1856 ; assistant at
Middlebie and Traquair ; pres. by Queen
Victoria 16th Feb. 1859 ; called 23rd March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 28th April
1859 ; died 27th Nov. 1910; Father of the
Presbytery. He marr. 15th Aug. 1861,
Agnes Mary (daugh. of his predecessor), who
died llth Nov. 1881, and had issue — Robert
Wilfred, min. of St Leonard's, St Andrews,
born 24th Nov. 1862 ; Jardine, merchant,
Now York, born 20th June 1865; Mary
Elizabeth, born 8th Feb. 1867 (marr.
William Stobie, solicitor, Innerleithen) ;
Ida Stuart, born 10th Nov. 1868 (marr.
John Muir, farmer) ; James Campbell,
farmer, Argentine Republic, born 4th Aug.
1871 ; Charles Stuart, min. of Kirkma-
breck, born 2nd April 1875. Publications
— Christendom : Its Unity and Diversity,
a Synod sermon, 1870 (2nd edition, 1907);
ed. Poetical Works of Thomas Aird, with
a Biography (Edinburgh, 1878); Farewell
Address to the Parishioners of Traquair
(1908).
1908
JOHN MAIN, born Nairn, 25th Sept.
1876, son of James Howie M. and
Catherine M'Intosh ; educated at
Nairn Academy and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st May 1907;
assistant at Traquair ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 19th Nov. 1908. Marr. 28th
July 1910, Elizabeth Kidd, daugh. of James
Campbell and Mary Grier, Prestonpans.
TWEEDSMUIR.
[Originally Upper Drumelzier. Dis
joined in 1643 ; the first church built 1648,
and the present edifice 1874. A chapel
dedicated to St Cuthbert existed here
before the Reformation.]
ALEXANDER TROTTER, ord. to
1644 Bara, Haddington,i 1628; entered
on his duties here 7th Jan. 1644 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Wigtown, in Dec.
1647; adm. 10th Aug. 1648; died 24th
June 1661, in his 63rd year. He "was very
careful and diligent to establish good order
and church discipline." He marr. a daugh.
of David Ogill, min. of Bara, and had
issue — Thomas. — \_Haddingt. Presb., Peter-
kin's Records.]
ROBERT SCOTT, M.A. (St Andrews
1662 1632) > adm- to Eddleston 24th Sept-
1640; dep. 5th May 1659; reponed
4th Dec. 1660; pres. by John, Earl of
Wigtown, 30th Sept. 1661 ; his admission
was appointed for 3rd Jan. 1662, but a
change having taken place in Church
government, it was delayed ; he was again
pres. 2nd May, coll. 22nd June (Beg. of
Deeds, Durie, 21st Nov. 1672), and adm.
and inst. 17th July 1662; died Oct.
1674, aged about 62. He marr. (name
unknown), and had issue — Francis, his
successor. — [Reg. Old Dec., ii. ; Connell on
Tithes.]
FRANCIS SCOTT, son of preceding;
1675 studied at the Univ. of Glasgow,
Avhere he held a bursary from the
Presb. in 1663 ; pres. by William, Earl of
Wigtown, 16th Feb. (Reg. of Deeds, Durie,
27th July 1676), ord. and coll. (at Edin
burgh) by Robert Leighton, Archbishop of
Glasgow, 29th July ; adm. and inst. 15th
Aug. 1675. There was no sermon, 3rd Oct.
1680, " the min. hardlie daring stay sermon
for murderers, or robbers, falling upon him,
as of other min. in the Presb. ;' ; " outed "
after 9th May 1688. He marr. (1) Feb.
1677, Barbara Dalmahoy, of the Canongate,
Edinburgh, who died in childbirth, 19th
Sept. 1680: (2) 14th March 1683, Mary
Balfour, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Catherine (marr. 5th June 1742, James
Chalmers, Professor of Chemistry, Maris-
chal College, Aberdeen) ; Rachel (marr.
13th April 1718, John Jack, slater, Edin
burgh); Margaret (G. R. Inhib., 21st July
1709). — [Ganong. and Edin. Reg. (Marr.)'
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Wodrow's Hist]
JAMES THOMSON, called in 1687;
1688 Orc^ ^at fcke Crook, the meeting-place
of the Presbyterians) 5th Sept. 1688 ;
trans, to Peebles 25th Nov. 1696.
WILLIAM HIGGINS [HEGAN,
16gg HEGANS], merchant, and one of
the bailies of Linlithgow ; sat for six
sessions (1689-1700) as Member of Parlia-
296
TWEEDSMUIR
[PRESB. OF
ment for the burgh of Linlithgow, and
frequently represented the same burgh in
the General Assembly. He was on the
committee for settling the Church govern
ment. He took license from Presb. of
Linlithgow 27th Jan. 1697 ; was called
between 27th July and 10th Aug., and
ord. 15th Dec. 1098; dem. his seat in
Parliament 24th May 1700. He died May
1718, having marr. Isabel, probably daugh.
of Treasurer Robert Andrew, Linlithgow,
and had issue — Christian. — [Text. Rc<j.,
Pennecuik's Works; Act* Parl., ix., x. ;
Wif/ht on Elections, Linlithyow Council
Records.']
JAMES WELSH, born at Over-Menzion
1671, a native of the parish ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (16th
April 1700); licen. by Presb. of Peebles
22nd Oct. 1707 ; assistant to previous min. ;
called 28th Dec. 1720 ; ord. 9th May 1721 ;
died unmarr. 17th April 1755.
1721
1732
CHRISTOPHER CAIRNS, born Little
Jerah> Logie, Stirlingshire, 1703, son
of Robert C. and Catherine Hender
son ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (17th April 1723); licen. by Presb. of
Peebles 10th July 1728; pres. by John,
Earl of Wigtown, 20th Dec. 1731 ; called
IGth Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor)
1st Aug. 1732; died 6th Jan. 1761. He
marr. 8th Nov. 1732, Margaret (died 12th
Sept. 1779), daugh. of Thomas Simson,
min. of Broughton.
THOMAS MUSCHET, born 1714, a
native of Stirlingshire ; schoolmaster
of Inverkip ; a Gaelic-speaker ; licen.
by Presb. of Peebles 18th June 1746 ;
assistant at Newlands ; ord. 26th Aug.
1752 missionary at Strontian ; afterwards
min. of the Presbyterian congregations at
Keighley, and at Thornton, Yorkshire ; pres.
by William, Earl of March and Ruglen, 1st
July, and aclm. 22nd Oct. 1761 ; died 16th
Feb. 1793. He marr. 4th July 1757, Joan
Douglas (said to be related to the March
family), who died 29th May 1788, aged 65.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin
clair's Stat. Ace., viii.).— [Tcmlst. ; Neiv
Stat. Ace., iii.]
JAMES GARDNER, licen. by Presb. of
1793 Edinburgh 26th Aug. 1789 ; assistant
to preceding ; pres. by William, Duke
of Queensberry, 31st May, and ord. 22nd
Aug. 1793; died 14th Aug. 1830, in 71st
year. He marr. 24th Nov. 1795, Jean
(died at Edinburgh, 16th Aug. 1844),
daugh. of Thomas Gray, min. of Brough
ton, and had issue— Andrew, born 25th
Aug. 1796 ; Thomas, born 28th Sept.,
died 16th Dec. 1798 ; Thomas, born 22nd
Oct. 1799. died 3rd Oct. 1800 ; James,
merchant, Edinburgh, born 28th May 1801,
died 1876; George, born 18th Feb. 1803;
John, born 2nd Nov. 1804, died 15th Aug.
1808 ; Robert, farmer, Traquair, born 26th
Oct. 1806, died 20th Jan. 1892 ; Alexander,
born 24th May 1808 ; Helen, born 2nd Feb.
1810; Janet, born 24th Dec. 1811; John,
min. of Livingston ; Ebenczer, born llth
May 1815 ; Anne Mary, born 12th Nov.
1818. Publications— Account of the Parish
(Lit. and Stat. May., ii.) ; Articles on Agri
culture and Stock-Raising (Trans. High
land Soc.). — \Toml >st. ; New Stat. Ace., iii. ;
private information.]
[JAMES STRUTHERS, D.D., min. of
the Scots Church, Georgetown, Demerara ;
was pres. by the Principal and Professors of
St Mary's College, St Andrews, 26th Jan.
1831. He accepted 23rd March, and a call
was unanimously signed, but at a later date
he withdrew in favour of his brother-in-
law.]
GEORGE BURNS, born 12th Oct. 1790,
1831 y°unSest son °f J°nn B., surveyor of
Customs at Borrowstounness, factor
to the Duke of Hamilton, and Grizel,
daugh. of John Ferrier, writer, Linlithgow ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 28th July 1812 ;
ord. by Presb. of Aberdeen, 19th Feb. 1816,
first min. of the Presbyterian congregation,
St John's, New Brunswick; D.D. (St
Andrews, 1st Feb. 1817); pres. by the
Principal and Professors of St Mary's
College, St Andrews, 13th May, and adm.
3rd Nov. 1831. Joined the Free Church ;
adm. to Corstorphine Free Church in 1844 ;
died at Edinburgh, 5th Feb. 1876. He
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marr. 6th Aug. 1827, Esther Crawford
White (died 25th March 1870), daugh. of
James Struthers, min. of College Street
Relief Church, Edinburgh, and had issue
—Jane Briggs, born 10th Aug. 1828 (marr.
26th Nov. 1850, Gilbert Johnstons, min.
of Shettleston), died 27th June 1911 ;
Esther Struthers, born llth May 1830
(marr. 25th Jan. 1872, Robert Dalrymple
Guthrie), died 25th Nov. 1894; George
Ferrier, born 5th Aug. 1833, died at
Toronto, 27th Nov. 1911; Robert Briggs,
born 18th March, died 5th May 1835;
James John, born 24th Oct. 1836 ; Milliken
Pryor, born 12th July, died 21st Oct.
1839. Publications — Essay on Infant
Baptism (Edinburgh, 1810); A Disserta
tion on the Subjects and Mode of Baptism ;
A View of the Principles and Forms of
the Church of Scotland ; Episcopalian Con
troversy ivith J. Milne, M.A., Rector of
Fredericton, N.B. ; Ecclesiastical Polity in
British Colonies ; Lectures and Sermons,
delivered in the Scots Church of St John
(St John, N.B., 1820) ; Prayers adapted for
Public Worship, etc. (St John, N.B., 1829) ;
A National Church a National Treasure, a
Synod sermon (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Prayers
for the Closet and Family (Edinburgh,
1862) ; A Parting Memorial of a Lengthened
Ministry (Edinburgh, 1874); The * Happi
ness of Holiness, or, The Cheerfulness of
a Christian Life (Edinburgh, 1875);
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., iii.).
—[Tomlst. ; Kay's Portr., ii. ; Scotsman
(8th Feb. 1876), Family Papers.}
ARCHIBALD TOD, born Nether Hors-
1843 kurgh, Peebles, 1775, son of Walter
T. ; educated at Peebles and at St
Andrews Univ. ; Keen, by Presb. of Peebles ;
assistant at Crail and St Andrews ; pros, by
the Principal and Professors of St Mary's
College, St Andrews, 7th July 1843, called
18th Aug.; ord. 14th Sept. 1843; died
unmarr. 28th March 1860.
JOHN DICK, born 25th Jan. 1821, son
i860 of ^olm ^)<3 m^n< °* Rutherglen ; edu
cated at Glasgow and St Andrews
Univs. ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews;
assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow, and
Rosneath ; ord. 1st Dec. 1858, chaplain to
the Forces at Dublin ; pres. by the
Principal and Professors of St Mary's
College 15th Aug. 1860; called 13th Sept.,
adm. 27th Sept. 1860; died 30th May
1901. He marr. (1) 22nd Jan. 1850, Mary
(died 27th March 1862), youngest daugh.
of Henry Littledale, Glasgow, and had
issue— John Crawford, min. of Eskdale-
muir, born 7th Nov. 1850 ; Eleanora Little-
dale, born 26th Dec. 1851 (marr. llth July
1871, Thomas Tweedie-Stodart of Oliver) ;
Henry Littledale, min. of Wiston, born 5th
Aug. 1853 ; Jessie Crawford, born 2nd Sept.
1855 (marr. 23rd Aug. 1883, Patrick Booth,
Scottish secretary of the McAll Mission,
Paris); Mary Gibson, born 22nd April 1859
(marr. 29th Dec. 1892, Herbert Edward
Lockhart, solicitor); Charlotte Crawford,
born 9th March 1862 (marr. llth July 1889,
Captain William Lionel Stretton) : (2) 12th
May 1864, Celia Brodie Mackie, who died
at Edinburgh, 6th Aug. 1906.
1894
WILLIAM SHILLINGLAW CROC
KETT, born Earlston, Berwickshire,
24th June 1866, son of William C.
and Margaret Wood ; educated at Earlston
Parish School and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th May 1893;
assistant at St John's, Edinburgh, and First
Charge, Haddington ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 31st July 1894; Moderator
of Synod 1910. Marr. 23rd Oct. 1894,
Mary, daugh. of James Davidson Ross
and Mary Gumming. Publications— Min
strelsy of the Merse (Paisley, 1893); A
Berwickshire Bard (Paisley, 1897) ; Memoir
of Henry Scott Riddell (Hawick, 1898);
In Praise of Tweed (Selkirk, 1899) ; Biggar :
Historical, Traditional, Descriptive (Biggar,
1900); The Scott Country (London, 1902),
4th edit., 1912; Sir Walter Scott (London,
1903); Robert Burns (London, 1904); The
English and Scottish Border (London,
1905); Abbotsford (London, 1905); In the
Border Country (London, 1906) ; Footsteps
of Scott (Edinburgh, 1908, 2nd ed. 1911);
The Scott Originals (Edinburgh, 1912, 2nd
ed. 1913); Abbotsford, "Beautiful Britain"
Series (London, 1912); Our Parishes for
Christ, a Synod sermon (1910); editor of
298
WALKERBURN— WEST LINTON
[PEESB. OF
the Presbytery of Peebles Magazine; con
vener of the General Assembly's Committee
on Fasti Ecclesice Scoticance, and general
editor of the present work (1914).
WALKERBURN (Q.S.).
[From 18G8 services were conducted
by probationers — John Crawford, George
Christie, and James M'Intyre. In 187G
Walkerburn became a chapel-of-ease, and
on 2nd July 1883 it was erected into a
parish quoad sacra by decreet of the Court
of Teinds. Disjoined from the parishes of
Innerleithen and Traquair.]
1876
WILLIAM IRELAND GORDON, ord.
19th Oct. 1876; trans, to Tongland
24th March 1881.
JAMES SMITH GOLDIE, born 17th
1881 ^ek- 1^4, son of William G., min. of
Crawfordjohn ; educated at Skirling,
Robertson's Academy, Preston Street,
Edinburgh, and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A.
(1873) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1876 ; assistant at Kirkpatrick-Juxta, Dal-
beattie, and AVest St Giles, Edinburgh ;
ord. 22nd July 1881 ; clerk of Presb. 1897 ;
died (on the roadway in the act of visiting
his parishioners) 3rd Feb. 1908.
1908
DONALD MACGREGOR GRANT,born
Claggersnich, Cromdale, 17th Jan.
1879, son of William Stewart G. and
Elsie Robertson ; educated at Grantown
Grammar School, Gordon's College, Aber
deen, Aberdeen Univ. (M.A. 1901, B.D.
1904), Heidelberg, Berlin, Tiibingen, and
Oxford ; licen. by Presb. of Abernethy 26th
Sept. 1905 ; assistant at St Bernard's, Edin
burgh ; ord. 24th July 1908.
WEST LINTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.]
1561 WALTER BALFOUR, styled vicar.
1563 ADAM COLQUHOUN, exhorter.
1576
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, removed
from Kirkurd, Kirkurd and New-
lands being also in the charge ;
continued in 1578, but returned to
Kirkurd in 1585.- — [Reg. Assig.]
DAVID NAIRNE, app. to be adm. after
158g 4th Nov. 1589 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 10th Nov. 1597. A
glebe of small extent having been designed
to him, a second and larger designation was
made. This was challenged by a heritor,
and brought before the Supreme Court.
The Lords, 25th May 1605, "ordained the
parties to agree upon a common metster
to measure the glebe rightly, that the min.
may possess conform thereto." N. further
charged the said heritor for fcal, fuel, and
divot, conform to the quantity and pro
portion of his glebe, to the hail kirk-land.
The Lords of same date "found that the
min. may get pasturage and fuel in any
commonty where the feuar has pasturage,
but not within the feuar's pasturage."
He died before 6th June 1622.— [Reg.
Assig., Edin. Presb. and Test. Reg.,
Lochlcven Pap. ; Calderwood's Hist., v. ;
Morrison's Digest and Dec., vi.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres. by
1622 James VI- lotn l)ec- 1622 ') trans, to
Westerkirk 1634, an exchange of
benefices having been arranged.
GEORGE JOHNSTONE, trans, from
1634 Westerkirk; pres. by Charles I.
15th Nov. 1634 ; trans, to Sanquhar
7th March 1639.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
JOHN HOG, M.A. ; ord. 5th Feb. 1640 ;
1640 trans- to t^ie Canongate, Edinburgh,
19th May 1646. — [£ Leith Reg.
(Bapt.).-\
ROBERT ELLIOT, M.A. (primm);
1647 trans> from Kilbucho; adm. llth
March 1647. He was a member of
the Commission of Assembly 1648, and
was one of those summoned before the
Privy Council for assisting in the admis
sion of the min. of Manor. Though
refusing to conform he was allowed to
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299
remain, and died in 1682. He marr.
Helen, daugh. of Andrew Makghie, min.
of Dirleton, and had issue — Robert, min. of
Broughton, joined with him in the Indul
gence ; Cornelius, apprenticed 28th Nov.
1649, to Walter GJadstaines, tailor, Edin
burgh. — [Acts of Ass. ; Wodrow's Hist., i.,
ii. ; Brown's Hut. of Indidg.~\
ROBERT ELLIOT, M.A. (secundm},
formerly of Broughton ; indulged
with preceding 3rd Sept. 1672 ; but
recalled for disobeying the order of the
Privy Council 30th Jan. 1684, required to
find caution, either not to preach, or to
remove from the kingdom. The kirk
vacant on 5th March 1684. He returned
in 1687. — [Wodrow's Hist., ii., iii. ; Brown's
Hist, of Indidg.'}
1684
WILLIAM HAY, probably son of John
^"' m*n> °^ -Pee^es !643 ; school
master of Dunf ermline ; schoolmaster
of South Leith 3rd Aug. 1682; produced
an order from the Archbishop, and was
inst. 7th Sept. 1684 ; deprived by the
Privy Council 25th Aug. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for their Majesties William
and Mary, but for King James, and drink
ing his health. The date of his death
cannot be traced. He marr. Helen Walker,
and had issue — William. — [S. Leith Sess.
Reg. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's
Constitut. of the Church, Pennecuik's
Works.]
ROBERT ELLIOT, M.A., above
leal_ mentioned ; returned in July 1687
to the meeting-house at Slipper-
field, but got possession of the parish
church 28th April 1689 ; being restored by
the Act of Parliament 25th April 1690 to
his former church at Broughton, he went
there ; was retrans. to this charge, but at
his urgent desire was removed to Kinglassie
5th Aug. 1691.— [Pennecuik's Works, Reg.
Gen. Ass., Peterkin's Constitut. of the Ch.~\
PATRICK EASON, M.A. (Glasgow
16gl 1659); called 21st Oct., and ord.
17th Dec. 1691 ; trans, to Wiston
14th Nov. 1694.
JAMES ANDERSON, ord. to Kirk-
1696 newt°n 1^91 ; called 25th March,
and trans, and adm. 2nd July 1696 ;
died between 12th and 19th March 1707.
DANIEL GILCHRIST, educated at the
1709 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 5th March 1707 ;
called 22nd Dec. 1708; ord. 12th April
1709; died 28th Aug. 1728. He marr.
15th July 1709, Agnes Hilton, Coltness.
THOMAS FINDLATER, born 1697,
1731 second son of Alexander F., one of
the mins. of Hamilton ; educated at
the Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (17th June
1714) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 30th
Oct. 1722; pres. by William, Earl of
March, 5th Feb. 1729; ord. 14th Jan.
1731. Delay in the settlement was
occasioned by the opposition of certain
parishioners, of whom some were carried
prisoners to Edinburgh for a riot at the
serving of the edict. Troops were quartered
in the parish to be in readiness if necessary
He died 8th June 1778. He marr. (1) 9th
April 1740, Barbara (died 28th Feb. 1747),
daugh. of John Sandilands, min. of
Dolphinton, and had issue — Alexander,
born 30th Dec. 1743, died 26th March
1756: (2) 2nd Aug. 1750, Jean (died llth
May 1802), daugh. of William Brown,
bookseller, Edinburgh, and had issue —
William, born 30th Sept. 1751, died 20th
Oct. 1751 ; Janet, born 10th Dec. 1752,
died 12th Dec. 1813 ; Charles, his successor.
— [Test. Reg., Wodrow's Anal., Fam. of
Broomhill '.]
CHARLES FINDLATER, M.A. ; called
31st Oct. 1776; ord. (assistant and
successor) 6th March 1777; trans,
to Newlands 24th June 1 790.— [Scots Mag.,
Iii. ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace., i., and New Stat.
Ace., iii.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, born 7th
17go Aug. 1764, youngest son of William
F., min. of Carstairs; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th Sept. 1787; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, 7th July,
WEST LINTON
[PRESB. OF PEEBLES
called 19th Aug., and ord. 23rd Sept.
1790; died 29th May 1830. He marr. 4th
Oct. 1TOG, Charlotte (died 13th Feb. 1825),
daugh. of John M'Caul, D.D., min. of the
Iron Parish, Glasgow, and had issue —
William, born 28th Nov. 1797, died 17th
Feb. 1811 ; John of Barns, W.S., born 3rd
March 1799, died llth Sept. 1882; Alex
ander M'Caul, his successor ; James, born
15th Nov. 1801, died 10th Jan. 1809;
Katherine Hunter, born 31st Jan. 1807,
died 22nd- June 1825.
ALEXANDER M'CAUL FORRESTER,
born 13th June 1800, third son of
J.o«3b '
preceding ; educated at the Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles
6th Oct. 1824 ; pres. by Francis, Earl of
Wemyss and March, 27th July 1836 ; ord.
20th Oct. 1836. He marr. 28th April 1846,
Janet (died 17th April 1892), daugh. of
llobert Cowan, surgeon, Glasgow. Publica
tion—Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace ,
iii.)
GEORGE MARJORIBANKS, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
26th Sept. 1867; trans, to Stcnton
8th April 1868.
GEORGE GIBSON GUXN, ord. (assist
ant and successor) 31st March 1869 ;
trans, to Edrom 15th Aug. 1872.
1877
SAMUEL M'LINTOCK, born Edin
burgh, 19th May 1850, son of Alex
ander M'L. and Elizabeth Pollock
Craig ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh llth May
1876 ; assistant at St Bernard's, Edin
burgh ; ord. (assistant and successor) 27th
Sept. 1877. Marr. 17th Aug. 1897,
Margaret Bryce, daugh. of George Gunn,
journalist, Edinburgh, and Margaret Bryce.
PRESBYTERY OF DALKEITH
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, April 1581. The Register consists
of twenty-five volumes, commencing 15th March 1581-2, and has been preserved, with
blanks, from 2nd April 1584 to 10th Oct. 1588, March to Sept. 1589, 16th July 1594 to 9th
Dec. 1611, 9th Jan. 1662 to 1st May 1673, and April 1688 to May 1692. The last
portion was in possession of the Presb. 3rd July 1750, but missing in Aug. 1817.]
BORTHWICK, FORMERLY
LOCHERWORTH.
[Endowed with prebends belonging to
the College Kirk of Crichton, at the in
stance of James VI., 4th April 1596, and
ratified by Parliament, llth July 1606.
The church was dedicated to St Mungo.]
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, adm. 1567;
trans, to Liberton about Lammas
567 1569.— [Reg. Min. ; Archieol. Scot., i. ;
New Stat. Acc.~\
JOHN GOLDEN", min. in 1586 ; pres. to
Newlands, which was refused, then
to Kinross.— [Key. Assiy., New Stat.
Ace.]
JAMES HUNTER, M.A.; adm. in
1593 : trans, to Skirling 1594.— [Key.
. . -,
Assiy.\
1595
ADAM COLT, called 4th Aug. and
adm. 30th Sept. 1595, and had a
glebe designed ; pres. by James VI.
llth May 1596 ; trans, to Inveresk 1597.—
[Edin. and Haddinyton Presb. Regs., Rey.
Assiy., Crawford's Univ., C alley. Ch. of
Mid-Lothian ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiii.]
JOHN MORAY, M.A. ; pres. to the
1598 Pai'sonaSe and vicarage, 15th Dec.
and 6th Jan. 1598 ; trans, to Second
Charge, South Leith, 1603. — [Douglas's
301
Peer, and Bar., Rey. Assiy., Test. Rey., New
Stat. Ace.]
1604
PATRICK TURNER, pres. by James
VI. 9th March 1604 ; trans, to Dal-
keith in 1629.— [Rey. Amy., Booke,
of the Kirk, Calderwood's Hist. ; Pitcairn's
Cr. Trials, iii. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
New Stat. Ace.]
JAMES PORTEOUS, younger, of Pole.
1__q born 1598; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (24th July 1619) ;
pres. 5th Feb., adm. 2nd, and inst. 15th
April 1629 ; died 7th Nov. 1651. He marr.
Christian Douglas (sister of George 1).,
Sheriff-clerk of Ayr), who survived him,
<i nd had issue — Margaret ; Christian. James
Borth \vick is mentioned as his son-in-law,
1652. — [Test. Rey., Tombst., New Stat.
/Ire.]
ARCHIBALD TURNER, elected by
1648 the Presb. from a leet by the Heritors
llth Nov. 1647; adm. (helper) 23rd
March 1648 ; trans, to North Berwick in
1649.— [Baillie's Lett., New Stat. Ace.]
JOHN WEIR, M.A. (Glasgow 1634);
ord. to Morton 1638 ; trans, to
Carluke 1640 ; trans, to South Leith
1647 ; called 28th March, trans, and adm.
22nd April, and inst. in May 1652 ; died
May 1657, aged about 43. He marr. (1)
302
BORTHWICK
[PRESB. OF
Anna Hamilton, and had issue — Mary : (2)
25th Sept. 1649, Janet Scroggie.— [Test.,
S. Leith Sess., and E din. Reg. (Bapt.) ; New
S 'tat. Ace.]
THOMAS PATERSON, educated at
Univ. of Edinbiirgh, bursar in
divinity; M.A. (May 1653); called
13th Sept., ord. 24th Dec. 1657 ; died 13th
May 1683, aged about 50. Wodrow ranks
him as a Nonconformist, and he may have
been indulged by favour. He marr. Helen,
daugh. of Robert Trail, min. of Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Thomas, his
successor ; Elizabeth (marr. (1) 13th Nov.
1696, George Turnbull of Currie ; (2) James
Thomson, min. of Elgin) ; Robert, appren
tice to Patrick Halyburton, merchant, Edin
burgh. — [Old Dec., i. ; Edin. Guild, and
Keg. (Bapt.), Tombst., Murray's Biog. Ann.,
Neiv Stat. Ace.]
THOMAS PATERSON, M.A. ; pres.
1683 ky Alexander, Archbishop of St
Andrews, and inst. 22nd May 1683;
deprived by the Privy Council 4th Sept.
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, and praying for James VII.
— {Reg. Sasines (Fife) ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Murray's Biorj. Ann., New Stat. Ace. ;
Morrison's Dec., xxviii.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, called 23rd Aug.,
and ord. by a committee of Synod
15th Nov. 1687 ; died 24th Jan. 1690,
in his 35th year. He marr. Christian
Porter, who survived him (1\ C. Acta, llth
Nov. 1690).— [Tombst., New Stat. Ace.]
WILLIAM TRAIL, bapt. 28th Sept.
16QO 1640, eldest son of Robert T., min. of
Greyfriars, Edinburgh; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (30th June
1658) ; chaplain to the Laird of Scotstarvet ;
licen. in London 1671 ; ord. to the Presby
terian congregation at Lifford, Ireland, in
1671. Joining with four other ministers
in the appointment of a Fast, he was
examined by justices of the peace at
Raphoe, summoned to the Privy Council
at Dublin, remitted to the Assizes at
Lifford, imprisoned from llth Aug. 1681
to 20th April 1682, and fined. He after
wards went to Potomac, Maryland, but
returned at the Revolution ; was called to
this parish 26th July, and adm. 17th Sept.
1690 ; was a member of Assembly same
year; and died 3rd May 1714. There is a
tradition that " every morning about three,
when he had public work on hand, he
heard three knocks at his chamber door,
and if, through weariness or heaviness he
disobeyed these, there were generally three
others at his bed-head, which he durst not
refuse, but arose to his duty. This at first
frightened him ; at length he became accus
tomed to them : they never failed on
Sabbaths, and at communions. When he
grew old and infirm, the knocks entirely
ceased." He marr. (1) 15th Sept. 1671,
Euphan (died 1677), second daugh. of
Provost Sword of St Andrews, and had
issue— Mary : (2) 25th March 1679, his
cousin, Eleanor (died 4th Jan. 1695), sixth
daugh. of Lieut.-col. James Trail of
Tullochin, and had issue — Sarah, died
unmarr. 1685 ; James, min. of Montrose ;
William, min. of Benholme ; Robert, min.
of Panbride ; Jean, died unmarr. ; Margaret
(marr. 4th Nov. 1719, Robert Alison,
writer, Edinburgh) ; Eleanor (twin) ; Eliza
beth (marr., pro. 23rd Aug. 1731, James
Stevenson : (3) 8th June 1701, Jean Murray,
relict of David Moncrieff of Boghall. Publi
cation — A Necessary and Excellent Advice
about Some Duties (Edinburgh, 1762). —
[Test., Sess., and Elie Sess. Regs. ; Reid's
Ireland, ii. ; Wodrow's Hist, and Anal.,
Reg. Gen. Ass. ; Chr. Inst., xxiii. ; New
Stat. Ace., Lord Guthrie's Chalmers and
Trail Ancestry.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, adm. 23rd
1714 Sept. 1714 ; trans, to Lady Tester's,
Edinburgh, 22nd Nov. 1733.—
[Douglas's Bar., Stewart's Life of Robert
son, New Stat. Ace.]
THOMAS TURNBULL, born 27th
1734 Sept. 1701, son of George T., min. of
Tynninghame ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 25th March 1724; ord. to Greenlaw
DALKEITH]
BORTHWICK
303
3rd Aug. 1725; called 24tli Dec. 1733;
trans, and adm. 16th June 1734 ; Moderator
of the General Assembly 25th May 1758;
died 23rd March 1786. He marr. 25th Nov.
1726, Margaret, daugh. of Hugh Stevenson
of Montgrenan, and had issue — Margaret
and George, aged above 21 in 1750 (George
died 26th Dec. 1769); Elizabeth (marr.
Robert Dundas, min. of Humbie) ; Robert,
born 29th April 1742; Janet (marr. Alex
ander Torrence, Borthwick Mains). — [Car-
lyle's Autob., Morren's Ann., New Stat. Ace.]
JAMES FINLAYSON, M.A., Professor
of Logic in Univ. of Edinburgh,
which office he held in conjunction ;
pres. by Lord President Dundas 30th Aug.
1786 ; ord. 6th April 1787 ; trans, to Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh, 29th July 1790.—
[Sermons, Chambers's Biog. Diet.., Neiv
Stat. Ace.}
JOHN CLUNIE, born 1757; licen. by
17gl Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Dec.
1784; schoolmaster of Markinch,
and possessing a fine voice and some
musical skill acted as precentor in the
parish church ; ord. to Ewes 28th Sept.
1790; pres. by Robert Dundas of Arniston,
Lord Advocate ; trans, and adm. 13th May
1791 ; chaplain to the Eastern Regiment
of Mid-Lothian Volunteer Infantry; died
at Greenencl, Liberton, 14th April 1819.
He marr. 1st Dec. 1790, Mary (died 9th
May 1813), daugh. of Alexander Oliphant,
min. of Bower, and had issue — Margaret,
born 17th Aug. 1791, died 8th April 1810 ;
Alexander, born 27th June 1793, died 8th
May 1804 ; James Oliphant, born 14th
Aug. 1795 ; Robert Dundas, born 21st
March 1798. Publications — Author of a
version of the song " I lo;e na a laddie but
ane." His reputation as a writer and singer
of Scottish songs led to an acquaintance
ship with Robert Burns. The song " Ca'
the Yowes to the Knowes " was taken down
by Stephen Clarke when he and Burns
were spending a night with Clunie in 1787,
and used afterwards by the national poet.
The occasion is recalled in a letter from
Burns to George Thomson : " About seven
years ago I was well acquainted with a
worthy little fellow of a clergyman, a Mr
Clunie, who sang it charmingly." Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiii.).—
[N'ew Stat. Ace., Conolly's Men of Fife, Diet.
Nat. Biog.}
ROBERT SMITH, pres. by Lord Chief
Baron Dundas; ord. (assistant and
successor) 22nd July 1814 ; trans, to
Newtyle 3rd Sept. 1818.
THOMAS WRIGHT, born 1785, son of
Thomas W., plasterer, Dean, Edin
burgh, and Isabella Somerville ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor in the families of
Campbell of Stonefield, and Clerk Rattray
of Craighall ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
26th Sept. 1810; pres. by the Right Hon.
Baron Dundas, and ord. 4th Dec. 1818 ;
dep. by the Assembly 24th May 1841, for
" constructive heresy " ; died unmarr. at
Edinburgh, 13th March 1855. Publica
tions — -Sermon (preached after the funeral
of the Lord Chief Baron) (Edinburgh,
1819) ; The Morning and Evening Sacrifice
(Edinburgh, 1822) ; Fareivell to Time (Edin
burgh, 1828) ; The Last Supper (Edinburgh,
1828) ; The True Plan of a Living Temple,
3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1830) ; M>/ Old Home
(Edinburgh, 1835) ; A Manual of Conduct
(Edinburgh, 1838) ; translated from the
German — Elements of the Philosophy of
Plants (Edinburgh, 1821); Reinhard's
Family Discourses (Edinburgh, 1845) ;
Sermon XV. (Gillan's Scott. Pidpif) ;
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace., i.).
JAMES SMITH, trans, from Chalmers
Parish, Glasgow, and adm. 19th
Nov. 1841 ; trans, to Kelso 28th
March 1844.
1841
JAMES SOUTER, born Aberdeenshire ;
educated at King's College, Aber
deen, 1819-23; M.A. (23rd April
1830); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 23rd
July 1828; ord. (at Aberdeen) to St
James's, Newcastle, Miramichi, New Bruns-
304
BORTHWICK— CARRINGTON
[PRESB. OF
wick, llth June 1830; adm. to Borthwick
10 th May 1844 ; died Gth April 184G. He
inarr. 1st Sept. 1831, Helen Ogilvie (died
4th Aug. 1892), claugh. of James .Dycc,
Aberdeen, and had issue — William Henry
M'Gregor, born 10th Sept. 1832; Helen
Ogilvie, born 28th May 1834; Margaret
Dyce, born llth March 1839; Ann Eliza
beth, born 19th Nov. 1841.
CATHCART LESLIE, ord. llth Aug.
184G ; died 2Gth May 1856. He marr.
Catherine Mitchell, who died 23rd
July 18G3.
JAMES HER), ord. to Dalkeith (West)
21st April 1854; trans, and adm. 1st
Oct. 1856; res. 13th Dec. 18f>9, and
went to Australia; died 3rd April 18G4.
He marr. 18th Sept. 1855, Jane (died llth
Dec. 185G), daugh. of William Shiell and
Mary Russell, and had issue — James Jane
Shiell, born 10th Dec. 185G.
1856
1860
WALTER WADDELL, born Duns, 27th
Sept. 1832, son of Andrew W. and
Agnes Hamilton ; educated at Duns,
Glasgow and Edinburgh Univs. ; assistant
at Springfield, Cupar ; ord. missionary at
Braemar 8th June 1859; trans, and adm. IGth
March I860 ; died 14th July 1904. He marr.
9th Jan. 1861, Susan, daugh. of William
Morrison and Janet Russell, and had issue-
David, bom 31st Oct. 1863, died 20th July
1870 ; Janet Morrison, born 10th May
18G5 ; William Morrison, born 10th Nov.
18GG; Walter, born llth July 1868, died
10th Aug. 1910; Susan Morrison, born
26th Oct. 1869 ; George Hamilton, born
28th Jan. 1872 ; James Gumming Dewar,
born 28th July 1874 ; Agnes Hamilton, born
2nd Feb. 1877 ; Mary Edmonston, born
19th Nov. 1878, died 4th July 1879 ; Andrew,
born 19th Dec. 1881, died llth April 1884.
THOMAS ALEXANDER BICKER-
TON, born Troqueer, Kirkcudbright,
1904 llth Nov. 1858, son of George
B. and Janet Robertson ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. (M.A. 1881, B.D. 1883),
Heidelberg, and Leipzig; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh, 1882; assistant at Edin
burgh (Newington and Tron), Haddington,
Dundee (St John's and St Mark's), Methven,
Stormontfield ; ord. 20th Dec. 1904. Marr.
14th Feb. 1905, Alison Watson Hope,
daugh. of William Mackenzie and Alice
Hope. Publications — Translation (joint) of
Delitzsch on Isaiah (Edinburgh, 1890);
" Borthwick Church/' in Edin. Arc-hit. Assoc.
Trans., 1909.
CARRINGTON, FORMERLY
PRIMROSE.
[In 15G7 the parish was held with Cockpen.
In 1703 the name Carrington was changed
to Primrose, but has been resumed.]
WILLIAM KNOX, had also in his
charge Cockpen (q.v.), Clerkington,
and Temple.
GEORGE RAMSAY, pros, by James
157Q VI. 18th Oct. 1570; he signed the
articles presented by the Super
intendent 6th Oct. 1572 ; trans, to Foul-
den about 1574. — [Hooke of the Kirk.]
LUCAS SONSIE, reader at Newbattle
1585 1576-80; pros, by James VI. 8th
Feb. 1586 ; he adhered to the Pro
testation for the Liberties of the Kirk 27th
June 1617, and was still min. in 1619.—
\_Rey . Assi'j., Text. Key., Orig. Lett., Calder-
wood;s Hint."}
JOHN KNOX, son of William K.
(secundus), min. of Cockpen ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(28th July 1610); adm. (colleague) 13th
April 1619; a member of the Commission
of Assembly 1648; died before 18th July
1661. He marr. Isobel Douglas, who died
Nov. 1664, and had issue — John, his
successor. — [Test. Keg., Acts of Ass., Knox
Genealogy.}
JOHN KNOX, son of preceding ; licen.
1653 by rresb- of Dalkeith 8th Feb. 1649 ;
called 14th Aug., and ord. 31st Oct.
1G53. He died unmarr. 21st Nov. 1659.
Nicol K., his uncle, was executor. — [Test.
Reg.}
DALKEITH]
CARRINGTON
305
JAMES KILPATRICK, son and heir of
1660 James K. or Patrick, portioner, of
Byres, Kihvinning (Ayr Sets., iii.,
242) ; recommended by George, Lord
Ramsay, 1st Jan. 1660, "as a domestick in
his own house " ; called 15th and ord. 28th
June 1660. Deprived by Act of Parliament
llth June, and of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662, and went to Ireland ; was min. again
in 1688.
JOHN COLLIER, M.A. (St Andrews,
1663 20th July 1650) ; min. of Firth and
Stenness in 1662 ; trans, and coll.
23rd March 1663 ; deprived for refusing
the Test Nov. 1681 ; died in Edinburgh,
13th Xov. 1691, aged about 62. He marr.
(1) 26th May 1664, Margaret Watson (a
native of the parish), and had issue-
James : (2) 31st Oct. 1667, Annabella
Lindsay, Edinburgh. — [Reg. Coll at., Eilin.
Reg. (]>ur.), Wodrow's Ilist.]
ROBERT MOXTEITH, son of Alex-
1682 anc^er ^-> merchant, Edinburgh;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 31st July 1662);
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 3rd April 1679 ;
ord. to Borgue 1682; pres. by Sir William
Primrose of Carrington 15th May, coll.
22nd, adm. and inst. 23rd June 1682 ; dep.
19th Feb. 1685. He entered burgess and
guild-brother of Edinburgh 4th April 1690.
Marr. (pro. 16th March 1677) Jean Herries,
and had issue — Mary ; James. Publica
tions — The True and Genuine Art of Exact
Pointing to be used in Print and Manu
scripts (Edinburgh, 1704); An Theater of
Mortality, or the. Illustrious Inscriptions
extant upon the Several Monuments . . .
wit/tin the Greyfriars Churchyard, etc., 2
parts (Edinburgh, 1704-13); Buchanan's
Fratres Fraterrimi, Epigrams, and JUiwcl-
lanies, in English verse (Edinburgh, 1708).
—[Edin. Guild and Re<j. (Kapt.); Fountain-
hall's Diary, and Dec., i. ; Lives of Em.
Scotsmen, Poets, vi.]
1685
DAVID LAMM1E [said to be LAM1E],
k°rn ^56, son °^ J°hn L., Dean
of Brechin ; educated at King's Col
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (llth July 1676);
pres. by Sir William Primrose of Carring-
VOL. I.
ton, and inst. 25th May 1685. Deprived by
the Committee of Estates 8th May 1689 ;
died in Edinburgh, 28th Jan. 1724.— [Test.
(St And.) and, Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; Acts
Parl, ix.]
1688
JAMES KILPATRICK, already men
tioned. At the Provincial Meeting,
2nd Nov. 1687, David Williamson
was appointed to send the letter of the
General Meeting requesting K.'s return
from Ireland ; on the invitation of the
parishioners he returned in June, brought
his family in Xov., and was allowed to
preach and exercise the other duties of the
ministry, by the Committee of Estates 10th
May 1689, without prejudice to the patron's
right of patronage ; restored by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690; member of
Assemblies 1690, 1692 ; died 4th July 1696.
j He marr. 22nd Dec. 1691, Helen Kerr,
| widow of George Johnston, min. of Xew-
battle, and had issue — Christian (marr., as
his second wife, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik,
Bart.). His portrait is still extant at
Penicuik. — [Edin. Ji'e>/. (Marr.); Acts
Parl., ix.]
JOHN BISHOP, M,A. (Edinburgh, 18th
legs Ju1y 1692); called 31st Dec- 1G97;
ord. 13th April 1698; died 23rd
Oct. 1706, aged about 34. He marr. Jean,
sister of William Daes, surgeon, and had
issue — Elizabeth; James; John. — [Test.
JAMES PATOX, educated at the Univ.
17og of Glasgow, where he held the Dun-
donald bursary in philosophy in
1698; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1st Feb.
1709 ; chaplain to the Lord Justice Clerk ;
called 28th April, and ord. 27th July
1709; clerk of Synod (5th Xov. 1716 ; died
7th May 1754. He marr. (1) 5th April
1710, Margaret (died 7th Feb. 1722), daugh.
of William llitchie, merchant, Ayr, and had
issue — Robert, min. of Lasswade ; Janet,
born 6th May 1712 (marr. Adam Steel,
min. of Heriot) ; Margaret, born 9th Aug.
1713; Elizabeth, born 9th Feb. 1715;
Rosina, born 25th Oct. 1717 ; Ann : (2)
14th Feb. 1723, Agnes Sloss (died Xov.
1748), widow of Adam Davidson, min. of
U
306
CARRINGTON— COCKPEN
[PKESB. OF
Eassie, and had issue — James, l>orn 21st
Oct. 1725 ; Catherine, born 6th Aug. 1726 ;
Andrew, born 27th April 1728. — [Jhoi.
Cii/'r. (rlasff., iii.]
WILLIAM MACKIK, licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 5th July 1748 ; pres. by
John, Lord Dalmeny, 17th Oct.
1754; ord. 27th June 1755; died 17th
June 1789. He marr. sth Sept. 1757, Janet
Duncan, AV!IO died 26th Jan. 1814, and had
issue —Archibald, born 4th Sept. 1758;
William, born 29th Xov. 1759; John, born
4th July 1761 ; Christian, born 17th July
1762 ; Charles, born llth July 1764.
JOHN FLEMING, ord. 7th May 1790 ;
1790 trans, to Colinton 22nd Nov. 1804.
THOMAS MUIR, born at Carnwath,
1751 ; for nearly thirty years tutor
in the family of Sir Hew Dalrymple
of North Berwick, Bart. ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 10th April, pres. by Neil,
Earl of Rosebery, and ord. 24th Sept. 1805 ;
died umnarr. 1st Feb. 1835. John Muir,
min. of St Vigean's, was his nephew.
ROBERT MITCHELL, M.A., assistant
to preceding; pres. by Archibald
John, Earl of Rosebery, and ord.
30th June 1835 ; trans, to Craig 22nd Sept.
1843.
1843
JOHN LOCHTIE, born Aberdour 1799,
son of John L. and Isabella Mulligan
Alexander ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews ; schoolmaster of Inverkeithing ;
ord. 29th Dec. 1843; clerk to the Presb.;
died 6th Sept. 1863. He marr. 4th April
1848, Elizabeth (died 24th June 1880),
daugh. of William Macintosh and Chris
tina Henderson.
1864
WILLIAM GRANVILLE CORE, born
20th Nov. 1834, son of William C.,
schoolmaster, Wiston, and Agnes
Hamilton ; educated at Wiston School,
and Edinburgh Univ.; M.A. (1862); licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 13th Aug. 1862 ; assist
ant at Covington ; pres. by Archibald John,
Earl of Rosebery, and ord. Sth April 1864 ;
clerk to the Presb. 1899; secretary of the
Scottish Bible Society 1911. He marr. 27th
Dec. 1865, Jessie, daugh. of Thomas Braid-
wood, schoolmaster, Carmichael, and has
issue — Mary Nicol, born 24th Sept. 1873 ;
Agnes Hamilton, born 16th June 1875;
William, born 24th Nov. 1877; Isabella,
born 19th March 1879 (marr. 20th Aug.
1908, Thomas Webster); Jessie, born 22nd
Feb. 1883 (marr. 26th Aug. 1911, William
Daniel, London).
COCKPEN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Newbattle.]
WILLIAM KNOX (primus), son of
- „ William K., merchant, Preston, and
nephew of John Knox the Reformer,
He had Carrington, Clerk ington, and
Temple also in charge. He signed the
articles authorised by the Synod, and pre
sented by the Superintendent of Lothian to
the Assembly in March 1572 ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 15th Dec. 1580 ;
died in April 1592, and left three sons in
the ministry— John, at Melrose ; William,
his successor ; James, at Kelso. — \_Rf(l-
Min. Assig., .Booke of the Kirk, Knox;s
Works, Wodroiv MiscelL, Knox Genealogy.]
WILLIAM KNOX (securuhis), born 1569,
second son of preceding ; entered St
Leonard's College, St Andrews, 10th
Dec. 1586; M.A. (1589); adm. 16th May
1592 ; signed the Protestation in support of
the Liberties of the Kirk 14th June 1617;
died July 1623. He left in MS., Common-
Places in Thcoloyy (in Latin), 2 vols. He
marr. (1) (cont. 14th Dec. 1594) Catherine,
daugh. of Duncan Forrester of Queenshaugh,
and had issue — John, min. of Carrington ;
William, bookbinder in Edinburgh ; Thomas,
apprenticed to Archibald Eddington, cor-
diner, Edinburgh, 17th March 1619 ; Nicol,
chamberlain to the Lords Cranstoun : (2)
Elizabeth, daugh. of John Halyburton
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307
of Muirhouselaw, in Teviotdale, and had
issue— Andrew, chaplain in the family of
Sir John Murray of Philiphaugh ; Patrick,
secretary to the Earl of Craven, Ambas
sador Extraordinary to Holland, by whom
he was recommended to the States of
Zealand, as factor for their possessions in
India ; Simon, min. of Girthon.— [Act. Red.
Univ. St Ami, E<U». Prexl. and Text.
Reg., K»ox Genealoyi/, Calderwood's Jfist.,
Ori'j. Lett., Charters's Scott. Writ.]
1624
ADAM PEXMAX, son of William P,
min. of Cricliton : educated at the
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (27th
July lOlO): licen. by Presb.' of Dalkeith
12th Oct. 1020; prcs. by llobert, Earl of
Lothian, in 1023 : adm. by John, Archbishop
of St Andrews, 27th Jan. 1024 ; a member
of the Commissions of Assembly 1643, 1044,
1040, and continued min. after the re-
establishment of Episcopacy. He died
between 1667 and 1071 (<!. K. Horning*,
22nd Feb. 1072). He had issue— George,
apprenticed to John Penman, merchant,
Edinburgh, 10th May 1054 ; Mark, appren
ticed to William Erotherstains, tailor,
Edinburgh, 12th Xov. 16f>0.— [Wodrow'.s
Hist.; Stat. Jtcjtorts, 1627; Re</. Old Do.:,
ii. ; Acts of Ass.]
THOMAS WOOD, M.A.; trans, from
1671 Jolinston ; coll. 5th July, and inst,
8th Aug. 1671 ; trans, to Dunbar in
1080.— [Re<j. Col! at.}
ALEXANDER WOOD, born 1052;
1681 M>A> (Edinburgh, 21st July 1073);
ord. to Wamphray 1675; trans, to
Kirkintilloch 1679 ; adm. 1681 ; scrupling
to take the Test, he was deprived same
year, but complied 20th Jan. following, |
when the patron presented him anew.' |
Deposed by the Presb. He died at Edin- ~
burgh 25th Xov. 1710. He marr. Elizabeth i
Feithie, who obtained a gift of his escheat, j
"he being at the horn for adultery," 2nd |
March 1705 (Privy Seal 7iV/., vi., 205).—
[Edin. Key. (//»,-.) ; MS. An: of ^fil>
1689; Wodrow's 7/,V, Paile's ,SW>. Vimlica- i
tion.]
lilCHAKD HOWIESOX, M.A. ; trans.
1691 from Alva 1691 ; trans, to Inveresk
18th Sept. 1694,
1695
DAVID LIXDSAY, born Xov. 1072,
second son of David L. of Kirk-
forthar ; called 15th Aug., and ord-
19th Sept. 1695; died at Xewbattle, 6th
Oct. 1745. He marr. Eupham (died 22nd
March 1701), daugh. of George Wilson of
Plevvlands, and had issue— David, bapt.
llth Oct. 1704; George, born 29th March
1706 ; John, born 30th June 1707 ; George
of Plewlands, town-clerk of Edinburgh,
born 8th X"ov. 1708 ; Samuel, born 25th
April 1710; Jean, born llth Xov. 1711;
Agnes, born 2nd Feb. 1714 (marr. John
Preston of Gorton); Charles, born 9th
March 1715: William, born 3rd Aug.
1717; Eupham (marr. John Hyslop, mer
chant in Dalkeith : E<Hn. Com. Deed*).
Publication — Sermon preached at openimj
of the Si/nod (Edinburgh, 1720).— [Tombst. :
Lindsay's Live*, ii. ; Douglas's Bar.]
.IOHX BOXAPx, pres. by Archibald
1746 Cockburn of Cockpen 29th Jan.,
and ord. 22nd Aug. 1740; trans.
to Second Charge, Perth, 29th July 1750.
— [Carlyle's Aittob., Somerville's Life.]
WILLIAM OLOAG, pres. by Archibald
('ockburn of Cockpen; ord. 28th
April 1758; trans, to Lady Tester's,
Edinburgh, 25th Oct. 1767.
1758
1768
JAMES STEELE, born 1742, son of
Adam S., ruin, of Heriot ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 8th April 1767 :
pres. by Archibald Cockburn of Cockpen,
and ord. 23rd Sept. 1708; dem. llth June
1782: went to Jamaica; had D.D. con
ferred; died 17th Feb. 1790. He marr.
27th Jan. 1769, Maria, daugh. of John Bain,
Bo'ness, and had issue— Mary, born 6th
Jan. 1770; Adam, born 2nd Aug. 1771;
Janet, born 23rd Feb. 1773; John, born
26th May 1775; Cammilla, born 9th Xov.
1776; Anne, born 9th Xov. 1776 (marr.
29th June 1809), Thomas llamsay, captain
H.E.I.C.S., who assumed the Baronetcy of
Balmain) ; Thomas James, born -'oth Oct.
1779.
308
COCKPEN
[PKKSB. OF
EBENEZER MARSHAL, Keen, by
1783 Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Oct. 17 70 ;
ord. by them 3rd April 1782, as
chaplain to a Scots regiment in the Dutch
service; pres. by Archibald Cockburn of
Cockpen 22nd Nov. 1782; adm. 21st Jan.
1783 ; died 19th May 1813. He marr. 29th
Dec. 1784, Christian Goodsman, who died
13th Aug. 1824, and had issue— Mary,
born 11 th Oct. 1785; William, born 25th
Aug. 1787, died 15th May 1788; Janet,
born 23rd Jan. 1789, died 19th April 1810 ;
John, born 2nd Sept. 1790; Ebenezer, born
6th June 1792; Robert, born 1st Aug.
1794, died 20th July 1800; Christian, born
30th Aug. 1796; Archibald, accountant,
Edinburgh, born 3rd Jan. 1799 ; Susan
Gloag, born 22nd April 1801 ; AVilliam,
born 6th Dec. 1803 ; Anne, born 7th Aug.
1807. Publications — Hist 'or;/ of the Union
of Scotland and England (Edinburgh,
1799); Abridgement of the Acts of Parlia
ment relating to the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1799) ; Treatixe on the British
Constitution (Edinburgh, 1812); Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's titat. Ace., u.).—[Dict.
Nat. BioyJ]
JAMES GRIERSON, born at Airds,
1814 ^e^s5 ^Ist Jan. 1768, schoolmaster
of Balmaclellan 4th Dec. 1788 ; tutor
to Sir David Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe,
Bart., and afterwards in the family of
Colonel Macpherson at Blairgowrie ; edu
cated at the Univs. of Edinburgh and St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Meigle loth
Oct. 1800; M.D. (Edinburgh, 12th Sept.
1810) ; pres. by George, Earl of Dalhousie,
13th Sept. 1813, the preferment being
written on the field of Echlar ; ord. 29th
April 1814; died 12th March 1844. He
marr. 1st April 1817, Janet Sinclair, who
died 13th Jan. 1863. Publications -
Delineations of St Andretcs (Edinburgh,
1807) ; The Translation of Enoch ami the
Laiv of the Gospel, two discourses (Edin
burgh, 1831) ; contributed to Thomson's
Ann. of Philosophy — " Mineralogical Ob
servations made in the Highlands," "On
Transition Rocks," " Mineralogical Observa
tions in Galloway," " Notes of a Minera
logical Excursion to the Giant's Causeway ;; ;
to the Wernerian Nat. Hist. Society —
" General Observations on Geology and
Geognosy, and the Nature of these
Studies," "Observations on the Natural
History and Habits of the Mole"; and to
the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, " Boerhaave/'
and other articles.— [Kirkcudb. Presb. Key.]
THOMAS PITCAIRN, born Edinburgh,
1833 r>t^ ^ek- 1800' son °f Alexander P.,
merchant, Leith, and Jane Trotter ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 26th March 1828;
assistant at Erskine and at Perth ; pres. by
George, Earl of Dalhousie, and ord. 3rd
May 1833; Synod clerk 3rd May 1836.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the Free
Church at Bonnyrigg 1843 ; principal clerk
' of the Free General Assembly; died 21st
Dec. 1854. He marr. 7th June 1836, his
| cousin, Ann Hay (died 28th April 1862),
; daugh. of Young Trotter of Cruicksfield,
and had issue — Alexander Young, W.S.,
born 5th April 1837 ; Thomas, died in
infancy ; Jane Cranstoun, born 17th Jan.
1840, died 2nd Oct. 1841. Publication —
Pastoral Address on the Calamities of
Pestilence and War (1851). As convener
of a committee of the Church Law Society,
he published the Acts of the General As
sembly, 1638-1842 (Edinburgh, 1843).— [Acts
of Ass., 1843.]
WILLIAM: DAVIDSON, ord. (assistant
1844 anc^ successor) 12th Jan. 1844 ; trans,
to Largo llth April 1851.
JOHN STENHOUSE MUIR, born llth
1851 May 1824, son of William M., D.D.,
min. of St Stephen's, Edinburgh ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
ord. 8th Aug. 1851 ; died unmarr. at Men-
tone, 23rd Dec. 1874. Publication— Ac
cepted in the Beloved.
DAVID AVILLIAM LAMONT WAL-
LACE, born Knockgray, Carsphairn,
4th June 1848, son of Archibald W.
and Margaret Lament; educated at Cars
phairn, Ayr Academy, Glasgow Univ.; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 7th Aug. 1872 ;
DALKEITIl]
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509
assistant at Selkirk; ord. 16th July 1875;
died on the golf-course at Leven, 5th Aug.
1902. He was unmarried.
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE HARDIE,
1903 k°rn Glasgow, 15th July 1853, son of
William H. ; educated at Gorbals
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1893),
B.D. (1900); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow, May
1897 ; a teacher of elocution for some years ;
ord. to Ladyburn, Greenock, 22nd Sept.
1897; trans, and adm. 17th Feb. 1903.
Marr. 2Gth Nov. 1875, Mary Steel, daugh.
of William Smith, and has issue — Frances,
born 28th April 1877; William, born llth
June 1878; Agnes Montgomerie, born Gth
Oct. 1881; Thomas, born 7th June 1886;
Robina, born 5th Jan. 1891 ; David Gardiner,
born 28th Sept. 1890.
CRANSTOUN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
known as Little Preston (Reg. of Deeds, Gth
June 1G7G) belonged to the Archbishop of
St Andrews.]
ANDREW BLACKBALL, probably
removed from Ormiston ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 20th
March 1570; trans, to Inveresk 1574,
though mentioned as here 16th March
1585, when the parish was probably held
with Inveresk and Ormiston. — [Calder-
wood;s MS. Hist.]
JAMES MURRAY, reader, 1574-80, is
styled minister 19th March 1583-4,
but only reader again 1585-9. — \_Wod-
row Miscell., Reg. Assig.~\
JOHN NYMBILL [NIMMO], M.A. ;
trans, from Corstorphine ; adm. 23rd
1590 April 1590 ; trans, to Newton 1596-7 ;
min. again in 1610.— [Reg. Assig.]
JAMES WATSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
10th Aug. 1595) ; adm. 1597 ; died
1597 10th Feb. 1608. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Henry Kinnear, commendator
of Balmerino (Fife Inhib., 2nd Sept. 1603).
She survived him, and marr. (2) 1610, Hew
Scott (Reg. of Deeds, clxxx., 89). — [_Reg.
Assig., Tent. Reg.; Wodrow's Biog., ii.]
JOHN NYMBILL [NIMMILL,
161Q NIMMO], eldest son of William N.
in Dalkeith (Acts and Decreets, 1588),
and grandson of William N. (Reg. Mag.
\ ,%., 785) ; M.A. (St Andrews 1583) ; min.
at Keith-Marischal 1589 ; trans, to Cor
storphine 1589 ; trans, and adm. here 1590 ;
trans, to Newton 1596-7 ; retrans. 1610.
He died 20th Oct. 1616, "it having pleased
the Lord to call him, even the very tyme of
the celebration of the Lord's Supper," aged
about 54. He marr. before Gth Aug. 1607
(Edin. Sec. Reg., ix., 45), Margaret, daugh. of
Andrew Hutcheson, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh, through whose right he entered
burgess and guild-brother of that city 7th
June 1615; she survived him, and marr.
John Learmonth, W.S. (Reg. of Deeds,
cccclxvi., 309), and had issue — James ;
Mary. — [Test., Dalkeith Sess., and Edin.
Guild Regs.; Ing. Ret., Edin., 813; Pit-
cairn's Crim. Trials, iii.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, adm. to Lang-
1617 newton 19tn April 1609; pres. by
David MacGill of Cranstoun-Riddel ;
trans. 27th Jan. 1617; a member of As
sembly 1638, and of the Commissions
1642, 1645; died Oct. 1659. He marr.
Elizabeth Simpson, who was buried in
Greyfriars, 14th Jan. 1672, and had
issue— David, min. of Polwarth ; Patrick,
min. of Penicuik ; James, apprenticed to
David Kennedy, surgeon, Edinburgh, 17th
Nov. 1649 ; Robert, to William Burnett,
surgeon, 9th June 1652; Thomas, to
Patrick Borthwick, goldsmith, 26th May
1647.— [Test. Reg.; Stat. Reports, 1627;
Acts of Ass. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Baillie's Lett., iii. ; Edin. Reg. of Appren
tices^
ALEXANDER HERIOT, son of James
166Q H. ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh; M.A. (8th July 1644); called
1st April, and ord. 5th July 1660; deprived
by Act of Parliament llth June, and of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He became
rector of the High School of Edinburgh
17th May 1672, but was deprived 1st March
1679, for not conforming to Episcopacy ;
died between 24th Nov. 1682 and 29th Jan.
1687. He left a widow, Agnes Nisbet.
:.HO
CRANSTOUN
REsr,. or
His sister Isobel inarr. .John Smith, por-
tioner, of Biggar, and her daughs. were
his heirs (G. R. Jlorniwjs, 1st Jan. 1686). —
[Test. Re<j., Wodrow's I fist., Steven's IIi>ih
School.]
GEOBGE KINTOBE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1663 1;")tu ^U^ 1G5°); clia]>lain to Sir
Charles Erskine of Alva ; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 27th Feb. 1650 ; ord. to
Second Charge, South Leith, IGth June
1657; trans, and coll. 25tli March 1663;
died in Dec. 1678, aged about 49. He
marr. (cont. 7th June 1661) Marion, daugh.
of John Brotherstains, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh (G. R. In/u'b., 1664). William
Kintore of Mountlothian, advocate, his
brother-german, became executor. — [Re<j.
Collat., Test. Rey.]
JAMES BLAIB, born probably in Edin-
1679 burgh in 1656 ; educated at Edin
burgh Univ. ; M.A. (21st July 1673) ;
pres. by Bobert, Viscount Oxfuird, ord.
after 19th June, and adm. and inst. llth
July 1679 ; deprived in 1681 for not taking
the Test. He removed to England, and was
sent in 1685 by Henry, Bishop of London,
as a missionary to Virginia ; became Bector
of Williamsburgh,and held the office of Com
missary, the highest ecclesiastical position
in the province ; was President of the
Council in the Colony, and President of
William and Mary College which he
founded in 1692; died 1st Aug. 1743,
Publication — Our Saviour's Divine Sermon
on the Mount Explained, 4 vols. (London,
1722-3) ; 2nd ed., with Preface by the Bev.
Dr Waterland, 4 vols. (London, 1732 ; 3rd
ed., 1740). — [Waterland's Preface: Scot*
May., v. ; Burnet's and Wodrow's Ifists. ;
Chalmers's Hist., v. ; History of Virginia,
Dr Tot ten's MS., Diet. Nat. Jtioy.]
BOBEBT ABBUTHNOT, M.A. (Edin-
1682 burSh> 27th July 1663); min. of
Monigaff 1681 ; of Colmonell same
year ; trans, to Crichton 1682 ; pres. by
Bobert, Viscount Oxfuird ; adm. and inst.
22nd Nov. 1682 ; deprived by the Privy
Council 4th Sept. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, and not pray
ing for their Majesties William and Mary ;
sentenced to imprisonment for resetting
in his house John Hay, after he had been
in the rebels'" army. He marr. Margaret
Kennedy, who died at Edinburgh, March
1707, and had issue — George; Janet; and
a "great family of other children" (/'. (' .
Dec., v., I, 1692).— [Test. Re<j. : MS. Arr.
of Min., 1689: S. Presl>. El
JOHN WILLIAMSON, pres. by the
Presb. jure drvoluto 3rd May, and
ord. 28th Aug. 1694 ; dem. 23rd Oct.
1712 ; died 16th May 1720, in 65th year.
He marr. Elizabeth Gairner [Gardner],
and had a daugh., Mary. — [St Cuthlx-rt's
Sess. awl Ei Jin. Rey. (Jim:).]
ItOBEBT MUTTEB, licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 26th April 1709 ; pres.
by the heritors 16th April 1713; ord.
23rd March 1714; died unmarr. 7th Feb.
1733.
WILLIAM SMITH, born 1697, son of
7 Bobert S., min. of Longformacus ;
tutor in the family of Dalrymple of
Cousland ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 3rd
Dec. 1728 ; pres. by Bobert, Viscount
Oxfuird, and ord. 31st Oct. 1733 ; died 21st
Jan. 1783. He marr. (1) 3rd July 1735,
Grace, daugh. of Bobert M'Aulay, min. of
Stirling, and had issue — Beatrix, born 1736
(marr. 31st March 1769, John Bobertson,
min. of Kilmarnock) ; John, born 1737,
died young : (2) 26th Feb. 1742, Jean (died
21st May 1798), daugh. of James Baird
of Chesterhall, and had issue — Tames, born
21st April 1743, died 20th May 1773 ; John,
merchant, Port-Glasgow, born 22nd May
1744 ; Lewis, born and died 1745 ; William,
born 19th Sept. 1747 ; George, min. of
Galston, born 2nd March 1749; Margaret,
born 2nd Sept. 1750 (marr. B. Cochrane).
WALTEB FISHEB, born 1749, son of
a tailor in Portsburgh ; tutor in the
family of Johnstonburn ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 2nd Dec. 1777 ; pres.
by Dame Elizabeth Dalrymple Hamilton
DALKEITIl]
CRANSTOUN— CRICHTON
311
MacGill, with consent of Sir John Dal-
rymple Hamilton MacGill, her husband,
and ord. 23rd Sept, 1783 ; died 14th Nov.
1828. He marr. 25th Aug. 1787, Helena
Brodie (died 7th May 1824), daugh. of the
tenant of Humbie. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ix.).
ALEXANDER WELSH, son of John
W., skinner, Edinburgh; educated
at Heriot's Hospital and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
1st Oct. 1811 ; tutor in the family of Earl
Spencer; ord. to Heriot 19th Sept. 1817;
pres. by John, eighth Earl of Stair, and adm.
26th June 1829; died 21st May 1859. He
marr. Margaret (died 27th June 1853),
youngest daugh. of John Lindsay, min. of
the Burgher congregation at Johnstons.
THOMAS BROWN WILLIAM NIVEN,
M.A. ; ord. 7th Oct. 1859; trans, to
Tron, Glasgow, 3rd Sept. 18G8.
GEORGE SIMMIE SMITH, born
1868 Rothiemay, 9th June 1822, son of
Robert S., stonemason, and Mary
Leslie ; educated at Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A.
(King's College 1840); licen. by Presb.
of Haddington; teacher in Haddington,
tutor at Prestongrange ; assistant at
Largo; ord. to Heriot 23rd July 1846;
pres. by John, tenth Earl of Stair, and
adm. 18th Dec. 1868; D.D. (Aberdeen
1897) ; for more than thirty years clerk
to the Presb. ; died unmarr. 3rd July
1899. Publications — The Church's Creed
(Edinburgh, 1881) ; The Well-leiny of
Nations (Edinburgh, 1885); Victory over
Sin and Death (Edinburgh, 1898).
HUGH SUTHERLAND, M.A. ; trans,
from Cumbernauld, and adm. 15th
Dec. 1899; trans, to Merrylea,
Glasgow, 1st Nov. 1911.
1912
SAMUEL STEPHEN WALKER, born
Macduff, 5th July 1867, son of Alex
ander W. and Isabella Shiach ;
educated at Macduff School, Fochabers
(Milne's Institution), Aberdeen Univ., and
Theological Hall of the Free Church,
Aberdeen; M.A. (1891); licen. by Free
Presb. of Turriff April 1895; ord. to St
Andrew's, Singapore, 1896 ; min. of Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Bristol, 1907 ; adm.
by the General Assembly of 1911 as an
ord. min. of the Church of Scotland ;
assistant at Keir; adm. 14th March 1912.
Marr. 14th May 1898, Anna, daugh. of James
Sharp and Christina Cadenhead, and has
issue— Frank Warrack, born 17th Feb. 1899 ;
James Cadenhead, born 9th Jan. 1903.
CRICHTON.
[The kirk is stated, 2nd Nov. 1648, to
have been ruinous these fifty -six years, but
divine service was held in the collegiate
church, dedicated to St Mungo, founded
by Lord Chancellor Crichton, 26th Dec.
1449, which was declared by Parliament,
17th Nov. 1641, the parish kirk in all time
coming.]
ADAM JOHNSTON, entered min. and
provost in Nov. 1569. In 1572 he
signed the articles penned by the
Synod, and presented by the Super
intendent; Soutra and Fala were added
to the charge 1574. He was conjoined
with John Spottiswood as Commissioner
over the province of Lothian by the As
sembly 1579. At the Assembly 1581 he
was named one of a commission for trying
accusations against the ministry. In 1582
he was one of three nominated by the
Assembly to wait on the Duke of Lennox,
to remonstrate with him for associating
with Montgomery, who had been excom
municated for simony. In 1584 he was
imprisoned for not subscribing to Epis
copacy, and still opposed subscription in
the year following. In 1586 he was
appointed one of eight for preparing cases
of slander for judgment in the succeeding
Assembly, and was pres. to the Provostry
by Francis, Earl of Bothwell, and collated
by David Lindsay, Visitor of Lothian.
In 1588 he was on a commission for pro
curing better provision for the ministry.
In 1590 he was one of three appointed
by the Privy Council for the maintenance
of true religion in the bounds of the Presb.,
312
CHICITTON
[PRESB. OF
and was a member of Assembly same year.
He was appointed one of two for visiting
the ministers in the Merse ; died Dec.
159G. He left a widow, Elizabeth Borth-
wick. — {Reg. Min. et Axsiy., Ed in. Fresh,
and Test. Reg., Hooka of the Kirk, Excheq.
Jluik, Melvill's Antob., Wodroi>< Misn-ll.,
Calderwood's Hist.]
1583 DUNCAN WALKED, reader.
WILLIAM PENMAN, son of William
15gg P., burgess of Musselburgh, educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1595) ;
still min. in 1637. He marr. (cont. 20th
Oct. 1600), Marion, eldest daugh. of Thomas
Wilkie, portioner of Saughton Hall (G. R.
Inhib., x., 175), and had issue — Adam, min.
of Cockpen ; AVilliam, min. of Morebattle ;
and Gideon, his successor. — [Act. Rect.
Univ. St And. ; Reg. Assist., and Old Dec.,
iv. ; Kirk Pap., Calderwood's Hist. ; Stat.
Reports, 1627 ; Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, iil]
GIDEON PENMAN of Hagbrae, son
1639 °^ PrecedinS ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (23rd July 1636) ;
licen. by the Presb. of Dalkeith 3rd May
1638 ; adm. (assistant) 2nd July 1639 ; pres.
to the vicarage by Francis, second Earl
of Buccleuch ; coll. 18th, and inst. 30th
March 1641. An Act of Parliament was
passed in his favour, 15th March 1661, for
payment of bygone stipend. Deposed for
adultery, 4th March 1675. He was ordered
to be apprehended for witchcraft, 4th Aug.
1678, and imprisoned for the same, 3rd Oct.
1678. He marr. (1) (cont. 19th Feb. 1642)
Martha, eldest daugh. of James Scott of
Hagbrae : (2) Sept. 1651, Jean, daugh. of
William Livingston, min. of Lanark, and
had issue — George of Hagbrae ; James ;
William, merchant, Edinburgh ; and a
daughter (marr. David Ker, merchant,
Edinburgh).— [Reg. Sec. 8iy., Wodrow's
and Kirkton's Hists. ; Acts Parl., vii. ;
Neiv Gen. Reg. Sasines, v. ; Nicoll's
Diary.]
PATRICK TRENT, M.A., trans, from
1671 Coulter, and adm. (colleague) after
4th May ; trans, to Temple 1676.
IIOBERT SPOTTJSWOOD, M.A. (Glas-
1676 gow 165 i) ; ord. min. of Temple 1663 ;
pres. by Adam Hepburn of Humbie ;
trans, and inst. 8th Sept. 1676 ; deprived
for not taking the Test 1681. [Afterwards
min. of Abbotrule.]— [Test. Reg. (Glasg.),
Wodrow's Jfist.]
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT, pres. by Adam
1682 Hepburn of Humbie; trans, from
Colmonell, and inst. before 30th
March 1682; trans, to Cranstoun 1682.
ANDREW DONN [DUNN], educated
1682 at ^arischal College, Aberdeen,
1662-6; inst. 30th Nov. 1682; de
prived by the Privy Council 29th Aug.
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, and not praying for King
William and Queen Mary. He died before
19th Nov. 1700. He left a widow (name
unknown), and had two sons, Andrew and
Alexander.— [Ed in. Reg. (Bur.) ; MS. Arc.
of Min., 1689 ; Const, of the Church.}
MATHEW SELKRIG [SELCRAIG,
1690 SELKIRK], M.A. (Glasgow 1662);
bursar in philosophy ; licentiate in
1678; was rudely assaulted for his sup
posed favour to the Indulgence ; called by
a number of the parishioners of Crichton,
Cranstoun, Ormiston, and Humbie, after
toleration was granted, and ord. at Steel's
Mains, by mins. within the Synod, Nov.
1687; the call being homologated 10th
Aug., he was adm. 18th Sept. 1690; died
30th Nov. 1728, aged about 86. He marr.
(name unknown), and had issue — Mathew,
died 1698; Robert, merchant, Edinburgh;
and a daugh. (marr. James Grierson, min.
of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh).— [Mun.
Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Wodrow's Hist., Reg.
Gen. Ass., ,V. Presb. Eloq., New Stat. Ace.]
CHARLES PRIMROSE, educated at
I72g Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1697) ; ord.
to Bellie 25th Feb. 1702; trans, to
Forres 28th Oct. 1707 ; trans, to Elgin 7th
May 1717; trans, and adm. 24th June
1729; died 21st Jan. 1735, aged about 58.
He marr. Agnes, sister and co-heir of John
Moffat of Easter Morriston, innkeeper in
Edinburgh, and had issue— James, his suc
cessor.— [Carlyle's Autob.]
DALKEITIl]
CRTCIITON
313
JAMES PRIMROSE, -son of preceding;
^cen- ky Presb. of Dalkcith 1st Dec.
17.30; pres. by Sir James Justice of
Justice Hall ; orcl. (assistant and successor)
30th Oct. 1733; died unmarr. 10th Aug.
1772.— [Test.
1840
1733
JOHN GOURLAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1773 1755); licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
4th Oct. 1762; ord. min. of Fala
llth May 1764; pres. by John Pringle of
Crichton, 15th Jan., trans, and adm. 2nd I
July 1773; died unmarr. 7th June 1798.
HENRY HOME GRIEVE, born 21st ;
1799 March 1768, son of Henry G., D.D., |
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dal
keith 30th April 1793; pres. by Sir John j
Callander of Westerton, Bart., in Xov.
1798; adm. 5th April 1799; died unmarr.
15th March 1801.
JOHN KELLOCK [CUNNING-
1801 HAME], born at Graitney 1749; j
licen. by Presb. of Annan ; assist- !
ant at Irvine 1775 ; ord. min. of the
High Meeting, Eerwick-upon-Tweed, 4th
Dec. 1776 ; pres. by Sir John Callander of
Westerton, Bart., and adm. 4th Dec. 1801.
He marr. 4th Sept. 1798, Catherine (died
2nd Dec. 1849), daugh. of Lieut. -col. Cun- j
ninghame of the Scots Brigade, through
whom he assumed the name of Cunning-
hame in 1815, on his wife succeeding her
sister in the estate of Balbougie. He died
Father of the Church 8th Dec. 1839.
Publication— Account of the Parish (New
Mat. Ace., 1).— [Spec. Ret. Fife, 64.1.]
JOHN CRAWFORD, born Beith, Ayr
shire, 4th July 1810, son of John C.
and Elizabeth Stevenson ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine ; pres. by William Burn Callander,
of Prestonhall; ord. 22nd Sept, 1840;
died 10th Oct. 1863. He marr. 13th Jan.
1841, Ann (died 29th Sept. 1883), daugh.
of William Thomson, min. of Falkland,
and had issue — John, B.D., chaplain at
Meerut, India, born 15th Jan. 1842, died
30th June 1903 ; William Thomson, born
25th Oct. 1843, died 23rd April 1893;
Lilias Anne, born 23rd June 1845 (marr.
19th Oct. 1869, Matthew James Burnside
Fiddes) ; Elizabeth Stevenson, born 12th
June 1847, died 20th Oct. 1882; Agnes
Thomson, born 17th June 1849 ; Anne
Marian, born 4th May 1851, died 29th
March 1911 ; Georgiana Johnston, born
18th April 1853.
HENRY DUNCAN, born Edinburgh,
25th Nov. 1831, son of Thomas D.,
West Indian merchant, and Jane
Helen Keir ; educated at Edinburgh
Academy and Univ. ; M.A. ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1857 ; assistant at
St Quivox ; ord. to Ettrick 9th Sept. 1858 ;
trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1864 ; res. 7th
Nov. 1894 ; convener of the General
Assembly's Committee on Temperance,
from 1885 to 1894 ; res. 7th Nov. 1894 ;
died at Edinburgh 2nd Oct. 1907. He marr.
(1) 9th March 1859, Mary Balfour Manson,
eldest daugh. of James Kinnear, W.S.,
who died 2nd Feb. 1865, and had issue —
James Thomas, born 12th Nov. 1859, died
12th July 1864 ; Mary Henrietta, born 24th
March 1861 : (2) 22nd June 1875, Cecilia
Bertram, daugh. of John Menzies Baillie,
of Coulter-Allers, and had issue — Henry
Cecil, M.A., missionary at Darjeeling, born
17th May 1876 ; Cecilia Macallan, born 18th
July 1877 ; John Menzies Baillie, B.D.,
missionary at Calcutta, born 3rd Sept.
1879 ; Alexander William, planter, Grenada,
born 19th June 1881; Robert Granbery,
born 6th April 1883, died 21st Jan. 1908;
Jane Helen Keir, born 18th March 1885
(marr. Hugh Burgess, planter, Grenada) ;
William Williamson Keir, born 5th July
1888 ; George Wilson, born 17th Jan.
1895. Publications — Ed. Bible Hours, and
Under the Shadoiv, by Mary B. M. Duncan.
1895
ADAM WIGHTMAN FERGUSSON,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. 5th April 1895 ;
trans, to Maxwell, Glasgow, 5th
Sept. 1901.
STEVENSON MACNAB, born Salt-
coats, 31st Dec. 1869, son of David
Evan MacN., min. of Ardrossan;
educated at Ardrossan Academy, Glasgow
Univ.; M.A. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow June 1893 ; assistant at Crichton,
114
I) A LK KITH
OF
Monzievaird, Xew Monklancl, Hluevale ;
ord. 4th March 19()2. Marr. nth June
1906, I Felon Vida Dunsmuir, daugh. of
David Hamilton and Martha Dunachie,
Port-Glasgow.
DALKEITH.
[Founded in 1400 as a collegiate church,
dedicated to St Nicholas, and a prebend
of the Deanery of Restalrig. On the
dissolution of the Deanery a parisli was
erected by Parliament, f>th June 1592.]
ROBERT WILSOX, app. by the
1565 Assembly of 1502 to minister "in
such kirk as shall be thought good " ;
adm. probably in 1505 ; trans, to Xewbattle
about 1573.— [Booke of the Kirk; Zurich
Lett., ii. : Re<j. Mix. ; New fttat. Ace., i.]
THOMAS DOUGLAS of Clapperton,
1573 son °^ R°bert 1)' °f Puinpherston,
min. of Strathbrock, now Uphall,
1570 ; adm. here 15 73 ; pres. to the Deanery
of Restalrig by James VI. 10th Xov., with
consent of the prebendaries and chapter ; in
1575 he had also charge of Lasswade and
Glencorse ; died in June 1575. He marr.
Marion Hamilton, who survived him, and
had issue — James, his heir. — [Key. Assi;/.,
Cdlerj. C/i. of Mid-Lothian, Tent. Key.,
Wodroi" MiKccU.~\
GEORGE RAMSAY, trans. from
1575 Foulden ; nominated by James VI.,
29th Oct. 1575, to the Deanery of
Restalrig ; trans, to Lasswade before 1582.
— [Re/j. Assiy. and Min., New Stat.
Ace.]
1576 ANDREW RORESOX, reader.
AXDREW SIMSON, the first of a line
1582 °^ ^amous mins. of that name,
appears as a student of St Salvator's
College, St Andrews, in 1554, and of St
Leonard's in 1559. He was master of the
Grammar School of Perth (probably his
native place) between 1550 and 1560. He
embraced the doctrines of the Reformation
through reading Sir David Lindsay's Book
of tin- Monarchic, descriptive of the rise
and progress of popery. In 1502 he was
min. at Dunning and Cargill ; was trans,
to Dunbar 28th June 1504 (where he also
acted as schoolmaster) ; and adm. to this
charge about October 1582. He declined
the terms of the Act of Uniformity
passed in 1584, by which all who signed
bound themselves to acknowledge the
spiritual jurisdiction of the crown, but
afterwards he was allowed to comply in
a milder formula of his own (Priv. Conn.
Rerj., 1578-85, 703) On 15th Dec. 1585 he
was (being a distinguished Latinist and
grammarian) appointed one of a committee
to consider the best method of teaching
Latin in the Scottish schools. Some years
later the Privy Council directed that his
Rudimenta (along with James Carmichael's
Liber Secundm) should take the place
of all other books on the subject. He
died "in a good old age," probably in
1590. He marr. Violet Adamson, daugh.
of a Perth baker, and sister of Patrick
Adamson (or Constant), Archbishop of St
Andrews, and had seven sons, six of
whom became mins. — Patrick (of Spott
and Stirling); Archibald, his successor;
Alexander (of Mertoun) ; Richard (of
Sprouston); William (of Burntisland and
Dumbarton) ; Abraham (of Xorham) ;
Matthew, Professor of Humanity, Glas
gow; and three daughs. (of whom Katherine
marr. Alexander Home, min. of Dunbar;
Violet marr. James Carmichael, min. of
Haddington). Publications — Rudimenta
Grammatices in yrattnm jnventutis Scoticce
conscripta (Edinburgh, 1587), better known
as the Dunbar Rudiments; Ad Comitem
Fermolodunensem Carmen (1010), though
probably by Archibald, his son). — [Reg.
Assif/., Excheq. Buik, Booke of the. Kirk,
Colley. Ch. of Mid-Lothian, Row's and
Calderwood's Hist*. ; Edin. Chr. Inst., i. ;
New Stat. Ace., M'Crie's Knox, Diet. Nat.
Bioy., The Simsons.]
ARCHIBALD SIMSOX, born 1564, son
1586 °^ Preceding; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1585) ; assistant
to his father 1586; clerk to the Presb. 10th
DAT/KEITH]
DALKEITH
315
Oct. i:>«8 ; ord. 3rd June 1591. In 1605 lie ;
reached Aberdeen too late to take part in ;
the Assembly, which met in defiance of the j
royal prohibition, but affirmed his adhesion
to all its Acts. He was summoned before
the Privy Council, and dismissed on promis
ing more moderate behaviour in future.
On 27th June 1617 he signed, in name of
fifty-four others, a protest against a pro
posed Act of Parliament which sought to
make the King supreme ruler of the Church.
The bill was withdrawn, but Simson was
summoned before the Court of High Com
mission, deprived of his charge, and con
fined to the town of Aberdeen. On
acknowledging his offence he was allowed
to return home. He was ordered to " re-
compear " before the same Court, 7th June
1G20, but escaped this through the interces
sion of William, Earl of Morton. He died
in Dec. 1628. He marr. (1) Katherine
Crichton (Edin. Reg., 1st Feb. 1604), who
died before 10th Feb. 1607, and had
issue — Christian ; Elizabeth ; Jean : (2)
before 26th Sept, 1607, Elizabeth Stewart,
who survived him. Publications — Christ's
Seven Words upon the Crow (1620) ; Jfepta-
meron, the Seven Day* (St Andrews,
1621) ; Samson's Seaven Locke* of Ifaire
(St Andrews, 1621); Hieroglyphica Ani
malism Terrestriiim, etc. (Edinburgh,
1622-4); A Sacred Septenarie (1623); In-
duas Epistolas Petri (1632) ; Philomela
Dalkeithiensis, a congratulatory poem in
prai*e, of I fix Majesty [James VI.] (in The
Muses' Welcome, Edinburgh, 1618) ; Letter
to the High Commission, and an Apologetik
(Orifj. Lett., ii.) ; A Sermon, on John v. 35
(Select Biog., i.) ; Life of Patrick Sim-
son, ed. W. K. Tweedie, for the Wodrow
Society, Edinburgh, 1845. Other works
left in MSS., include Annales Ecclesice
Scoticanoe and Historia Ecclesiastica
Scotorum, now in the Advocates' Library
(1558-1625).— [Act. Rect. Univ. St And.;
Wodrow !s MS. fiiog., iv. ; Edin. Fred),
and Test. Reg., Reg. Sec. Sig. and Assig.,
Lochleven Pap., Booke of the Kirk ; Spottis-
Avood's, Row's, and Caldervvood's Hists. ;
Scot's Stagg. State, Forbes's Records, Scot's
Apol. Rel. ; M'Crie's Melville, ii. ; Orig.
Lett., New Stat. Ace., Coll eg. Ch. of Mid-
Lothian ; Act* J'art., iii. ; Dirt. N«t. Biog.,
The Sims&nsJ]
1629
PATRICK TURNER, born 1575, son
of Patrick T., who was son of Peter
T., merchant, Edinburgh; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 10th Aug. 1595) ; min. of
Borthwick 1604; pres. by Charles I. 19th
Oct. 1628; trans, and adm. 2nd March
1629; died Aug. 1634. He marr. (1)
Marjory Denniston, and had issue — John :
(2) Jan. 1612, Margaret, daugh. of James
Law, Archbishop of Glasgow, who survived
him, and had issue — Sir James, Scottish
soldier of fortune, who served in the
Swedish army, and afterwards in that of
the Covenanters in England, and after the
Restoration commanded troops employed
against the Nonconformists in the South
of Scotland (reputed prototype of Scott's
" Dugald Dalgetty :;) ; Archibald, min. of the
Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh ; Jean ; Mar
garet ; Anna (marr., pro. 1st July 1635,
Robert Inglis, merchant, Edinburgh) ;
Mary; Lilias (marr. May 1638, Mungo
Law, min. of Greyfriars, Edinburgh).
Publication — Three Latin Poems (Simson's
Jfieroglypliica). — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Test,
and 'Canongate Reg. (Marr.), Turner's
Mem., New Stat. Ace., Crockett's The Scott
Originals.'}
HEW CAMPBELL, brother of John C.
of Schankstoun ; M.A. (Glasgow
1619) ; pres. by Charles I. 25th
Sept. 1634 ; ord. 20th Jan., and inst. 5th
Feb. 1635. He was a member of the Com
missions of Assembly 1643, 1644, 1649. In
Nov. and Dec. 1650, the Cromwellians
were quartered in the church. He was
dep. 13th Jan. 1659 ; died in April 1674,
aged about 74. He marr. (cont. 20th Aug.
1633) Margaret, daugh. of George Smith,
merchant, burgess of Edinburgh (Prot.
Book, Guthrie), and had issue— Elizabeth
(marr. William Henry, apothecary and
burgess in Edinburgh). — [Mun. Univ.
Glasg., iii. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., Edin. Reg.
(Marr. and Bur.), Acts of Ass., Lament's
Diary, New Stat. Arc.]
316
DALKEITH
[PRESR OF
WILLIAM CALDERWOOD, bapt. 22nd
1659 /'an< 16:i(5> 'son of- Bailie Thomas
('., bookseller and Dean of Guild,
Edinburgh, and Elizabeth Mortimer ; edu
cated at Vniv. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (May
1653) : ord. 22nd Sept. 1659 ; died 1th March
1680. He marr. 23rd Nov. 1660, Margaret
(died 3rd Sept. 1682), daugh. of Thomas
( 'ruigof Riccarton, and had issue — Thomas,
burgess and guild-brother of Edinburgh :
Lewis, died 1680; Archibald; Helen.—
[Test, and E<lin. J'i-//. (Bapt.\ Tovtbst.,
Caldenvood's I fist., Netr Xtaf. A<-<\, Mon-
teith's Theater of 3fortatit?/.~]
JAMES LUNDIK, M.A.; trans, from
1680 First Charge, Tron, Edinburgh, and
adm. 24th Nov. 1680 ; pres. by James,
Duke, and Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch,
24th Nov. 1 680. Refusing to take the Test,
he was deprived in 1681. [Afterwards min.
of North Leith.]— [Wodrow's I fist., Foun-
tainhall's Diary, New Stat. Ace.]
ALEXANDER HERIOT, M.A. (Edin-
1683 burgh 1666) ; licen. by Bishop of
Edinburgh 22nd July 1669 ; adm. to
Second Charge, Kirkcaldy, 1676 ; pres. by
James, Duke of Buccleuch and Monmouth,
Dec. 1682 ; adm. llth Jan. 1683 ; deprived
3rd Dec. 1690, for "contumacy.5' He marr.
Nov. 1675, Helen Balfour, in the parish of
Liff, and had a daugh., Helen. Publica
tion — A Pamphlet in exculpation of him
self. — [Kirkcaldy Sess. Rey. ; Hist. Gen.
Ass., 1690; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; A'.
Presb. Eloq., New Stat. Ace.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, M.A. ; trans.
1687 from Walston about 1687 ; but re
turned soon after to his former
parish, according to the Act of Parliament
1690.
1691
WILLIAM MEIN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1655) ; ord. to Tweedmouth 28th Feb.
1659 ; trans, to Lochrutton 1661 ;
deprived 1662 ; indulged at Dunlop 1672,
but declined ; denounced by the Privy
Council 1673; called 12th June, and adm.
7th July 1691 ; a member of Assembly
1692: died llth Jan. 1699, in 65th year.
He marr. Eliza Buckholm, and had issue —
Agnes (marr. 21st April 1712, John Mac-
Laren, min. of Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh) ;
Elizabeth.— [Test. Key. (Peebles), Key. Gen.
Ass., New Stat. Ace.]
JAMES ELPHINSTON, educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumbarton 27th Aug. 1689; ord. to
Strathblane 29th April 1691 ; called 19th
March, trans, and adm. 19th Nov. 1700 ;
died 1st Feb. 1709. He marr. 1th March
1700, Catherine, daugh. of Alexander Mon-
crieff of Murrayfield, Lasswade, and had
issue — John, born 1701 ; James, born 1702;
Catherine, born 1708; Giles (marr. John
Love, rector of the Grammar School, Dal-
keith). — [Lasswade Sess. Ren., Chalmers's
Rvddimrin.~\
1710
DAVID HUT CHESON, called 10th Jan.
and ord. 7th April 1710; died 3rd
Feb. 1746. He marr. 25th June
1719, Christian, daugh. of William Cleg-
horn, portioner and merchant in Dalkeith,
and had issue — Jean, born 16th Feb. 1730 ;
Christian, born 5th June 1731 ; William,
student at Edinburgh Univ.
DAVID PLENDERLEATH, trans, from
Ormiston ; pres. by Francis, Duke
of Buccleuch, 23rd May, and adm.
7th Oct. 1746 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 30th Jan. 1765. — [Carlyle's
Aidob.]
HENRY GRIEVE, trans, from Eagles-
1765 ham ; pres. by Commissioners for
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, 18th
Feb. and 2nd March, and adm. 7th June
1765 ; trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
22nd July 1789.
WILLIAM SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 25th April 1787 ; ord. to
Gretna 25th Sept. 1788; pres. by
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, Oct. 1789 ;
trans, and adm. 17th Feb. 1790 ; died 10th
July 1831, in his 77th year. He marr. 19th
Nov. 1795, Jane (died 29th Jan. 1840),
daugh. of John Robertson, min. of Kilmar-
DALKEITH]
DALKEITH— DALKEITH, WEST
nock. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii.)
JAMES MONTE ITH, born 1790, son of
1832 the proprietor of Blantyre Cotton
Works, of which he himself became
a partner and manager. Having received
strong impressions of religion, he studied
for the ministry at the Univ. of Edin
burgh; MA. (31st March 1827); pres. by
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch (on the
recommendation of the Rev. Dr Chalmers),
27th Dec. 1831; ord. 13th April 1832.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the Free
Church, Kingarth, 1843 ; trans, to St John's
Wood Presbyterian Church, London, 1852 ;
died at Edinburgh, 20th April 1856. He
marr. 24th April 1821, Margaret, eldest
daugh. of Robert Thomson of Camphill, and
had issue— Agnes, born 15th Feb. 1822 (marr.
Walter Chalmers Smith, D.D., LL.D., min.
of United Free High Church, Edinburgh,
author of Olrifj Grange, etc.); Robert Earle,
born 28th July 1823; Margaret, born 15th
July 1837.
JOSEPH ROGERS DUNCAN, ord.
1843 (assistant an(1 successor) 4th June
1841 ; trans, to Torthorwald, 5th
Oct. 1843.
NORMAN M'LEOD, trans, from
Loudoun, and adm. 15th Dec. 1843 •
lO*xO -p»
trans, to Barony, Glasgow, 17th July
1851.
ROBERT WRIGHT, born Girvan, 2<5th
1851 May 1809' son of Robert AV., farmer,
and Agnes Brown ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr ;
ord. to Heriot 22nd Sept. 1843; trans!
to Luss 31st March 1840 ; trans, and adm
26th Sept. 1851 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1861); res.
20th June 1876; died in Edinburgh, 10th
Nov. 1897. Marr. 18th March 1851,
Margaret (died 22nd Jan. 1868), daugh. of
John Young of Rowmore, and had issue-
Agnes Anne, born 20th Jan. 1853, died
19th Jan. 1865; Margaret Robina, born
8th July 1855 (marr. Alexander Meikle-
john, Dalkeith). Publications-tfom* and
Family Life; The Pulpit and Preackina.
1876
ANDREW GRAY, born Guildtown,
Scone, 27th July 1835, son of
Andrew G. and Janet Kettle; edu
cated at Perth Academy and Univ. of St
Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Perth 1857;
assistant at Kinnoull ; ord. to Wallacetown
Chapel, Dundee, 4th Oct. 1857 ; trans, to
New Church, Dumfries, 9th Sept. 1858;
trans, to Mouswald 3rd July 1862; trans.
to Morningside, Edinburgh, 19th Jan. 1865 ;
trans, to St John's Parish, Glasgow, 22nd
Aug. 1867; trans, to Maxwell Parish,
Glasgow, 30th Dec. 1869; trans, and adm.
28th Nov. 1876; D.D. (St Andrews 1888);
died 29th Oct. 1907. Marr. 15th Oct. 1863,
Elizabeth (died 8th June 1911), daugh. of
Evan Macgregor and Elizabeth Bowman,
and had issue— Evan, born 30th July 1864 ;
William Henry, B.D., min. of Aberdour,
Fife, born 28th May 1866; Andrew, B.D.,
min. of Clatt,born 22nd Feb. 1868 ; Charles
Maxwell, born 29th Nov. 1870, died 19th
Dec. 1896; Robert John, died at school,
1877 ; Mary, born 4th June 1878. Publica
tion— 77^ Gknrck of Scotland and Religious
Equal-it i/ (St Giles Series of Lectures).
WILLIAM ALEXANDER DUNNETT,
1903 b°rn Portobell°! 14th Oct. 1875,'
son of William D., min. of Kilmar-
nock ; educated at Kilmarnock A cademy and
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1898), B.D. (1901);
licen. by Presb. of Irvine; assistant at
Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and
successor) llth Sept. 1903. Marr. 15th June
1904, Elizabeth Shaw, daugh. of George
Linklater, Edinburgh, and has issue-
William, born 18th Sept. 1912.
DALKEITH, WEST (Q.S.)
[Disjoined from Dalkeith and erected
into a parish quoad sacra 1853. Church
built and endowed by Walter Francis,
Duke of Buccleuch.]
JAMES REID, ord. 21st April 1854;
1854 trans, to Borthwick, 1st Oct. 1856.
JOHN ANDERSON, formerly mission
ary in India; adrn. 9th Jan. 1857;
1857
1863.
trans, to Coulter, Biggar, 27th March
318
I) ALK KITH, WEST— FAL A
[I'KKSB. OF
JAMES LAMOXT, born Rothesay 1820,
son of Duncan L. ; educated at
Glasgow Univ.; Keen, by Presb. of
Dunoon 1855 ; ord. to Kelvinliaugh, Glas
gow, 20th Dec. 1856; trans, to Broughty
Ferry 1850; trans, and adin. 8th May
1803; died 25th Xov. 1891. He marr.
7th June 1859, Maria Jane Wallace, who
died 29th Aug. 18G3. lie was an accom
plished amateur astronomer who made his
own telescopes.
llHXItV FAKQUHAi:, burn Guthrie,
Forfarshire. 7th Xov. i860, son of
Alexander F.. farmer, and Elizabeth
Mitchell; educated at Guthrie, Aberdeen
Grammar School and Univ., and Edin
burgh Univ. ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1879), B.D.
(Edinburgh 1882) ; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 10th May 1.882; assistant at
Xorth Leith ; ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 7th Aug. 1883 ; res. 17th May 1909.
He marr. 18th Aug. 1884, Annie Muir,
daugh. of Hugh Peace, schoolmaster, Mary-
kirk, Kincardineshire, and has issue —
James Lament, banker, London, born llth
March 1887 ; Jessie Semple, born 5th June
1891, died 24th Sept. 1894. Publications—
Nature's Story (Edinburgh, 1895); Memorial
Sketch of Dr Lucas (Dalkeith, 1905) ; Inter
pretation of Nature (Guild Text-Book,
Edinburgh, 1910) : /'"rank Mitchell, Guilds-
man (Edinburgh, 1911); Milicent, serial
in Life and Work, 1913 ; editor of Church
of Scotland /Sabbath School Teachers' Maya-
zine, from 1894.
JOHN SCOTT, born Annacloy, Co.
Down, Ireland, 9th Aug. 1805, son of
John S., Belfast, and Jane Campbell :
educated at Belfast (Queen's and Assembly's
Colleges), 'Royal Univ. of Ireland ; B.A.
(1888); licen. by Presb. of Down 1890:
min. of Stewartstown Presbyterian Church,
Co. Tyrone, 1891, afterwards of Yeoville
Presbyterian Church, Johannesburg; adm.
by the General Assembly of 1908 as an ord.
min. of the Church of Scotland ; adm. to
this charge 10th Sept, 1909. Marr. 19th
Jan. 1893, Mary Emma, daugh. of Joseph
] lough ton Buckley, Kirkham, Lancashire,
and Sally \Vinterbothaiu. Publications —
The tiold.i'crs of the King (London, 1903) ;
Man in the Net (London, 1912).
FALA.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Modan, belonged to the
Preceptory of Ednam. The kirk was in
ruins Oth Sept. 1021.]
1590 JOHN HISLOP, reader.
JAMES HALSTI E [HASTINGS], trans.
15gl from Clerkington, and adm. 1591,
having Soutra also in charge ; trans.
to Temple 1595. — [/iVy. A*$i<jl\
JAMES POKTEOUS, min. of Soutra,
an<^ ^S successor's ">vero granted in
1012, by Andrew Edmonstone of that
ilk, as patron of the Preceptory of Fala, a
manse and glebe. They were to serve the
cure at Fala every alternate Sunday (R<'<j.
of Deed*, ccix., 177).
1612
JOHN LOG AX, M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
July 1011) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh : ord. min. of Soutra 1017:
became min. of the united parish of Soutra
and Fala 20th Feb. 1018. He Avas a
member of the Commission of Assembly
1642, and clem, in Feb. 1674. — [Stat.
Reports, 1027 ; Act* of A**., \Vocl row's
/f/*t., New Stat. Ace.}
GEORGE MOO ])!!•; M.A. (Edinburgh
1099) ; licen. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 16th April 1673 : pres.
by Thomas Hamilton of Preston : ord. and
coll. 12th May, and hist. 3rd June 1674.
Deprived for refusing the Test in 1081 ;
afterwards min. of Fogo 1093. — \_Rey.
Collat., Wodrow's Jfist.]
1683
GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.A. : pres. by
the Town Council of Edinburgh 6th
Oct. 1682; adm. 12th Jan. 1683;
trans, to Burntisland in 1688.
ALEXANDER OH ANT, son of Duncan
G. of Branchell ; educated at the
Univ. and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (llth July 1676); adm. 1089. De
prived by the Privy Council 4th Sept,
DALKEITIl]
FALA
319
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, and not praying for King
William and Queen Mary. [Afterwards
min. of South Ronaldshay.]— [J/>V. An: of
Min., 1689.]
WALTER CAVERS, born 1672, eldest
1697 son °^ J°mi C. in Langtown (Kox-
luryh Mas., vii., 112); educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (18th July
1692); called 24th Aug., and orcl. 21st
Sept. 1G97 ; died 3rd Jan. 1742. He raarr.
(name unknown), and had a numerous
family.
PATRICK SIMSOX, pres. by Thomas
1743 Hamilton of Fala 14th June 1742 ;
ord. 10th May 1743; he headed a
contingent at the battle of Prestonpans,
21st Sept. 1745 :—
"And Simson keen, to clear the een
Of rebels far in wrang, man,
Did never strive, wi' pistols live,
But gallop'd wi' the thrang, man ;
He turned his back, and in a crack
Was cleanly out of sight, man,
And thought it best : it was nae.jest
Wi' Highlanders to fight, man."
After the battle he resided for about three
months at Berwick, returning to his
parish at the beginning of 1746. He was
taken prisoner, and removed to Stirling,
where he lay in ward for about three
weeks, but was liberated. He was one
of ])r Carlyle's strongest supporters when
libelled by the Presbytery for attending
the representation of Douglas; trans, to
Clunie 1st Xov. 1759.— [Carlyle's Autob. ;
Hogg's Jar. 7iWA>', ii.]
W I L L I A M W O T H E R S P O O X
1760 [W I T H E R S P O O X S], Keen, by
Presb. of Dalkeith 19th Aug. 1757 ;
pres. by the Town Council of Edinburgh
27th Feb., and ord. 19th Sept. 1760; died
unmarr. (after prolonged periods of ill-
health) 31st May 1763.
JOHX COURLAY, M.A. ; pres. by
1764 Tllomas Hamilton Macgill of Fala
31st Oct. 1763; ord. llth May
1764; trans, to Crichton 2nd July
1773.
WILLIAM SPROTT, pres. by the Town
Council of Edinburgh 8th Sept.
1773; ord. 22nd April 1774. He
res. on account of ill-health, 15th April
1790, but withdrew this at the earnest
solicitation of the parishioners; died
unmarr. 15th May 1790.
ARCHIBALD S1XGERS, born at King-
1791 !lorn' July 1752> one of tne masters
in George Heriot's Hospital 14th
Oct. 1776 ; Keen, by Presb. of Edinburgh
30th Aug. 1780 ; pres. by Lady Dalrymple
Hamilton M'Gill 1st Xov. 1790; ord. 29th
April 1791 ; clerk to the Presb. ; died at
Belhaven, 18th Oct. 1830. He marr. 25th
Dec. 1780, Mary Lothian, who died 2nd
Dec. 1824, and had issue- Anne, born 19th
Jan. 1784 (marr. James Stirling, min. of
Cockburnspath) ; Hew Dalrymple, born
13th May 1787. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Mat. Ace., x.).—
[/Steven's Jlfem. of Jleriot.}
THOMAS SHERRIFF, born 29th April
1828 1791' son of Peter S-> farmer, East
Lothian ; teacher in Water-of-Leith
School ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
Keen, by Presb. of Chirnside 31st Dec!
1822 ; pres. by the Town Council of Edin
burgh, and ord. (assistant and successor)
9th May 1828; died 21st April 1836. He
marr. 14th Sept. 1819, Janet (died 17th
April 1837, aged 40 years), daugh. of
Arthur M'Ewen, Water-of-Leith, and had
issue— Peter, Excise officer, born 18th June
1820, died 9th Oct. I860 ; Arthur M'Ewen,
born 15th April 1822, served articles with
James Duncan, W.S., Edinburgh, but sub
sequently entered the ministry. Going to
Australia in 1849, he became min. of
Clarence Town and Dungog, Xew South
Wales, where he died 8th Xov. 1864 ;
Thomas Liddle, born 6th Dec. 1823, died
23rd Dec. 1823 ; Thomas Liddle, born 16th
Dec. 1824, died llth Sept. 1826; William
Christie, accountant, Edinburgh, born 4th
Sept. 1826, died 20th Oct. 1887; AValter
Brown, chemist, born 16th Feb. 1828, died
1859; .John Liddle, bookseller, born 19th
Xov. 1829, died at Sydney, Xew South
Wales, May 1882; Jane Christie, born 29th
FALA— SOUTHA
[PKESB. OF
Dec. 1831, died unmarr. in Australia, Oct.
1880; Thomas, bookseller, born 12th May
1833, died at Dublin, 24th Aug. 1889;
Margaret, born 18th July 1835, died 8th
Jan. 1837.
WILLIAM HA11KNESS, born at
1837 Mitchellslacks, Morton, 1801, son of
William H., farmer, and Janet
Walker ; educated at the Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (31st March 1827) ; Keen, by
the Presb. of Dumfries 7th May 1833 ;
tutor in the family of Sir .James \V. Mon-
creiff, Bart. ; pres. by the Commissioner for
Sir John Hamilton Dalrymple, Bart., on
the selection by the people from a leet of
three ; ord. llth April 1837 ; died 2nd July
1841. He marr. 3rd Sept. 1840, Anne,
daugh. of Hugh Rose, Governor of H.M.
Prison, Edinburgh (who survived him, and
marr. again, llth April 1849), and had
issue — a daughter, William Ann (posthu
mous), born 10th July 184].
THOMAS M UN UO, ord. 23rd June 1843 ;
1843 trans, to Campsie 28th March 1844.
JAMES INGKAM, M.A., min. of the
Scots Church, Amsterdam; pres.
by John, Earl of Stair, and adm.
9th May 1844; trans, to Dunblane 8th
Aug. 1801. Publication — Account of Fala
and Soutra (Few Xtat. Ace., 1844).
JOHX FEKNIE THOMSON, born Bal-
Unclean, Kilmany, Fife, lf>th May
1833, son of Arthur T., fanner,
and Elizabeth Fernie ; educated at St
Andrews ; classical master in Madras
College; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 1855;
assistant at Kilrenny ; app. to Chapel of
Howwood, Lochwinnoch, 1857 ; ord. to St
Leonard's, Perth, 8th Oct. 1857 ; pres. by
Mrs Ferguson Blair of Balthayock, and
adm. 4th Oct. 1801 ; died 22nd July 1881.
He marr. 3rd Nov. 1857, Jessie Wood
M'Gowan, eldest daugh. of Alexander
Fisher, Town-Clerk of Cupar-Fife, and
had issue— Jessie Aitken Black, born 17th
Sept. 1858, died 1st June 1883; Ellington
Douglas, born 12th Feb. 1802, died 13th
March 1803 ; Arthur William, born 10th
April 1804; Elizabeth Fernie, born 18th
Feb. 1807, died 10th Feb. 1875; Jeanie
Duff, born 21st Oct. 1870; John Fernie,
born 19th Oct. 1875, died 12th July 1890;
David M'Laren, born 7th Dec. 1878.
JAMES HUNTEll, born Airdrie, 2nd
1882 ^ePt- 1849, son of James Hunter,
C.M., and Jean Piodger ; educated
at Cilbertfield, Hamilton, and Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Prcsb. of Glasgow April
1879 ; assistant at St Paul's, Leith, and Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh ; ord. 24th Jan. 1882.
Marr. (1) 14th Aug. 1883, Clementina (died
31st Jan. 1900), daugh. of George Cowan,
M.D., Edinburgh, and had issue— James,
New Zealand, born 19th Nov. 1884 ; George
Cowan Moffat, in Manila, born 17th Dec.
1885 ; William Henry Gray, in Melbourne,
born 10th June 1887 ; Charles Cook, born
Oth Feb. 1889; David Ainslie, born 25th
Oct. 1890: (2) 23rd April 1901, Caroline
Helen, daugh. of Edward James Parry, M.l ).,
Shrewsbury. Publication — Fala and tioutra
(Edinburgh, 1892).
SOUTRA.
[The church was dedicated to the Holy
Trinity, and was connected with the
Trinity Hospital here, endowed by Malcolm
IV. about 1104. Previous to the llefonna-
tion it was a benefice belonging to the
Provostry of the Holy Trinity, Edinburgh.
It wa.s annexed to Fala in 1018.]
THOMAS CAlllNS, was the last priest
1560 Prcvi°us to the Reformation, and as
he continued to 1507, he was prob
ably the first Protestant min. In 1500
he was confirmed in certain lands known as
Soutra Croft and Campiri Croft.
1567 JAMES MUIIRAY, reader.
WILLIAM FLtANK, having Fain and
Keith-Humbie also in charge ; trans,
to Lander before 1574. — [AV/. Min.,
Chart. Coll. Ch. of Mid -Loth Ian}.
ALAN JOHNSTON. During his
ministry Keith-Humbie was separ
ated from Fala and Soutra, and
Crichton w;is annexed in its place. He
had three readers under him, and lived at
Soutra.
DALKEITH]
SOUTRA— GLENCROSS, OR GLENCORSE
321
JAMES HENDERSON, min. in 1590 ;
1590 dem. 21st May 1590.
JAMES HASTIE, M.A., min. of Fala ;
adm. 18th Aug. 1592 ; trans, to Temple
in 1595.— [Rey. Ass/ij.]
PATRICK CARKETTIL [KAKKIv
1597 TILL], M.A., adm. 30th May 1597 :
trans, to Stenton 1599.
PATRICK CAR MICHAEL, M.A. : adm.
c__ in 1599 ; trans, to Aberdour, Fife,
J.O«.*«J r i r I T ' / > 7 It 7 )
1602. — •[llaildinijt. tresb. Jie</., Ke<j.
Anxiif., Lockleven, Paj>.]
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A. : adm. 8th
Oct. 1605 ; trans, to Hobkirk in
1609.— [Act. Rect. Univ. St And..
HnddiiKjt. Presl>. Re<j., Raj. Axxi'j.]
1605
JAMES PORTEOUS, M.A. ; adm. 1609 :
pres. by James VI. 2nd Jan. 1612 :
trans, to Lasswade Sth Aug. 1616. —
[Art. Red. Univ. St An'/.]
,1 ( )HN LOGAN, M.A. : pres. by the Town
Council of Edinburgh Aug. 1616:
adm. after 6th March 1617 ; removed
to Fala on the union of the parishes in
1618.
GLENCROSS, OK GLENCORSK.
[\Vas a parish before the Reformation,
but was held with Dalkeith and Lasswade
1574-80, and with Lasswade 1585, 1586. In
1588 it was held with Penicuik, and from
1589 downwards with Lasswade, to which
it was united by Act of Parliament before
Jan. 1611. It was proposed to unite the
parish to Penicuik, 10th June 1612. In
1615 the Presbytery was approached with
the view to a separate minister being
appointed. This seems to have led to the
appointment of a colleague in Lasswade in
1616, who probably had a special charge
of Glencorse. Hence the statement that
the erection of the parish took place in
1616, though it is certain no minister was
appointed till 1636.]
VOL. I.
1576 LANCELOT GIBSON, reader.
ANDREW FORRESTER, son of Alex.
1588 •^•' m"1' °^ Tranent, reader at Lass
wade and Clerkington 1588 ; adm.
12th Dec. same year : but 26th Feb. 1589-90
was ordered " to provide himself at sum
other kirk in respect of the meanness of
his stipend :; ; trans, to Corstorphine 1590. —
[Presb. Reij., New 8tat. Ace.]
ANDREW BLACKBALL, M.A. : adm.
7th Aug. 1599 ; trans, to Aberlady
1599
1602.— [Act. Rect. Univ. St And.']
1636
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, born
1608, son of Francis R., burgess
of Edinburgh ((-}. R. fnhib., i., x.,
1637): M.A. (St Andrews 1628); pres. by
Charles T. 13th Feb. ; coll. and inst. 22nd
.March 1636 ; died in 1645. He marr. 29th
Dec. 1635, Elizabeth Porteous, in the parish
of Lasswade, and had issue — David (Edin.
Sns., v., 234), apprenticed to David Hoge,
skinner. Edinburgh. 19th July 1650: Alex
ander, to Philip Kincaid, merchant, Edin
burgh, 26th Sept. 1655. — [Act. Rect. Univ.
St And., Reg. X<-c. >'/;/., Litw'iide Sexs. Rey.,
Xcw St«t. Ace.]
1643
ROBERT ALISON, brother of William
A., min. of Kilbucho ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. : M.A. (21st July
1632) : reader and schoolmaster of Carn-
wath (llth Oct. 1635): orcl. 16th Oct.
1643: prcs. by Charles 1. 29th July 1645.
He died 14th March 1674, aged about 62.
He marr. Margaret Lawrie, who died in
Nov. 1674. — \_Re</. Co/lat., Reg. Se<\ ,S'iV/.,
Text. Reij. (Lan,.\ Kew Stat. Ace.]
GEORGE PURVES, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1674 31st July 1662): licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1665 :
pres. by Sir William Purves, Bart.: ord.
16th, adm. and inst. 22nd July 1674 ; dep.
1690; died 18th Feb. 1710, aged about (58.
He marr. 29th April 1676, Ann, daugh. of
Alexander Bothwell of Glencorse, and had
issue. — [EJ in. Rey. (Jhir.); MS. Ace of
Min., 1689; Act* Parl., ix. ; Hist, of the
6V//. A**., 1690.]
GLENCROSS, OR GLENCORSE— HERIOT
PKESB. OF
JOHN ERASER, M.A. ; ord. 23rd Dec.
1691 lf>91. Knowing Gaelic, he was
appointed by the den. Assembly
to supply in Pioss, Sutherland, and Caith
ness, and was trans, to Alness ('5th Xov.
1695. — [Eraser on Sanctiftcation, AVodrow's
Hist., New Stat. Ace.]
JOHN WILSON, born 1070; liceii.
by Presb. of "Wigtown Oth Nov.
1090: called 10th July, and ord.
24th Oct. 1699; died 14th July 1757. He
marr. 5th March 1707, Christian, youngest
daugh. of William Douglas of Biads,
West Calder, and had issue — William,
writer, Edinburgh ; Alexander, who died
at New York. — [Test. Key., Tomlst., New
Mat. Ace.]
JOHN WALKEB, pres. by William
Tytler of Woodhouselec, and ord. 13th
Sept. 1758; trans, to Moffat 18th
July 1762.
1758
JAMES TAYLOR, liccn. by Presb. of
K Dalkeith 4th Dec. 1759; pres. by
William Tytler of Woodhouselee, 4th
Dec. 1762 ; ord. 29th April 1703 ; died 30th
Aug. 1787. He marr. 10th Nov. 1703,
Eupham Rymer, St Andrews, who sur
vived him.
WILLIAM TOR HENCE, bapt. 23rd
Nov. 1740, son of Alexander T.,
tenant in Borthwick Mains, and
Janet Turnbull ; educated at the Univ. of
Edinburgh ; liccn. by Presb. of Dalkeith
2nd Ecb. 1773 ; pres. by William Tytler of
Woodhouselee, and ord. 4th July 1788 ;
died 14th Jan. 1836. He marr. 27th Dec.
1788, Margaret Torrence, who died 16th
Nov. 1812, and had issue — Alexander, his
successor; William, born 10th Aug. 1791 ;
Margaret, born 17th Jan. 1795, died 28th
June 1795. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc.} xv.)
ALEXANDER TORRENCE, son of pre
ceding, born 22nd Oct. 1789; licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith ; ord. (assis
tant and successor) 16th Oct. 1818 ; died
unmarr. 15th July 1877.
WILLIAM BAILLIE STRONG, born
1878 Lerwick, 4th May 1840, son of
Thomas S. and Catherine Baillie ;
educated at Lerwick, Aberdeen and Edin
burgh Univs. ; M.A. (1870;, B.D. (1874);
liccn. by Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd June
1874; ord. 22nd Jan. 1878. Marr. 4th
March 1891, Elizabeth Lockhart, daugh.
of Andrew Galloway, Ayr, and has issue
—Agnes Kirkland, born 20th Jan. 1892 ;
Catherine Baillie, born 21st Sept, 1894;
Helen Marjoric, born 4th April 1896;
Elizabeth Galloway, born 17th Jan. 1898;
Thomas Arthur, born 17th Dec. 1899;
William Baillie, born 27th April 1906;
Madeline Lila, born 4th Jan. 1909.
HERIOT.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Mary, belonged to the
Abbey of Newbattle.]
ADAM FOULIS, Newbattle, had charge
1570 of Heriot this year.
JOHN BENNETT, having also Borth-
wick and Stow in the charge ; pres.
to the vicarage pensionary of Stow
by James VI. 1st Nov. 1578, and to the
parsonage and vicarage of Duns 2nd May
' 1581, the latter of which he demitted before
j 20th Jan. 1582. He was a member of the
; General Assembly 1590 ; died 29th Oct.
1610. He marr. Susanna Eairlie (who
succeeded as heir to her sister, Agnes,
'•• wife of Gavin Heriot, burgess of Edin-
i burgh), and had issue — John, min. of
! Kirkurd ; James ; Elspeth ; William,
| apprenticed to William Crawford, tailor,
j Edinburgh, 2nd June 1019 ; Jean ; Marion
; (marr. James Currie). — [Key. Assiy., Her/.
Jfiu., Eilln. Pt'es/j. and Test. Key. ; Tut/.
Ret. Ettin., 208— lie Tut., 202; Edin. Ap
prentice Rey.]
1576 ROBERT PATER SON, reader.
WILLIAM CALDERWOOD, M.A. (St
1617 Andrews, 20th July 1613); adm. to
the public exercise 26th May 1614 :
coll. and inst, 13th July 1017. In 1647,
DALKEITH]
HERIOT
323
from defect of sight and other infirmities,
he was unable for his official duty; died
1669. He marr. in Xov. 1642, Margaret
Law, who survived him, and had issue —
William, apprenticed to John Spang,
surgeon, Edinburgh, 26th April 1637 ; ;
George, to Philip Scott, merchant, Edin- j
burgh, 16 tli Sept, 1646 ; Thomas, to Daniel j
Buncle, tailor, Edinburgh, 19th Aug. 1640 : ;
Eupham. — [Act. Reef. Univ. tit. And., |
Test. Reij. ; titat. Reports, 1027 ; Calder-
wood's Hist.]
WILLIAM CRAXSTOUX was reader
1659 and assistant.
ROBERT MOWAT, M.A., formerly of
Temple ; indulged by the Privy i
Council 30th Sept. ; imprisoned at ;
the close of 1084, but liberated by the |
Privy Council 12th March 1085, on giving ,
bond for 5000 merks that he should not
exercise any part of his ministry in Scot
land, live peaceably, and appear when
called ; restored to Temple in 1090. —
[Wodrow's Hist.]
ROBERT MOXCRIEFF, pres. by the
„ Town Council of Edinburgh 23rd
Dec. 1084, his admission being de
layed by a claim to the patronage by
Dundas of Harviestoun (P. (J. R. Dec., 2nd
April 1085) ; inst. 25th May 1685 ; dep. for
immoral conduct 13th July 1092 ; died at
Edinburgh 29th Sept. 1723. He marr.
Barbara, daugh. of George Moncrieff, min.
of Arngask, and had issue — Thomas ;
Sophia; Bethia (marr. 22nd Dec. 1720,
Daniel Brown, slater, Edinburgh).— [7V.</.
(Edin. and tit And.) and Edin. Re<j. (Uur.) ;
J/,S'. Ace. of Jfin., 1089 ; Part. Re</. tiasine*,
Fife]
WILLIAM M'GEORGE, son of William
MacG., min. of Caerlaverock ; school
master of Dumfries ; imprisoned for
a year (1084-5) for his steadfastness to
the Presbyterian cause. He was a min.
in the Synod in 1087 ; adm. llth Dec.
1089 ; died May 1693. His wife's name is
unknown. A son, William, was min. at
Penicuik, and a daugh., Janet, marr. John
Robson, merchant, Dumfries. — [Woclrow's
Hist., Edin. Comic, and Dumfries Rcy.
1694
GEORGE VALLAXCE, a native of St
Boswells ; M.A. (Edinburgh, May
1685); licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
5th July 1693; called 27th April, and ord.
29th Aug. 1694; died 2nd Feb. 1732, in
07th year. He marr. Jane (died 4th Feb.
1727), eldest daugh. of Joseph Dunlop of
Blackshiels, and had issue — James ; Anna,
—[Test. Rc-'j., TomlMj]
ADAM STEEL, chaplain to George,
1734 Lord Reay; licen. by Presb. of
Tongue 24th Sept. 1729 ; called 25th
Sept. 1733; ord. 10th June 1734; died 1st
April 1755. He marr. 29th July 1737,
Janet, daugh. of James Paton, min. of
Carrington, and had issue — • Margaret ;
Thomas ; James, min. of Cockpen ; Robert ;
Helen. — [Acts of Ass., 1734; Morrison's
Digest.]
JOHX MURRAY, licen. by Presb. of
1756 Ifoddington 23rd Sept. 1735 ; ord.
to a Presbyterian congregation in
Xewcastle 1st Aug. 1746 ; pres. by Sir
William Dalrymple of Cousland, Bart., 9th
Sept. 1755; adm. 7th May 1756; died
unmarr. 25th April 1793, in his 86th year.
ALEXAXDER HUXTER, a licentiate
1791 °^ ^ie ''e^e' l^'c^b. of Edinburgh ;
ord. min. of the Relief congregation,
Pittenweem, in 1782, where he continued
till 1788, when he applied to the Presb. of
Lauder to be taken on trials; licen. 7th
Oct. same year; pres. by the proxy for Sir
John Dalrymple of Cousland, Bart., in Aug.
1790 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 12th
April 1791 ; died 18th Jan. 1817. He marr.
(1) 2nd Dec. 1782, Janet Lees, Lauder, who
died 16th Dec. 1793, and had issue — Jean,
born 23rd April 1785 ; Martha, born 28th
Oct. 1786; Robert, born 2nd May 1788;
Janet, born 19th April 1790 : (2) 12th Dec.
1795, Janet Lees, who died 2nd Aug. 1803,
and had issue — John, born 30th April 1798 :
(3) 3rd Aug. 1805, Lily Malcolm, who died
14th July 1855, and had issue — Isabella,
born 17th Oct. 1806 ; Thomas Malcolm,
born 28th Dec. 1H07 ; Anne Charlotte, born
324
HERIOT— INVERESK, OK MUSSELBURGH
[PHESB. OF
19th June 1809 ; Lily, born 2nd April 1811 :
Hcctorina Foord, born 28th Dec. 1812;
Helen Hay, born 12th Aug. 1814; Alex
ander, F.R.C.S.E., born 10th Aug. 1810.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin
clair's Xtat. Ace., xvi.). — [Lau<}>'i- /V-x/,.
Rey., Small's /fist, of Jr.P. Cony
ALEXANDER WELSH, pi-cs. by Sir
1817 John Hamilton Dalrymple. and ord.
19th Sept. 1817 ; trans, to (Jranstoun
20th June 1829.
EDWARD HUME, pros, by Sir John
1829 ^am^ton Dalrymple, and ord. 25th
Sept. 1829: trans, to Pitsligo 2.1th
Sept. 1834.
EGBERT CGUET, born Muthil, 18th
1834 April 1T90, son of James C. : licen.
by Presb. of Kelso 1st Aug. 1815 ;
assistant at Tester and Cranstoun ; ord. 7th
April 1831, min. of the Presbyterian con
gregation at Maryport : pres. by Sir John
Hamilton Dalrymple, and adm. 18th Xov.
1834. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
the Free Church, Pathheacl, 1843 : res. 1*06 :
died unmarr. 27th May 1870.
EGBERT WRIGHT, ord. 22nd Sept. 1843 ;
1843 trans, to Luss 31st March 1840.
GEORGE SIMMIE SMITH, ord. 23rd
1846 ^"U^ 1846 > trans> to Cranstoun 18th
Dec. 1868.
DANIEL CAMEEGX, born Glasgow,
1869 18th Oct- 1839' son of Daniel ^-' min-
of Ayton ; educated at LT niv. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1863); licen. by Presb.
of Chirnside 20th June 1865 ; chaplain to
the Marquess of Bute at Mountstuart ; ord.
23rd April 1869; died 3rd June 1871. He
marr. llth Dec. 1867, Elizabeth Waller
Dowling, eldest daugh. of Forbes Scott
Brown of Longformacus, and had issue —
Elizabeth Waller, born 26th Dec, 1869 ;
Amelia Nisbett, born 21st Oct. 1871
(posthumous). (His widow married again
28th June 1875.)
JOHN FRANCIS BROWN, born Edin
burgh, 14th March 1845, son of John
Crawford B., A.R.S.A. : educated at
High School, Edinburgh, and Glasgow
1567
Univ. : licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1868 : assistant at Glasgow (Tron) and
Dalkeith; ord. 20th Oct. 1871. He marr.
(1) 6th July 1886, Jane Hay Edie, who
died 5th Sept. 1902, and had issue -
Margaret Hay Bruce, born 27th June 1887 ;
John Crawford, born 17th March 1889;
Charles Edie, born 10th Dec. 1891 ; Francis
George Leslie, born 4th Jan. 1897 ; died
26th July '1898: (2) 5th March 1907,
Winifred, third daugh. of Clifford N. S.
Elliot, London.
INVERESK, on MUSSELBURGH.
[The church was dedicated to St Michael,
and previous to the Reformation belonged
to the Abbey of Dunfermline. Disjoined
from the Presb. of Edinburgh by the General
Assembly in July 1591, and annexed to that
of Dalkeith, 28th Oct. same year.]
JOHN BURNE, min. in 1567. In 1569 a
glebe of four acres was designed for
him by John Spottiswood, Super
intendent of Lothian. — [Book? of the Kirk,
Calderwood's JM'. Hut., Rey. Min., E.ccJicq.
Built ; Zurich Lett., ii.]
1570 EDWARD LAYIS [LEES], reader.
ANDREW BLACKBALL, at one time a
1574 canon of the Abbey of Holyroocl :
became min. of Liberton 1507, of
Ormiston 1568, of Cranstoun 1570: adm.
in 1574, having also charge of Newton
and Cranstoun. As Commissioner of a
Province he was accused at the Assembly,
1580, of admitting an unqualified person to
be exhorter, " an office which the Assembly
acknowledged not." By the Assembly 1586
he was named one of the commissioners
for trying the offences of the ministry in
Lothian. He died 31st Jan. 1609, in his
73rd year. He marr. Janet Wright, and
had issue—Andrew (only child), min. of
Aberlady. — [Rey. Assi'j. tt J/z'/i., Haddiwj-
ton Prcsl. and Test. Reg., Excheq. Bulk,
Calderwood's Hist. ; Acts ParL, iv. ;
Tomlst., Wodroiv j\[iscell. and Bioy., Pit-
cnirn's Cr. Triah, Sinclair's Stat. Ace., j\Teiv
titat. An;]
DALKEITH]
INVERESK, on MUSSELBURGH
325
1595
PHILIP HISLOP, M.A., regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; called Nov.
1593 ; adm. assistant 1st Jan. 1595 ;
died 1596, aged about 29. He marr. Sarah
Weir, died 1596, and had issue — Kichard,
apprenticed to John Little, tailor, Edin
burgh, 4th Nov. 161:2 (only surviving
child in 1615). — [Reg. Assiy., Craufurd's
and Bower's H 1st s. of the Univ. Ed in.,
E<lin. Apprentice Rey.]
ADAM COLT, born Perth 1562, youngest
son of Blaise C. of Leonardly, Provost
of Perth, and Egidia Fleming ; edu
cated at Perth and St Salvator's College,
St Andrews; M.A. (1583); regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh 1586 ; min. of Borth-
wick in 1595. He was one of a committee
appointed by the Assembly to consider the
Articles submitted by the King, 1596 ;
trans, and adm. to this charge 1597, and one
of the ministers proposed for Edinburgh
1598. He was opposed to the transporta
tion in 1601 of the three city ministers
who had offended the King, and His
Majesty being present in the Assembly,
called him "a seditious knave/' With
James Gibson he was a Commissioner to
Merse and Teviotdale. In 1600 he was
a member of the conference held at London,
previous to the establishment of Episcopacy.
After a detention at Court of ten months,
more fortunate than some of his brethren,
he was allowed to return on condition of
keeping within the bounds of his parish.
He dem. 3rd June 1641, and died, accord
ing to his wish (it being not unusual for
him in prayer to ask of God that he
might die at his work of preaching), very
soon after his last sermon, Friday, 24th
March 1643, in his 82nd year. (The date
on his tombstone — 1651 — is incorrect.) He
marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Sir James John
ston of Elphinston, and Janet, daugh.
of Sir John Melville of Raith (ancestor of
the Earls of Melville), and had issue —
Oliver, his successor ; John, min. of Rober-
ton ; James ; William ; Robert ; George,
born 1614 ; Elizabeth (marr. the Laird of
Falsyde) ; Isobel (marr. David Merchiston,
min. of Ormiston); Sybil (marr. Robert
Douglas); Margaret, born 25th July 1611 ;
Geills (marr. James Robertson of Brun-
stane), died 7th Feb. 1645. Publication —
Report of the Parishes of Inveresk and
Musselburgh, 1627 (Maitland Club). (Colt's
papers, which were interesting and valuable,
perished by fire at Dalkeith ; only a few
were preserved. His portrait, painted by
George Jameson, is extant.). — [Rey. Assiy.
ct Sec. Siy., Melvill's Autob., Boolie of the
'' Kirk ; Calderwood's, Spottiswood's, and
Row's f fists. ; Livingston's Charac. ; Stat.
' Reports, 1627 ; Hope's Diary, Sinclair's
Stat. A<-c., New Stat. Ace., Colt Family
Ffistori/.]
OLIVER COLT, born 31st Dec. 1597,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh and at Saumur in
France; M.A. (14th July 1621); licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 5th July 1627;
ord. and hist, (assistant) 5th Dec. 1632 ; a
member of Assembly 1638 ; pres. by Charles
F. 14th May, coll. 3rd, and hist. 4th June
', 1641. He had a protection from Montrose
20th Aug. 1645 ; took shelter in Dundee
! when East and Mid-Lothian were overrun
1 by the English army in 1651 ; died 30th
Dec. 1679. He marr. 29th Jan. 1634,
\ Catherine, daugh. of John Logan of Bon-
1 nington (of the Restalrig family), and
' Janet, daugh. of John Keir, Spittal, and
had issue — Adam, born 22nd Jan. 1635,
1 died in infancy ; John, born 15th Oct. 1640,
M.A. 1666, died 1679 ; Sir Robert, Solicitor-
; General, born 16th Nov. 1641, died Jan.
! 1694 ; James, deputy-governor of Edin-
; burgh Castle, born 1st Jan. 1659; Harry;
| Margaret, born 1636 (marr. Archibald
I Chisholm, min. of Newbattle), died 23rd
April 1680 ; Jean, born 1639 (marr., cont.
! 31st Aug. 1664, William Menzies of Raw,
W.S.); Anne, born 14th Oct. 1640 (marr.
• Alexander Ainslie of Blackball); Janet,
born 15th April 1643 (marr. James Hunter,
J min. of Dunning) ; Catherine, born 27th
i Nov. 1647. — [Key. Sec. Siy. ; Jfaddinyton,
j Presb., Test., Edin. Guild, and Hey.
i (Marr.) ; Mem. of Montrose, Malcolm's
| House of Drummond ; J\rew Gen. Reg.
j Sasines, x. ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace., Neiv
j Stat. Ace., Monteith's Theater of Mor-
i tality, Colt Family History.}
326
INVERESK, OR MUSSELBURGH
[PllESB. OF
ARTHUR MILLAR, M.A. (King's Col-
168Q lege, Aberdeen, 1GG9) ; schoolmaster
of Dumbarton; licen. by Presb. of
Dumbarton 1073 ; ord. to Dumbarton 1G77 :
pros, by John, Duke of Lauderdale ; adm.
and hist. 9th June 1G80 ; deprived by the
Committee of Estates, 3rd May 1689, for not
obeying the Proclamation of the Estates of
13th April, and not praying for King
William and Queen Mary. He became
min. of an Episcopal congregation at Leith,
was consecrated a bishop without a see
22nd Oct. 1718, and appointed to the diocese
of Edinburgh in 1727 ; but died 9th Oct.
1727, in 78th year. He marr. Elizabeth
Calderwood. One of his descendants was
the Rev. John Skinner, author of " Tulloch-
gorum.5'— [,V. .Leith Reg. (Death*) ; Acts
ParL, ix. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
RICHARD HOWISON [HOUSTON],
1694 ^-A- (Edinburgh 1653) ; ord. min. of
Alva 25th Sept. 1GGO ; deprived by
Privy Council 1G62 ; became min. of Cockpen
in 1G91 ; called 10th Aug., trans, and adm.
18th Sept. 1694; died in Nov. 1700, aged
about 68. He marr. (1) 15th Feb. 1672,
Jean, daugh. of William Brown, agent for
the Royal Burghs. She was buried in Grey-
friars 18th Aug. 1687, and had issue —
William, bapt. 6th April 1676 ; Jean (marr.
John Lookup, min. of Mid - Calder) ;
Rebecca ; Magdalen : (2) 8th Sept. 1693,
Margaret Darleith, who died Sept. 1709. —
[Test., E<lin. (P>apt. and Marr.), and St
Cid/ibert's Reg. (Jiapt.)]
JOHN WILLIAMSON, son of David
1702 ^ '' m*n< °^ '^ G^^bert'a, Edinburgh,
and his fourth wife, Margaret Mel
ville ; called 14th Jan. and ord. 30th April
1702 ; died 2nd Feb. 1740, in his 60th year.
One of the " twelve Apostles " who petitioned
the Assembly of 1721 against the Act con
demning the Marrow of Modern Divinity.
He marr. (1) 4th Aug. 1703, Christian
(died 28th Jan. 1732, aged 50), daugh. of
John Boyd, regent in the U"niv. of Glasgow,
and had three sons and three daughs. :
(2) Elizabeth Broun, daugh. and co-heir
of Robert B. of Coalstoun, widow of
John Hamilton of Udston, who survived
him, and had issue — Agnes (marr. Henry
Robin, min. of Burntisland). Publications
— The J'arcnts' Catechism (Edinburgh);
The Gospel Method of Conquering Sinner*
(Edinburgh, 1721); (}o*pd Truth and
Ilolinexx Considered (Edinburgh, 1726) ;
Compel Preaching and Gospel Conversation
(Edinburgh, 1727); Reasons a'jainst tin-
Restoration of Prof. Simson to teach or
preach (Edinburgh, 1729) ; Reasons why
Several Ministers of the Church of Scotland,
did not Read the Act of Parliament relating
to the Murderers of Captain Porteon*
(Edinburgh, 1737); Seasonable Testimony
(Edinburgh, 1738); Plain Dealing for the
Conviction of the Seceding Brethren (Edin
burgh, 1739); Preface to Part II. of the
Marrow of Modern Divinitj/, with an
Appendix (Edinburgh). — [Test, and Edin.
Reg. (Marr.), Boston's Mem., Brown's
(Gospel Truth, Eraser's Life of R. Erskine ;
Eitin. Chr. Inst., xxx. ; ^Yodrow5s Corresp.]
FREDERICK CARMICHAEL, M.A. ;
trans, from Monimail ; pres. by
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, in July
]740 ; adm. 15th April 1741 ; trans, to New
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 24th Dec. 1747. —
[Carlyle's
1748
ALEXANDER CARLYLE, born 26th
Jan. 1722, son of William C., min.
of Prestonpans ; educated at Univs.
of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Leyden ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 14th April 1743); licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 8th July 1746; pres.
to Cockburnspath, but withdrew ; pres. by
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, 24th Feb., and
ord. 2nd Aug. 1748. He revised the tragedy
of Douglas, and was present when it was
first acted, 14th Dec. 1756. The Presb.
of Edinburgh considering this an offence
against clerical decorum, complained to the
Presb. of Dalkeith, who served him with a
libel. He appealed to the Synod, who (llth
May 1757) "declared their high displeasure
with his going to the theatre," and found
"it had been better, and more expedient
to have endeavoured to bring the same to
an issue, either in the way of privy cen
sure, or brotherly conference, with proper
DALKEITH]
INVERESK, ou MUSSEL] JURGH
327
admonition following." This was affirmed
by the General Assembly 24th of same
month. In 1700 it was proposed that he
should preach before the Lord High Com
missioner and the General Assembly. This
was opposed, but agreed to without a vote,
and is the only instance in which objection
has been tendered to such a recommenda
tion. D.D. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1760) ; Almoner to His Majesty Aug. 1762 ;
Moderator of the General Assembly 24th
May 1770; Dean of the Chapel Royal 2nd I
July 1785. In 1789 he was nominated
principal clerk to the Assembly by 145 •
to 142, being the largest number who had
voted on any previous occasion, but a
scrutiny showed that the majority of votes
had fallen to Dalzel, Professor of Greek,
who was found duly elected. He died
25th Aug. 1805. Chiefly by his exertions
the Government were induced to relieve
the clergy from the house and window tax.
He was instrumental in preserving Collins's
Ode ox the Suj><-r*t(t!ons of the Jliglilamh,
after it was believed to have been lost.
He joined the troop of Volunteers raised
to defend Edinburgh in 1745. His distin
guished appearance and power as a leader
of the Church earned him the soubriquet
of "Jupiter Carlyle." He marr. 14th Oct.
17GO, Mary (died 31st Jan. 1804, in her
61st year), daugh. of Robert Roddam, of
Heathpool, Northumberland, and had issue
—Sarah, born 1st July 1761, died 16th July
1771 ; Janet, born 12th Dec. 1763, died 9th
June 1777 ; Mary Roddam, born 25th Sept.
1769, died 23rd June 1773 ; William, born
llth Nov. 1773, died 3rd May 1777. Pub
lications — Reasons for applying to the Kin;/
for Augmentation of Stipend (Edinburgh,
1748); An Argument to prove that the
Tragedy of " Dowjlas1'' ought to le Burnt
l>y the Hands of the Hangman (Edinburgh,
1757); Faction Detected (1763); Four
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1767-97) ; Auto
biography (Edinburgh, 1860 ; republished
Edinburgh, 1910); Prologue to IferminiiiK
and Espasia (Edinburgh, 1754) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xvi.). —
[Dunoar Presb. Reg. ; Scots May., li., Ixvii. ;
Kay's Portr., ii. ; Cockb urn's Mem., Autob.,
Diet. Nat. Bioy.}
1806
LESLIE MOODIE, born 1766, son of
Roger M., min. of Monimail ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th Dec.
1792; pros, to Keir, but withdrew; ord.
min. of Newton 25th March 1796 ; trans,
to Kelso 14th Aug. 1800 ; pres. by Henry,
Duke of Buccleuch ; trans, and adm. 27th
June 1806; D.D. (St Andrews, 1st April
1820) ; died 27th July 1840. He marr. 4th
Feb. 1818, Catherine (died at Kilkerran,
27th July 1841), daugh. of Charles Fer-
gusson, London, and grand-daughter of Sir
James Fergusson, Bart. (Lord Kilkerran).
JOHN GARDINER BEVERIDGE, born
1836 •East I'iUiochi6) Kinross, 2nd Dec.
1806, son of James B. and Margaret
Gardiner; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th Feb. 1836; died 10th Oct. 1886. He
marr. 3rd Aug. 1836, Margaret Grahame
(died 18th July 1876), daugh. of William
Bryce, min. of Aberdour, and had issue-
Jane Grahame, born llth June 1838 (marr.
W. J. Paterson) ; James Alexander, born
15th Feb. 1840; William Bryce, born 26th
April 1842 ; Margaret, born 6th May 1844 ;
John, born 7th May 1846 ; Francis, born
27th Sept, 1848, died 20th Jan. 1851 ; Janet
Isabella, born 10th April 1850 (marr. W.
Macnab); Emily Christina, born 6th Feb.
1853, died 29th March 1853; Mary Eliza
beth Anne, born 4th Nov. 1854; David
Macbeth Moir, born 4th March 1856.
Publication— An Appeal to Members of the
Free Church to return to the Church of
Scotland [after abolition of Patronage].
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, born
1887 Dovecotwood, Kilsyth, 6th Jan. 1849,
son of James M. and Janet Park
Morrison; educated at Bridge- of -Allan
School, Stirling High School, LTnivs. of
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Tubingen ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1872); licen. by Presb. of Dun
blane 1874 ; ord. to Hurlford 5th Nov.
1874; trans, to Callander 13th Sept, 1877;
trans, and adm. 17th May 1887; res. 16th
Feb. 1888; min. of the Scots Church, Mel
bourne; D.D. (Edinburgh 1895). Marr.
21st July 1875, Jeanie Crawford, daugh.
of James Hay, Glasgow, and has issue —
James, barrister-at-law, born 4th May 1876 ;
Hay, mining contractor, W.A., born 16th
328
INVERESK, on MUSSELBURGH— LASSWADE [PP.ESP, OF
Sept, 1877; Allastair Gilmour M'Cowan,
shipping agent, born 18th Feb. 1879 :
Crawford CI eland. M.D., born 24th March
1881; Jennie Isobel, born 24th Xov. 1882;
William Douglas, assistant min. Scots
Church, Melbourne, born 9th July 1884 ;
Allan (twin), born 9th July 1884, died 1885 :
Xorman, born 10th Feb. 1880 ; Katherine
Buchanan, born 30th Oct. 1887 (ma IT. John
Phillip); Louis, born 1801 ; Doris Susan.
born 1893.
JAMES SHARP, born Scone, 1st Nov.
1800, son of William S. and Ann
Sandilands ; educated at Perth
Academy and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Perth May 1885; assistant at
North Leith ; ord. to North Church,
Stirling, 3rd Feb. 1887 ; trans, and adm.
4th Sept. 1888; died 18th Oct. 1905. He
marr. 12th Sept. 1887, Annie Taylor (died
11 th May 1899), daugh. of John Graham,
H.M. Customs, and Agnes Marshall Easton,
and had issue — William Stirling, born 30th
Aug. 1888; Agnes Marshall, born 2nd
•June 1890 ; James Easton, born 3rd April
1892 ; Ursula Edmondston, born 27th Feb.
1894, died 13th July 1908; Maud Margaret.
born 14th Feb. 1890 ; Dora Catherine, born
19th Oct. 1897 : Irene Scott, born 20th
Feb. 1899.
JAMES WALLACE, born Corstorphine,
1906 23rd Sept. 1871, son of Robert W.
and Euphemia Stewart ; educated at
Gillespie's School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A., B.D. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
assistant at St Mary's, Edinburgh ; ord. to
Eyemouth 4th Aug. 1899; trans, to Second
Charge, St Andrews, 25th June 1903 ; trans.
and adm. 17th May 1900 : died unmarr. 4th
Oct. 1900.
GEORGE GORDON DUNDAS
1907 STEWART DUNCAN, B.D. ;
trans, from Glencairn 10th May
1907; trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
12th May 1910.
WILLIAM EDIE, born Wilton, Hawick,
191Q 30th Aug. 1805, son of Robert E. and
Christian Miller ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1888), B.D. (1891):
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 5th Aug.
1 891 ; assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to King Edward 7th Nov. 1893 ; trans.
to Greyfriars, Dumfries, 24th Feb. 1905 ;
trans, and adm. 20th Sept. 1910 ; examiner
in theology, Univ. of St Andrews. He
marr. (1) 5th April 1894, Martha M'Cormick
(died 7th Doc. 1903), daugh. of James
Williamson, Thornhill, and had issue-
Robert Miller, born 17th Aug. 1896 : (2)
10th Jan. 1900, Jeanie Irvine Fergusson.
Publications — Translation of Nestle's Ein-
fiikrung in das Griechische Ifeuc, Testament
(Theological Translation Library, vol. xiii.,
1!>01); Contributor to One Volume Jiihh'
( '< mime » tun/.
LASSWADF,
[The church was dedicated to St Edwin.
Previous to the Reformation the minister
was Dean of the collegiate church of Restal-
rig, which was dissolved by Parliament 5th
June 1592.]
WILLIAM BARBOUR, exhorter; pres.
1565 to the vicarage pensionary by James
VI. 18th May 1569; trans, to Pent-
land about 1573. He possessed the manse
of Lasswade for 17 years before his death,
and was still min. in 1574 {Re<j. of Decih.
xiv., 15). — [Ref/. Min.]
GEORGE RAMSAY, son of Alexander
1581 R,, parson of Foulden : ord. min. of
Carrington 1570; trans, to Foulden
1574; trans, to Dalkeith 1575; trans, and
adm. 1581 : Dean of Restalrig (1583-93) ;
Glencorse was also in his charge 1585-94.
Having charged the Lords of Session with
the selling of justice, by saying " they sold
it in the tolbuithe, and took payment in
their chambers at home, and that the place
of their judgment was justly called ' tol-
buith,' because there they took toll of the
subjects," he was summoned before their
Lordships, 22nd Dec. 1593, but dismissed ;
pres. to the vicarage of Lasswade and
Glencorse, in terms of the Act of Dissolu
tion, by James VI. 23rd Nov. 1601 ; was
a member of Assembly 1602; constant
DALKKITTl]
LASSWADK
329
Moderator of Presb. 1606; died 8th Dec.
1629. He marr. (1) Margaret Preston (died
before 10th Feb. 1607), widow of Alexander
Robertson, younger of Dalcapen (Keg. of
Deeds, xxiv., 33). and had issue — Xicol :
John : Margaret (marr., cont. 14th -Ian.
1609, Duncan Forrester, brother of Sir
James F. of Garden) : (2) Margaret
Murray, who survived him, and had issue
William : Helen (marr. William Rodger,
younger, of Heringdean).— [Priv. (1omx\
and Test. Keg., Keg. Assiy. ; Acts Pnrl.,
iii. ; Booke of the, Kirk, Calderwood's
/fist., Co/ley. Ch. of Mid-Lothi-ini : Pit-
cairn's Cr. Trials, iii.]
JAMES PORTEOrS, M. A. (St Andrews
1616 lr>98).; O1'd- min- °f Soutra 1609;
trans, and adm. (assistant) 8th Aug.
1616; pres. by James VI. 20th June, and
inst. 3rd July 1617 ; adhered to the Pro
testation in behalf of the Liberties of the
Kirk same year. He was summoned before
the High Commission 23rd June 1620 for
not observing the Articles of the Perth
Assembly ; pres. to Melville by His Majesty
8th Aug. 1620 ; inst. in Feb. 1621 ; was a
member of Assembly 1638 ; died end of
1643, aged about 65. He marr. Christian
Simson, who survived him, and had issue-
Archibald, min. of Covington ; Patrick ;
Rachel; Margaret. (Andrew Watson and
Archibald Beg were readers under Porteous i
in 1622 and 1623.)— [Test, and Sess. Key., \
Rf(j. Am,<j. et, Sec. Sig., Livingston's
Charac.; Grig. Lett., ii. ; Jfem. of Eglin- \
ton, ii.]
JAMES FAIRLIE, M.A, regent in the
1644 TTniv- of Edinburgh ; min. of South
Leith 1625; Professor of Divinity
in the Univ. of Edinburgh 1629; min.
of Greyfriars 1630; Bishop of Argyll
1637; after being disappointed in his
suit for Largo and other parishes, he was
recommended by the Commission of As
sembly to the heritors and parishioners
to be their minister. They accepted him
"verie willinglie," 3rd March 1644; pres.
by Charles T. 16th Nov., and adm. 26th
Dec. 1644; coll. 6th March 1645; died
between 7th and 21st Feb. 1658, aged
about 70. He marr. (1) Agnes Rankin.
daugh. of a burgess in Edinburgh, and
had issue— Janet, bapt. 30th Jan. 1623 ;
Margaret, bapt. 21st Jan. 1625 ; Mary ;
Barbara; Robert: (2) 18th Nov. 1647,
Bessie Nicoll (died March 1658), widow
of Robert Carnegie, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh, and had issue— James, who
became executor. An interesting question
was raised by the heritors against the
executor, who had obtained decreet for
the whole stipend of 1658 as ann, such
being the former practice. The Lords
found, 5th July 1662, " that the ann being
a half-year's stipend more than the min.
served for, he has only the right to the
Michaelmas, proprio jure, and half a
year thereafter as the ann." Publication
—Two Poems in The J fuses' Welcome.
—[Test, and Ediii. Keg. (Bapt.); Ken. Sec.
Xig., and Old Dec., iv. ; Baillie's Lett.,
Morrison's Digest.]
.(AMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (St
1659 Andrews 1648); called 13th March,
and ord. 22nd June 1659. Deprived
by the Act of Parliament llth June, and of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.— [Reft. Sec.
Sig., Wodrow's Hist., Art. Kert. r/iif. St
A W.]
JAMES LOGAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1663 27th July 1616) ; min. of Smailholm
in 1629: pres. by Charles II. 4th
May, and coll. 9th Oct. 1663; buried in
Greyfriars 13th Jan. 1670, aged about 74.
He marr. 21st April 1630, Margaret Max
well, Edinburgh, and had issue— John, a
. min. in Ireland ; Margaret (marr. John
i Alexander).— [Reg. Sec. Sig. and Cot/at. ;
Test., Eain. (Bur.), and Canongate Keg.
(Marr.).}
JOHN MAKMATH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
167o 31st July 1662) ; min. of Ratho 1663 ;
trans, and coll. 18th Jan. 1670. He
was on several occasions violently assaulted
both in his house and on the highway, and
was compelled to petition the Committee of
Estates, who, 1st May 1689, ordered the
heritors to secure him in the peaceable
exercise of his ministry, and in the posses
sion of his house and goods. About Nov.
330
LASSWADE
[PRESB. OF
of the same year lie left the charge, and
went to England, where he became vicar
of Grays Thurrock, in Essex, r>th Oct.
1092; died previous to 25th Jan. 1093.
He marr. 18th April 1072, Amelia Mak-
inath, and had issue — Janet ; Anna : John :
Elizabeth ; William ; Philadelphia ; Bar
bara ; Mary.— [R<<<j. Collnt. ; Acts Purl.,
ix. ; JM'. Ace. of J/?:»., 1089 ; Thoresby's
L<-r(/x, ii. ; Apoloijn for Episcopal Cler<tf/,
1093; Scot. Pfesh. Elo<[. ; Account <>f
Persecution of tJie C/nt/'ch, 1090.]
.TOIIX FLTXT, M.A. : ord. (in the meet-
1Q8g ing-house of Burghlee) in 1088:
trans, to New North Parish, Edin
burgh, 1st Jan. 1710.
JAMES BURNETT, son of James B. in
1711 ^'hitehope (Key. of Deeds, Dal.) ;
educated at the Univ. of Glasgow :
Keen, by Presb. of Hamilton 20th Oct.
1708; called 20th Sept. 1710; ord. 7th i
March 1711 ; died 10th Aug. 1745. He j
marr. 25th Oct. 1711, Margaret Mowat, in
Gorton, who died 27th May 1744, and
had issue — James, surgeon-apothecary in
London ; Gideon ; John ; Elizabeth ; Agnes j
(marr. John Blair, surgeon, Edinburgh) ;
William. Publication — The Hum of Christi
anity, or Christ in His Sufferings and in
Jfis Glory (Edinburgh, 1724). — [Hfuii. Univ.
Crlasy., iu. ; Test. Rey.~\
ROBERT PATON, born 8th April 1711,
1I74R son of James P., min. of Carrington ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 20th
Nov. 1745 ; pres. by Sir John Clerk of
Penicuik, Bart., and ord. 15th Aug. 1740 ;
died 27th April 1780. He marr. (1) 22nd
Jan. 1750, Janet (died 4th Feb. 1757),
eldest daugh. of John Hislop, merchant,
Dalkeith, and had issue — James of Crail-
ing, born 22nd Jan. 1751, died 1820;
Marion, born 20th June 1752, died un-
marr. 1840; John, his successor; Robert,
in Royal Navy, born 24th Jan. 1757 : (2)
9th Jan. 1709, Helen Seton, widow of John
Currie, min. of New Monkland ; she died
April 1797, without issue. — [Carlyle's
Aittolj., Tancred's Annah of a Border
Club.]
JOHN PATON (primus), born 19th
1783 ^)eC- 1^5")> son °f Preceding; pres.
by Sir James Clerk of Penicuik,
Bart,, 2nd Dec. 1782; ord. (assistant and
successor) 18th April 1783; Almoner to
His Majesty 3rd May 1803 (the last who
held that office in Scotland) ; died 7th Aug.
1835. He marr. 6th March 1794, Margaret
Main, who died 10th Aug. 1808, and had
issue— Robert, W.S., born 2nd Jan. 1795,
died 25th Jan. 1884; Grizel, born 15th
Aug. 1790 ; James, captain, Bengal Artil
lery, born 13th Sept. 1798, died 1848;
Mary, born 4th Oct. 1801 ; John, his
successor, and min. of Ancrum, born 21st
April 1804 ; Thomas, banker in Canada,
afterwards in New Zealand, born April
1800; Peter, an artist. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Xtnt.
Ace., x.).
JOHN PATON (secitntlus), son of pre-
183Q ceding; pres. by Sir George Clerk
of Penicuik, Bart., in Nov. 1829 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 19th March
1830; trans, to Ancrum 7th Sept. 1832.
MUNGO CAMPBELL MACKENZIE,
1833 k°rn 1801' son °f William M.,
supervisor of Excise, Edinburgh ;
educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Dec.
1824 ; assistant to John Paton (jrrimus),
previous to his son taking license; ord.
(assistant and successor) 4th Jan. 1833 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 13th April 1805); died
unmarr. 20th Sept. 1875.
JAMES ALEXANDER BURDON,
born Abercorn, 12th July 1838,
eldest son of James B., school
master, Monkland ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow;
assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord.
to East Parish, Perth, 9th July 1863;
trans, to Crawford 25th Aug. 1870 ; trans,
and adm. 16th May 1870; died 15th
Feb. 1905. He marr. llth June 1872,
Marianne, daugh. of Peter Imrie, Perth,
and had issue — James, born 21st April
1873, died 3rd Oct. 1894; Annie Arnott,
born 17th Oct. 1874; Peter Imrie, farmer,
Natal, born 24th April 1876 ; Harry,
DALKEITIl]
LASS WADE— NEWBATTLE
331
C.E., born 27th July 1877; Mary Jessie
Macrae, born 27th Feb. 1879; Ernest,
Indian Civil Service, born 27th Jan. 1881 ;
Eliza Mary, born 1st May 1884.
ROBERT HAMILTON PRYDE, born
Kininmonth, Aberdeenshire, 2.3rd
Aug. 1873, son of Robert P., min. of
Townhead Church, Glasgow ; educated at
Glasgow and St Andrews Univs. ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow May 1896 ; assistant at
St John's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Stroinness
24th April 1901 ; trans, and adm. 14th Sept.
1905. Marr. (1) 29th Oct. 1901, Isabella
(died 1st May 1909), daugh. of William
Drysdale, C.E., East India Railways, and
had issue — Jean Carfrae, born 8th July
1904 ; Hamilton Crichton Johnstone, born
2nd Xov. 190G ; Helen Pryde, born 5th April
190<j : (2) 28th Dec. 1911, Sarah Eleanor,
daugh. of James Braithwaite, Whitehaven.
LOANHEAD
[Disjoined from Lasswade and Pentland,
and erected into a parish </uoad xacra,
1884.]
ALEXANDER STEWART, born Huntly,
ig84 22nd Aug. 1853, son of George S.
and Jessie Bremner • educated at
Huntly School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 29th April
1884 ; assistant at Cambusnethan ; ord.
2Gth Aug. 1884. Marr. 12th June 1888,
Isabella Glover, daugh. of Thomas Morton
Johnston, Eskhill, Roslin, and has issue —
Annie Merricks Johnston, born 24th Oct.
1889; Thomas Morton Johnston, born
llth April 1892 ; George Alexander, bom
28th Feb. 1895 ; Jessie Bremner, born Oth
Feb. 1897; Isobel Glover, born 9th
June 1898.
MELVILLE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
of Melville, dedicated to St Andrew, be
longed to the Abbey of Dunfermline. The
edifice, within a stone-cast of Lasswade,
was ruinous 28th Dec. 1G15, and 9th
March 1G31. The parish was united to
Newbattle by the General Assembly about
the end of 1583, but on 28th June 1G33
annexed by Parliament, the larger portion
to Lasswade, and the lesser to Dalkeith.
ANDREW MILLAR was min. at Melville in
1583; pres. by James VI. 9th Jan.; dem.
in lo8G.—[Reg. Amy.]
NEWBATTLE, FORMERLY
MASTERTOUN
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Mary, belonged to the
Abbot of Newbattle.]
ADAM FOULIS, mentioned as min.
in Nov. 1570, having also Heriot
in charge ; trans, to Cambuslang in
1572.— [Rey. Min.]
ROBERT WILSON, app. by the
1573 Assembly of 1562 to minister in
such kirk as should be thought
good; min. of Dalkeith 156G ; pres. by
James VI. 14th Feb. 1573 ; adm. soon
after ; in 1574 Melville also was in the
charge. He died 29th Dec. 1583. His
sister Katherine, a widow in Edinburgh,
was executrix. Lucas Sonsie was reader
under Wilson. — [Hey. Assiy., Min. and
Axxiy. Test. It eg., Wodrow Miscell.]
JOHN HERRIES, min. of Ormiston in
1583 ^"^ ' trans, and adm. about March
1583 ; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage of Melville by James VI. llth
March 1586; continued in 1608, and died
before 8th Aug. 1620. His Majesty made
a gift, 6th Sept. 1610, to John H., probably
his son, student, servitor to John, Lord
Yester, for life, of the prebend of Melville
and kirk thereof, called St Andrew's Kirk,
vacant by demission in his favour by John
H., in Newbattle ; other sons were Thomas,
coal grieve, Newbattle (-Reg. of Deeds,
ccccxiv., 156) ; Robert, apprenticed to
James Lamb, tailor, Edinburgh, 15th Jan.
1600 ; and a daugh., Elspeth, received
charity from Lasswade Session, 19th July
1635.— [Rey. Sec. Siy.; Mem. of Eglinton, \\.\
332
NEWBATTLE
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER AMBROSE (Edinburgh,
1606 27th July 1605); adm. 15th Oct.
1000 : died 1st May 1615, aged about
30. Ho man-. Helen Ramsay, who sur
vived him, and had issue— Elizabeth (marr.
•lames Ramsay, writer, probably of AVin
lands, Xewbattle). — [Ifaddiuf/fon Presb.
and Text. Re<i. : //"/. Ret. Edin., 848 ; Pit-
cairn's Cr. Trial*, iii.]
JOHX AIRD, born 1584, son of William
1615 A., min. of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh :
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh :
M.A. (28th May 1004); assistant at St
Cuthbert's, and a member of the kirk-
session: min. of Xewton 1614; pros, by
liobert, Earl of Lothian ; trans, and adm.
26th Sept. 161") : signed the Protestation
for the Liberties of the Kirk, June 1617 ;
died 9th July 1638. He marr. Sarah
Donaldson, who died March 1665, and had
issue— William ; James ; Robert (Re<j. of
Deeds, vi., 696).— [7W. and Edin. ' il>'<j.
(/>'»/•.), Hope's 7)?>m/, Livingston's Chamr. •
Re<j. Old Dec., iii. ; tied. Hook of Teimh,
Ori<i. Lett., Law's Mem.']
AXDREW CANT, M.A. ; trans, from
1639 l^ligo; Pres- by William, Earl of
Lothian, in 1638; coll. 16th, and
inst, 20th May 1639; trans, to Aberdeen
in Dec. 1641. — [Livingston's Charac.,
Blair's Autob., Balfour's Hist. Work*,
Baillie's Lett., Stevenson's Hist.]
ROBERT LEIGHTOX, born (place un-
1641 known) in 1611, son of Dr Alex
ander L., of the Usan family, parish ;
of Craig ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; j
M.A. (23rd July 1631) ; resided for some I
years at Douay, in France ; produced a
testimonial from Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd ;
July 1641 ; pres. by William, Earl of \
Lothian, in Sept., ord. 16th, and coll. !
30th Dec. 1641 ; a member of the Commis- j
sions of Assembly 1642, 1646, and present j
at least thirty times throughout the latter i
year. On 24th Jan. 1647 he was appointed ;
to preach before the Scottish Parliament. !
From that date he was frequently absent i
from his parish, visiting his father in
London, etc. In the troubles which arose
over what was known as the " unlawful
Engagement," he sympathised with the
cause of Charles, and did not himself at
first read the Declaration of the Commission
against the "Engagement,'" but relegated
the duty to the precentor. Leighton was,
on .several occasions, remonstrated with by
the Presb. for an apparent supineness in
matters of Church policy, nevertheless he
was chosen unanimously by the Synod " to
repaire to London for negotiating the free-
dome and enlargement'" of the brethren
who were confined in the Tower and other
places, after the battle of Worcester. He
was in England from May till about the
end of Nov. 1652, and on 16th Dec. the
Presb. had a letter presented from him
wherein he '"demits his charge of his
ministry at X.;; His request, twice made,
was refused ; but on 27th Jan. 1653
Leighton again appeared and "desired to
be lowsed," the Town Council of Edin
burgh having offered him the Principalship
of the College. A Commission to that
effect was produced on 3rd Feb., and
Leighton was freed from his parish on
account of the " greatness of the congrega
tion far exceeding his strength/' and the
" extreme weakness of his voice," not being
able to reach the half of his congregation
when convened — reasons which he had
"often expressed to us." He became
Bishop of Dunblane and Archbishop of
Glasgow (q.v.). — [Acts of Ass., Irving's
Scott. Writ., Wodrow's Ana!., Chambers^
])io<j. Diet., Blair's Archbishop Leif/hto/i ;
Butler's Life and, Letter* of Robert
Leighton, 1903; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER DICKSOX, M.A. ; called
1653 14th Aug., and ord. 7th Oct. 1653;
trans, to the Professorship of Hebrew
in the Univ. of Edinburgh llth Sept. 1656
(q.v.}. — [Mun. Univ. (,'tasrf., iii. ; Grant's
Hist, of the Univ.]
[HEW ARCHIBALD, formerly of
Strathaven, took charge during the
vacancy, and a call to him, 27th July
1658, was set aside. He had, however,
500 merks allowed by Parliament out of
the vacant stipend. — [Acts Par!., vii.]
DALKEITH]
NEW BATTLE
333
GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.A. (Edin-
166Q burgh, 28tli July 1648); ord. min.
of Lochrutton 23rd Oct. 1654 ; trans,
and adm. 19th July 1660 ; deprived by the
Act of Parliament llth June, and of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662; indulged here 1679.
— [Wodrow's Hist., Scot. Presb. ElogJ]
ARCHIBALD CH1SHOLM, M.A. ; ord.
1663 and Co11' 20tl1 -^OV' 1663' tran-s- to
Corstorphine in 1666.— [Malcolm's
Home of Drummond, Act. Rect. Univ. St
And., Key. CollatJ]
ALEXANDER MALCOLM, trans, from
1667 Tolbooth, Edinburgh : pres. by
William, Earl of Lothian, 28th
Aug., coll. 24th, and adm. 26th Sept.
1667; trans, to Greyfriars, Edinburgh, in
1081.— [Edin, Guild Re<j.: Key. Collat.,
and Old Dec., i.]
(GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.A, above
16>7g noticed, was summoned before the
Privy Council for preaching at con
venticles. He refused to desist, and was
confined to the parish of Borthwick till
November 1670. He was then given a
certain amount of liberty, but continuing
his former course, orders were issued, 24th
June 1674, for his apprehension, and he
was intercommuned 6th Aug. following ;
but was indulged by the Privy Council 19th
Sept. 1679, which was recalled 10th June
1680 (P. C. Acta); returned in 1687.—
[Kirkton's and Wodrow's Ih'sts.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
1681 ^rom ^ewtonJ and inst. 7th July
1681 ; deprived 23rd Nov. following,
for refusing the Test ; adm. to Saltoun in
1684.— [Wodrow's 7 fiat.]
ANDREW AUCHINLECK, M.A. (St
1682 Andrews, 22nd July 1665) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 1669 ; ord.
min. of Denino 3rd April 1672 ; trans, and
inst. 6th July 1682 ; deprived by the Com
mittee of Estates 8th May 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of 12th April, and
refusing to obey the same. He died Aug.
1696, aged about 50. He marr. April 1675,
Janet Chilthomas, and had issue— John,
M.A., writer, Edinburgh ; Andrew ; Alex
ander ; Robert ; Jean. His widow was
granted £200 Scots in Dec. 1696 (Chant i/
l\tpers). — [Denino Sess., Test., and Edin.
Reg. (Bur.) ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7967 ; Acts
Parl., ix. ; MS. Ace. of Jfin., 1689.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.A., already
mentioned, returned at the Tolera
tion ; trans, to Edinburgh 26th Aug.
1687, which does not appear to have been
effected. He is last noticed 1st Nov. 1687 ;
died Jan. 1689, aged about 61, and was
buried in Greyfriars. He marr. Helen
Kerr, who afterwards marr. James Kil-
patrick, min. of Carrington.- -[Test, and
Edin. Rey. (JAcor.), Scot. P n-sh. Ehq,~\
JOHN MOSSMAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1688 4t^ '^U^ 1654) ; Pr°babry ord. before
4th June 1674, when a warrant was
granted for his apprehension, for preaching
at conventicles. On a change in the royal
policy, he was released from prison 4th
July 1679. He was enrolled as a min.
resident in the Synod, 6th July 1687 ;
was at first min. of a meeting-house in
Newbattle, March 1688; but removed to
the kirk 12th May 1689: a member of
Assembly in 1692; died llth Jan. 1693,
aged about 59. He marr. Grisel Ker, who
died 10th March 1693. Publication— Tlu
Christian's Companion under Soul Exer
cise, a sermon preached at the Hole of the
Gaterige (1678).— [Wodrow's Hist., Edin.
Re(j. (Bur.\ Re<j. Gen. Ass.: Act* Parl.,
ix. ; Scot. Presb. Eloq.]
ROBERT SANDILANDS, trans, from
1695 Swinton, and adm. 6th May 1695 ;
trans, to New North Parish, Edin
burgh, 3rd Jan. 1703.
CHARLES CAMPBELL, called 9th Oct.
1706 1705; ord. 27th Feb. 1706; died in
1721. He marr. Nov. 1709, Cathe
rine, daugh. of Alex. Burnett of Carlops ;
she was alive in 1765. His son William
acquired Stobs from his uncle, Lt. William
Burnett, 1743 (Edin. tfa-*., 134-51).— [Went
Li H to II ,Vr.s.s-. 7iY;/-]
334
NEWBATTLE
[PKESB. OF
ANDREW MITCHELL, M.A. (Edin-
1721 burgh, 18th May 1G91) ; ord. min.
of Manor 21st Aug. 1695 ; called 1st
Sept., trans, and adm. 29th Nov. 1721 :
died 2 1st July 1737, aged about 07. He
marr. in 1707, Jean, daugh. of Alexander
Cooper, min. of Selkirk, and had issue -
William ; Robert ; Isobel ; Magdalen :
Klizabeth (marr. 22nd Feb. 1741, James
Hogg, preacher) ; Margaret.— [Tesf. Jf <•;/.]
WILLIAM CREECH, born 17U5, son of
17 David C., burgess of Burntisland, and
maltman in Aberdeen, and Janet
Morison ; educated at the Univ. of Edin
burgh ; tutor to George Cranstoun of
Crailing; licen. by Presb. of Jcdburgli 1st
Aug. 1733; an unsuccessful candidate for
the Grammar School there in the following
year; called 22nd Sept. 1738; ord. Oth
March 1739; died 21st Aug. 1745, aged 40.
He marr. Mary Buley, residing at Crailing
(an Englishwoman, related to the Devon
shire family of Quarme), who died 16th
May 1 764, and had issue — Mary, born 5th
Oct. 1741, died 1747 ; Margaret, born 15th
June 1743, died 1747; Henry, born 14th
May 1744, died 24th May 1744; William
Henry, bookseller, Lord Provost of Edin
burgh (1811-13), distinguished for his
literary knowledge and taste, and for
his friendship with llobert Burns, born
21st April 1745, died 14th June 1815.—
[Steven's Hist. J/i<j/t tit-hoot, Creech's F-uy.
Pieces^]
JAMES WATSOX, pros, by William,
Marquess of Lothian, 4th Jan., and
1746 ord. 19th Aug. 1746; trans, to the
Canongate, First Charge, 7th Aug. 1753.
— [Steven's Hist, lliyh School, Carlyle's
Autob.]
GEORGE SHEPHERD, son of John S.,
min. of Logie Coldstone ; educated
1754 at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1728-32 ; ord. to Tarland 21st Sept. 1738 ;
pres. by William Henry, Marquess of
Lothian, 24th Oct. 1753; trans, and adm.
19th July 1754 ; died 9th May 1779. He
marr. 14th May 1740, Mary (died 20th Sept.
1775), daugh. of John Kirkpatrick, Edin-
| burgh, and had issue — John, born 21st May
, 1741; Jean, born 13th Dec. 1742, died 5th
Oct. 1700; James, born 10th Oct. 1744;
Mary, born 2nd July 1747, died 18th Feb.
170S; Isobel, born Oth July 1749, died 19th
Jan. 1820: William, born 13th July 1750;
George, born 23rd Jan. 1754.
WILLIAM PAUL, pres. by William
John, Marquess of Lothian, 24th
June, and ord. 24th Sept. 1779;
1 trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 23rd
' March 1780.— [Kay's J'ortnitt*.]
1786
JAMES BROWX, born 27th Aug. 1758,
son of James B., min. of Xew North
Parish, Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 30th Jan. 1782 ; ord. min. of
Xewburn 6th May 1784 ; pres. by William
John, Marquess of Lothian, trans, and adm.
4th Oct. 1786; died 30th March 1812. He
marr. 3rd June 1784, Helen (died 22nd
Xov. 1814), daugh. of Alexander Adam,
architect, Edinburgh, and had issue — •
Marion, born Oth April 1785 ; James,
accountant in Edinburgh, born 25th June
1780; Alexander, born 1st Sept. 1788;
Helen Watson Violet, born 5th Feb. 1790;
Robert, min. of Largo, born 25th May
1792; Isabella, born 12th July 1793 (marr.
Henry Eugene Perrin, Dublin) ; Elizabeth,
born 20th Sept. 1794, died 22nd April
1830; Violet, born 12th Dec. 1795 (marr.
Capt. Thomas Chrystie, R.X.) ; Helen, born
15th Jan. 1797 (marr. Alexander Brown,
merchant, Edinburgh) ; Thomas, born 1 2th
March 1798, died 29th Sept. 1799; John
Tod, min. of Dunfermline, born 10th Sept.
1805. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Mat. Air., x.)
1813
JOHN THOMSON, born 1771, son of a
farmer at Milton, Forfarshire. A
fatal accident to one of his brothers,
who was killed by the horses running off
from fright during a thunderstorm, led to
serious spiritual impressions, whereupon he
betook himself to study for the ministry.
He was educated at King's College, Aber
deen ; M.A. (1795) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 16th Oct. 1800; tutor in the
families of Baron Norton, and John Swin-
DALKEITH]
NEWBATTLE— NEW CRAIGHALL
335
ton of Swinton ; pres. by William John,
Marquess of Lothian, and ord. 20th April
1813; died 2nd Nov. 1839. He marr.
13th March 1815, Elizabeth Balfour (died
llth April 1854), daugh. of Robert AYodrow
of Mauchline, grandson of the Church
historian, and had issue — Louisa Balfour,
born 5th Jan. 1816, died 1838: David,
assistant surgeon of His Majesty's ship
Cormorant, born 9th Sept. 1817 ; Robert
Wodrow, min. of Ormiston, and of St
Luke's, Glasgow, born 29th May 1819:
Mary Ann Hepburn, born 10th April 1821,
died 7th Aug. 1836 ; John William Robert
Ker, merchant, Leith, born 4th Dec. 1824 :
James AArodrow, born 13th Feb. 1827, died
1836 ; Charles William, accountant, Edin
burgh, born 13th Feb. 1827. Publications
— The Constraining Power of the Love of
Christ, a sermon (Dalkeith, 1839) ; Ac
count of the Parish (Xew Stat. Ace., i.). —
[Mem. Sermon."]
JAMES VEITCH, trans, from Galashiels,
and adm. 2nd Oct. 1840 ; trans, to
1840 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 16th March
1843.
THOMAS GORDON, born 22nd Dec.
1817, son of James G., min. of
Borgue; educated at Borgue Academy
and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright; ord. 1st Sept. 1843: ]).!).
(St Andrews); died 12th Jan. 1888. Ho
marr. 7th March 1855, Janet Elizabeth
(died 27th Aug. 1895), eldest daugh. of
Major James Aitchison, and had issue —
Amy Mary, born 15th Feb. 1856; Henry
James, surgeon, R.N., born 28th Oct. 1858 ;
James Aitchison, min. of Swinton, born
22nd July 1860 ; Janet Elizabeth, born
22nd Aug. 1866 (marr. 16th April 1895,
John David Sym, advocate, Sheriff-sub
stitute, Perth). Publication — Education in
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1854). A coadjutor of
Dr Hew Scott in the preparation of Fasti
Ecclesite Scotica/noe.
JOHN CHARLES CARRICK, born 27th
March 1860, son of Daniel Maclachlan
1885 C., accountant, Glasgow, and Cather
ine Miller, eldest daugh. of John Buchanan,
1843
LL.D. ; educated at Crieff and Ayr
Academies, and Glasgow and Edinburgh
Univs. ; M.A. (Glasgow 1880), B.D. (Edin
burgh 1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
May 1883; assistant at Newbattle and St
Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 17th March 1885 ; res. 17th Dec.
1912 ; died at Liberton 8th March 1914.
Marr. 24th Feb. 1891, Annie Jane, daugh.
of John Russell, merchant, Glasgow, and
widow of Deputy Surgeon-General James
Fraser. Publications— The Story of the
Burning Jlush (Edinburgh, 1890) ; S. Cuth-
bert and S. Cuthbfrt's (Edinburgh, 1894) ;
Lee Lecture, Psalms, Paraphrase*, and
Ift/mns in the Church of Scotland (Edin
burgh, 1901) ; Synod sermon, /To?/1 a
Christian should meet the Intellectual and
Social Difficulties of our Time ; Things
which every Scotsman Ought to A'tio/f
(Church Defence pamphlet) ; The Able;/
of S. Mary, Newbottle (Selkirk, 1900):
Wycli/e and the Lollards (" World's Epoch-
Makers " Series, Edinburgh, 1908) ; Around
Dalkeith (Dalkeith, 1904) ; William Creech,
Jhirns's Publisher (Dalkeith) ; Camp Meg
(Dalkeith) : The Story of the Ancient
Scottish Cathedrals; The Story of the
Ancient Abbeys of Scotland; The Stori/ of
Robert J turns and his Land; The Story of
Sir Walter Scott and his Land ; The Story
of John Kno.f and his Land (all in Bryce's
"Miniature Story" Series); Are Prayer?,
crer Answered? (S.P.C.K.) ; editor of The
Scots Magadne, 1893-1900.
WILLIAM LINDSAY, born Coatbridge,
19th April 1876, son of William L.
and Ann Henderson ; educated at
Coatbridge and Glasgow Schools, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1901); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 1904 ; assistant at
Shettleston and South Leith ; ord. to St
John's, Hawick, 3rd May 1906 ; trans, and
adm. 17th June 1913.
NEW CRAIGHALL (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Inveresk and erected
into a parish quoad sacra, 15th March
1886.]
1913
336
NEW CRAIGHALL— NEWTON AND WOOMET [PKESB. or
ARCHIBALD PRENTICE, born Black
burn, Linlithgowshire, 18th July
1844, son of William P. and Chris
tian Dymock ; educated at Bathgate
Academy, Edinburgh Univ., and Congrega
tional Theological Hall : Congregational
min. at Walls, Shetland, 1871-4, and
Tlmrso, 1874-7 ; adm. to the Church of
Scotland by the General Assembly May
1877 ; ord. to New Craighall (Chapel-of-
Ease) 20th Feb. 1878; inducted first min.
15th March 1886; res. 4th June 1912.
Marr. 19th July 187G, Jane Anne, dauali.
of Thomas Russell and Anne Webster, and
has issue — William David Russell, I.C.S.,
born 5th Sept. 1877; Thomas Paissell Dy
mock, born 29th March 1879; Archibald
Hepburn Gardner, born 7th Dec. 1880:
Annie Webster Russell, born 3rd March
1883, died 20th Oct. 1884: James Alex
ander Webster, born 29th May 1885 :
Christian Dymock, born 29th May 1880.
died same day; Jane Anne Russell, born
IGth July 1888, died same day; Mary
Glasgow Dymock, born 20th April 1891.
1597
JOHN NYMB1LL [NIMMO], M.A. ;
trans, from Cranstoun ; retrans. to
1912
CHARLES HEUGHAN, born Skipton-
in-Craven, 15th June 1884, son of John
H. and Rachel Cunlifte : educated at
Ermysted;s Grammar School (Skipton),
and Univs. of Edinburgh and Aberdeen ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1905) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 1908 ; assistant at Bluevale
and Cambuslang : ord. to Carnoch 4th
Sept. 1910 ; trans, and adm. 8th Nov.
1912. Marr. 4th Oct. 1910, Florence
Margaret, daugh. of Andrew Soutter, min.
of Echt, and has issue — Florence Rachel,
bora 16th Sept. 1912, died 2nd Oct. 1912.
NEWTON AND WOOMET.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Mary, belonged to the
Abbey of Dunfermline. Woomet, or
Wymeth, was united to Newton about
1584.]
1576 LAWRENCE WATSON, reader.
JOHN BARBOUR, min. of Pentland,
1586 was pves. and coll. to the vicarage.
Cranstoun in 1614. — \_Rwj. Assiy.]
JOHN AIR I), adm. by John, Archbishop
of St AndreAvs, 4th Jan. 1614 ; trans.
to Newbattle 26th Sept. 1615.---
[(. nuifurd s Ilixt. of the. f'/n'i'., tit (,'nf/t-
Itcrf'a. tie**. 7iY</., Sime s Wc*l A' irk.]
1617
JO MX MKLYILL, born 1595, fourth
'sou °* t'ames M-J mm- °f Kilrenny :
M.A. (St Andrews, 26th July 1613) :
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1616; adm. in
March 1617; died between 25th June and
25th Oct. 163*. He marr. in 1624, Janet
Kfllie, who survived him, and had issue
-James, one of the singing boys of the
Chapel Royal of Holyrood (Exchequer
/'rijtei'*) : Alexander, bapt. 13th Sept. 1631.
-[Melvill's Autob., Act. Kect. Univ. tit
At/'/., Ri-ii. tire. tii<j.; tit'it. Jteportx, 1627:
Xrn< titnt. ACI:]
HUBERT CARSON, nephew of Alex
ander Case, min. of Polwarth : edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh : M.A .
(25th July 1621): ord. 24th Sept. 1040;
pres. by Charles I. 14th May, and inst. 4th
June 1641 : a member of the Commission
of Assembly 1645. He was still min. 12th
Dec. 1661, and conformed to Episcopacy.
He marr. Helen Hunter, who was buried
in Grey friars 5th Feb. 1697, and had issue-
Thomas : Robert : Margaret (marr. George
('arson, writer. Edinburgh, and was served
heir 17th Aug. 1695).— [7V*f. (Land) ami
E'lin. Jieif. Xasints, Acts of Ass., Wodro\v:s
,/7/.s7. ; Inq. JtH. dvn., 1705, 1706.]
AJICHIBALI) DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
from Cavers : pres. by John, Duke
1673 of Lauderdale, and inst. 24th Sept.
1673 : trans, to Newbattle in 1681. - -[Key.
Co/l'it., Xcii' Xtnt. Ac<:]
1681
11OBERT BANNEUMAN, born 1656,
brother of Sir Alexander B., first
Baronet of Elsick ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh: M.A, (7th April
1675) ; pres. by John, Duke of Lauderdale,
and inst. 26th Sept. 1681 ; deprived by the
DALKEITH]
NEWTON AND WOOMET
337
Privy Council 4th Sept. 1G89, for not
reading the Proclamation and not praying
for King William and Queen Mary. He
died 24th Jan. 1719. He marr. Margaret
(died 30th April 1725), daugh. of Sir Mark
Carse of Cockpen, and had issue — Robert,
merchant in Edinburgh and London ;
John ; William ; Mark.— [Test, and Edin.
Reg. (Bur.}; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Nisbet's Her., ii. ; Playfair's Baron., iii. ;
New Stat. Ace.]
JOHN SHAW, called 26th Feb., and
1696 ord. 21st April 1696 ; trans, to
Leslie, Fife, 29th Nov. 1698.— [Jfun.
Univ. Glasg., iii. ; New /Stat. Ace.]
THOMAS MOFFAT, born 1665, grand-
son of James M., and great-grandson
of William M., who had a husband-
land in Threipwood, Lauderdale ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (3rd July
1693); licen. by Fresh, of Dalkeith 27th
Feb. 1700; pres. jure devoluto, and
ord. 24th Sept. 1700; died 14th Jan.
1743. He marr. 26th Feb. 1702, Marion
Wallace, widow of James Hamilton of
Balgrie; she died 14th Oct. 1742, aged
64, and had issue — William, merchant,
burgess of Edinburgh; Margaret (marr.
14th April 1745, William Hunter, writer,
Melrose); Ann (marr. 26th Dec. 1729,
William Scott, surgeon, Dalkeith) ; Janet
(marr. 16th Feb. 1735, George Steele,
baker, Edinburgh) ; Elizabeth (marr. his
successor).— [Edin. Reg. (Marr.), Tombst.,
New Stat. Ace.]
DAVID GILCHPJST, M.A. (St Andrews,
1743 4th May 1726); licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 26th Dec. 1734 ; pres. by
Andrew Wauchope of Edmondstone 23rd
March, and ord. 19th July 1743 ; died 6th
June 1770. He marr. (1) 28th Nov. 1743,
Elizabeth (died 17th April 1751), daugh. of
his predecessor, and had issue — James, born
26th Sept, 1744 ; William, born 24th April
1746; Elizabeth, born 5th Nov. 1747;
Margaret, born 20th Dec. 1749: (2) 26th
Dec. 1753, Isabella Blaikie, Dalkeith, who
died in May 1777.— [Act. Rect. Univ. St
And., Test. Reg., Neiv Stat. Ace.]
VOL. I.
JOHN MAIN, born Edinburgh, 1728;
educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 6th March
1753 ; ord. to Athelstaneford 22nd Dec.
1757 ; pres. by John Wauchope of Edmond
stone and adm. 12th Oct. 1770; D.D. (St
Andrews, 14th Oct. 1782) ; died unmarr.
13th May 1795. Publications — Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1797) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xi.). — [Trans. Roij.
Soe. Edin., v. ; Goldie's Serm., New Stat.
Ace.]
LESLIE MOODIE, pres. by John
1796 Waucn°Pe °f Edmondstone ; ord.
25th March 1796 ; trans, to Kelso
21st Aug. 1800.
THOMAS SCOTT, born 4th April 1764,
1801 son °^ Th°mas S., min. of South
Leith ; educated at the Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
25th April 1787; ord. to Ballingry 13th
Aug. 1789; pres. by John Wauchope of
Edmondstone ; trans, and adm. 24th April
1801 ; by decree of the Supreme Court 3rd
June 1807, he obtained right to work coal
below the glebe, under direction of the
heritors and presbytery, for behoof of him
self and his successors. He died 30th July
1825. He marr. 29th June 1795, Mary
(died 17th Sept. 1841), daugh. of Ellis
Martin, merchant, Leith, and had issue
— Elizabeth, born 1st June 1796; Helen,
born 22nd Dec. 1797 ; Thomas, accountant,
Edinburgh, born 26th June 1799 ; Ellis
Martin, born 5th March 1801 ; Walter,
captain H.E.I.C.S., born 4th Feb. 1803 ;
Mary, born 7th Sept. 1805 ; Cecilia, born
26th July 1807 (marr. 5th June 1838,
Pillans Scarth, W.S.), died 30th May 1882 ;
Matilda Henrietta, born 25th June 1809 ;
Margaret Louisa, born 15th April 1811;
Madeline, born 23rd Jan. 1816. Publication
— Account of Ballingry (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., vii.). — [Morrison's Digest, New Stat.
Ace]
JOHN ADAMSON, born 1797, eldest
1826 son °^ James A., farmer, Peebles ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Peebles llth June
338
NEWTON AND WOOMET— NORTHESK
[PRESB. OF
1823 ; pres. by John Wauchope of
Edmondstone ; ord. 12th May 182G ;
died 28th March 1869. He inarr. 23rd
Jan. 1844, Amelia (died 25th Sept. 1898),
youngest daugh. of Thomas Newbigging,
merchant, Leith, and had issue — James
Robertson, born 12th Nov. 1844, died in
Canada ; Wilhelmina Archibald, born 8th
Jan. 1846, died in infancy ; Marion, born
30th May 1847 (marr. 20th April 1879, P.
A. Young, M.D.), died 25th Nov. 1901 ;
Elizabeth Jane, born 19th May 1849
(marr. George Playfair), died June 1903 ;
John Archibald, bom 15th Aug. 1851, died
18th Feb. 1886 ; Amelia Newbigging, born
3rd June 1853 (marr. Sept. 1885, Robert
M'Cheyne Paterson, Panjab, India), died
1894 ; Thomas Newbigging, min. of St
Margaret's, Broughty Ferry, born 1st April
1855 ; Alice Lindsay, born 7th May 1859,
died 9th Dec. 1859. Publications — Sermon
(on the death of the Rev. John Thomson
of Newbattle) (Ualkeith, 1839); Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., i.).
MALCOLM MACGREGOR, born
Greenock, 5th Oct. 1832, son of
Malcolm M. and Margaret Pearson ;
educated at Inverkeithing and Edinburgh
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
assistant at Greenside ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 24th July 1863; died 13th May
1888. He marr. (1) 1st Aug. 1866, Euphemia
Hogg (died 23rd June 1871), daugh. of Dr
Dickson of Dalmellington-, and had issue —
Malcolm Pearson, born 9th June 1867, died
25th June 1887 ; Euphemia Knox, born 30th
July 1868, died 26th Feb. 1869; Jemima
Margaret, born 26th April 1871 (marr.
Lewis Kennedy Kinder, rector of Peckle-
ton, Leicestershire) : (2) 9th June 1874,
Jane, daugh. of Walter Snowden and
Margaret Arnot, Edinburgh, and had issue
— Margaret Arnot, born 26th May 1875 ;
Jane Isobel, born 15th April 1877, died
23rd March 1878; Mary, born 5th Dec.
1879.
ARCHIBALD FLEMING, ord. 25th
Sept. 1888 ; trans, to Tron Parish,
1888 Edinburgh, 18th May 1897.
1897
JOHN MACBETH, born Blackford,
Perthshire, 10th Jan. 1867, son of
John MacB. and Janet Taylor ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1893), B.D. (1894); licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder 1894 ; assistant at Leven and
Galashiels; ord. 28th Sept. 1897; took
charge of the Presbyterian Church, Bula-
wayo, Rhodesia, for a season. Publications
— The Nation's Need (Dalkeith, 1899);
Human Worth (Dalkeith, 1906); The
Ministry oj Reconciliation (Dalkeith, 1907);
The Blessed Dead (Dalkeith, 1911); The
Home Builders (Dalkeith, 1911); A Break
ing Sorrow, and a Hearing, Helping God
(Dalkeith, 1912).
NORTHESK
[It is stated, 10th July 1623, that "the
Kirk of Musselburgh had been wont to
have twa ministers ; the paroche being so
great and spacious." Upon a decreet by
the Commissioners for Plantation of Kirks,
28th March 1650, for a new kirk, the parish
was divided 10th June following. It was
again recommended by the Assembly, 9th
Feb. 1700, that a stipend be allowed for
another minister, but on 3rd June 1718
this was found impracticable ; the minister,
however, continued a member of Presb. till
the establishment of the Widows' Fund
(1744), when the charge was considered to
be outwith the scope of that enactment.
In 1838 a church was opened at Northesk,
and a parish quoad sacra erected by the
Court of Teinds, 6th July 1859.]
WILLIAM DUN, elected 28th June
1702 ; ord. (at Dalkeith) 12th April
1709; trans, to Glamis llth Nov.
1709
1716.
1719
ROBERT BONALY, only son of Robert
B., litster in Innerleven ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 29th Sept.
1709; elected 22nd April 1718; ord. 22nd
July 1719 ; died 18th Feb. 1745. He marr.
(name unknown) and had issue — Margaret ;
Magdalen (Fife Sas., xxv., 443).
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1845
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, M.A. ;
ord. 24th Jan. 1839 ; trans, to
North Leith 22nd June 1843.
EGBERT FORRESTER PROUD-
FOOT> B-A-; ord- 5tl1 Jan- 1844;
trans, to Fogo 4th July 1845.
JOHN ROBIN, ord. 26th Dec. 1845;
trans, to Burntisland 29th June
1849.
1850
WILLIAM LAMBIE NELSON, LL.D. ;
ord. 24th Jan. 1850 ; res. 19th April
1853; became min. of the Presby
terian Church at Ipswich, Queensland.
He was the father of Sir Hugh Muir
Nelson, Privy Councillor, K.C.M.G., D.C.L.
(Oxon.), Premier of Queensland, born Kil-
marnock, 31st Dec. 1835, died 1st Jan.
1906.
WILLIAM DOBIE, ord. 15th Dec. 1853 ;
1853 trans, to Ladykirk 17th March 1859.
JOHN FALCONER, ord. 24th Nov.
1859; trans, to Ettrick Kith June
1864.
HENRY MONCRIEFF MACGILL,
born Glasgow, 22nd Dec. 1835, son
of Francis M. and Anne White ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1860 ;
ord. 6th July 1865; died 7th April 1906.
Marr. 5th Sept. 1866, Jane Seed, daugh. of
Thomas Whyte, Glasgow, and Catherine
Barclay, and had issue — John Whyte,
M.A., min. of All Saints, British Guiana,
born 21st Aug. 1867; Henry MoncriefF,
M.D., and Wakefield, M.D. (twins), born
4th Oct. 1868 ; Thomas Whyte, born 10th
Jan. 1871, died 24th Sept. 1873; Catherine
Barclay, missionary at Ichang, China, born
25th Oct. 1872 ; Anne Frances, born 14th
Feb. 1875 (marr. James Bryce Jamieson,
min. of Greyfriars, Dumfries) ; Stevenson,
min. of St Clement's, British Guiana, born
27th May 1876; Jane Whyte, born 19th
June 1880 ; Jamesina Hope Stewart, born
26th Aug. 1883.
GEORGE GORDON STOTT, B.D.,
min. of St James's, East Dulwich,
London; adm. 24th Sept. 1906;
trans, to Cramond 7th June 1910.
JOHN ASHPLANT NICHOLLS, bora
lglo Hennock, Devonshire, 17th July 1871,
son of John Ashplant N. and Sarah
Cole ; educated at Kilmeny, Islay, Glasgow
High School and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Islay and Jura May 1895 ; assistant at
St Columba's, Glasgow ; ord. Kilninver and
Kilmelford 12th March 1896; trans, and
adm. 28th Sept. 1910. Marr. 17th Oct.
1906, Margaret May, daugh. of Charles
MacEchern, min. of St Mary's (Gaelic),
Inverness, and has issue — John Noel Mason
Ashplant, born 26th Dec. 1907; William
Charles Eric, born 25th May 1912.
ORMISTON.
[The church was dedicated to St Giles,
and previous to the Reformation belonged
to the Trinity College Hospital at Edin
burgh.]
ANDREW BLACKHALL, formerly one
of the canons of the Abbey of
Holyroodhouse, and min. of Liber-
ton ; adm. after 5th June 1567 ; having
also charge of Cranstoun and Pencaitland ;
removed to Cranstoun 1570, and to Inveresk
1574.— [Reg. Min., Bookeofthe Kirk, Calder-
wood's Jlist.]
ANDREW SIMSON, vicar and exhorter
at Bolton in Nov. 1567. He signed
the Articles penned by the Synod,
and presented by the Superintendent of
Lothian to the Assembly, March 1572, and
in 1574 had also in charge Saltoun, Pencait
land, Keith-Marischal, and Keith-Humbie.
He was pres. to the prebend of Trinity
College, " founded upon the fourth part of
the kirk of Ormiston, by James VI. 7th
April 1574, and 25th Jan. following to the
two prebends of the Trinity College,
founded upon two-fourths or four parts of
the fruits of the kirk of Ormiston " ;
trans, to Saltoun before 1576. — [Reg.
Min. et Assig., Eooke of the Kirk, Wodroiv
MiscelL~\
JOHN HERRIES appears as min. in
1576 ; trans, to Newbattle, March
1584. — [Reg. Assig., Wodrow Biog.~\
340
ORMISTON
[PRESB. OF
JAMES BENNET, M.A. ; adm. in 1585 ;
1585 member of Assembly 4th Aug. 1590 ;
trans, to Libcrton (by order of As
sembly) 19th Nov. 15QO.—[Act. Reft. Univ.
St And., Rcfj. Assig., Booke of the Kirk.]
NATHANIEL HARLAW, son of
William II., min. of St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; one of the original
students at the Univ. of Edinburgh, under
Rollock, from whom he received his degree
of M.A., Aug. 1587. He was on the exercise
at St Andrews 30th Oct. 1589 ; offered his
services to the Presb. 10th Sept. 1590 ;
called by the parishioners of Temple 17th
Sept. but on 19th Nov. 1590 ordered to
preach at Ormiston till further notice ;
adm. 8th April 1591 ; pres. by James VI.
to the vicarage of Aberlady, Nov. 1593,
and to the vicarage of Borthwick, March
1594, but not collated to either. He died
in 1637, aged about 70. He marr. Mar
garet Porteous, who died before 25th Sept.
1057, and had issue— William, took orders
in the Church of England ; James, ap
prentice to George Crawford, cordiner,
Edinburgh, llth Jan. 1G26 ; Elizabeth.—
[Edinburgh Apprentice Rey., tit Andrews,
Presb. and Test. Reg. (Iladdiiujt.) ; Calder-
wood's Hist., Forbes's Records, Pitcairn's Cr.
Trials^}
DAVID MERCHISTON, born 1603, son
of Richard M., min. of Bower, and
brother of Thomas M., Archdeacon
of Caithness ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th July
1623) ; min. of Keir 1632 ; trans, and inst.
28th April 1637 ; died in March 1646. He
marr. Isobel Colt (Rey. of Deeds, dxlvi.,
117), and had issue — Robert, min. of
Kirkpatrick-Juxta ; Helen ; Rachel (marr.
Samuel Menzies : G. R. Inhib., 17th Aug.
1665) ; Isobel, for whom Thomas Ramsay,
min. of Foulden, Patrick Inglis of Elving-
stone, and Cornelius Inglis of Eastbarns,
were trustees. — [Test. -Reg., Durie's Dec.}
1647
JOHN SINCLAIR, bora probably in
East Lothian, brother of George S.,
author of Satan's Invisible World
Discovered; regent in St Leonard's Col
lege, St Andrews ; M.A. ; pres. by Patrick
Cockburn of Ormiston, and adm. 14th
Jan. 1647 ; a member of the Commission
of Assembly 1648; one of the visitors of
the Univ. of Edinburgh 31st July 1649;
one of those who adhered to the Protesters
in 1651 ; named by the Protector for the
visitation of the Universities, 8th Aug.
1654. Refusing the Test, 1662, he removed
to Holland, where he prepared many of
his countrymen sojourning there, for the
ministry. He was elected to the church
at Delft 2nd June 1663, the foundation
of which had been laid by the exiled
Forbes of Alford, but was not adm. till
30th July 1684, the call having been inter
rupted by his offending the Government in
Scotland, who had raised a process against
him for treasonable practices, which ended
in his forfeiture 9th Sept. 1684. He died
24th March 1687, aged about 69. He marr.
Christina, daugh. of James Fleming, min.
of Yester, and had issue — John, min.
of Kirkpatrick-Irongray ; Patrick (Laing
Charters); Rachel (marr. (1) April 1676,
William Hog, W.S., and (2) Thomas
Wilkie, min. of Canongate) ; Sarah, alive
in 1700.— [Steven's Hist., ticott. Ch. Rot-
terd. ; Acts of Ass. and Parl., vi., vii. ;
Fountainhall's Dec. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5530 ;
Nicoll's Diary ; Connell on Tithes, iii.]
JAMES GRIERSON, M.A., is men
tioned as min. in 1668. He marr.
Beatrix Livingston (Edin. Com.
Diet.).
1668
JOHN COCKBURN, born 20th April
1652, son of John C., tailor in the
Canongate and Sara Inglis [not as
stated in Diet. Nat. JJiog.] ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. and King's College,
Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. (20th
June 1671). In 1673 he became tutor to
Lord Keith, son of George, Earl Marischal.
Presented by his uncle to Udny, he was
inst. there 21st May 1676, but not
without " great tumult," the Laird of Udny
claiming the right to present. In 1677
he declined a presentation to Langton,
Berwickshire, and was trans, to Old Deer
between 10th Aug. and 7th Sept. 1681.
At first he refused the Test, but after-
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341
wards complied. On a presentation by
Sir Adam Cockburn, Lord Justice Clerk,
lie was trans, to this charge 13th June
1683. Deprived by the Privy Council
29th Aug. 1689, for not reading the Pro
clamation of the Estates, and not praying
for King William and Queen Mary, while
he was accused of praying for King James,
and for confusion to his enemies, he was
confined to the Edinburgh Tolbooth for
" upwards of half a year." On being re
leased, he left Scotland and went to
London, which he was also obliged to
quit "for his writing of pamphlets." He
crossed to France and attended the court
of James at St Germain, but being en
treated to change his religion, and refusing,
was sent off as a suspicious person. He pro
ceeded to Eotterdam, where he perhaps initi
ated the movement which resulted in the
erection of St Mary's English Church there.
He was made D.D. about 1696. In 1698
Henry Compton, Bishop of London, ap
pointed him min. of the Episcopal Church
at Amsterdam, which he served till 1709.
Eeturning to England, he became rector of
Northolt, Middlesex (then called Northam
or Northall) 1714 ; and was designated
(by Queen Anne) one of the bishops for
the American colonies, had the scheme been
carried out. He died 20th Nov. 1729, and
was buried in the chancel of St Mary's,
Northolt. He marr. (1) 15th Nov. 1677,
a daugh. of Alexander Garden, min. of
Forgue, by whom he had— Patrick, M.A.,
vicar of Long Horsley, Northumberland,
born 1678, died 4th Jan. 1748-9; Magdalen;
James, paymaster ll.A. ; Mary, born 3rd
Dec. 1681 ; and five others : (2) Elizabeth,
daugh. of Sir J. Littlepage, Bucking
hamshire, by whom he had also nine
children. A daugh. Esther, was buried,
14th March 1728, at Northolt. Publica
tions — Jacob's Vow (Edinburgh, 1686) ;
Bibliotheca Universalis (1688) [The first
attempt at a literary magazine in Scot
land. It contained reflections on the
Roman Catholic Church ; license to print
was cancelled, 13th March 1688, and
the Jan. number only appeared] ; Eight
Sermons, on several occasions (Edinburgh,
1691) ; Enquiry into the Nature, Neces
sity, and Evidence of Christian Faith,
parts i., ii. (1696, 1697; 2nd ed., 1699);
Fifteen Sermons, on various occasions and
subjects (1697) ; Bourignianism Detected,
narratives i., ii. (London, 1698) ; Letter
giving an Account why the other Narra
tives are not yet Published (London, 1698) ;
Eight single Sermons (Amsterdam, 1703 ;
London, 1713); Riglit Notions of God and
Religion (London, 1708) ; The Dignity and
Duty of a Married State (1708; 2nd ed.,
n.d.) ; A Discourse on Self -Murder (1716) ;
Answers to some Queries concerning some
Important Points of Religion (London,
1717) ; A Review of the Bishop of Bangor's
Sermon (1718) ; History and Examination
of Duels (London, 1720); A Specimen of
some Free and Impartial Remarks on
Particular Affairs, and Particular Per
sons especially relating to Scotland (London,
1724) ; A Defence of Dr Cockburn (1724)!
He left " divers MSS. which he intended
for the press," but all have disappeared. —
[Wodrow's Hist, and Anal. ; Fountainhall's
Dec., i. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Steven's
Scott. Ch. Rotter d. ; Grub's Eccl. Hist.
of Scotland; MS. Biography of Bishop
Cockburn (at Northolt); Clarke's Bishop
Burnet ; Couper's Edinburgh Periodical
, i. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
PATRICK CUMIN, born 1649, sixth son
1690 °^ J°lm C. of Relugas, Morayshire ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1670) ; became min.
of a Presbyterian congregation in Dublin ;
called Dec. 1689, and adm. 25th Feb.
1690. He was a member of Assembly
same year, and in 1694 was commissioned
with Principal Dunlop to get the Royal
sanction for the meeting of the General
Assembly, which had been interrupted, and
to congratulate His Majesty on his return
from the Continent. He died unmarr.
10th March 1731. — [Douglas Baronage,
Reid's Ireland ; Wodrow's Hist., Anal.,
and MSS. ; Reg. Gen. Ass.]
ANDREW DUNLOP, licen. by Presb.
17S1 of Edinburgh 18th Nov. 1719; ord
min. of Garvald 15th Aug. 1721;
pres. by Cockburn of Ormiston ; trans, and
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ORMISTON
[PRESB. OF
adm. 5th Oct. 1731 ; died 1st Jan. 1732.
He marr. (cont. 23rd Feb. 1725) Katherine
(died March 1737), daugh. of David Blair,
min. of the High Kirk, Edinburgh. His
brother, James, merchant, Edinburgh,
was executor.— [Test. Rc<j.~\
DAVID PLENDERLEATH, ord. 20th
1732 ^ept' 1732 > trans- to Dalkeith 7th
Oct. 1746.
HUGH [or HEW] BANNATINE, pros.
1747 ^>V GeorS° Cockburn of Ormiston,
and ord. 26th May 1747 ; trans, to
Dirleton 26th Oct. 1749.— [Carlyle's Autob.]
GEORGE LOGAN, born 1723, son of
George L., min. of Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh ; educated at the Univ.
there; M.A. (18th March 1742); licen. by
Presb. of Kelso 7th July 1747 ; pres. by
John, Earl of Hopetoun, 8th March 1750 ;
ord. 20th March 1751 ; died 23rd Feb. 1754.
His settlement was opposed on the ground
of heresy. After inquiry, the charge was
found to be baseless. He undertook,
at the request of some of his con
temporaries, to refute the sceptical writings
of David Hume, but was prevented by
his early death. He marr., 12th March
1752, Susanna (died at Edinburgh, 21st
April 1794), daugh. of Archibald Tod of
Hayfield, West Calder. — [Carlyle's Autob.,
Mackenzie's Life of Home, Morren's Ann.]
GEORGE BARCLAY of Middleton,
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 18th
April 1733 ; ord. min. of Wamphray,
29th March 1744 ; pres. by John, Earl of
Hopetoun, trans, and adm. 23rd Oct. 1754;
died 3rd Feb. 1765. He marr. 19th April
1744, Mary Barclay, who died 30th Sept.
1763, and had issue — Agnes ; Margaret ;
George, min. of Haddington.
ALEXANDER COLVILL, of Hillside,
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 7th
1765 May 1758; ord. min. of Gask 24th
Sept. 1763 ; pres. by John, Earl of Hope
toun, trans, and adm. 30th Oct. 1765 ; died
3rd Nov. 1813. He marr. 20th Jan. 1769,
Margaret (died 30th June 1782), daugh. of
David Hunter, min. of Saline, and had
issue — Alexander, of Hillside, born 29th
Jan. 1770 ; Margaret, born 1st Oct. 1771 ;
Elizabeth, born 3rd Dec. 1773, died 31st
Dec. 1829; Jean, born 19th Sept. 1776
(marr. Thomas S. Hardie, min. of Ash-
kirk) ; Janet, born 26th Oct. 1778 ; Christian
Ann, born 5th March 1781. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Ftat. Ace.,
iv., xxi.).
JOHN RAMSAY, M.A., pres. by James
Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 12th Nov. 1812 ; trans,
to Gladsmuir 14th Feb. 1833.
1812
1833
JAMES BANNERMAN, born 9th April
1807, son of James Patrick B., min. of
Cargill ; educated at Perth Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (30th March
1826) ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 13th Jan.
1830 ; nom. assistant and successor at
Dron, in 1832, but pres. to this parish by
John, Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. 23rd
Aug. 1833. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Ormiston Free Church 1843 ;
Professor of Divinity, New College, 1849 ;
D.D. (Princeton, New Jersey, 1850); died
27th March 1868. He marr. 2nd April
1839, David Anne (died llth April 1879),
daugh. of David Douglas, Lord Reston,
one of the Senators of the College of
Justice, and had issue — David Douglas,
D.D., min. of the Free Church, Dalkeith, and
of St Leonard's Free Church, Perth, born
29th Jan. 1842, died 5th April 1903 ; Mary
Turing Anne, born 30th May 1844 ; Eliza
beth Craigie, born 24th Jan. 1846, died
12th Jan. 1875; Cecilia Helen, born 13th
Nov. 1847 (marr. John Crommelin Brown,
I.C.S.); Anne Jessie, born 6th Aug. 1850,
died 9th Aug. 18G9 ; Jemima Margaret,
born 1852 (marr. Aug. 1875, John Campbell
Lorimer, K.C., Sheriff of Aberdeen) ; James
Patrick, W.S., Edinburgh, born at Edin
burgh 8th Aug. 1854, died 3rd May 1905 ;
William Burney, C.S.I., M.D., surgeon-
general Madras, born 6th July 1858 ;
Catherine Maria, born 16th May 1861
(marr. William Alexander Mackay, M.D.,
Huelva, Spain), died 13th March 1898.
Publications — Letter to the Marquis of
Tweeddale (Edinburgh, 1840); The Fre-
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valent Forms of Unbelief (Edinburgh,
1849); Apologetical Theology (1851); In
spiration : The Infallible Truth and Divine
Author it y of the Holy Scriptures (Edin
burgh, 1865) ; The Church : a Treatise on
the Nature, Powers, Ordinances, Discipline,
and Government of the Christian Church,
2 vols. (posthumous), ed. by his son (1868) ;
Sermons (1869). — [Disruption Worthies,
Diet. Nat. Biog.'\
ROBERT WODROW THOMSON, ord.
1843 15th Sept. 1843 ; res. 16th May 1861
[afterwards of Martyrs' Church,
Paisley, and St Luke's, Glasgow].
WILLIAM TAYLOR WILLIAMSON,
1861 b°rn ^fuir of Lunan, Montrose, 5th
Jan. 1826, son of Thomas W. and
Isabella Esplin ; educated at Montrose
Academy and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A. ;
Keen, by Presb. of St Andrews ; assistant
at Leuchars ; ord. to Johnstone 22nd Feb.
1855 ; trans, to Ormiston 19th Sept. 1861 ;
died unmarr. 17th Feb. 1880.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, born Loch-
1880 maben, 29th Oct. 1841, son of
William J. and Margaret Jardine ;
educated at Lochmaben School and Edin
burgh Univ.; M.A. (1865), B.D. (1869);
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 1869 ;
assistant at Kirkcudbright ; ord. to Cum-
mertrees 4th Nov. 1870 ; trans, and adm.
28th Sept. 1880; died 25th Feb. 1911.
Marr. 24th Oct. 1876, Mary, daugh. of
David M'Kay, Hurkledale, Cummertrees,
and had issue — William, mercantile marine
service, born 9th July 1877 ; David M'Kay,
accountant, born 5th Oct. 1878 ; Alfred
Brandon, solicitor, born 25th Dec. 1879 ;
George Bernard, born 24th Jan. 1882, died
21st Aug. 1882; John, banker, Montreal,
born 28th April 1883.
DAVID CUNNINGHAM GRAHAM,
1911 k°rn Edinburgh, 4th Oct. 1876, son
of John G. and Mary Cunningham ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 1903; assistant at
Pollokshields, and St John's, Edinburgh ;
ord. 21st Sept, 1911.
PENICUIK.
[The church was dedicated to St Mungo.
Mount-Lothian, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, and St Catherine's of the Hopes were
annexed in 1635. The site of St Catherine's
church is covered by the Glencorse Reser
voir. John Barbour was reader at Mount-
Lothian in 1576, and John Charles in 1589.]
WILLIAM PENYCUKE, rector, prob-
1556 ably brother of the patron, Sir
John Penycuke of that ilk. He was
the first Protestant min. of the parish, and
continued till 1567 ; had a son, James. —
[Wilson's Annals of Penicuik.']
1567 JOHN DURIE, exhorter.
WILLIAM BARBOUR, min. and ex
horter, removed from Pentland,
having also Mount - Lothian in
charge ; styled " supportare at Lesuade."
Under him George Tait acted as reader.
Still min. in 1579, but died before 25th
May 1584.— [Reg. Min. et Assig.~]
GILBERT TAILZEOUR [TAYLOR],
mentioned as min. in 1580; trans,
to Bathgate in 1588.— [Reg. Assig.,
Edin. Presb., Excheq. fiuik.]
1592
WILLIAM CARBRAITH [GAL-
BRAITH], adm. 17th May 1592;
suspended 1st April 1595, but con
tinued in 1597. In 1599 he was min. of
Bedrule. — [Reg. Assig. ; Pitcairn's Cr.
Trials, ii.]
JAMES FRENCH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1599 12th Aug. 1593; min. in 1599;
adhered to the Protestation in
behalf of the Liberties of the Kirk 27th
June 1617 ; died between July and Nov.
1629, aged about 56. He marr. Margaret
Spens, who survived him, and had issue —
Richard (marr., cont. 4th March 1635,
Janet, daugh. of James King, advocate);
David, apprentice to Robert Tweedie
saddler, Edinburgh, 24th Nov. 1630 (marr.
Bessie, daugh. of George Robertson, min.
of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh). — [Reg.
344
PENICUIK
[PKESB. OF
Assig., Raith Pap., Orig. Lett., Edin.
Apprentice Reg.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, janitor in Univ.
1630 °^ Edinburgh, which office he clc-
mitted on graduating M.A., 20th
July 1023; Keen, by Presb. of Haddington
23rd Aug. 1020; ord. and inst. 14th June
1630; died in 1037, aged about 34. He
marr. (1) 17th Feb. 1031, Elizabeth Geddes,
who died 17th Feb. 1033 : (2) Agnes
Buchanan, who marr. secondly, Alexander
Ross, servitor to Edmonstone of Wool-
met, and thirdly, before 1042, James
Ralston, writer, Edinburgh (Reg. of Deeds,
29th June 1650). — [Craufurd's Hist, of
the Univ. ; Haddingt., Presb., Test., and
Edin. Reg. (Marr.).]
1637
PATRICK SIBBALD, M.A. (St Andrews
1624); ord. 25th April 1037; was
a member of the Commissions of
Assembly 1645 and 1047. He was elected
to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 24th Jan.
1650, but the Presb. refused his transla
tion ; yet, 19th Aug. 1652, when he
" considerit that he had livit thir fourteen
years, or thereby, amongst a people who
had thought that his gospel preaching
was not worth a horse and two cows
grasse, and his children wer all for the
scoll, and he could not get ether mainten
ance for himself, or anything to be an help
to ther education, therfore he would be
forcit to suit transportation, for thir thrie
years bypast he had receavit no thing,"
liberty to translate was granted. He
died April 1653, aged about 49. He
marr. Katherine (died June 1005), daugh.
of David Balcomy, schoolmaster, Cupar,
and had issue — John ; Elizabeth ; Christian ;
Agnes. — [Act. Rect. Univ. St And., Test,
and Cupar Sess. Reg. ; Reg. Old Dec., i. ;
Acts of Ass.]
PATRICK ROBERTSON, son of James
R., min. of Cranstoun, M.A. (Edin
burgh, July 1043); called 14th Oct.
1653; adm. 16th March 1654. He dis
appears from the Presb. Record after 9th
May 1656. He marr. Agnes Auchinleck,
and had issue — Andrew; James; Eliza
beth ; Katherine (Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 6th
June 1676).
WILLIAM DALGARNO, ord. 27th Nov.
1656 1050; coll. 8th Oct. 1002; trans, to
Kirkmahoe in 1003.— [Reg. Collat.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A. ; ord.
and coll. 10th June 1004 ; deprived
on account of the Test 1081 ; [became
min. of Whitekirk]. The battle of Rullion
Green was fought during his incumbency.
— [Reg. Collat., Edin. Guild, S. LeitJi
Sess. Reg., Wodrow's Jfist.]
JAMES MERCER, M.A. (Edinburgh
1682 1G>70); adm- May 1G82- Tncre was
"no preaching 20th May 1089, the
min. being violently interrupted by the
rabble when he offered to enter the church
yard, and forced back " ; dem. soon after.
He marr. Jean Blair, who survived him
(Fife Sheriff-Court Books, 7th June 1703).—
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1089.]
JAMES FARMER was a young man
16go ready to be taken on trials at
the first meeting of Presbyterian
ministers Gth July 1089; ord. 12th Feb.
1090; died at Edinburgh 25th Nov. 1093.
He marr. in 1093, Euphan, daugh. of the
Laird of Howliston, Stow. — [Edin. Reg.
(Bur.).}
WILLIAM M'GEORGE, born 1008, son
1695 °^ William M'G., min. of Heriot ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh,
where he had a bursary on Johnston's
foundation 7th Nov. 1083; M.A. (9th
July 1687); Keen, by Presb. 3rd May,
pres. jure devoluto, and ord. 5th Sept.
1695; died 6th March 1745. He marr.
10th June 1697, Sarah (died 9th May
1741), daugh. of Walter Ranken of
Orchardhead, and had issue — Katherine
(marr. 17th Nov. 1723, James Dewar of
Vogrie). Publications — Sermon at ojjen-
ing the Synod (Edinburgh, 1714); The
Sum of Christianity (Edinburgh, 1718) ;
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1729). A MS. Journal
of M'G., beginning 1st Nov. 1706, written
in shorthand, 282 pages, was sold at David
Constable's Sale in Edinburgh in 1828.—
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\Edin. Counc. Reg. (Marr.}, Wodrow's
Hist, and Anal., Tombst.~\
EBENEZER BROWN, educated at
1746 Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Prcsb. of Biggar 17th March 1743;
called 30th April, and ord. 19th Nov. 1746 ;
died 4th Oct. 1759. He marr. 16th Feb.
1747, Margaret (died 30th Dec. 1773),
daugh. of Adam Muir, brewer, and bailie
of the Canongate, and had issue — John,
born 14th Dec. 1747; Margaret, born 24th
Feb. 1749 ; David, born 2nd June 1755.
JOHN GOLD1E, M.A., pres. by Sir
James Clerk of Penicuik, Bart.,
28th Jan., and adm. 15th July
1760; trans, to Temple 18th Oct. 1771.—
[Steven's Mem. of Ileriot.]
1772
THOMAS M'COURTY, ord. min. of
Dolphinton 1st Nov. 1759; pres. by
Sir James Clerk of Penicuik, Bart.,
23rd Oct. 1771 ; trans, and adm. 17th Jan.
1772; died 28th Dec. 1803, in 85th year.
He marr. 28th Nov. 1766, Henrietta (died
llth Nov. 1776), third daugh. of Andrew
Brown of Dolphinton. Publication — Ac
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., ^.—
DAVID RITCHIE, pres. by Sir John
1798 Clerk of Penicuik, Bart., and adm.
(assistant and successor) 2nd Feb.
1798; dem. 2nd Oct. 1799. He became
mill, of St Andrew's, Edinburgh, and Pro
fessor of Logic in the University of
Edinburgh.
THOMAS COULSTON, born at Dun-
fermline in 1763 ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 5th May 1795 ; pres. by
the trustee for Sir George Clerk of Penicuik,
Bart., and ord. (assistant and successor)
12th March 1799; died unmarr. 13th
March 1829.
WILLIAM SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, born
at Edinburgh Nov. 1804, son of
AVilliam S.-M. of Newhalls and
Fossaway, and Elizabeth Hogg; educated
1830
at Univ. of St Andrews and at Geneva ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th Dec.
1828 ; pres. by Sir George Clerk of Peni
cuik, Bart.; ord. 4th Feb. 1830; dem.
through ill-health 6th Nov. 1853; died at
Edinburgh 18th Feb. 1857. He marr. (1)
23rd Oct. 1832, Hectorina (died 19th Jan.
1837), daugh. of James Robertson, D.L.,
Ross-shire : (2) 6th April 1841, Mary (died
27th Aug. 1886), daugh. of John Irving,
W.S., and had issue — Agnes, born 2nd July
1842, died unmarr. 4th Dec. 1900 ; William
George, M.A., advocate, Sheriff-substitute
of Lanarkshire, born 15th April 1846 ;
Elizabeth Joanna, born llth June 1848.
Publications — The Angel's Tale, a poem
(1850) ; Collection of Paraphrases (1855) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., i.).
JOHN MACALISTEIl THOMSON,
1854 ^•^' > °rt^ 2nd ^arcn 1854 J trans-
to North Parish, Stirling, 8th
Nov. 1855.
JOHN HOME, son of John H. of Home-
1856 field, Berwickshire, and Jessie Home ;
ord. 12th Feb. 1856 ; res. 10th Dec.
1863, went to America; died 21st Dec.
1898. Marr. 15th Jan. 1857, Mary Cobden
White, and had issue — John, born 23rd
Aug. 1858, died 15th Jan. 1859; Sophia
Louisa, born 15th April 1861 ; Francis
Edward George, of Paddockmyre, Cold-
ingham.
WILLIAM MALCOLM IMRIE, born
1864 Kinrossie, Collace, 2nd Feb. 1835, son
of James I. and Janet Strachan ;
educated at St Martin's School, Perth
Academy, and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A. ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews ; assistant
at St Mary's, Dundee, and South Leith ;
ord. 12th May 1864; died unmarr. 29th
April 1887.
PETER DOW, born Auchtergaven, 1856,
1886 son °^ J°nn D., farmer, and Eliza
beth Harris ; educated at Perth
Academy and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.,
B.D. ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
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PENICUIK— ROSLIN
[PRESB. OF
10th May 1882 ; assistant at St Andrews
(in charge of Boarhills Chapel), and St
Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 3rd Aug. 1886 ;
died unmarr. 29th Sept. 1887.
ROBERT THOMSON, born Ardrishaig,
1888 2nd July 1858, son of Robert T. and
Euphemia Wilson Lyon ; educated
at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1881), B.D. (1885); Keen,
by Presb. of St Andrews 1885 ; assistant at
Boarhills, and St Giles, Edinburgh; ord.
8th May 1888. Marr. (1) 24th July 1888,
Georgina Wright Duncan, who died 3rd
May 1908, and had issue— Elsie Adair, born
15th Oct. 1889 (marr. 14th Sept. 1911,
Thomas Blenkinsop, Newcastle-on-Tyne) ;
John William, born 1st May 1892 ; Duncan,
born 13th July 1897 : (2) Gth March 1913,
Elizabeth, daugh. of John Thomson.
PENTLAND.
[In 1583 the Synod of Lothian remitted
to the General Assembly that means be
taken for establishing a minister here.
The parish was united to Lasswade in
1647, there not being sufficient competence
for a minister.]
JOHN BROWN, reader.— [Reg. of
1570 Min.']
WILLIAM BARBOUR, having also in
charge Penicuik and Mount-Lothian.
He removed to Penicuik in 1576.
He held the prebend of Lochstarik,
named Bwit-sextus ; vacant by his death
before 25th May 1584. — [Reg. Assig.,
Wodrow MisccUJ]
1576 JOHN BROWN, reader.
JOHN BARBOUR, probably brother of
William B. above mentioned ; reader
at Mount-Lothian 157G-80 ; then
here 1586. He was pres. to the vicarage of
Temple 2nd Jan. 1577, and to Newton ;
coll. 8th Aug. 1587. Being " convict of riot
in the kirk, and sclander,'" two of the
brethren were, 22nd Aug. 1616, "appointit
to see his desk removit, by the authority of
Gilbert Hay of Monktoun, bailie of the
1574
bounds," who on 29th " reportit, that they
had acquaintit the aforesaid, quha promisit
that in all tyme coming they sould be
cuminerless" [of John Barbour].— [Reg.
Assig., Wodroiv Miscell.; New Stat. Ace,, i.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, men-
1588 tioned in 1588-9.— [Reg. Assig.}
GEORGE LUNDIE of Brieryhill, min.
15gg at Newburn 1573 ; at Dalmeny 1574 ;
trans, and inst. 25th Jan. 1589 ;
died 8th July 1592. He marr. Katherine
Loch, and had issue — George (eldest son,
and executor) ; Margaret, born at Dun-
fermline, 1st June 1580.— [Reg. Assig. ;
Edin. Presb., Test., ami Dunfermline Sess.
Regs.']
ROSEWELL (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Lasswade and erected
into a parish quoad sacra, 22nd June 1874.
Church built 1872.]
JOHN HUTTON M'CULLOCH, M.A.,
18t74 B.D. ; took charge as missionary
(1873-4); ord. first min. of the
parish 9th Oct. 1874 ; trans, to Gourock
8th Oct. 1875.
JOHN HUNTER, born Edinburgh, 29th
1876 March 1843, son of William H. and
Anne Muir Aikman ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1869), B.D. (1870) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1870 ; assist
ant at Kirkcudbright, Glasgow (St Paul's),
and Darnconner, Ayrshire ; ord. 25th April
1876. Marr. 17th Jan. 1882, Christina
Bayne, daugh. of John Bell and Robina
Lawrie, and has issue— William John, born
4th Jan. 1883, died 13th March 1883.
ROSLIN
[The collegiate church, dedicated to St
Matthew, was founded by William, Earl
of Orkney, in 1446. A chapel-of-ease
was opened 3rd June 1827. A parish quoad
DALKEITH]
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347
sacra was declared by Act of Assembly 31st
May 1834. Disjoined from Lass wade and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 15th July
1863.]
JAMES BUCHANAN, elected by the
managers and seatholders 17th Aug.,
and ord. 23rd Nov. 1827 ; trans, to
North Leith 25th Sept. 1828.
DAVID BROWN, born 1783, son of
1829 ^ames I'-' Kilmarnock ; educated at
Univ. of GlasgOAV ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 3rd May 1820; elected 27th
Feb., and ord. 5*th June 1829. Joined the
Free Church ; min. of Roslin Free Church
1843; died unmarr. 3rd March 1870. Publi
cation — Account of LassAvade (Jfew Stat.
Ace., i.).
[The parish Avas served for some years
by missionaries : William Kirkton, 1847-9 ;
Thomas Morrison, 1850-1 ; Archibald Stir
ling (formerly missionary at Stobhill and
min. of St AndreAv's, Grenada, to Avhich
he had been ordained by the Presb. of
Dalkeith 19th May 1846), 1851-60 ; William
Middleton (afterwards chaplain at Bombay),
1860-1 ; Robert Walker Mackersy (after
wards of Craiglockhart), 1861-4.]
JOHN HENDERSON, ord. first min.
1864 ; trans.
to St James's, Glasgow, 29th Sept.
1876.
JOSEPH LOUDON, born 6th Dec.
1847, son of Joseph L., min. of
Dalziel ; educated at Dalziel School
and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1869) ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 14th June 1871 ;
assistant at Dundee ; ord. 5th April 1877.
Marr. 28th May 1878, Margaret Mary
Campbell, only daugh. of Andrew Buist of
Berryhill, Fife, and has issue — Joseph,
born 17th March 1879, died 24th March
1900; Andrew Walker Buist, born 27th
Sept. 1880; Elizabeth Buist, born 12th
March 1884.
STOBHILL (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Borthwick, Cockpen,
Newbattle, and Temple, and erected into
a parish quoad sacra, 16th March 1859.]
JOHN DAWSON, ord. first min. of the
1859 Parisl1 22nd Sept. 1859; trans, to
1859.
chaplaincy in Bengal 29th Dec.
CHARLES FINDLATER STEVEN-
1860 SO^T) ord- lotl1 May 1860 ; trans, to
Barry 30th Nov. 1866.
JAMES GORDON, ord. 22nd March
1867 1867 ' trans, to Twynholm 20th
Jan. 1876.
WILLIAM CORSON CALLANDER,
1876 ord. 9th May 1876 ; trans, to Loch-
rutton 20th Nov. 1879.
THOMAS M'CRACKEN, born Pin-
18go minnock, Portpatrick, 22nd June
1841, son of John M'C. and Jane
M'Kelvie ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
M.A. (1871) ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
2nd Dec. 1874 ; ord. 12th May 1880 ; died
unmarr. 19th Jan. 1883.
JAMES SMITH SIMPSON, ord. llth
1883 ^U^ 1883 > trans, to Kennoway 14th
Feb. 1888.
DAVID WILKIE WILSON, born Blair-
1888 hall, Scone, 4th Sept. 1858, son of
John W., farmer, and Euphemia
Wilkie ; educated at Stormontfield, Perth,
Univs. of Edinburgh and St Andrews;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1881) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr; assistant at New Cumnock, and
Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; ord. llth Sept. 1888.
Marr. 29th Sept. 1896, Margaret James,
daugh. of David Ritchie, merchant, Edin
burgh, and has issue— Edith Agnes, born
7th June 1899; John Edward, born 8th
Feb. 1901.
TEMPLE.
[Originally the church of the Preceptory
of the Knights Templars at Balintradoch
(now Arniston). After their dissolution,
and previous to the Reformation, it belonged
to the Preceptory of St John at Tor-
phichen. Moorfoot (originally Morthwait)
and Clerkington, both of which, previous
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[PKESB. OF
to the Reformation, belonged to the Abbey
of Newbattle, were united to Temple by
the Presb. 29th March 1593.]
WILLIAM HUDSON, mentioned as
1567 min. in 1567 ; died before 2nd Jan.
1577. — [AV*y. Min. et Asxiy., Wodrow
Miscell., Neiv Stat. Act:]
JOHN DOUGLAS, reader at Clerking-
ton 1576; is styled vicar and reader
1577 ; prcs. by James, Lord
Torphichen, 16th July 1577; removed in
1588.— [Acts and Dec., 71, 285.]
WILLIAM HAY, "inbruiked" (infcft)
1590 20th Jan. 1590.
1590
GEORGE HAISTIE [HASTINGS],
onc °^ ^ie ori&rinal students in the
Univ. of Edinburgh, where he took
his degree of M.A. at the first graduation
under Rollock, 9th Aug. 1587; Master in
the High School of Edinburgh 26th Feb.
1588. He seems, however, to have been
"exercising" in 1589; was petitioned for
by the parish 24th Feb. and 3rd March 1590.
In 1591 he held the Grammar School of Dal-
keith; continued in 1594, but retired, having
had 11 merks yearly for his lifetime, from
William, Earl of Morton, 16th Feb. 1589,
for which he gave a receipt as school
master at Dalkeith 26th May 1602. He
resided in the Canongate, Edinburgh ; died
21st April 1606, aged about 39. He marr.
Helen Wauchope, who survived him, and
had issue — Henry ; William ; Margaret ;
Bessie ; Gerwka. John Haistie, school
master in Canongate, was his brother, as
also his successor. — [JEdin. Presb. and Test.
Beg., LocJdeven Pap., Steven's High School,
Neiv Stat. Ace.]
JAMES HAISTIE [HASTINGS], born
15Q_ 1567, brother of preceding; one of
the original students at the Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (9th Aug. 1587) ; min.
of Clerkington (with Mount-Lothian and
Moorfoot) 20th Jan. 1590; trans, to Fala
1591 ; to Soutra 18th Aug. 1592 ; trans, and
adm. 1595; died before 3rd Feb. 1620.—
[Reg. Assig., Test. Reg., LocJdeven Pap.,
Calderwood's Hist.]
THOMAS COPLAND, born 1582, son of
1620 Thomas C., merchant, Edinburgh ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1603); min. of
Rcdkirk [Presb. of Annan] in 1615 ; pres.
by the Laird of Temple ; coll. 20th, and
inst. 25th July 1620 ; died Aug. 1631. He
marr. 4th Feb. 1621, Margaret Hepburn,
Edinburgh, who died 26th July 1631, and
had issue — Patrick served heir 5th March
1633 ; Margaret ; Mary, to whom George
Hepburn, in Newton, was nearest of kin. —
[Canongate Sess. and Test. Reg. ; Stat.
Rei)orts, 1627; Itiq. Ret. Edin., 716.]
ROBERT COUPER, born 23rd Jan.
1632 1G03> son °^ Adam C. of Gogar,
W.S. ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1622) ; pres. by Sir George
Forrester of Corstorphine ; ord. and inst.
30th Sept. 1632; died unmarr. in 1655.
His nephew, Robert Couper, writer, Edin
burgh, was executor. — [Act. Rect. Univ.
St And., Test. Reg. ; Reg. Old Dec., i.]
ROBERT MOWAT, M.A. (Glasgow
1656 1646) ; ord. 31st Oct. 1656 ; deprived
by the Acts of Parliament llth June,
and of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; in
dulged at Heriot 1669 ; returned in 1690.—
[Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Edin. Counc. Reg.,
xxxi. ; Wodrow's Hist.]
ROBERT SPOTTISWOOD, M.A.; ord.
1663 12th June 1663 ; trans, to Crichton
8th Sept. 1676.— [Mun. Univ. Glasg.,
iii. ; Reg. Collat]
PATRICK TRENT, M.A. ; trans, from
1676 Crichton; pres. by Robert, Earl of
Lothian ; inst. 8th, and adm. 28th
Sept. 1676 ; deprived for not taking the
Test in 1681 ; (afterwards min. of Lin-
lithgow). — \Re<j. Old Dec., i. ; Wodrow's
Hist.]
ALEXANDER BURGESS, a native of
1682 Banffshire ; educated at King's Col
lege, Aberdeen; M.A. (7th July
1677); pres. by Sir Patrick Murray of
Deuchar; inst. 14th Oct. 1682; deprived
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by the Act of Parliament, 25th April
1690, restoring the Presbyterian ministers.
He was willing to acknowledge the new
Government, but was ejected. See his own
account in The Case of the Afflicted Clergy
of Scotland, 1690, p. 68. He marr. Mary,
daugh. of William Livingston, min. of
Burntisland, and widow of William Pear
son, min. of Dunfermline. — \_MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Rule's Sec. Vindication.}
ROBERT MOWAT, M.A., above-
. mentioned; returned to a meeting
house at Nicolson (now Rosebery) in
1687, and was restored by the Act 25th
April 1690 ; dem., " being old and infirm ''" ;
died at Edinburgh, 3rd Feb. 1692, aged
about 66.— \_Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689; Rule's Sec, Vindication.']
DAVID WALKER, eldest son of Archi-
bald W., cordiner, Leslie, Fife ; a
probationer at the first meeting of
Presbyterian min. in the Synod after the
Toleration, 6th July 1687 ; ord. (colleague,
in the meeting-house at Xicolson) 14th
Nov. 1688 ; had possession of the church in
June 1690 ; died 14th Aug. 1737. He marr.
Margaret Pearson, and had issue— Josias,
min. of Abdie; Thomas, min. of Dun-
clonald ; Archibald, his successor ; David ;
Margaret ; Anne (marr. James Wither-
spoon, min. of Yester) ; Christian. — [Wod-
row's Anal, and MSS., Rey. (Jen. Ass., Rule's
Sec. Vindication, Fraser on Sanctification ;
Lindsay's Lives, ii.]
ARCHIBALD WALKER, born 1702,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 26th April 1732 ; pres. by Robert
Dundas of Arniston ; ord. 28th Sept. 1738 ;
died 29th Jan. 1760. He marr. 13th Oct.
1741, Elizabeth (died 23rd Feb. 1756),
daugh. of William Carlyle, merchant,
Glasgow, and had issue — Ann (only child),
born 5th Aug. 1742.— [Carlyle's Avtob.]
JOSEPH M'CORMICK, M.A. ; trans.
from Kilmany; pres. by Robert
Hepburn of Baads, and adm. 21st
Nov. 1760; D.D. (St Andrews, 10th May
1766) ; trans, to Prestonpans 10th Jan.
1771.
JOHN GOLDIE, born 1727, son of the
tenant at Firth; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. ; one of the
teachers of George Heriot's Hospital 16th
April 1750 ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
29th Nov. 1752 ; ord. min. of the High-
Meeting, Berwick -on -Tweed, 30th Aug.
1754 ; trans, to Penicuik 15th July 1760 ;
pres. by Robert Hepburn of Clerkington
28th June ; trans, and adm. 18th Oct.
1771 ; died 18th Aug. 1788. He marr. 19th
Feb. 1759, Elizabeth (died 4th March 1792),
daugh. of Capt. Neilson, Berwick-on-Tweed,
and had issue — Hannah, born 4th Dec.
1759; George, born 13th Dec. 1761, died
2nd June 1763; James, his successor;
Mary, born 14th July 1764; Elizabeth,
born 16th Feb. 1766, died 29th Dec. 1813 ;
John, born 10th Dec. 1768, died 12th Dec.
1769 ; Ursula, born 2nd Dec. 1769, died 6th
Oct. 1770 ; Isabella, born 29th Sept. 1774 ;
all of whom died unmarr. — \Tombst.~\
JAMES GOLDIE, born 28th March
1>7fiq 1763, son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 4th Sept. 1787 ; pres. by Robert
Dundas of Arniston, Solicitor-General ; ord.
llth Sept. 1897. During the war with
France, when invasion was feared, he
enrolled as a private in the Midlothian
Regt. of Volunteers ; died 24th Dec. 1847.
Dying without any known relative, the
ann fell to the Crown, and was bestowed
by gift on Theophilus Smith (assistant
and successor). The remainder of his
property, which included a salmon fishing
on the Tweed, he disponed to the Royal
Infirmary of Edinburgh. Publications-
Accounts of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., xvi. ; and New Stat. Ace., i.).
WILLIAM MUIR, ord. (assistant and
1839 successor) 19th ^ov- 1839 > trans, to
Second Charge, Dysart, Sept. 1843.
THEOPHILUS SMITH, born Newtyle,
1843 12th March 1822, son of Robert
S., D.D., min. of Montrose ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 22nd Dec. 1843 ;
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[PKESB. OF DALKEITH
died 9th Jan. 1881. He marr. 10th April
1877, Roberta Florence, youngest daugli.
of Peter Smith, Edinburgh, and had issue
— Katherine Isabella, born 8th Feb. 1880,
died at Adelaide, Australia, 17th Sept.
1889.
JAMES WILLIAM BLAKE, born 24th
1881 Sept. 1853, son of James Largie B.,
min. of Stobo ; educated at Duns
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (21st April
1875); licen. by Presb. of Duns llth June
1878 ; assistant at Haddington ; ord. to St
Fillan's Chapel-of-Ease 24th April 1879;
trans, and aclm. 22nd June 1881. Marr.
4th Jan. 1882, Beatrix, daugh. of John
Howat, Edinburgh, and has issue— James
Hewat, born 4th Nov. 1882; Margaret
Janette, born Gth Aug. 1884 ; Marshall
Bryce, born 9th March 188G ; Grahame
(leorge William, born 22nd Sept. 1887;
(lovan, born 7th Aug. 1889 ; John Archibald
Temple, born 15th Aug. 1891 ; Alexander
Kirkwood, born 31st Aug. 1895.
PRESBYTERY OF HADDINGTON
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, April 1581. The Register begins
1th Jan 1587, and is contained in fifteen volumes, having blanks from 20th Dec 1587
°7H O f" Jnl5?9 ',31f ^Ct' 15" t0 Uth Jlme 1G°°' 26th Mfty 16°3 t0 llth Al>ril 1G°4,
12th Oct. 1608 to 30th Oct. 1612, 7th Oct. 1G8G to 21st Nov. 1694. The Presbytery had
no meeting from 17th July 1650 to 13th Aug. 1651, "in respect of the present troubles
and violence of warre. ]
ABERLADY.
[Formerly a prebend and mensal church
of the Bishop of Dunkeld.]
1567
GEORGE ADAMSON, reader.
JOHN KER, min. of Haddington in
1587 1585 > held also tne office of school
master there, until 19th May 1591,
when he clem, the appointment; adm. to
this charge in 1587 ; dep. by the Commis
sion of Assembly, 30th July 1589, for non-
residence, etc. In 1593 he was pres. to the
vicarage by James VI., and died between
3rd Aug. and llth Nov. 1601. He marr.
Margaret Douglas, who survived him, and
had issue — John ; Robert ; William ;
Patrick; Isobel ; Margaret ((.{ . R. Inhib!,
v., (ft).— [Edin. Presb. Rey., RCy. Assig.,
Wodrow Miscdl., Jjooke of the Kirk •
M'Crie's Melville, ii.]
ANDREW BLACKBALL, born 1575,
1602 son of Andrew B., min. of Inver-
esk ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1596) ; ord. to Glencorse
7th Aug. 1599; pres. by James VI. 12th
Dec. 1601, and adm. 22nd April 1602 ; died
before 19th Nov. 1645. He marr. Eliza
beth Robison (Edin. Sas., xvii., 189).—
[-Key. Assifj., Calderwood's Hist., Living
ston's Charac., Baillie's Lett.']
ANDREW MAKGHIE, son of Andrew
1646 M>' mill> of Dirleton; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (20th
July 1638) ; pres. to Lamington 1643, but
351
declined on account of the opposition of
Lady Baillie (vide Lamington); nom. by
Presb. 10th Dec. 1645; adm. 1st April,
coll. 7th, and inst. 19th Oct. 1646; he was
a prisoner in England 4th Jan. 1652 ; pres.
by Henry, Bishop of Dunkeld, in 1662;
died in Aug. 1680, aged about 62. He
marr. Margaret Douglas (Edin. Sas., viii.,
281), and had issue— William, his successor ;
Peter (Edin. Horn., 5th June 1701).— [Old
Dec., iii. ; Lanark and Bigrjar Presb.
Reg. ; Connell on Tithes, iii. ; New Stat.
Ace., vi.]
WILLIAM MAKGHIE, born 1656, son
1632 of Preceding; educated at St
Andrews; M.A. (25th July 1G76) ;
been, by Presb. of Haddington 7th April
1681 ; adm. between 8th Dec. 1681 and
30th March 1682; inst. before 1st Nov.
1683 ; died between 3rd Jan. and 7th Feb.
He marr. Christian, daugh. of
William Burnett of Barns ((}. R. Horn,,
1st Dec. 1685). She survived him, and marr!
secondly, Robert Skene, min. of Dunsyre,
and had issue— Anna (Edin. Horn., 5th
Jan. 1701 : marr. 15th Oct. 1701, Daniel
Lasagette, merchant, Edinburgh). — [Act.
licet. Univ. St And,}
JOHN GRAY, born Haddington 1646 ;
1684 educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
M.A. (18th July 1664); passed trials
jefore the Presb. of Haddington, and licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 19th June
1667; ord. to Tulliallan 31st July 1667;
352
ABERLADY
[PRESB. OF
trans, to Glasgow 9th May 1G72 ; trans,
and adra. 8th July 1684 ; deprived by the
Privy Council 12th Sept, 1G89 for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for their Majesties William
and Mary ; died at Haddington 24th Nov.
1717. He bequeathed his library to the
town of Haddington, with 50 merks a year
for making additions, expressly prohibit
ing members of Presbytery "to take out
books, although they are authorised to
peruse them." He marr. Mary (died at
Haddington, 9th May 1729), daugh. of
Hugh Blair, min. of llutherglen (6'. R.
Inhib., 13th Sept. 1709).— [Test. Reg. ; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Tombst. ; New Stat.
Ace., ii.]
ADAM GLASS, M.A. ; Keen, by Presb.
1697 of Edinburgh ; called llth March,
and ord. 29th April 1697 ; he refused
to subscribe the Formula at his ordination
(having already done so at license), and was
rebuked by the Synod, the Presbytery being
enjoined "to keep a watchful eye over him."
He was called to Duffus in 1698, but transla
tion was refused. In 1705 he and his
friends complained to the General As
sembly against what they termed "tyran
nical impositions, '"' but they were ordered to
remove, and obeyed after a second com
mand, being hooted and reproached as
incendiaries by a crowd at the door. From
extravagant living he became involved in
debt, was obliged to take shelter in the
sanctuary of Holyrood, and after fruitless
admonitions from his brethren, deserted his
charge, which was declared vacant by the
Presb. 4th Dec. 1711. Having joined the
Church of England, he was declared by the
Synod, 24th April 1712, to be no longer in
communion with the Church. Eeordained
as a deacon and priest by Henry, Bishop of
London, he was inst. to the Rectory of
Lofthouse, Yorks, in 1712, which he did not
long retain, and died before 17th Dec. 1741.
He marr. Helen, daugh. of Capt. Thomas
Hamilton of Redhouse, in the parish, who
survived him, and had issue — Thomas ;
Helen; and others. Publication — Sermon
preached upon Christmas Day (London,
1712).— [Test. Beg., Wodroiv MSS., Session
Pap., Lett, to a Gent, in Lond., Graves's
Hist, of Cleveland.']
ANDREW DICKSON, licen. by Presb.
1712 °^ Fables 21st April 1710 ; called
27th March 1712; ord. 18th Sept.
1712 ; died 2nd Jan. 1768. He marr. (1)
24th Oct. 1711, Agnes, daugh. of Walter
Burnside of Whytlaw, and had issue —
Patrick ; Adam, min. of Wliittingehame :
(2) 13th June 1751, Janet (died 1787),
daugh. of James Auchinleck of Woodcock-
dale, and had issue — Andrew, born 27th
June 1760, died 20th Jan. 1768.— [Wodrow's
Anal., Carlyle's Autol.~\
NEIL ROY, born 1731, son of James R.,
Blackford, Perthshire ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1750) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton 26th Sept.
1758 ; pres. by Charles, Earl of Portmore,
June 1768 (the settlement being delayed in
consequence of a competing presentation
from the Crown, 18th Jan. 1768, to Thomas
Hepburn, min. of Birsay, which was decided
by the House of Lords in the Earl's favour) ;
ord. 10th May 1770 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 22nd
March 1790); died llth Jan. 1811. He
marr. 20th Feb. 1772, Magdalen Mander-
ston, who died 14th June 1802. Publication
—Topographical Description of the Parish
(Archwol. Scot., i., 1792). — [Neiv Stat.
Ace., vi.]
ANDREW KEMP, born 1764, son of
Peter K., Milton of Abercairney ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1794) ; tutor in the family of Francis,
Earl of Wemyss and March, by whom he
was pres. ; ord. 26th Sept. 1811 ; died 2nd
Oct. 1819. He marr. 18th Jan. 1814, Mary
(died 27th July 1827), sister of John
Henderson, min. of Tranent, and had issue
— Andrew John (posthumous), born 22nd
Oct. 1819.
JOHN SMITH of Farthingrush, licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Feb.
1808; ord. to Bathgate 17th Sept.
1812 ; pres. by Francis, Earl of Wemyss
and March, and adm. 28th June 1820 ; died
unmarr. 19th May 1861. Publication —
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace., ii.).
HADDINGTON]
ABERLADY— ATHELSTANEFORD
353
JAMES HILL TAIT, born 31st Aug.
1861 1835' son °^ Adam Duncan T., min.
of Kirkliston ; educated at Edin
burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith-
gow; ord. 26th Sept. 1861; chaplain to
the Royal Company of Archers, King's
Bodyguard for Scotland 17th Oct. 1866;
res. 12th Nov. 1877; took orders in the
Church of England ; officiated as chaplain
at Paris, Sienna, Home, Versailles, Sorento ;
died at Rome, 18th April 1900. He marr.
28th March 1865, Ada Frances (died 20th
July 1909), younger daugh. of Francis
Rogan, M.D., Londonderry.
JOHN HART, born Aberruthven,
Auchterarder, 27th Aug. 1827, son
of John H. and Isabella Campbell ;
educated at Auchterarder Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder 5th July 1853; ord. to St
David's, Dundee, 3rd March 1859 ; trans,
and adm. 2nd May 1878; died 31st May
1914. He marr. 8th April 1850, Janet
Mailer (died 25th March 1861), and had
issue — John ; and others deceased.
THOMAS CALUWELL, trans, from
1914 Houndwood ('/.?'.) and adm. 10th
Dec. 1914.
ATHE LSTANEFORD.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Cistercian nunnery at
Haddington.]
1576 ROBERT BONCLE, reader.
1576 JOHN ARCHIBALD, reader.
JOHN SIMSON, vicar and reader;
1578 I)res- 2Gt/k ^Pk (A. and I)., lv.}
259).
JOHN GIBSON, brother of James G.,
16O1 nl*n' °^ r^ranen^ nad been admitted
to orders by the Archbishop of
Canterbury ; adm. between 29th April
and 20th May 1601; left "for lack of
provision" 16th Jan. 1605.
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON, M.A. ;
16Q7 trans, from Broughton ; adm. 16th
March 1607 ; pres. to the vicarage
of St Martin by James VI. 1609; trans.
to Saltoun in 1613. — \_Reg. Assig.}
VOL. I.
JAMES CARMICHAEL, M.A. (St
1614 Andrews 1606); son of James C.,
min. of Haddington ; pres. to the
vicarage and also to the vicarage of St
Martin by James VI. 1st Oct. 1613, and
adm. 19th June 1614 ; inst. 8th March 1630 ;
was still min. 14th Jan. 1664, but "aged
and infirm." — \_Reg. Assiy., Act. Reef. Univ.
tit And., Dalkeith Presb. Reg. ; Connell on
Tithes, iii.]
GEORGE PRINGLE, licen. by Presb. of
1656 Haddington 12th July 1654 ; called
2nd Dec. 1655 ; adm. (assistant) 20th
March 1656 ; continued 2nd July 1663 ; does
not appear to have conformed to Episcopacy.
—[Connell on Tithes, iii.]
WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, M.A. (Edin-
1665 burgh, 14th July 1659); school
master of Colinton 1661 ; licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 18th Feb.
1663 ; ord. to -Wamphray 1663 ; trans, and
coll. 22nd Feb., and inst. after 15th June
1665; deprived for refusing the Test in
Dec. 1081. He marr. (cont. 13th July
1664) Janet, daugh. of John Johnston of
Wamphray (Re<j. of Deeds, Durie, 30th
Jan. 1680).— [_Re<j. Collat., AVodrow's Hist.,
Shankie's Colinton.']
WALTER RIGG, son of William R, of
Aithernie, by his first wife, Sara
Inglis (tit And. Tests, 9th May 1685 ;
Edi.n. Tests, 24th Nov. 1693) ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1648) ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 14th Sept.
1664; ord. to Bathgate 15th Sept. 1665;
trans, and coll. before 5th, and inst. 19th
Aug. 1682; died Feb. 1691, aged about 63.
He marr. Catherine Mitchell, and had issue
— Sara, bapt. 8th April 1670 (marr. Patrick
Hepburn, writer, Edinburgh) ; William,
bapt. 29th Sept. 1671. — [Test, and Edin.
Reg. (Uapt.) ; J/£. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1692
ADAM ALCORN
(St Andrews,
living in Kelso
a preacher 28th Jan.
bounds of the Synod
before 10th July 1692,
1701, aged about 46.—
And., Wodrow's Ifist.]
[ALCORAN]; M.A.
23rd July 1674) ;
5th May 1684; was
1686, and within the
6th July 1687 ; ord.
He died in March
-[Act. Rect. Univ. tit
354
ATHELSTANEFORD
[PRESB. OF
JOHN JENKISON, educated at Univ.
17Q1 of Edinburgh ; M.A. (13th July 1695) ;
licen. by Presb. of Peebles 9th July
1700 ; called 2;">th June, and ord. 18th Sept.
1701 ; died loth Feb. 1730, aged 55. He inarr.
(1) 7th Oct. 1702, Marion, daugh. of John
Veitch of Dawyck, and had issue — Robert ;
John; Anna; Isobel : (2) 27th Jan. 1714,
Katherine Cunningham, and had five sons
and two daughs., of whom Margaret inarr.
19th March 1749, Andrew Laurie, school
master, Edinburgh. — [Wodrow's Anal.]
ROBERT BLAIR, born 1G99, eldest son
of David B., min. of the Old Kirk
Parish, Edinburgh ; educated at the
Univ. of Edinburgh and in Holland ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 5th Aug.
17213 ; pres. by Francis Kinloch, advocate,
llth Aug. 1730; ord. 5th Jan. 1731; died
4th Feb. 1746. He enjoyed the friendship
of Isaac Watts and Philip Doddridge, and
it was to some extent through the influence
of the latter that the poem of The Grave,
which brought the writer so much celebrity,
was published. "His tastes were elegant
and domestic. Books and flowers seem to
have been the only rivals in his thoughts.
His rambles were from his fireside to his
garden ; and though the only record of his
genius is of a gloomy character, it is evident
that his habits and life contributed to
render him cheerful and happy." He marr.
llth April 1738, Isabella (died 1st Aug.
1774), eldest daugh. of William Law
of Elvingston, Professor of Moral Philo
sophy, Univ. of Edinburgh, and had issue —
David ; William ; Francis ; Robert of
Avontoun, Lord President of the Court of
Session, born 1741, died 20th May 1811 ;
Archibald ; Anna. Publications — Verses to
the Memory of Professor Law (Edinburgh,
1728) ; The Grave (London, 1743 ; Ander
son's ed., with Memoir, 1796). — [Test. Reg.,
Carlyle's Autob., Diet. Nat. .Biog.]
JOHN HOME, born 21st Sept. 1722,
son of Alexander II., town-clerk of
Leith, a connection of the Earl of
Home, and Christian Hay ; educated at the
Grammar School, Leith, and at Edinburgh
Univ. ; M.A. (18th March 1742) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 4th April 1745. Was
an ardent volunteer in support of the
Government in 1745, and when acting as
lieutenant in a regiment raised in Glasgow,
he was taken prisoner after the battle of
Falkirk, and imprisoned in Doune Castle,
but along with others effected his escape
from this place of confinement ; ord. min.
of Athelstaneford 17th July 1746. His
play of Dou/jlas was produced in the
theatre, Edinburgh, on 14th Dec. 1756, and
then and afterwards evoked much enthu
siasm. Many of his brethren in the
ministry strongly disapproved of his having
this connection with the stage, and a libel
was about to be served upon him in 1757
when he resigned his charge. He became
private secretary to John, Earl of Bute,
and at his house he often met the Prince of
Wales, afterwards George III. In 1760 he
was given from the King's privy purse a
pension of £300, and in 1764 he was
appointed Conservator of Scots Privileges
at Campvere. He frequently sat in the
General Assembly as the representative of
the Scots Church at Campvere. In 1770
he built a house on the farm at Kilduff,
Athelstaneford, and it is related that his
former parishioners insisted on carting the
materials free of charge. Subsequently he
lived in Edinburgh, where he died at
Merchiston, 5th Sept. 1808. He was an
intimate friend of Principal Robertson,
David Hume, Dr Carlyle, and other literati
of the time. He marr. 15th July 1770,
Mary (died at Moffat, 31st March 1816),
daugh. of William Home, min. of Fogo.
Publications— Dowlas (Edinburgh, 1757);
Ayis (London, 1758) ; The Sie/je of Aquileia
(London, 1760); The Fatal Discovery
(London, 1769); Alonzo (London, 1773);
Alfred (London, 1778) ; The History of the
Rebellion in Scotland, 1745-6 (London,
1802). — [Mackenzie's Life, Stewart's Life
of Robertson, Carlyle's Autob., Somerville's
Life; Sir Walter Scott in Quarterly
Revietv, June 1827 ; Maclean Watt's Scot
tish Life and Poetry, Diet. Nat.
JOHN MAIN, pres. by David Kinloch,
1 ,_,.,_ younger of Gilmerton ; ord. 22nd
Dec. 1757 ; trans, to Newton 12th
Oct. 1770.
HADDINGTON]
ATHELSTANEFORD
355
THOMAS HEPBURN, eldest son of
John H., Bearford, Haddington ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington Gth Aug.
1751 ; ord. to Birsay 8th July 1752 ; in
1768 he was presented to Aberlady by
George III., but the presentation did not
take effect ; pres. by David Kinloch,
younger, of Gilmerton ; trans, and adm.
20th June 1771 ; died 4th Aug. 1777. He
niarr. 17th Oct. 1767, Jean Sutherland
(died 8th Feb. 1775), and had issue —
Marion, born 24th Sept. 1771, died 7th Nov.
1772 ; John of Sydserff, born llth July
1773 ; Jean, born 31st Jan. 1775, died 17th
Aug. 1775. Publication — Letter to a Gentle
man from his Friend in Orkney (London,
1760). He is said to have assisted Simon
Haliburton in writing the satirical Memoirs
of Magopico (Edinburgh, 1761). — [Carlyle's
Autob.~\
GEORGE GOLDIE, born at Billhead,
Cockpen, 6th Nov. 1748, son of
Robert G., farmer ; educated at
Parish School of Lasswade, and Univ. of
Edinburgh, tutor in the family of George
Bruce, min. of Minto, whom he accom
panied on his trans, to Dunbar ; rector of
Dunbar Grammar School ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 1st April 1772 ; assistant at
Dunbar ; pres. by David Kinloch of
Gilmerton, and ord. 30th April 1778 ; died
28th Feb. 1804. He marr. (1) 1st Nov.
1773, Isabel (died 28th Sept. 1780), second
daugh. of William Orr, min. of Spott,
and had issue — Jean, born 9th Aug. 1774
(marr. 31st Jan. 1794, Thomas Smith,
Edinburgh), died 5th June 1842 ; Agnes,
born llth March 1776, died unmarr. 12th
Dec. 1847 ; Catherine, born 3rd April 1778
(marr. 16th March 1798, Thomas Dickson,
Leith), died 19th Sept. 1816 ; Janet, born
5th March 1780, died unmarr. 1833 : (2)
24th Oct. 1783, Magdalen (died at Traprain,
9th March 1836), daugh. of William How-
den, farmer, and had issue — Magdalen, born
29th Sept. 1784 (marr. Andrew Balfour),
died 29th May 1849 ; Isabella, born 17th
Nov. 1785, died llth March 1811 ; Robert,
born 17th Jan. 1787, died 19th May 1811 ;
William, min. of (Jrawfordjohn ; George
Bruce, born 2nd Nov. 1789, died 19th.
Oct. 1808; John, born 15th April 1791,
died 20th Nov. 1858 ; James, born 25th
July 1792, died 4th April 1864; Andresv,
born 21st March 1794, died 15th July
1857 ; Clarissa, born 24th June 1795
(marr. Aug. 1824, James Murray, Times
foreign correspondent), died 31st Jan. 1875 ;
Anne, born llth Nov. 1796 (marr. 2nd May
1827, Prof. Eberhard David Friedliinder,
Heidelberg), died 26th March 1871 ; Thomas
Smith, min. of Coldstream ; Alexander,
born 1st Nov. 1799. Publications — Ser
mons, ed. by George Hamilton and Andrew
Johnston, his co-presbyters (Edinburgh,
1805) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., x.). — [Sess. Rey., Sermons.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE, born 29th March
1805 1>770' son °^ Andrew R., farmer,
Woodhouse, Manor, Peeblesshire, and
Janet Johnston ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor to George Mylne of
Sydserff; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
7th Dec. 1802 ; pres. by Sir Alexander
Kinloch of Gilmerton, Bart., and ord.
14th Feb. 1805 ; died 3rd Jan. 1846. He
marr. 4th Oct. 1825, Isabella (died 8th
June 1867, aged 75), youngest daugh. of
Robert Brown of Markle, the agriculturist,
and had issue — Andrew, born 20th Sept.
1826; Jane, born 3rd Jan. 1828, died 2nd
Dec. 1851 ; Robert Brown, North British
Insurance Company, born 25th Sept. 1829 ;
James, born 20th Feb. 1833, studied for
the ministry, never took license, and died
in Switzerland. Publications — Marshall's
Gospel Mystery of Sanctification, new
edition, with sketch of the author's life
and character (Haddington, 1817) ; Account
of the Parish (Xeiv Stat. Ace., ii.)
JOHN MORRISON WHITELAW, born
1846 Berwick-on-Tweed, 13th July 1812,
son of Matthew W. and Euphemia
Morrison ; educated at Silcoats School,
Yorkshire, and Univs. of Edinburgh and
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
13th Sept. 1836 ; ord. by the same Presb.
21st June 1842, to the Presbyterian Church,
Madeira ; adm. to Dunkeld and Dowally
22nd Sept. 1843 ; trans, and adm. 4th June
1846 ; LL.D. (1866), Univ. unknown, U.S.A.,
356
ATHELSTANEFORD— BOLTON
[TRESB. OF
died 13th Dec 1881. He marr. 6th Aug.
1846, Margaret (died 29th Sept. 1893),
daugh. of David M'Watt, writer, Duns, and
had issue — Matthew Charles Primrose,
rector of Lutton-cum-Washing]y, Hants,
born 22nd August 1847; David Reginald,
rector of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, born
3rd May 1849; Alice Margaret, born 10th
Dec. 1851 (marr. Arthur St Quentin, third
son of the Hon. Eobert Forbes), died 10th
March 1897 ; Euphemia Madeline, born
19th April 1853, died unmarr. ; Margaret
Jessie, born 6th June 1856, died unmarr. ;
Isabel Kinloch (marr. Arthur Stapylton,
third son of the Bishop of Barbados). Pub
lications — Vanity Church, 2 vols. (London,
1861); Seadiffe, 3 vols. (London, 1863) ;
Hours of Quiet Thought (London, 1865);
many poems and hymns. — [Edwards's
Modern Scottish Poets, ii.]
JOHN HUME TOD, born CJlasgow,
1882 17th May 1847, son of William T.,
banker, and Mary French Hume ;
educated at Glasgow High School, and
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; M.A.
(Edinburgh 1866) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin
burgh May 1871 ; assistant at Kirkhope ;
pres. by Presb. jure devoluto to Drumelzier,
and ord. 25th Sept. 1874 ; res. 23rd April
1877 ; adm. to Langside, Glasgow, 17th Feb.
1880; trans, and adm. 27th June 1882 ; res.
31st March 1891 ; died unmarr. at Walling-
ton, Surrey, 4th March 1910.
WILLIAM BLACK STEVENSON, ord.
1891 17th Sept. 1891 : adm. to Blackball
Chapel-of-Ease, Edinburgh, 5th Jan.
1900.
WILLIAM LINDSAY GORDON, M.A.,
lgoo B.D. ; ord. 14th June 1900 ; trans, to
South Parish, Aberdeen, 15th Feb.
1912.
THOMAS OGILVY DUNCAN, born
1912 (^lova> Forfarshire, 21st Oct. 1864,
son of Thomas D., farmer, New-
bigging, and Jean Low ; educated at Brae-
minzion School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1893) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
llth May 1896 ; assistant at Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Kintore 27th Oct. 1896 ;
trans, to Whitburn 10th March 1910 ; trans.
and adm. 16th May 1912. Marr. 23rd Dec.
1896, Jessie Somerville, daugh. of John
Paterson, Skirling Mains, Biggar, and Mary
Waugh, and has issue — Mary Somerville
Paterson, born 7th July 1902.
BOLTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the canons of Holyrood.]
ANDREW SIMSON was vicar and
ir. „ exhorter in 1567, having Saltoun
also in his charge.
JOHN SPOTTLSWOOD, mentioned as
1 ,_ min. in 1576 ; trans, to Lesma-
hagow before 1578. — \_Rey. Assiy.]
DAVID FORSYTE. The General
15go Assembly, 15th Oct. 1580, remitted
him for trial to the ministers of
Edinburgh, " if he be qualified and apt
for the charge, without the knowledge of
the Latin tongue ; and if they, after trial,
do find him meet, to give their testi
monial that he may be admitted, other
wise reject and repel him." He was adm.
in 1580 ; trans, to Polwarth before 1585. —
\T>ooke of the Kirk, Re/j. Assig.]
JAMES LAMBE, reader at Tynning-
.._„,_ hame and North Berwick ; min. of
Oldhamstocks 1585, of Oldcambus
1586 ; trans, and inst. 15th Sept. 1587 ;
trans, to St Mary's of the Lowes, Yarrow,
22nd Oct. 1600, but not instituted. He
ministered there for six months, and
returned to this charge probably in 1602.
He died Father of the Church, 10th Feb.
1640, aged 83, leaving a daugh., Violet. —
\Edin. Presb. Reg. ; Re<j. Assig. ami Old
Dec., iii. ; Excheq. JJuik ; Wodrow and
Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; On'g. Lett.,
Calderwood's Hist., M'Crie's Melville,
New Stat. Acc.~]
JOHN MANDERSTON, M.A., "parson
of Bolton, now indweller in Edin-
_ _
burgh,' mentioned in 1602.
JOHN COURTNEY, son of David C.,
164Q min. of Stichill (G. R. Inhib., llth
Nov. 1681); licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 16th Jan. 1635, had testimonials
from that and Earlston Presbs. ; pres. by
HADDINGTON]
BOLTON
357
John, Earl of Lauderdale ; adm. 1st and
inst. 23rd Oct. 1640. He deserted his
charge, Whitsunday 1661, and went to
Ireland. He marr. Margaret Abel, and
had issue — Helen. — [Ihimbie Sess. Reg.;
Acts Part., vii. ; New Stat. Ace.]
PATRICK HEPBURN, M.A. (Edin-
1661 burgh, 15th July 1650) ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 13th Sept.
1654, and employed by them ; had also
license from George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
and having discharged his duty " to the
great satisfaction of the parishioners," had
the stipend allowed by Act of Parliament
29th Aug. 1662.— [Acts Parl., vii.]
JAMES NAIRN, M.A. ; trans, from
1662 Firs^ Charge, Canongate ; coll. 16th
Oct., and adm. 10th Nov. 1662;
inst. before 19th March 1663 ; trans, to
Wernyss between 4th May and 15th June
1665. — [Reg. Collat., Nairn's Catalogue,
New Stat. Ace.]
WALTER PATERSON, M.A. (Glasgow
1665 1661); licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 2nd June 1665 ; pres.
by John, Earl of Lauderdale ; ord. and
coll. 1st, inst. before 6th, and adm. 23rd
Nov. 1665. He was one of "the Bishop's
Evangelists " 1670 ; dem. on account of the
Test in Dec. 1681 ; died 22nd March 1692,
in his 51st year. He marr. Elizabeth
Straiten, who survived him, and had issue
—Laurence, his heir, 29th May 1704 ;
Walter (Edin. 8as., Ixviii., 19, 28).—
\_Mun. Univ. Glasg., iii. ; Reg., Collat., and
Gen. Ass. ; Burnet's, Kirkton's, and Wod-
row's Ilists. ; Monteith's Theater of Mart. ;
Neii) Stat. Ace.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edinburgh
1692 l^?5) > 01>d- before 9th, and inst. and
adm. 30th Nov. 1692; died 28th
Feb. 1707, aged 50. He marr. 3rd April
1684, Euphan Reid, parish of St Cuthbert,
Edinburgh, and had issue — five sons and
five daughs., whose names have not been
traced. The Presb. recommended the
widow and children to the heritors for
the vacant stipend to Martinmas. — [St
Cuthbert' s Sess. Reg., Tombst., New Stat.
Ace]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, born 1673,
7 son of John H., gudeman of Provan,
by his third wife ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
28th June 1697) ; licen. 1704 ; called 24th
March, and ord. llth May 1708 ; died 9th
May 1743. He marr. 30th Sept. 1708,
Margaret (born 1675, died 8th June 1730),
daugh. of James Caithness, writer, Edin
burgh, and had issue— John, his successor ;
Helen, born 1711, died 22nd Aug. 1717.—
[Tombst., Family Records]
JOHN HAMILTON, born 1714, son
1743 °^ Preceding ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 2nd Dec. 1740; pres.
by Robert, Lord Blantyre, 6th Sept., and
ord. 22nd Dec. 1743 ; clerk to the Presb.,
and to the Synod 14th May 1754; died
14th Feb. 1797. He marr. 13th Oct. 1748,
Jean (born 6th Jan. 1728, died 12th Feb.
1759), daugh. of Robert Wight, one of the
mins. of Dumfries, and had issue — William,
died young ; Alexander, H.E.I.C.S., born
9th July 1751, died 7th Aug. 1777 ; Robert,
member of Legislature of Ontario, and
founder of the family of Hamilton of
Ontario (Chadwick's Ontarian Families),
born 14th Sept. 1753, died 1811 ; George,
min. of Gladsmuir ; Jean, born 20th April
1755 (marr. William Henderson of Pil-
muir, Fife), died 1845 ; John, capt. 73rd
Regt., born 30th Jan. 1759, died 12th '
April 1794. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iv.). — [Tombst.
Carlyle's Autob., Family Records.]
ALEXANDER BRUNTON, pres. by the
Commissioner for Robert Walter,
Lord Blantyre, and ord. 28th Sept.
1797 ; trans, to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
15th Sept. 1803.
ANDREW STEWART, M.D. ; pres. by
1804 l>tOkert Walter, Lord Blantyre, and
ord. 26th April 1804 ; trans, to
Erskine 14th Sept. 1815.— [M'Farlan's Fun.
Serm., Oliphant's Life of Irving.'}
JOHN ABERNETHY, born Auchtertool,
1816 ^k ^av 1781, son of James A. ; edu
cated at Univ. and King's College,
Aberdeen ; M.A. (30th March 1801) ; licen.
by Presb. of Caithness 7th April 1807;
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BOLTON— DIRLETON
[PRESB. OF
ord. 2nd June 1807, with the intention
of proceeding to America, but became
chaplain to the Edinburgh Charity Work
house, and was subsequently min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Monkwear-
mouth ; pros, by Robert Walter, Lord Elan-
tyre, 8th March, and adm. 14th May 1816.
Joined the Free Church; died unmarr.
5th July 1843. Publication — Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace., \i.).—[Auchtcr-
tool /SV.vs. Reg., New Stat. Ace.]
THOMAS DRUMMOND, born Stirling,
1843 24th Dec. 1812, son of Thomas D.,
farmer, and Ann Rose ; educated
privately and at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1841 ; ord. 21st Sept.
1843 ; clerk of Presb. for thirty-seven years ;
res. 15th Sept. 1882 ; died 20th April 1883.
He marr. 26th Nov. 1850, Mary (died 30th
June 1869), daugh. of Robert Johnstone,
farmer, Nisbet, East Lothian, and Helen
Caw, and had issue — Helen Johnstone,
born 2nd Nov. 1851, died 13th Feb. 1885 ;
Thomas Ninian, min. of Saltoun ; Robert
Samuel Johnstone, banker, born 16th May
1855, died 28th Feb. 1906; James John-
stone, min. of Jedburgh ; Ann Rose, born
14th Feb. 1857 ; Mary Euphemia, born
7th Feb. 1859 ; Isabella Sangster, born 24th
Jan. 1861.
1883
JOHN BARR SERVICE, born Glasgow,
2nd March 1850, son of David S. and
Helen Graham : educated at St
James's School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1883), B.D. (1877); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 7th June 1876 ; assistant at Strone
Chapel-of-Ease, ord. there 30th Nov. 1880 ;
trans, and adm. 20th Feb. 1883. Marr. 7th
May 1885, Davina, daugh. of David Shanks
and Janet Gourlay.
COCKENZIE (Q.&).
[Disjoined from Tranent and declared a
parish quoad sacra by Act of Assembly,
28th May 1838. The church was retained
by the Secessionists from 1843 to 1850,
when the House of Lords held it to be
the property of the Church of Scotland.
Thereafter the charge was served by
licentiates till the erection of a parish
quoad sacra by the Court of Teinds, 16th
March 1885.]
ARCHIBALD LORIMER, son of
1838 George L., schoolmaster, Glenrid-
dell, Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, and
Jane Moore ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; rector of StielFs Hospital, Tranent ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington, 28th March
1837; ord. 18th Oct. 1838. Joined the
Free Church ; min. of the Free Church,
Cockenzie, 1843; died 23rd Dec. 1869.
He marr. 5th Oct. 1841, Elizabeth, daugh.
of John Waugh, Holmhead, Glencairn,
and had issue — George, M.D., Buxton
(deceased); Mary Bell, died unmarr. 6th
Feb. 1901.
GEORGE HOGG, born Edinburgh, 24th
1885 June I853, son of Robert H. and Jane
Gray ; educated at Daniel Stewart's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1879) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1883; missionary at Cockenzie 1883-5;
ord. first min. of parish 4th June 1885.
Marr. 14th June 1887, Mary Heron Palmer,
Edinburgh, who died 28th Feb. 1914.
DIRLETON, FORMERLY GULLANE.
[The church at Gullane [Golyn], dedi
cated to St Andrew, belonged to Dry-
burgh Abbey. By Act of Parliament, in
1612 the church was removed to Dirleton.
The church of Dirleton, also dedicated to
St Andrew, had been made collegiate in
1444 by Sir Walter of Haliburton.]
THOMAS MAKGHIE, born Balmaghie ;
1576 min. of North Berwick 1571 ; trans,
and adm. 1576 ; member of As
semblies 1582, 1586, June 1587, and 1590;
refused to sign the articles drawn up
by Secretary Maitland in 1585 ; dissented
from annulling the sentence of excom
munication against Archbishop Adamson
in 1586. He was one of those commissioned
by the Secret Council in 1589 for the main
tenance of true religion in the constabulary
of Haddington ; he dem. the vicarage before
23rd May 1599, and was alive 23rd March
1603. He was "judged well versed with
the Scriptures, and prompt to confound
the enemies of truth with the Word of
HADDINGTON]
DIRLETON
359
God, and guid doctrine." — [Reg. Assig.,
Looke of the Kirk, Row's and Calderwood's
Hists., Wodrow Miscell. and Anal.; M'Crie's
Melville, i.]
ANDREW MAKGHIE, son of preced-
1597 ing; M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug.
1591) ; adm. (assistant and succes
sor) 22nd Dec. 1597. On his father's de
mission he was pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 23rd May, coll. 6th, and inst.
in June 1599 ; died Dec. 1636, aged about
76. He marr. (cont. 4th Jan. 1602) Alison,
daugh. of Thomas Lauder of Elbottle
(Reg- of Deed*, cxxvi., 76), and had issue
— John, his successor ; Andrew, min. of
Aberlady ; Isobel (marr. Alex. Vernor, min.
of Pencaitland) ; Helen (marr. Robert Elliot,
min. of West Linton) ; Margaret ; Eliza
beth ; Katherine. — [Calderwood's Jl/xt.,
M'Crie's Melville; Stat. Reports, 1627;
Livingston's Charac., Wodrow's Anal.]
JOHN TROTTER, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews, had been ord. a deacon
by the bishop (the first mention
of this office in the Reformed Church of
Scotland), and immediately afterwards a
Presbyter; coll. and inst. 16th July 1637.
He was accused by the parishioners, and
by John M., son of preceding min., 18th
April 1638, of intruding himself into the
ministry " by receiving orders as a preach
ing deacon, of not regularly administrating
the word and ordinances, giving occasion
to prophane the Lord's day, venting opinions
smelling of Poperie," etc. After hearing his
answers, the Presb. " did all in one voyce
conclude that they were no wayes to be
censured with deprivation nor suspension."
At the instance of the parishioners the case
came before the Commission 3rd Jan. 1639,
who " finding no evidence produced for
verifying of Mr John's admission to the
congregation of D., ordains that except he
produce abundant evidences of his lawful
admission to the ministry of the congrega
tion of D. to the next Provincial Assembly
he be discharged of all function of the
ministry, and the kirk of D. be declared
void, and refers and recommends the said
Provincial to censure the said Mr John
condignlie for receiving the order of a
preaching deacon. Especiallie to try the
said Mr John's qualification, and albeit he
prove qualified, to transport him from the
parish, quhilk he apparently will never be
able to edifie, and in the meantime dis
charges him of anie function of the ministry,
until he clear his admission before the said
Provincial Assembly." When intimation
was desired to be made at Dirleton the
kirk doors were found shut. The Synod,
accordingly, found him not lawfully ad
mitted, and on 12th June 1639 the Presb.
declared the parish to have been vacant
since the death of Andrew Makghie. He
died before 8th Dec. 1664. He marr. 4th
Aug. 1636, Helen Maxwell, and had issue —
John, who was served heir ; Alex., appren
ticed to Thomas Miller, tailor, Edinburgh,
20th Feb. 1656 ; James, apprenticed to
Thomas Trotter, cordiner, Edinburgh, 13th
Feb. 1656. — [Dimbar Sess. Reg., Wodrow
MSS., Stevenson's Hist.; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
4851 ; Peterkin's Records.]
JOHN MAKGHIE, son of Andrew M.,
163g min. in 1597 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd
July 1625) ; tutor in the family of
Robert Boyd of Trochrig ; ord. 17th May
1639 ; coll. in June 1641. A manse and
glebe of four acres were designed at
Dirleton, 31st Oct. 1646. He was on the
Commissions of Assembly 1643-1645, 1648,
and chaplain to Lord Dalhousie's Reg. in
1647. He did not conform to Episcopacy,
and may have been tolerated till his
death, as no successor was appointed till
1683. He marr., and had issue — Helen
(marr. her cousin, Robert Elliot, min. of
Kinglassie) ; Robert, apprentice to Patrick
Andrew, merchant, Edinburgh, 28th March
1666. — [Test, and Dunferml. Sess. Reg.;
Wodrow MSS., Anal., and Hist. ; Acts
of Ass]
ROBERT SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1683 9th July 1656); licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 29th July 1664 ;
min. of Spott 1665 ; trans, and coll. before
29th March, and inst. 3rd April 1683 ; died
in March 1688, aged about 52. He marr.
July 1666, Jean Clelaine (or Cleland), Had-
dington. His nieces, Maria and Jean, were
DIRLETON
[PHESB. OF
served heirs. — [Test, and Spott Sess.
Reg. ; Inq. Ret. (rfen., 7215 ; Fountainhall's
Dec., i.]
LAURENCE CHARTERIS, born 1025,
1688 son °^ Henry C., Principal and Pro
fessor of Divinity, Edinburgh Uni
versity, and sometime min. of North Leith ;
educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (20th July 1646); ord. and inst.
min. of St Bathans 9th Feb. 1654; con
forming to Episcopacy, he was coll. 17th
Oct. 1G62. He disapproved of the methods
used to enforce Episcopacy, and refused a
bishopric. He was a friend of Archbishop
Leighton, and in 1G70 was one of the six
preachers sent by him to advocate the
" accommodation." Professor of Divinity,
University of Edinburgh, 1G75. Resigned
on account of the Test Act 1681 ; inst. to
this charge 27th .Sept. 1088. In 1690
he read, as ordered by the Privy Council,
the proclamation enjoining a fast for
national sins, but he dissociated himself
from the General Assembly's mention of
the introduction of Prelacy as the great
national defection. "The defection has
not been from the truth or from the
fundamental doctrine of the Christian
faith, but from the life of Cod and the
power of religion, and from the temper
and correction which the Gospel requires
in us." He retired to Edinburgh in 1697,
and died in Dec. 1700. He was unmarr.
Burnet describes him as one who "had
great tenderness in his temper, and was a
very perfect friend and a most sublime
Christian." Publications— The Difference
between True and False Christianity (Edin
burgh, 1703) ; Spiritual Discourses (Edin
burgh, 1704) ; The Corruption of this Age
and the Remedy thereof (Edinburgh, 1704;
republished 1761); A Catalogue of Scot
tish Writers (Edinburgh, I83S).—[Uurnet,
i. ; Wodrow's Hist. ; MM. Ace. of Jfin.,
1689; Edin. Reg. (Bur.).]
JAMES CLARK, M.A. ; trans, from
1697 Innerwick> called 5th April, and
adm. 14th Dec. 1697 ; trans, to
Tron Parish, Glasgow, llth March 1702. —
\ActsofAss., 1702.]
JAMES ALSTON, born 1679, son of
1703 James A., merchant, Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th July 1697);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th July
1702 ; app. by the Town Council of Edin
burgh Morning Lecturer in the Tron
Church, 12th May 1703; called 1st July,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1703; Moderator of
Assembly 6th May 1725, and 1st May
1729 ; one of His Majesty's Chaplains in
Ordinary for Scotland 1726; died 19th
April 1733, and was buried in St Giles
Churchyard, Edinburgh. He took a lead
ing part in the management of church
affairs, was mentioned for the Principal-
ship of the University of Glasgow in 1727,
and had the offer of the Professorship of
Divinity in that of Edinburgh in 1730.
He marr. 15th June 1705, Janet (died 19th
March 1769), daugh. of Matthew Reid, min.
of Hoddam, and had issue — James, of
Redsyde, born 1707, died 19th Dec. 1761 ;
William, W.S., died 5th July 1775; Mar
garet, only daugh. (marr. 1735, James
Hamilton, surgeon to the Forces).— [Ar.
Berwick Sess. Reg., Wodrow's Corresp.
and Anal., Boston's Jfemoirs, Warrick's
Moderators^
JAMES GLEN, licen. by Presb. of
1733 Kelso 1st May 1716 ; ord. to Whit-
tingehame 17th July 1717; pres. by
William Nisbet of Dirleton ; trans, and
adm. 13th Nov. 1733 ; died 16th Jan. 1749.
He marr. Elizabeth Elliot, who died April
1743, and had issue— William ; Alexander,
his successor. — [Test. Reg., Carlyle's Autob.]
HUGH [or HEW] BANNATINE, eldest
son of James B., min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith-
gow 21st Sept. 1743 ; enlisted as a volunteer
1745 ; travelled abroad as tutor to John
ston of Hilton ; ord. to Ormiston 26th
May 1747; trans, and adm. 26th Oct.
1749; died unmarr. 26th Feb. 1769.— [Mac
kenzie's Life of Home, Carlyle's Autob. ;
Test. Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 8th March 1769.]
ALEXANDER GLEN, born 1726, son of
176g James G., min. in 1733 ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 10th Oct. 1749; ord. to
1749
HADDINGTON]
DIRLETON
361
Kirkton 25th Sept. 1751 ; trans, to Gala-
shiels 7th Dec. 1757 ; trans, and adm.
19th Oct. 1769; died 6th March 1805.
He marr. 16th Aug. 1768, Ann Black-
adder, who died 10th March 1830, and
had issue— James, born 16th June 1769,
took orders in the Church of England,
and died at Westminster ; Katherine, born
12th Sept. 1770 ; Elizabeth, bora 24th Sept.
1773 ; Barbara, born 3rd Feb. 1775 (marr.
24th June 1794, John Wilson, Edinburgh) ;
John, born 10th June 1776 ; Alexander,
W.S., born 22nd Nov. 1777, died 1841 ;
Nisbet. commander R.N., born 6th March
1780, died 1824 ; Ann, born 29th March
1782; Walter, born 2nd May 1785.
Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iii.).
WILLIAM STA11K, born 18th Oct. 1772,
1805 son °^ Richard S-> Auchtermuchty ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 4th Aug. 1795 ;
assistant at Whittingehame ; ord. to Airdrie
Chapel-of-Ease 23rd Aug. 1798 ; trans, to
Stonehouse 5th Feb. 1801 ; pres. by William
Hamilton Nisbet of Dirleton ; trans, and
adm. 19th Dec. 1805 ; died 20th Sept. 1834.
He was a distinguished Greek and Hebrew
scholar, and Biblical critic. He marr. 25th
Oct. 1802, Elizabeth (died 1st Dec. 1862),
daugh. of Eobert Mackenzie, town - clerk
of Dumbarton, and had issue — Richard,
H.E.I.C.S., Bombay, born 21st March
1805 ; Margaret and Mary (twins), born
8th May 1810, both died 1811 ; Robert
Mackenzie and William Duncanson (twins),
born 17th June 1815; George Gibb, born
23rd June 1817; Margaret Mollison, born
8th April 1819, died 19th Feb. 1822 ; Eliza
beth Helen, born 18th April 1822. Pub
lications — Two single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1798, 1828) ; Considerations addressed to
the Heritors and Kirk- Sessions of Scotland,
on the Affairs of the Poor (Edinburgh,
1826); Sermons intended to Illustrate and En
force Christian Faith and Duly (Edinburgh,
1836).— [Cormack's Memoir (Sermons).]
JOHN AINSLIE, born Edinburgh, 9th
1835 Aug. 1808, son of Alexander A.,
merchant, and Jane Begbie ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar 5th Oct. 1831 ; pres. by
Mrs Mary Hamilton Xisbet Ferguson of
Belhaven and Dirleton, with concurrence
of her husband, Robert Ferguson of Raith,
and ord. 25th June 1835. Joined the Free
Church 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, St
Andrews, 1847; D.D. (St Andrews, 9th
Dec. 1854) ; died 6th Nov. 1895. He marr.
(1) 23rd Nov. 1841, Katherine Wolfe Duff,
Edinburgh, who died 20th Sept. 1857, and
had issue— Elizabeth Jane, born 18th April
1843 ; Jane Katherine Maria, born 20th
Feb. 1845, died 21st April 1912 : (2) 16th
Oct. 1860, Janet (died 16th Jan. 1890),
daugh. of Richard Scougal, merchant,
Leith, widow of Robert Henry Listen
and Rev. Mark Willoughby. Publication
—Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Arc., ii.).
JAMES SCOTT, born Cavers, Roxburgh-
1843 shire, 26th Sept. 1899, son of Andrew
S., schoolmaster, and Margaret
Telfer ; educated at Cavers School and
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Loch-
maben 1827 ; ord. to Torphichen 27th Sept.
1827 ; trans, to Dalmeny 10th Sept. 1829 ;
trans, and adm. 14th Dec. 1843 ; died 30th
Jan. 1864. He marr. 16th Nov. 1827,
Walter Baird (died 9th July 1898, aged 94),
daugh. of James Reid, of the Exchequer,
and Anne Baird, and had issue — Anne,
born 23rd Dec. 1828; Andrew, born 17th
Aug. 1830, died 4th June 1892; Jamima
Margaret, born 13th May 1832, died un-
marr. 18th Aug. 1868 ; Elizabeth, born 14th
Dec. 1833 (marr. 1864, Alfred Lawford,
C.E.), died 12th Oct. 1895 ; Janet, born 10th
Jan. 1836 (rnarr. 10th Oct. 1861, Henry
Hartly); James Reid, born 30th March
1838, died 2nd Dec. 1867 ; Mary Dundas,
born 26th April 1840 (marr. Edmund
Boycott, rector of Cove, Suffolk) ; Caroline
Coventry, born 27th July 1842 (marr. 12th
July 1871, Robert Cumming) ; Catherine
Ellerton, born 17th July 1844 (marr.
12th Feb. 1872, Edward Albert Gillett,
rector of Woolthorpe, Lincolnshire);
Walter, min. of Cromarty, born 1st June
1846. Publications — Sermons (Edinburgh,
1865).
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DIRLETON— GARVALD AND BARA
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM LOG IE, born 10th March
1864 1S24' son of William L., D.D., min.
of Lady, Isle of Sanday, afterwards
of Kirkwall ; educated at the Grammar
School, Kirkwall, and Edinburgh Univ. ;
B.A. (1843) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkwall
Gth Aug. 1845 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) to Buchanan 27th March 1846 ;
trans, to Firth and Stenness 13th May 1847 ;
trans, to Fintry 12th Sept. 1801 ; D.D.
(Glasgow) 1863 : trans, and adm. 5th July
1864; died 5th Jan. 1878. He marr. 3rd
Aug. 1847, Helen Scott (died 26th Sept.
1890), daugh. of Andrew Brown, Bervie,
Kincardineshire, and had issue— William,
M.A., M.B., C.M., born 22nd May 1848,
died 1890 ; David Brown, M.B., C.M., born
24th March 1850; James Charles, M.D.,
born 30th March 1852, died 1883; Emily
Jean, born 17th Jan. 1858 ; Elizabeth
Scarth, born 2nd Dec. 1859; Alexander
Graton, M.B., C.M., born 12th March 1865 ;
Robert Scarth Valentine, M.A., min. of
Rickarton, Fordoun, born 15th April 1868 ;
Helen Euphemia (a twin), born 15th April
1868 (marr. 1901, R, V. Bell). Publication
— Memoir of Rev. William Logic, D.D.
JOHN KERR, born Trohoughton, Dum-
1878 fries, 29th May 1852, son of David K.
and Mary Bell ; educated at Glen-
cairn School and Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A.
(April 1871) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
18th June 1875 ; assistant at Newbattle ;
ord. to Skelmorlie 20th April 1876 ; trans,
and adm. llth July 1878; treasurer of
Church Service Society 1882 ; clerk of
Synod from 1907, F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Scot.
Marr. 17th July 1883, Maria, daugh. of John
Groves, London, and Martha Mary Baxter,
and has issue — Marie, born 17th April 1884 ;
Constance, born 1st Feb. 1888; Winifred
Violet, born 14th June 1889 ; Edith Kath
leen, born 26th July 1891 ; John Randolph,
born 26th Sept. 1896 ; Alec Seton, born 4th
March 1898. Publications— Fellowship with
the Father, a sermon (1878) ; The History
of Curling (Edinburgh, 1890); Parish
Councils in Country Parishes (Edinburgh,
1895); The Golf -Book of East Lothian
(Edinburgh, 1896) ; Curling in Canada and
the United States (Edinburgh, 1904); The
Renascence of Worship (Lee Lecture) (Edin
burgh, 1909); Rich and Poor (a sermon);
Scotland's Ain Game in Song and Story
(Edinburgh, 1914).
GARVALD AND BARA.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Cistercian nunnery at
Haddington. It was united to Bara in
1702.]
1571-6 PATRICK C ALBRAITH, exhorter.
JOHN MORISON, min. of Yester in
1575 ; adm. 1576. Edmund Grindal,
Archbishop of Canterbury, granted
license to M. to celebrate the divine office,
because he had been "ordained to the holy
ministry by the imposition of hands, accord
ing to the laudable form and right of the
Reformed Church of Scotland." — [Reg.
Assig., Neal's History of the Puritans.]
JAMES REID, son and heir of James
R., notary, Edinburgh; (Com. Deeds,
26th March 1585); mentioned as
min. in 1578 ; trans, to Bara, but returned
before 1588 ; dep. by the Commission of
Assembly 30th July 1589 ; reponed by the
Presb., and readm. 14th June 1590 ; died
before 16th Sept. 1623. He marr. 1585,
Elspeth Sanderson, who survived him. —
[Reg. Assig., Wodroio Miscell., Calderwood's
Hist.]
THOMAS MAITLAND, a cadet of the
1624 Lauderdale family; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen (M.A. 1614)
and St Andrews ; pres. by John, Viscount
Lauderdale; ord. between 2nd and 21st,
and adm. and inst. 29th Jan. 1624 ; died
Oct. 1637, aged about 44. He marr. (1)
7th Feb. 1626, Margaret Durie, Hadding
ton, who died 3rd April 1633, and had
issue — Isobel (marr. William Johnston of
Laverocklaw : Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 8th
Feb. 1666, where she is styled heir); Anna:
(2) (cont. 25th March 1634) Margaret Mel-
vill, Prestonpans, daugh. of Sir Andrew M.
of Garvock, Master of the Household to
James VI. (Reg. of Deeds, dvii., 127), who
survived him, and marr. John Dalzell, min.
of Prestonkirk (ibid., dvii., 127). Publica
tion — A Funerall Sermon preached at the
HADDINGTONj
GARVALD AND BARA
363
Buriall of the Lady Jane Maitland, ivith
Verses, etc. (Edinburgh, 1633). — [Canongate
Reg. (Marr.} ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3144.]
ANDREW BANNATYNE, M.A. ; pres.
1637 ^7 David, Bishop of Edinburgh ;
coll. and inst. 13th Sept. 1637;
dep. 4th Oct. 1649, "for profanation of the
name of God, negligence in discipline,
suspicion of fornication, and silence in the
late Engagement. " He intruded again in
May 1652, and at Drumoak in Oct. follow
ing ; was reponed to the ministry 2nd Aug.
1654, under condition that he should not
accept a charge without special consent of
the Presb. ; [min. of Edrom in 1662].
JOSEPH PRO VAN, M.A., ord. 12th
1653 Sept. I653] trans, to Morham 19th
Feb. 1657.
ROBERT FOORD [FORD], M.A.
(Edinburgh, 1st Aug. 1651); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th Nov.
1658, and also by George, Bishop of Edin
burgh, 17th Feb. 1665 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Tweeddale, 7th June 1667 (P. C.Decreta,
24th July 1673); ord. and coll. 9th June,
and inst. between 6th July and 7th Aug.,
same year ; died unmarr. between 29th
Jan. and 26th Feb. 1680, aged about 49.—
[Reg. Collat,]
ROBERT MELDRUM, M.A. ; adm. 25th
Nov. 1680 ; deprived for not taking
the Test in 1681, but was min. of
Yester in the following year.
WALTER GRAY, M.A. (Glasgow, 15th
July 1673) ; recommended for license
2nd April 1685 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Tweeddale ; adm. before 3rd Dec. 1685 ;
on the union of the parish to Bara in 1702
he retired, having 150 merks assigned him
from the stipend ; died at Gifford Hall, 19th
Dec. 1719, aged about 67. He marr. Jean
(died 26th Feb. 1725), daugh. and heiress
of Robert Adair, merchant, burgess of Edin
burgh (Edin. Com. Deed*, 17th Dec. 1686),
and had issue — Walter, M.A., chaplain to
John, Lord Gray.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ARCHIBALD MUIR, son of John M. of
1702 Auchindraine ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles ;
ord. to Bara 15th Aug. 1699 ; app. by Presb.
1680
1721
16th Aug. 1702; dep. by the Synod 5th
Nov. 1719, for drunkenness and disaffection
to the Government, " saying the King had
no more right to the crown than the moor
cock." He was censured by Presb. of Edin
burgh, 28th Dec. 1726, for irregularly
marrying, 4th April 1726, his daughter
Anne to Walter Nisbet of Craigentinny,
son of William Nisbet of Dirleton. He
was in such poverty and distress that a
collection was ordered to be made for him
by the Synod in 1736 ; alive in Edin
burgh 27th June 1739. He marr. Eliza
beth, daugh. of David Liddell, Professor
of Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow, and had
issue — Anne (marr. Walter Nisbet); James ;
Robert ; Margaret. — [Wodrow's Anal, and
Corresp.]
ANDREW DUNLOP, pres. by John,
Marquess of Tweeddale, and ord. 15th
Aug. 1721 ; he complained, 21st Aug.
1722, of want of a manse, and of having to
rent an uncomfortable lodging, nearly four
miles off, whereby his health suffered ;
trans, to Ormiston 3rd Aug. 1731.
ARCHIBALD BLAIR, born 1704, son of
David B., min. of St Giles, Edin-
burgh, and brother of Robert B.,
min. of Athelstaneford ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 27th Aug. 1729 ; pres. by George
II. 4th April, and ord. 3rd Aug. 1732 ; died
24th Sept. 1774. He marr. 24th Aug. 1739,
Janet (died 13th Dec. 1785), daugh. of
John Barclay, min. of Morham, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 8th Jan. 1745 (marr.
William Begbie of Skedsbush) ; David,
born 22nd Jan. 1746 ; Euphan, born 28th
Oct. 1747 (marr. 29th Feb. 1776, William
Dudgeon, farmer, Dryburnford) ; John,
born 14th July 1749 ; Archibald, born 7th
June 1751 ; Robert, M.D., Professor of
Astronomy in the Univ. of Edinburgh,
inventor of the "aplanatic ;; telescope, born
15th Nov. 1752, died 22nd Dec. 1828 ;
Janet, born 25th March 1758, died 18th
Oct. 1827; Isobel, born 8th Sept. 1760.
— [Hill's Life of Blair, Carlyle's Autol.}
ANDREW NISBET, bapt. 9th Sept.
1733, third son of William N.,
schoolmaster at Long- Yester; pres.
by George, Marquess of Tweeddale, 7th Feb.,
364
GARVALD AND BARA— BARO, on BARA
[PKESB. OF
and ord. 20th July 1775 ; died unmarr.
26th Jan. 1800. Publication— Account of
the United Parish (Sinclair's 8 tat. Ace.,
xiii.).
JOHN SANGSTER, born 12th Jan.
17G9, eldest son of Henry S., min. of
Humble ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; tutor in the families of Fothering-
ham of Powrie and George, Marquess of
Tweeddale ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar 19th
Feb. 1794; pres. by George III. 8th Feb.
1800, and ord. 18th Sept. 1800; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 30th March 1826); died 10th
Oct. 1855. He marr. 20th Nov. 1800, Mar
garet (died 23rd Jan. 1833), daugh. of John
Hay, Duncanlaw, and had issue— a son,
born 30th Dec. 1802, and died same day.
SELBY ORD DODS, born 19th July
1813, son of John D., farmer, Stoney-
path ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
4th Dec. 1837; called 14th Feb., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st March 1839.
Joined the Free Church 1843 ; adm. to
Free Church, Maybole, in 1846 ; died at
Edinburgh, 22nd Jan. 1856. He marr.
(1) 14th May 1839, Margaret Robertson,
Edinburgh : (2) 1853, Isabella M'Gregor.
Publications — The Chief Points of Differ
ence betwixt the Established and Free
Church (Edinburgh, 1847); A Word in
Season (Edinburgh, 1850).
JOHN CROSBIE, born Keir, 21st Dec.
1844 I805i son °f Thomas C. ; educated
at Keir School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont ; pres.
by the Commissioner for the Marquess of
Tweeddale, and ord. (assistant and succes
sor) 22nd Oct. 1844; died 13th Jan. 1872.
He marr. 29th Aug. 1836, Margaret Nivison
(died 9th May 1888), daugh. of John Find-
lay, and had issue — James, born 25th Aug.
1837, died 1869; Agnes, born 22nd April
1842 (marr. 4th Aug. 1874, John Stewart,
merchant) ; John, born 6th Feb. 1844, died
1882 ; Margaret Renwick, born 23rd April
1846; Jane Anne, born 5th May 1848;
Mary Peacock, born 5th Nov. 1850 (marr.
21st June 1876, Alexander Gray Morton,
banker, Edinburgh) ; Robert, born 16th
Jan. 1853; Jessie, born 5th July 1855
(marr. 20th June 1907, James S. Burns,
S.S.C., Edinburgh) ; Isabella Nivison Find-
lay, born 18th July 1857 (marr. 6th Dec.
1883, Frank Young, S.S.C.).
THOMAS STIRLING MARJORI-
1872 BANKS, B.D. ; pres. by the Crown,
and ord. 9th July 1872; trans, to
Prestonkirk 8th June 1876.
GEORGE DODS, born London, 14th
1876 ^U^ l^i son °f George D. and
Margaret Smith ; educated at Univs.
of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1871 ; assistant at St
Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Robertson
Memorial Church, Glasgow, 5th Feb.
1873; trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1876;
clerk of Presb. for twenty -five years ; died
3rd Jan. 1910. He marr. 29th Oct. 1857,
Helen (died 14th Nov. 1903), daugh. of
Francis Erskine, and had issue — George,
B.D., min. of Barr, born llth Oct. 1858;
John Erskine, LL.B., S.S.C., Edinburgh,
born 10th May 1871 ; Benjamin Hawkins,
merchant, Rhodesia, born 1st Nov. 1880 ;
Jane Erskine, D.C.S., secretary to the
Woman's Guild of the Church of Scotland,
born 12th June 1864; Janet Erskine,
matron of Military Hospital, Shorncliffe,
born 21st Dec. 1868 ; Elizabeth, born
5th April 1873 (marr. Dr J. Gillon Ross,
Whitby) ; Helen Erskine, teacher, born
2nd Nov. 1875, died 14th Nov. 1903.
THOMAS LOW, born Glasgow, 13th
1910 April 1880, son of Andrew L. and
Margaret Paton ; educated at Peebles
High School and Glasgow High School and
Univ. ; M.A. (1901), B.D. (1904) ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 25th Aug. 1904 ; assistant
at St Andrew's and Lady Glenorchy's,
Edinburgh ; ord. 9th June 1910.
BARO, on BARA.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. The
parish was united to Garvald by the Com
missioners of Teinds in 1702, but worship
was conducted in the church till it fell into
disrepair in 1744. It has long been com
pletely demolished.]
HADDINGTON]
365
1567 THOMAS DUDGEON, reader.
1576 PATRICK GALBRAITH, reader.
JAMES REID, had Garvald also in
charge ; continued in 1586, but
returned to Garvald 1588.— [Rey.
Assig.]
GEORGE BYRES, M.A. ; ord. 10th
Sept. 1589 ; trans, to Legerwood 4th
Oct. 1592.— [Act. Reel. Univ. St And.,
Reg. Assiy., Wodroiv Jfiscell.]
1589
1592
DANIEL CHALMER [CHALMERS],
S°n °^ ^ndrew ^-' burgess of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (St Andrews 1582);
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 7th
March 158G ; called to be a min. or reader
in the King's House in 1589; adm. after
4th Oct. 1592; dem. 1593.— [Act. Rect,
Univ. St And., Cahlerwood's Hint.']
GEORGE CHALMER [CHALMERS],
1593 ^'A' ' ^1G Parislli°ncrs would not
acknowledge him as min., "yet he
had done mair nor was done thir vii.
yeiris bypast." On 8th Aug. 1594 AVilliam
Hay of Linplum ''followit and pursewit
the said Mr George, and presentit ane
bendit pistollet at him, quhilk misgave,
cheissit him three quarteris of ane myle,
and had not faillit to haue slane him were
nocht he gat entres within the portis of
Haddington and was releuit by the inhabi
tants thairoP; trans, to Crimond 1596.
— [P. C. Rey., v., 162.]
1591
DAVID OGIL [OGILL, OGLE], M.A.
(Glasgow 1583); officiated for a time
at Garvald ; adm. to Humbie 25th
July 1590 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. before 6th Aug. 1594 ; trans, and inst.
soon after. William Hay of Linplum was
denounced rebel, he having on 8th Aug.
1594, "shot and discharged his pistollett
at Mr David [while still min. of
Humbie], of sett purpois and prou-
vision to have slane him thairwith ; and
he happynning with the same shoitt to
fall, the said William belevit he wes slane,
and left him for deid." Becoming school
master of Haddington, Ogil was, on 4th
May 1597, ordered to demit that office
under pain of deprivation. He was pro
posed by the King for the Second Charge,
Leith. and ten years later, 28th April 1608,
was pres. to the vicarage of Innerwick in
succession to his brother Richard. He
dem. in 1629; died between 10th April
and 8th May 1639, aged about 76. His
widow was alive 24th Aug. 1642, and a
daugh. marr. Alexander Trotter, his
assistant. — [Rey.Assiy., Calderwood's II 1st.;
P. C. Rey., v., 162.
[ALEXANDER TROTTER, ord. (assist-
1628 ant) by John, Archbishop of St
Andrews ; pres. by Charles I. 29th
Sept. 1629, on the demission of preceding,
but as no institution followed, and Ogil
was constantly opposed to it, the Synod,
28th April 1641, found the charge vacant
from Ogil's death, and ordered Trotter to
desist from his ministry here. He became
min. of Tweedsmuir in 1643.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A.; app.
1643 ky Presb. jure, deroluto, llth May
1642 ; adm. 5th, coll. 19th April, and
inst, 8th May 1643 ; trans, to Saltoun 23rd
Sept. 1646.
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. ; app. by Presb.
1647 Jnre ^€V0^ut°j 30tu Sept. 1646 ; ord.
10th March 1647 ; called to North
Berwick, but the Presb. refused to translate,
9th Aug. 1649 ; trans, to Tron Parish,
Edinburgh, 1650. — [Act Rect. Univ. St
And., Acts of Ax*., Peterkin's Record*.]
JOHN DICKSON, born 1628, son of
1651 William D., min. of Kail/ie ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 28th July 1648); servitor
in the family of John, Earl of Lauderdale ;
licen. by Presb. of Peebles 26th Sept. 1649 ;
ord. 18th Dec. 1651 ; died Aug. 1658. He
marr. 25th Jan. 1653, Alison Kinnear, who
survived him, and received in 1660 the
vacant stipend of 1659, by gift from the
heritors. — [Edin. Rey. (Marr. and Bur.}.~]
JOHN BROUNE, was probably M.A.
1663 °^ (<lasS°w 1G49; adm. 3rd Dec.
1663; died in 1688, aged about 59.
James, a brother's son, was his executor. —
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
366
BARO, OH BARA— GLADSMUIR
[PRESB. OF
1694
ROBERT COLVILL, M.A. ; ord. 16th
March 1694 ; trans, to Glenluce 14th
March 1699.
1699
ARCHIBALD MUIR, ord. 15th Aug.
1699; removed to Garvald on the
union of the parishes in 1702.
GLADSMUIR.
[Proposed to be erected 13th July 1642.
A Decreet to that effect was given by the
Commission for Plantation of Kirks, 28th
Feb. 1650, on the recommendation of the
Presb. 16th Jan. previous. It was not,
however, carried out through the troubles
that supervened, but a church was built
and ready for regular supply, 9th Feb.
1660. The united Presb., 18th Nov. 1690,
recommended that the Decreet should be
made effectual, and the parish was accord
ingly disjoined from those of Haddington,
Aberlady, and Tranent, 10th Aug. 1691, and
erected by the Commissioners of Teinds
29th July 1692. The manse and glebe were
not formally designed till 1723.]
MUNGO WATSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
7 27th July 1663) ; was a min. at the
chapel of Thrieplaw 6th July 1687,
when the first meeting of Presbyterian min.
took place after the Toleration ; called
before 6th Oct. following ; a member of
Assemblies 1690, 1692, and again called
unanimously 26th April of the latter year.
In 1695 he got a new church built and the
site changed. He had calls from Tranent,
Liberton, and Linlithgow, but " the people
being attached to him, petitioned against
his removal, and the Presb. refused to loose
him." He died 14th July 1700, in his
57th year. He marr. Helen Young, who
survived him with issue, and marr. 17th
Feb. 1706, John Henderson, writer, Edin
burgh. — [_R?y. Gen. Ass., Monteith's Mort.~\
JOHN BELL, born 2nd Feb. 1676, son
of William B., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
bursar in 1694 ; M.A. ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 13th May 1697; ord. to
Broughton 24th Sept. 1697 ; called 12th
June, trans, and adm. 27th Aug. 1701 ;
died 30th Oct. 1707. He marr. Janet
Learmont, who survived him, and had
issue — William [became an Episcopalian
min. in Edinburgh, and marr. Morrice,
granddaughter of Bishop Robert White
of Dunblane. Of the children of this
marriage, four distinguished themselves
— namely, Robert, advocate ; John, anato
mist and surgeon ; George Joseph, Professor
of Scots Law, Univ. of Edinburgh ; Sir
Charles, F.R.S., discoverer of the distinct
functions of the nerves] ; Elizabeth (marr.
17th Dec. 1718, William Walker, writer,
Edinburgh). Publications — An Ingenious
and Scientific Discourse of Witchcraft (anon.)
(1705) ; Abridgement and Alphabetical Index
of the Acts of the General Assemblies of the
Church of Scotland (anon.) (Edinburgh,
1706).— [ Wodrow MSS.]
1711
JOHN SETHRUM, licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 21st Feb. 1700; ord. to
Newburgh 29th April 1702; called
5th Oct. 1710; trans, and adm. 25th Jan.
1711 ; died at Perth 9th June 1727. He
was a correspondent and friend of Ralph
Erskine. He marr. Mary Dickson, who
survived him.- — [Fraser's Life of R. Erskine,
Brown's Gosp. Truth.}
ANDREW ROBERTSON, son of David
1728 ^' °^ Brunton ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 3rd Jan. 1727 ; pres. by
Charles, Earl of Hopetoun, and by William
Baillie of Lamington and his tutors, and
ord. 28th March 1728, in face of a
protest by three elders and others, on
account of his having taken the Oath of
Abjuration ; died April 1743. He had a
son, Andrew (G. R. Mas., clxxvii., 38).
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, nephew of
preceding ; pres. by John, Earl of
Hopetoun, and by George II. 20th
Sept. (Privy Seal Eng. Reg., viii., 320) ;
ord. 17th April 1744 ; trans, to Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh, 15th June 1758.—
[Stewart's Life ; Erskine's Disc., i. ; Car-
lyle's Autob., Kay's Portraits.}
[DAVID DUNCAN, M.A., min. of Stow,
was pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun, and
a day fixed for his admission, but he was
HADDINGTON]
GLADSMUIR
367
unable to attend because of illness. He
died shortly afterwards.]
FEANCIS COWAN, licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 27th April 1758; pres.
by John, Earl of Hopetoun; ord.
5th April 1759; died 28th Oct. 1789. He
marr. 16th Nov. 1769, Janet Baillie, who
died at Edinburgh, 17th Nov. 1815, and had
issue— Samuel, born 10th April 1771, died
31st Aug. 1776; Ann, born 30th June 1772
(marr. John Thomson, D.D., min. of New
Greyfriars) ; George, born 21st June 1774,
died 7th May 1789 ; Janet, born 16th June
1776; Margaret, born 27th Feb. 1778;
Christian, born 18th May 1780, died 2nd
June 1782.
GEOEGE HAMILTON, born 15th
May 1757, son of John H., min. of
Bolton ; educated at High School,
Edinburgh, and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1775); originally intended for the legal
profession, and entered at Inner Temple ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 1st April
1788 ; pres. by George III. and ord. 15th
April 1790; a candidate for the Professor
ship of Moral Philosophy, Univ. of Glas
gow, 1797; D.D. (Glasgow, Nov. 1804);
Moderator of General Assembly 16th May
1805; died 4th Sept, 1832. He marr. 9th
May 1790, Elizabeth (died 6th July 1825),
daugh. of John Dick son of Conheath,
Provost of Dumfries, and had issue — John
James, H.E.I. C.S., born 10th July 1792,
died 1831 ; William Law, born 10th July
1792, died 17th Jan. 1796; George, min. of
Kirkcudbright; Helen Wight, born 5th
Dec. 1797, died unmarr. 14th March 1822 ;
Jean Bell, born 5th March 1799, died
unmarr. 30th Nov. 1876; Margaret Coates,
born 18th Sept. 1800 (marr. Adam Forman,
min. of Innerwick, and of the Free Church,
Leven), died 24th Feb. 1832. Publications
—Sermon preached for the Society in aid
of the Sons of the Clergy (Edinburgh, 1810) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
vii.); joint editor of Goldie's Sermons;
The Telegraph, a Political Poem. He is
referred to in Burns's Reply to a Reproof.
—[Steven's High School; Burns's Works,
Wallace's ed., ii. ; MS. Autob.]
JOHN EAMSAY, born 9th May 1777,
1833 S0n °* W^^am R-> Carstairs ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(12th April 1809); assistant librarian at
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 28th Dec. 1803; tutor to
Henry Clay, an American statesman, and
in the family of Lord President Hope ;
assistant at St Cuthbert's, and. St Andrew's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Ormiston 12th Nov. 1812 ; pres. by John,
Earl of Hopetoun, in Dec. 1832 ; trans, and
adm. 14th Feb. 1833; died 7th Jan. 1871.
He marr. 8th Aug. 1815, Mary (died 31st
Aug. 1825), eldest daugh. of Andrew
Johnston, min. of Saltoun, and had issue
— Mary Jane, born llth July 1816 (marr.
2nd July 1846, John Deas, H.E.I.C.S.) ;
Charlotte Hope, born 16th Nov. 1817,
died in infancy ; Catherine, born 27th
Dec. 1818 (marr. 26th Aug. 1847), Alexander
Weir Eobertson, C.A., Edinburgh) ; Char
lotte, born 16th Aug. 1820 (marr. 1840,
Archibald Cuthbertson, Greendykes) ; Isa
bella, born 5th June 1822, died 9th April
1878 ; William, born 12th April 1824, died
in infancy ; John Hope, born 25th Aug.
1825, died in infancy. Publications — An
Account of the Game of Curling (Edinburgh,
1811 ; reprinted 1882) ; An Inquiry into the
Infidelity of the Present Times (Edinburgh,
1821) ; Sermons on Various Subjects, with
Occasional Prayers (Edinburgh, 1862) ;
Articles in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclo
paedia ; Accounts of Ormiston and of
Gladsmuir (New Stat. Ace., ii.). He edited
The Scots Magazine, Ixiv., Ixv.
WILLIAM MENZIES, pres. by the
1871 Crown ; trans, from Ayr (Second
Charge), and adm. 20th July 1871 ;
trans, to Innerleithen 13th Jan. 1876.
WILLIAM BELL TUENBULL,
1876 educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; mis
sionary in New Street Chapel,
Edinburgh ; ord. to St Mary's, Dum
fries, 13th May 1862 ; trans, to Town-
head, Glasgow, 7th June 1866 ; trans,
and adm. 27th April 1876; died at
Portobello, 3rd March 1906. He marr.
(1) 10th Dec. 1847, Janet Hardie, who
died 28th July 1887, and had issue —
368
GLADSMUIR— HADDINGTON
[PKESB. OF
1903
1914
Thomas Hardie, min. of Lesmaliagow,
born 29th Sept. 1848; John Hope, born
Gth Jan. 1853, died 28th Oct. 1871 ;
AVilliam Robertson, advocate, author of
The Heritage of Jhirns, Othello (a critical
study), born Gth Jan. 1855, died 7th April
1903 : (2) 14th Jan. 1889, Elizabeth, daugh.
of Thomas Holgate. Publication — Com
munion Sermons and Addresses (1902).
BllUCE M'EWEN, M.A., B.D, D.Phil. ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 7th
May 1903 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Old Machar, 2nd Sept. 1913.
WILLIAM REID WISEMAN, born
Caldercruix, 9th Oct. 1876, son of
William Reid W., schoolmaster, and
Mary Brown ; educated at Caldercruix
School, Airdrie Academy, and Glasgow
Univ.; M.A. (1901), B.D. (1906); acting
certificated teacher under Gadder School
Board ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 190G ;
assistant at Irvine and Springburn ; ord. to
Grangemouth 2Gth April 1909 ; trans, and
adm. 5th Feb. 1914. He marr. 3rd June 1914,
Helen, daugh. of B. Buchanan, Corstorphine.
GULLANE (Q.S.).
[Erected into a parish quoad sacra 30th
Oct. 1903. Gullane or Golyn gave the
name to the parish of Dirleton long ago,
and in the centre of the old churchyard
may still be seen, ivy-grown and neglected,
the ruins of the Parish Church, in its
day one of the most interesting in Scot
land. By Act of Parliament, 23rd Oct.
1612, Viscount Fenton, Lord Dirleton,
with consent of the Presbytery and
"parochiners," was authorised to demolish
and cast down the kirk of Gullane, and
transport all the material of said kirk to
Dirleton, which was "ane nourishing
towne" and more convenient for the
parochiners, whereas Gullane Kirk was at
the "outsyde of the haill parochin," and
both kirk and manse were " continewallie
overblawn with sea sand." In 1633 the
manse also was placed at Dirleton. The
old Gullane manse or vicarage is still
visible in its original form. The kirk at
Gullane was dedicated to St Andrew as far
back as the ninth century.]
JAMES C/ESAR, born Tinwald, Dum-
iqol friesshire, 16th May 1871, son of
John C. and Elizabeth Crockett ;
educated at Tinwald School, Dumfries
Academy, Edinburgh and Glasgow Univs. ;
M.A. (1893); licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
1st May 1895 ; assistant at Dunnottar and
Inveresk ; app. to Gullane Chapel 1st Nov.
1898; ord. llth April 1901; ind. as first
min. 12th Jan. 1904. Marr. 17th Jan.
1901, Minnie, daugh. of William Cotton and
Maria M'Leod Nicholson.
HADDINGTON.
[The church was dedicated to the A'irgin
Mary, and previous to the Reformation
belonged to the Priory of St Andrews.]
PATRICK COCKBURN, youngest son
1562 °^ Christopher C. of Choicelea in
the Merse. He was educated at St
Andrews, afterwards going to Paris, where
he distinguished himself highly, ultimately
becoming Professor of Oriental languages.
He returned to Scotland, and in 1548 had
license to go to France with James Stewart,
Commendator of St Andrews (afterwards
Earl of Moray). In 1552 the Commendator
granted him a pension of £50 a year from
the rents of the Kirk of Leuchars (Rey.
Sec. /Sir/., xxxii., 34). He was Prebendary
of Pitcoks (Stenton) in the College Kirk
of Dunbar in 1566, but had probably held
that appointment for some time before.
Having joined the Protestant party he
became the first min. of this parish about
1562. With Thomas Hepburn, David Lind
say, and John Craig he was appointed to
supply the unplanted kirks of the Merse,
and his name was mentioned for the super-
intendency of Jedburgh, 29th Dec. 1562.
The chaplaincy of the Trinity Aisle Avas
granted to him, 29th Sept. 1563. He died
in 1568. Publications — Oratio de Utilitate
et Excellentia Verl>i Dei (Paris, 1551) ; De
Vidyari Sacrce Scriptural Phrasi (Paris,
1552; 2nd ed., 1558); In Dominicam
Orationem pia Jlfeditatio (St Andrews,
1555) ; In Symlolum Apostolicum Com
ment. (London, 1561). — [Archceol. Scot., i. ;
Booke of the Kirk, Calderwood's Hist.,
HADDIXGTON]
HADDINGTON
1569
l\e<i. JA/M., Dcmjtxtei'i, 7//V. Eccl.; Play-
fair's Harniiet., ii. ; J,'ijt>- Stat. Ace.]
[AX DREW SIMSOX, M.A., vicar and
exhorter at Bolton, supplied Had-
dington during the vacancy.]
JAMES CARMlCHAIvL, studied at St
157Q Leonard's Coll., St Andrews, and
graduated M.A. about 1504. Prior
to July 1570 he was master of the Grammar
School at St Andrews. On 25th Aug. 1570
lie was settled in this charge. Presented
to the vicarage of Xungate 2nd Nov. 1571.
From IGth April 1572 to 15th Nov. 1570
he acted as schoolmaster of the parish, hut
resigned at the latter date, the To\vn
Council having resolved (2sth May 1570)
''that in no time coining should the
minister of the kirk be admitted school
master of the l»urgli.:; In 1574 lie had
also charge of TJolton, Athelstaneford, and
St Martin's. He was one of a committee
of four Avho prepared the Acts of the Kirk
for more general use, and he assisted in
the revision of publications, particularly
the tiecoml HnoL- <,f Discipline. In 15S4 he
was compelled to take shelter in England,
for being in sympathy with the I'uthven
liaiders. Tie returned in 1587. — [AY;/. Min.,
ASM';/., and T<-xt. .AY//. : M'Crie's Melmlle,ii. ;
llookc »/' the Kii-lc, Spottiswood's and
Calderwood's f/ixt*. ,- }\'odi-on~ ami. Malt-
Inn,! J//W/., ii. ; X?n> Slat. Ace., Miller's
1585
.JOHN KKil, from St Andrews, elected
schoolmaster 19th June 1579 ; trans.
to Aberlady about 15S7 — [AY'/
Assfy.]
JAMES CAPMICHAEL, M.A., above-
1587 mentioned, returned : was engaged
from 1592 to 1595 in abridging the
Acts of Assembly : nom. constant Modera
tor of Prcsb. by the Assembly IGoO ; died i
between 28th May and 21th Sept. 1G2S,
aged 85. He marr. Violet, daugh. of
Andrew Simson, min. of Dalkeith (Ren. Sec. ,
•SY//., xlvi., 92; A. a/xl D., cccxxxii., 34s),
and had issue — Nathaniel : James, min. of
Athelstaneford. Publications— dram. Lot.
<I« Etij. li/iei' wini<h(x (Cantab.. 1587), 52
pp. [see copy in the Bodleian]; a Poem
(prefixed to Skene;s Jtcyiniii Majestatem, \
VOL. I.
1629
of which he corrected the proof at the
request of the Privy Council) ; Corre
spondence (\Vod)'oii< Mixcc-U. and Calder
wood's IH xt., iv., v.).— [AY;/. Assi;/., Text.
1 a iid J'fic. Comic. AY;/., E.irkei/. Jin Ik,
Lochleven /Y//>., Calderwood's Hist., M'el-
! ville's Autoh. ; Arts Par]., iii., iv. ; }]'<><!, -<,n-
: and JJa/inati/ne Mlseell., iii. : M'Crie's
Mchille ; Cooper:s Athena-, Cantab., ii., 22 ;
Dirt. jVat. l)lo(! ?\
ALKXAXDER HAMILTON, M.A,
born 1005, son of Claud 1 1. of Little
Earnock : coll. and inst, 2nd .1 )ec.
1029: died 30th Dec. JOI5. He marr.
Marion Mure, who died 27th June 1013,
and had issue— Robert ; 1 Barbara ; Alex
ander : Eupham ; Thomas : George ;
Barbara (wt(it</((); Anna; Elizabeth (marr.
: William Mitchelson, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh). — TeM. AY;/., Scd. Jiook of
Telndx ,• Ar<-ha-<i1. Scot., i.]
ROBERT KER, bapt. 12th Nov. 1009,
1647 st'cor"1 son of -''Jim K., min. of
Prestonpans : educated at Tniv. of
Kdinburgh ; M.A. (25th July 1029); ord.
assistant and successor to his father llth
April 103s ; pres. by John. Karl of Hadding-
ton, in April 10 10 : trans, and adm. 21st April
1017; was a member of the Commissions
of Assembly 1.047, 1048, and of the Com
mission for visiting the Tniv. of Edin
burgh 1049: he did not conform, hut was
permitted to remain, through the influence
of John, Duke of Laudcrdalc ; died 4th
Feb. 1077. lie marr. Jean, daugh. of John
Ramsay of Islington, and had issue —
Margaret : John ; William ; George ; Anna ;
Jean; Helen: Robert; all of whom died
young. His widow marr. Patrick Broun of
Coalstoun.— [Xicolls Diari/, Kirkton's and
Wodrow's Mists, ; Acts l\iii., vi, vii. ; Bail-
lie's Lrtf., Monteith's Theater of Mort. ;
Arclnt'ol. Scot., i.]
JAMES FORMAX, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1678 2-th July 1003); licen. Oth Feb.
IGoO ; ord. to Middlebie 1000; trans,
to Second Charge 20th April 1070; trans,
and adm. after 4th April 1078; died 3rd
Dec. 1702, aged 59. He marr. Agnes,
daugh. of William Trent, min. of the
Second Charge, and had issue— an only
2 A
370
HADDINGTON
[PHESli. OF
1704
daugh., Christian (marr., cont. 19th ])cc.
1700, Roger Hepburn, advocate). — [MS.
Arc. <>f Min., 16S9; Monteith's Theater <>/
Mart., .Rule's Vindication; Archaol. Scot., i.]
JOHN CURPJE, bom Ochiltree; orcl.
to Oldhamstocks 14th March 109"):
trans, and adin. 29th June 1 7(J 1 :
Moderator of the General Assembly llth
April 1709; died 18th June 1720. He
marr. 26th Xov. 1703, Sarah, daugh. of
Archibald Riddell, min. of Trinity Parish,
Kdinburgh, and had issue — John, merchant,
Jamaica ; Walter ; Isobel (marr., pro. 27th
March 1726, Thomas Elliot, writer, Edin
burgh). — [Old/iamstocks Sess. and Edin.
Rnj. (Marr. ami Bur.) ; Passages in
tin- Life of Mr J[t>lii>} ]>[ell} (Wodroi"
MSS.) ; Brown's Gospel Truth, \Varrick:s
Moderators.'}
PATRICK WILKIE,born 1 ($84, youngest
1721 son °^ 'J°lm ^ '•> Edinburgh (of the
Uathobyrcs family) ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (llth May
1704) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline
7th March 1711 ; chaplain to Stuart of
I Hmearn : orcl. to Second Charge 5th May
1714 ; pres. by Charles, Earl of Hopetoun ;
trans, and adm. 4th April 1721 ; died 31st
July 1771. He marr. (1) 1719, Mary,
daugh. of Patrick Listen, min. of Ayr :
(2) 13th Xov. 1732, Mary (died 2nd Xov.
17G5), daugh. of James Wilkie, deacon of
the tailors, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Agnes (marr. 1746, Henry Hepburn) ; Janet
(marr. (1) 1746, Edward Steednmn, min. of
Second Charge, (2) in 1763, James Xew-
bigging) ; James (of Gilchriston) ; Captain
Patrick — all above 21 in 1758 ; David, born
25th Sept. 1737, died 15th Aug. 1768;
Thomas, W.S. apprentice 1756, born 8th
Aug. 1740, lost at sea 1763; John, born
10th May 1742, died 19th Aug. 1763;
Mary, born 22nd Feb. 1744, died 1st Feb.
1772; Isobel, born 20th July 1745 (marr.
1766, Lieut. Logan Henderson); Henry,
born 20th June 1751. — [Carlyle's Autol.}
GEORGE BARCLAY of Middleton,
born 1731, son of George B. of
Middleton, min. of Ormiston ; licen.
by Presb. of Lochmaben 6th Aug. 1754 ;
ord. to Wamphray 14th June 1759; trans.
to Hutton and Corrie 24th March 1762;
trans, to Second Charge 17th July 1766;
pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun, and adm.
17th March 1772: D.I). (Edinburgh, 12th
Xov. 1773) : died 2nd Dec. 1795. He marr.
llth July 1763, Margaret (died 6th May
1828), daugh. of John Yair, bookseller,
Kdinburgh, and had issue — George, born
3rd May 1764; Alexander, born 24th July
1766, died 24th May 1767; John, born
31st March 1768; Agnes, born llth Aug.
1769 (marr. Andrew Bell of Egmore, D.D.,
LL.D., founder of the Madras system
of education, and Madras College, St
Andrews); Mary, born 27th Jan. 1774,
died 4th Feb. 1775; Mary, born 24th Dec.
1775. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Slat. A<r., vi.). — \_Tomljst. ~\
ROBERT LORIMER, born llth May
1796 l"^'"'? son °f Robert L., Kirkconnell ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor
in the family of Grant of Rothiemurchus ;
licen. by Presb. of Abernethy Sept. 1791 ;
ord. by Presb. of Penpont, 3rd July 1793 ;
chaplain to the Southern Regiment of
Fencibles ; LL.D. (Glasgow 1795): pres.
by James, Earl of Hopetoun, and adm.
16th June 1796. Joined the Free Church ;
colleague min. of St John's Free Church,
Haddington, 1843; died 9th Xov. 1848.
He marr. 6th July 1801, Elizabeth (died
19th Sept. 1843), daugh. of John Gordon
of Balmoor, W.S., and had issue — Robert,
surgeon, Haddington, born 21st May 1802,
died 9th Xov. 1848 ; John Gordon, min. of
St David's Parish, and afterwards of St
David's Free Church, Glasgow : Margaret
Stewart, born 27th June 1803, died 19th
April 1827 ; Jane, born 4th May 1806, died
31st March 1823 ; Alexander Patrick, born
3rd Oct. 1807 ; James, born 16th April
1810, died llth Sept. 1829. Publications-
Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1813-29);
Character of the Rev. Thomas Davidson of
Muirhov.se, D.D. (Muirhead's Sermons). —
[Disruption Worthies.]
JOHX COOK, born 12th Sept. 1807,
1843 e^est son °f treorge C., D.D., min. of
Laurencekirk (afterwards Professor
of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews) ; edu
cated at Laurencekirk Parish School and
HADDINGTON]
IIADDLNGTOX
371
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1823) ; licen.
by Presb. of Fordoun 17th Sept. 1828;
assistant to his father : ord. to Cults 1st
June 1832 : trans, to Second Charge,
and adm. 19th Dec. 1833; suspended by
the General Assembly 10th May 1842,
from his judicial functions as a member
of Presb. and other superior judicatories,
till after the first Wednesday of March
1843, for holding communion with the
mins. of Strathbogie ; trans, to First
Charge, and adm. 20th -June 1843: D.I).
(St Andrews 1843) ; convener of the
General Assembly's Committee on Educa
tion 27th May 1854 ; depute-clerk of
Assembly 1«59; principal clerk 1862;
Moderator 24th May 1866; died llth
Sept. 1874. He marr. 14th July 1840,
Helen (died 3rd .Jan. 1860), daugh. of
Henry 1 )avidson, sheriff-clerk of Hadding-
tonshire, and had issue — Martha Mary
Chisholm, born 9th Nov. 1841 ; Diana
Shank, born 13th March 1843 (marr.
•John Forbes Watson Crant, M.A., min.
of the Second Charge, Haddington, after
wards of St Stephen's, Edinburgh) ; Helen,
born Nov. 1848; Harriet Anne Scott,
born 7th Feb. 1854; Louisa Frances, born
8th Aug. 1856, died in infancy. Publi
cations — Sf]/lex of IIV/,Vx, Form* »f Pro
cedure, find Practice of' tin- Church
Court* of Scotland. (Edinburgh, 1850, and
various editions) : Letter to an J/./J. on
tlte Parochial School* of Scotland (Edin
burgh, 1854) ; Speech upon the Parish
School* mil (Edinburgh 1856); .Remarks
on the Recommendation and Draft Hill
on. Education (Edinburgh, 1868) ; Speecli. :
on the Scotcli Education Mill, 1871. — [Acts '
of Ass., 1842 ; Diet. Nat. JJio'j.]
|
WILLIAM ROSS, born Dingwall, 30th ;
1874 '^y 1828' son °*' J°nl] K- } educated j
at Glasgow Univ. and at Halle,
Germany ; ord. by Prcsb. of Grecnock as
chaplain to the Forces ; served with the
42nd Highlanders during the Crimean
War, the Indian Mutiny, and in the Ex
pedition to Abyssinia ; adm. to Second ;
Charge Kith Dec. 186!) ; trans, and adm.
27th Oct. 1874; died 13th Dec. 1879.
He marr. (1) Amy (died in India), daugh.
of Colonel Tudor, R.A., and had issue-
Gertrude, born 27th June 1863, died un-
marr. 22nd June 1894 : (2) 6th July 1870,
Emilie Aldis. daugh. of Charles Dupre
Fisher, London, and Eleanor Bailiff, and
had issue — Walter Gordon, accountant,
born 6th May 1871 ; Charles Dupre, C.A.,
born 29th July 1872; William Alston,
district commissioner, Lagos, West Africa,
born 1874 ; Ada Frances, born 1877 (marr.
19th June 1901, Sir Edwin Arney Speed,
barrister, Chief Justice of Northern
Nigeria).
ROBERT NIMMO SMITH, born Edin-
1880 bui'Su> 1Gtn Dcc- 1842> son of John
Lumsden S. and Isabella Nimmo :
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
loth July 1M67 ; assistant at Livingston,
and St Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. to
Cargill 14th July 1870 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Haddington, 8th April 1875 ; trans.
j to First Charge 18th May 1880; LL.D.
| (Hobart College, New York, 1893); died
I 19th Sept. 1912. He marr. (1) 2nd April
1871, Jean Carmichael (died 26th Oct.
1881), daugh. of Andrew Haddow, and
had issue — Robert John Haddow, born
20th Jan. 1872, died 24th April 1890;
Mabel, born 4th March 1874 : (2) 9th Jan.
1883, Mary Anne, daugh. of Andrew Tod,
and had issue— Francis Clement Nimmo,
born 10th Oct. 1884 ; Austin Nimmo, born
15th Dec. 188(5 ; Mary Dorothea Nimmo,
born 8th Jan. 1889; Hilda Nimmo, born
5th April 1891.
GEORGE HENRY DONALD, trans,
from Southdean, and adm. (assist
ant and successor) 4th Oct. 1906 ;
trans, to West Parish, Aberdeen, llth
Dec. 1912.
GEORGE WAUCHOPE STEWART,
1913 korn Edinburgh, 5th March 1863,
son of John Crawford S. and
Charlotte Barnetson ; educated at George
Watson's College and Univ., Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1885), B.D. (1887); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1885 ; assistant at
Girvan and Pollokshields ; ord. to AVest
Parish, Fraserburgh, 12th Feb. 1891 ; trans,
to Rosemount, Aberdeen, 25th Sept. 1901 ;
1906
372
HADDINGTON
[PRESB. OF
trans, to Fyvic 7th Xov. 1900: trans, to
Second Cliarge of this parish 1 1th Xov.
1912: trans, and adm. llth Feb. 1913.
Marr. 1st June 1893, Rachel Watson, (laugh,
of Robert Marshall and Catherine AVylie
Osborne, and has issue — Catherine ( 'har-
lottc, born 13th June 1S9-1 : Dorothy
Wauchope, born 24th May 1896; Ceorgc
Osborne Wauchope, born isth Dec, 1909.
Publications — .If />.</>• in ///> (.'//>/, -c/t fCuild
Library, 1914) ; Contributor to Hastings'"
Dictionary of Christ ami the (jospcls.
SKCOND CJIAKCK.
[Proposed 2nd July 159"), found necessary
by the Presb. 12th July 1598, but not fully
established till 10th Sept, 1035.]
WILLIAM TRKXT, M.A. (Edinburgh.
29th July 1020); licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 15th April 1030: ord. Oth
July 1030: died Feb. 1075, aged about
09. He inarr. Christina, daugh. of Patrick
Smith in Drem (/fad. f///ti/>,, 15th June
1641), who survived him, and had issue —
Agm s(marr. her father's successor): Patrick,
min. of Coulter ; Marion : Christian ; Kliza-
betli ; Archibald : Helen : William ; Mary. —
[Old Dec., i. ; Arclid'ol. Scot., i. ; Chalmers "s
Ca/ed., ii.]
. I AMES FOR MAX, M.A. : trans, from
Middlebie; adm. 20th April 1070;
trans, to First Charge after 4th
April 1078.— [Arc/ta<ol. Scot., i. ; Monteith's
77n ater of 3 fort.']
JAMES GRAY, M.A. (Edinburgh, 2oth
1681 ^arch i071): licen. by Presb. of
I bidding-ton 1079; adm. 20th Jan.
1681 : deprived on refusing the Test 1081.
— [Fountainhall's Dec., {. ; Coinn'll on Pur.
Law.]
WILLTA.M DEXTXK, M.A. : ord.
between 20th April and 31st May
1083: trans, to Pencaitland 9th
March 1085.
GEORGE irrXBAR,born Dallas, ]05d :
educated at King's College, Aber
deen, 1000-70 ; ord. to Kilmaurs
1085 ; trans, and adm. before 12th Xov.
1685 ; though adhering to J'^piscopacy, he
1676
1683
1685
was alloAved to preach on alternate diets
in the church until his death, 23rd Oct.
1713. He marr. Margaret (died Oth April
17o|, aged 30), eldest daugh. of llobert
llobertson, merchant, burgess of Hadding-
ton (K<Hn. .SVo1., Ixii., 398), and had issue
-Margaret. —[.]/>'. Ac<: of ^f/l>., 1089;
Arc/Hi'ol. tfcof., i. ; llule's X<'<'. Vindicat.,
Tombst.]
I 'ATI! 1C K WILKIK, M.A. : ord. 5th
May 1711 : trans, to First Charge
4th April 1721. — [J/X. (Jcncal. of
L/sfo,/, Arr/itt'ol. Scot., i.]
ROBERT PATOX, M.A. : pres. by
Charles, Earl of Hopetoun, and ord.
18th Jan. 1722; trans, to Renfrew
21st Jan. 1731.-- [Wodrow's AnftL]
EDWAKD STFEDMAX [STED.MAX],
chaplain to Charles, Earl of Hope
toun ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith-
gow 25th Sept. 1728: ord. 10th Sept.
L73L : died 9th June 1750. Dr Carlylc
calls him "a man of first-rate ability, and
leader of the Presbytery." He marr. 29th
Jan. 1740, Janet (died 4th April 1700),
daugh. of the above Patrick Wilkie, who
marr. again in 1703, James Xcwbigging,
and had issue — Martha (marr. Robert
Steedman, merchant, Edinburgh;: Patience
(marr. George Huntly Cordon, capt. 03rd
Foot).— [Carlylc's .1 ^'A]
DAVID WARK, licen. by Presb. of Had-
dington 4th Sept, 1750; pres. by
John, Earl of Hopetoun. 30th Xov.
1750; ord. 9th June 1757; D.I). ( Kdin-
burgh, 15th March 1703) ; died at Toulouse,
14th Jan. 1700. He was so attached to
the study of Xatural Philosophy, that on
one occasion there was no sermon, as he
had gone to the Skid-hill to see an eclipse.
Publications— " On the Use of Furze in
Fencing the Banks of Rivers :; (Phil. Trail*.,
xi.); "Method of Determining the Strength
and Duration of Earthquakes" (Essays
I'l/i/sical and Literary, iii.).
GEORGE BARCLAY, trans, from
Hutton and Corrie ; pres. by John,
Earl of Hopetoun, and adm. 17th
July 1706: trans, to First Charge 17th
March 1772.
1757
HADDINGTON]
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373
ROBERT SCOT, born Shiel, Grange,
1772 Banffshire, 9tli April 1731, son of
Robert S. and Margaret Ruddach;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen;
M.A. (1752) ; tutor in the Hopetoun family ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 25th March
1772 ; pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun, and
ord. 29th Oct. 1772; died 17th Aug. 1807.
He marr. (1) 31st Aug. 1773, Jane Elliot,
who died 2nd Xov. 1774 : (2) 10th Nov. 177,"),
Margaret (died 6th July 182(5), daugh. of
David Sherriff, farmer, I )remhills, and had
issue — Mary, born 8th Oct. 1770; Sir
Robert, K.C.B., major-gen. H.E.I.C.S., born
29th May 1778, died 21st Dec. 1832 : David,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd Dec. 1779,
died in India 4th June 1810; William,
surgeon, and secretary to the Medical Board,
Madras, born 8th April 1783 (marr. Helen
Goldie, heiress of Craigmuie), died 14th
March 1860 ; Margaret Lindsay, born 27th
•Inly 1788 (marr. David Skirving. ( .'arleton).
—[Athelstaneford Sess. 7fYy., Tomlxt.,
Family Papers of (','olaie S<-ot of Craiy-
mwe.~\
WILLIAM SIBBALD, born 1700, son of
1808 ^ i11iam >s-> ^eith ; licen. by Prcsb.
of Glasgow 5th May 1784; ord. to
Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, 22nd ] )ec. 1 7sr> ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, llth June 1800); pres.
by -fames, Earl of Hopetoun ; trans, and
adm. 4th Aug. 1808: died 4th June 1833.
He marr. 28th Aug. 1780, Frances Davis
(died 18th June 1830), daugh. of Thomas
Bontein, Jamaica, and had issue— James
Hope, min. of Cranshaws, born 31st July
1787; Helen, born 10th April 1789 (marr.
llth Sept. 1815, William Grierson of Bait-
ford, merchant, Dumfries); Frances, born
2nd Feb. 1791 (marr. 26th Nov. 1810, John
Coldstream, surgeon, 26th Foot) ; William,
lieutenant in the army, born 14th Nov.'
1793; Thomas, born 27th Aug. 1796;
Jemima, born 15th June 1799; Robert^
surgeon, born 3rd June 1802; Margaret'
born 3rd Aug. 1806 (marr. John Robertson'
min. of Houndwood); Augusta, died un-
marr. Publications— Two single Sermons
(Dumfries, 1793-1807); Account of John-
stone (Sinclair's Mat. An:, iv.).
JOHN COOK, M.A. ; trans, from Cults ;
1833 l)ros' ^ John, Earl of Hopetoun,
and adm. 19th Dec. 1833 : trans, to
First Charge 20th June 1843.
JAMES BELL, born Torthorwald, 13th
1843 June 1817> son °f James B., farmer,
Crantrigg, and Helen Nelson; edu
cated at Torthorwald School, Dumfries
Academy, and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries 1842; pres. by curators
of the Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. 22nd
Aug. 1843; died unmarr. 13th Aug. 1809.
Publications— A Philosophical Exsat/ (Univ.
prize of 25 guineas) (Edinburgh, 1840) ; The
Mystery Unw-ilnl, an Exa'ininalioii of ll/e
Claims (Spiritual ami yjemj)oral] of the
Clnircl/ of Rome (Edinburgh, 185,")).
WILLIAM ROSS, pres. by John, Earl of
1869 H°I)Ctoun> an(l Mini. 10th Dec. 1809 ;
trans, to First Charge 27th Oct. 1874.
ROBERT NIMMO SMITH, trans, from
1875 Cargill, and adm. 8th April 1875 ;
trans, to First Charge 18th May
1880.
JOHN FORBES WATSON GRANT,
1880 M-A-; ord- 23rd Sept. 1880; trans!
to St Stephen's, Edinburgh, 3rd
June 1891.
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, born Perth,
1891 20th April 1852, son of Peter P. and
Janet Crichton; educated at Madras
College, St Andrews, High School, Edin
burgh, and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1872); licen. by Prcsb. of St Andrews
1876; assistant at Elgin and St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. to St Margaret's, Arbroath,
29th Dec. 1879; trans, and adm. 20th Nov.
1891 ; died 31st May 1911. He marr. 20th
April 1880, Harrisence, daugh. of William
Berwick and Harrisence Flaharty, and had
issue— Harry Crichton, born 12th Feb. 1881 ;
Margaret, born 27th Aug. 1882 ; Dorothea,
born 12th Feb. 1884 ; Mary, born 5th April
1886, died 4th March 1887 ; William, born
16th Jan. 1888, died 26th Feb. 1888 ; Edith
Mary, born 1st March 1889; Ada, born
26th Jan. 1892, died 3rd July 1911.
374
HADDINGTON— ST JOHN'S, IIADDINGTON [PHI-SB. OF
GEORGE WAUCHOPE STEWART,
trans, from Fyvie, and adm. 14th
Nov. 1912 ; trans, to First Charge
llth Feb. 1913.
1912
WILLIAM JOHN FORP.ES, born
1913 ^l-urtnly Schoolhouse, Perthshire,
21st Fel). 1879, son of William F.
and Mary Cuthbert ; educated at Criefi'
and Perth Academies, and I'niv. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (1906); B.D. (1909); Keen,
by Presb. of Auchterarder April 1909 :
assistant at Larbert and Dunipace ; ord.
to Latheron 5th Oct. 1910 ; trans, and adin.
22nd July 1913. He marr. 30th Sept.
1910, Gcorgina Cook, daugh. of George
( 'hristie, Crieff, and has issue — George
P.asil Holborn, born 15th June 1911.
ST MARTIN'S.
[Belonged to the Cistercian nunnery at
Haddington.]
From 1592 to 1002 JAMES CARMTCHAEL,
min. of St Mary's, had the oversight
of 8t Martin's.
1603
GEORGE GRIER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
10th Aug. 1595) ; authorised to teach
in the New Kirk of Edinburgh during
the pleasure of the Town Council, 18th Dec.
1599. He was earnestly sought to be one
of their mins. by the city of Aberdeen,
same year, but declined ; named by the
General Assembly, 15th May 1601, for a
charge in Nithsdale ; nom. by the Town
Council, and adm. between 5th and
26th Jan. 1603. He was styled in 1607
" minister of the burgh of Haddington "
(Rey. of Deeds, ccxx., 193). He signed
the Protestation for the Liberties of the
Kirk, 27th June 1617 ; was a member of the
Assembly at Perth in 1618, where he gave
annoyance to the Archbishop ; was sum
moned before the High Commission, 17th
Jan. 1620, for not preaching on the holy
days, nor administering the Communion
conformably to the Five Articles. Through
the mediation of Thomas, Earl of Melrose,
proceedings were carried no farther. He
died between 10th Jan. and 7th May
1628, aged about 53. He marr. (1) Eliza
beth Lowson, who died 26th Dec. 1613 :
(2) Tsobel Hepburn, who died 18th Oct.
1615: (3) 21st Dec. 1617, Marie Lauder,
sister of Robert Lauder, portioner of
Tynninghame, who survived him, and had
issue — Agnes ; George, to whom he left his
library, "for I craivc nocht my buikis to
be saukl till it be seine quhither lie wil be
an scholler or nocht."— [Test, Re<j. ; ]}ur<jh
/ie<: Aliera., ii. ; Uoo/ce of the Kirk, Calder-
wood's I fist., Livingston's (Jharnc. : Ori</.
Lett., ii. ; Nev Mat. Arc.}
[A presentation was issued in favour of
ARCHIBALD SYD, min. of Newlands, and the
edict served for his admission on 14th Oct.
1629, but a letter was read from the Bishop,
stating, " my Lord Lauderdaill and Lady
Clerkington by their commissioners com-
peired and objected there wes ane clear Act
of Parliament in the contrair, ' that it wes
no paroch kirk, neither could be.' Others
desyre it might be ane." S. was accord
ingly ordered, 25th Nov. following, to
preach no more in St Martin's. — [/V-x/,.
~
ST JOHN'S, HADDINGTON.
[Declared a parish q-uoa<l sacra by the
Commission of Assembly 29th May, and
opened 9th Sept. 1838. The Free Church
held the building for a time after ~[^\?>.
About 1876 the ministers of Haddington
commenced services in St John's, and in
1897 the constitution was revived. By the
General Assembly, 1910, the constitution
was rescinded. The building was turned
into a church hall for the parish.]
JOHN WALLACE WRIGHT, born
1839 Glasgow, second son of John W. and
Agnes Wallace ; educated at Dun
blane and Univ. of Glasgow • M.A. (1832);
licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 1st Nov. 1836 ;
assistant at Ratho ; ord. 18th April 1839.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of St John's
Free Church, Haddington, 1843 ; died 23rd
July 1872. He marr. 4th Oct. 1842,
Euphans Murray (died 17th Aug. 1898),
daugh. of William Whitehead, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Helen, born 27th Dec.
1844, died unmarr. 23rd Aug. 1891 ;
William Whitehead, born 10th April 1852.
HADDINGTON] ST JOHN'S, HADDINGTON— HUMBIE
WILLIAM ELMSLIE WILKIE BROWN
1897 DEMPSTER, M.A. ; ord. 9th Feb.
1897; adm. to Stronsay llth April
1901.
WILLIAM COCHRAN CONN, adm.
1901 *^k Sept. 1901 ; adm. to St John's,
Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1902.
JOHN MACLEAN, M.A. ; ord. 16th May
1905 ^^ > a(^m' to Sandsting llth May
1909.
HUMBIE, ou KEITH-
HUMBIE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso- Keith
Symmars and Keith - Hundeley were the
ancient names.]
WILLIAM FRANK, appointed in suc
cession to Sir John Greenlaw, last
vicar (Acts and Decreets, xxxviii.,
1572 JAMES MURRAY, exhorter.
DAVID OG1L, M.A. ; adm. 25th July
1590. In 1592 Keith-Marischal was
under his charge ; trans, to Bara in
1594. — \_Rey. Asaiy., Pitcairn's Cr. Ti-infs, i.]
JOHN FORREST, M.A. ; trans, from
Prestonkirk : pres. to the vicarage
by James VI., and adm. 21st Jan.
1595 ; trans, to Whitekirk before 1599.—
\_Rey. -A.s.s/f/.]
PATRICK CARKETTILL [CAR-
KETTLE], son of Patrick C. of
1602 Markle: M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th
July 159G) ; ord. to Soutra 1599 ; trans.
to Stenton 1599 ; trans, and adm. in June
1G02 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
2nd April 1G03 ; died between 6th April
1616 and 20th Feb. 1617. He marr. Eliz.,
daugh. of Thomas Greig, min. of North
Berwick (Rey. of Deed*, cxcix., 361-2), who
survived him, and had issue — John, settled
in Poland, one of whose descendants was
Christopher Henry Karketle, bursar from
the Synod of Lithuania to the Univ. of
Edinburgh. — [Rey. Assiy. ; Ing. Ret. Edin.,
726 ; Wodrow's Anal., Calderwood's Hist.]
1617
1646
JOHN COCKBURN, son of John C.,
burgess of Haddington, wheelwright
and gunner in the Castle of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (St Andrews 1612) ; pres. by
James VI. 30th Jan., and adm. by the
Synod 4th Nov. 1617 ; hist, in March 1618.
He dem. before 23rd Aug. 1648, on account
of age and infirmity. He marr., and had
a son James. — [Rey. >SVc. Sty. ; Stal.
Report*, 1627.]
THOMAS CHARTERIS, born 1616,
fourth son of Henry C., Principal
of the Univ. of Edinburgh ; edu
cated at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (25th July
1635) ; called 19th April, and ord. (colleague)
6th Oct. 1646 ; died unmarr. between 27th
June and 27th Oct. 1647. He left money
for the purchase of baptismal and com
munion vessels. — [Craufurd's Ifixt. Uuin.
Edit/., Ed in. Rey.(Bai)t.); Inq. Ret. (,'eit.,
943.]
JAMES CALDERWOOD, born 1624,
son of William C., Dalkeith, and
Marion Sadler ; educated at the
Univ. of 'Edinburgh; M.A. (July 1642);
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 9th Sept. 1647 ;
ord, 28th March 1649 ; conforming to
Episcopacy, he was pres. by Charles II.
4th Oct. 1662, and had a charter of the
lands of W7hitburgh (in the counties of
Haddington and Midlothian) 27th June
1677 ; died between 17th July and 27th
Nov. 1679. He marr. 10th Nov. 1663,
Beatrix, daugh. of William Congalton of
that ilk (Ed in. >S'ax., vii., 325), who sur
vived him, and had issue — Joanna (marr.
1683, Robert, brother of William Hepburn
of Beanston) ; Margaret. — [Old Dec., iii. ;
Rey. tiec. Sly. ; Inq. Ret. Haddinyt., 347 ;
Gen., 6481.]
JAMES COOPER, son of William C.,
master of Aberdeen Grammar
School ; educated at Marischal Col
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1660) ; licen. by the
Bishop of Edinburgh 16th Feb. 1663 ; adm.
to Wigtown before 25th Oct. 1664 ; trans,
to Mochrum before 22nd May 1667 ; pres.
by John, Bishop of Edinburgh, trans, and
adm. 30th June 1681; deprived in 1695;
was inst. to the curacy of Holy Island
same year; died in the beginning of 1701.
1681
376
HUMBIK
[PltESB. OF
He marr. Marjory, daugh. of William
Cooke of Tweedmouth, and had issue
a son.— -[/AV// Island J!«j. ; Arts of Ass.,
1690; J/.s'. Ace. nf Min., 1089; Hutchm-
SOn's Hist. <,f Xoi-tliinnlierland ; Play-
fair's Baronet., viii.]
JAMES HAMILTON, called 12th Aug.,
1696 all<1 01<1' 25tl1 ^6pt 1G!J° ' (Iie(1 -^°V>
1099, and was buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh.
WILLIAM ADAMS, M.A. (Edinburgh.
1701 1(itl1 >Scpt" 1G05)' schoolmaster of
Prestonpans Dec. 1700: called 1st
Jan., and ord. 10th April 1701 : he refused
to subscribe the Formula, having done so
formerly, alleging there was " no need of
repeating these engagements,'''' and was
rebuked by the Synod, while the Presb.
were charged "to keep a watchful eye
over him.'' Me joined in a complaint to
the Assembly 1705, against ''these tyran
nical impositions," but was refused a
hearing. Being ordered to remove, he was
hooted by the crowd at the door, lie
dem. 4th Xov. 1714 ; commenced business
as a printer in Edinburgh : was com
mitted to the Tolbooth 13th April 1717,
along with Walter Ruddiman, son of the
Grammarian, for printing a pamphlet,
entitled J/wy/, Xov or AVw, but after
two days was released. He died 13th
Dec. 1730, aged 54. He marr. in March
1704, Janet, daugh. of William Thomson,
writer, Edinburgh, and had issue —
William: David: James; Mary. Pub
lication — A Letter from t/ie Country con
taining some Remarks . . . in Answer to
[James }Velster's] Lawful Prejudices a<ja!n*t
an Incorporating Union. (Edinburgh, 1707,
anon.). — [Wodrow J/,S,$'. and. AnalJ]
JOHX CUMIXC [CUMMIXG] of
1715 Threeburnford, born 1079, second son
of David C., min. of Edinkillie ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to
Eyemouth 2nd Sept. 1708; pres. by
George I., trans, and adm. 28th June
1715 ; a libel was raised against him by
Hepburn of Humble and others regard
ing his conduct in secular matters, from
which he was assoilzied by the General
Assembly 13th May 1731: died 26th Feb.
1751. lie marr. (1) Clara Stewart, who
died before 23rd Dec. 1711: (2) 1st Xov.
1.711), Jean (died 20th Feb. 1759,' aged 75),
daugh. of John Ginning, senior, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — • Jean (marr.
William Ramsay, LL.D. of Templehall, Cold-
ingham).-[7W/>7. ; A<-ts f>f A**., 1731.]
ROBERT DTXDAS, son of Robert 1).,
1754 mercliant> -^'liiiburgh, and Margaret,
daugh. of Robert Watson of Muir-
house ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 24th
Oct. 1753; pres. by Archibald Christie of
Keith, and ord. 31st Dec. 1754: died 3U1
May 1707. lie marr. 22nd Feb. 1700,
Elizabeth (died 1770), daugh. of Thomas
Turnbull, min. of Borthwick, and had
issue — Sir Robert of Beech wood, one of
the Principal Clerks of Session, born 30th
July 1701, created a Baronet, 24th Aug.
1821, died 28th Dec. 1835: Margaret, born
: 16th April 1703: Mary, born 29th Dec.
I 1704; Henry, born 4th Feb. 1707.— [Cock-
burn's Memorial*.]
HEXRT SAXGSTER, son of James S ,
1768 Boyn(^e' Banffshire ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1758) ; tutor in the family of Kutherfurd'of
! J^dgerston ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
; 3rd Oct. 1704 : pres. by George III. 29th
June 1707; ord. 21st Jan. 1768: died
at Perth Oth April 1820, in his 82nd
year. He marr. 10th Jan. 1708, Isabel
| (died 22nd Xov. 1802), daugh. of Patrick
Teaman of Blacklaw, and had issue —
John, min. of Garvald ; Patrick, manu
facturer, born 24th Aug. 1770: Katherine,
born 25th May 1772. died 22nd May
1795; George, born 2nd July 1775, died
llth June 1776; Tiobert, banker, Perth,
born 10th Oct. 1777 ; Ann, born 22nd
Sept. 1779 (marr. 20th June 1803, James
Fitchie, manufacturer, Perth) ; George,
born llth Xov. 1781, died 20th July
1799: Isabel, born 10th Feb. 1785 (marr.
her father's successor). Publications-
Accounts of Humbie and of Pencaitland
(Sinclair's Stat. A<'<\, vi., xvii.).
JAMES MACFARLAXE, son of Alex-
Igi7 ander M., farmer in Strathbran ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 12th
Oct. 1803 ; ord. by them 15th Feb. 1811, as
HADDIXGTON]
HUMBIE— KEITH-MARISCHAL
377
1841
assistant to preceding ; pros, by John,
Earl of Hopetoun, and aclm. (assistant and
successor) 22nd April 1817 : died 18th Jan.
1844. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1810, Isabel
(died 28th Feb. 1847), youngest daugh. of
his predecessor, and had issue — Isabel
Yeaman, born 22nd April 1811 ; Jessie
Gumming, born 10th Dec. 1812 ; Henry,
surgeon R.N., born 10th Oct. 1814 ;
John, born 7th Oct. 1816 ; James, born
23rd Aug. 1818, died 10th Nov. 1833 ;
Christina Ann, born 9th Sept. 1820 ;
Patricia, born 17th Feb. 1823 : Alexa, born
20th Aug. 1821 ; Margaret Hay, born 28th
Aug. 1826 ; William, born llth June 1828.
Publication — Account of the Parish (.Yen'
Stat. Ac<\, ii.).
JAMES I)OI)J)S, born Hitchell Yett,
Cummertrees, 13th Aug. 1812, eldest
son of William 1 ). and Helen, daugh.
of Thomas Irving, farmer, \Vhitecroft,
1 )alton (a relative of Edward Irving) ;
educated at Annan and Piuthwell schools,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family
of Dr Duncan of Ruthwell ; licen. by Presb.
of Annan 1830 ; assistant at Inveresk ; ord.
(assistant and successor) Oth Feb. 1841.
Joined Free Church ; min. of Dunbar Free
Church 1843 ; died 3rd Sept, 1885. He
marr. 3rd Feb. 1843, Barbara (died 21st
Jan. 1001), only daugh. of Henry Duncan,
D.D., min. of Ruth well. Publications— A
Century of Scottish Church History (Edin
burgh, 1846) ; Coast Missions, a Memoir
of Re>\ Thoma* A'os/'e (London, 1862) ;
Eminent Men of Dumfriesshire (Edinburgh,
1865, 2nd ed.) ; edited Lay* of the. Cove
nanters, by James Dodds (his cousin),
(Edinburgh, 1880); Jennie Wilson, or the
Lily of Lammermoor ; Biographies of
Principal Fairbairn, Rev. John Walker of
Newton - Stewart, Rev. Peter Hope of
AVamphray ; numerous articles in Tin-
Christian Treasury, Leisure Hour, Sunday
at Home, etc. In earlier years he edited
the Dumfries and G'aUou<a;/ Courier, the
property of his father-in-law.
GEORGE WEIR, born Galashiels, 13th
1843 Aug. 1814, son of Robert W., M.D.,
and Jane Broomfield ; educated at
Galashiels and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Selkirk ; ord. to Abbey Parish,
Arbroath, 8th Nov. 1830 ; prcs. by the
Crown ; trans, and aclm. (assistant and suc
cessor) 28th Sept, 1843 ; died 13th Oct. 1863.
He marr. 3rd Sept, 1844, Mary (died 22nd
Nov. 1801), daugh. of William Roberts
and Agnes Sanderson, and had issue —
Agnes, born 24th Aug. 1845 ; Jane Broom-
field, born 8th Nov. 1846 ; Robert, born
10th Aug. 1848, died 1880 ; Mary Roberts,
born 21st April 1851, died 1885; Georgina,
born 15th Feb. 185 I (marr. James H. Bryden,
min. of Markinch) ; William Roberts, born
17th May 1857.
DAVID M'LAREN, born Dundee, 12th
1864 '^an- 1839> son °f Alexander M'L.,
D.D., min. of Kemback ; educated
at Dundee High School and St Andrews
Univ. ; M.A. ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews; assistant West Parish, Aber
deen, and St Andrew's, Edinburgh ; pres.
by John Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun, 28th
Jan. 1864; ord. 12th May 1864; died 10th
Aug. 1004, He marr. 13th Aug. 1870,
Fanny Campbell (died 25th July 1880),
daugh. of William Brown and Adelaide
Campbell, and had issue— Alastair Camp
bell, born 25th July 1880. Publications —
The Li<jht of the World (Edinburgh, 1878) ;
Translation and Revision of Metrical Psalms
(Edinburgh, 1883).
ROBERT BALDOCK SCOTT, born
('eel°no> Victoria, Australia, llth
Feb. 1868, son of Thomas King S. of
Kenley, Melbourne, and Emmeline Fincham
Baldock ; educated at Toorak and Scots
Colleges, Melbourne, Ormoncl College, and
Univs. of Cambridge and Edinburgh ; B.A.
(Camb. 1805) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
May 1809 ; assistant at St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, North Berwick, and to garri
son chaplain, Edinburgh; ord. 18th .Ian.
1905. Marr. 31st Aug. 1004, Alexa Evelyn,
daugh. of John Macleod, D.D., min. of
Govan, and has issue— Mary Alexa Baldock,
born 12th Aug. 1008 ; Celia Helen Baldock,
born Oth July 1011.
KEITH-MARISCHAL.
[The parish was united to Humble by the
Commissioners of Parliament in Feb. 1618.]
1905
378
KEITH-MARISCHAI MORHAM
[PRESB. OF
1576 JAMES GUT ERIE, reader.
JOHN XFMMILL [NIMMO], M.A.
1589 ^e snowe(l the brethren, 15th Aug.
1007, the sad condition of Keith-
MarLschal, "haiffing travcllit sa lang, that
he^vas not abill to intertwine himself, and
haiffing his recourse thairto from Edin
burgh euerie Sounday, was not al»ill to
travell any longer on fut thairto. And
seing thair was na stipend to be had
tliair he desyrit the brethren tak his
excuse pleasandlie, and in special! for his
weaknes of bodie as he is not abill for
travell. Quhairfoir he discharges himself
of the cure (Pretl. Re<j,) [Min. of Crans-
toun in 1010.1
MORHAM.
[A proposal was made to unite the parish
to Rara, but the heritors objected.]
•JOHN WHITE, reader (A. mid 2)., 35,
1565 213).— [/ter/. Min, and As#i,,., }\rod-
JOHN MORISON, min. of St Rathans
1574 Garvald, Rara, Morham, " with John
White, reader, which he retained till
the year 1584."
DANIEL WALLACE, adm. about 1585.
1585 In 1589 complaint was made that
"he has usit to pas to the kirk
of Prestoun some Sundays, and left his
own cure vacant." At a Visitation, 17th
Aug. 1626, "it being found the min.
had beine somewhat remiss in the after
noon's service on the Sabbath day, he is
appoynted in tyine coming euerie Sabbath
day at afternoune either to examine or
preach; he is most willing to doe the
same, and regraittis that he cannot haue
ane auditorie." Died in Dec. 1031. He
marr. Elspeth Dickson, who survived him,
and had issue— Elspeth (marr. James Lid-
dell, baxter, burgess of Edinburgh) ; Mar
garet (marr. Alexander Rorthwick, baxter,
burgess of Edinburgh : Ed in, fins., i., 309)]
—[Rey. As*ir/., Calderwood's Hist., Wod-
rcni< MixceU.; M'Crie's Mdville, ii.]
THOMAS TURNRULL, son of
1632 Archibald T. of Windygoul, Tranent ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1610) ; had testi
monials from Presb. of Cupar ; recom
mended 25th July for ordination ; pres. by
Walter, Earl of Ruccleuch (P. (J. Jt., 2
Ser. IV. 519); adm. by John, Archbishop
of St Andrews, and inst. in Sept. 1032 ;
suspended in 1653, and dep. 28th Fell.
1650, for "negligence in his calling,
solemnising a clandestine marriage between
Robert Seton and Lady Anne Mont-
gomerie." He marr. Mary Sinclair (E<lin.
8u*., xxix., 435).
JOSEPH PROVAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1657 17th April 1030); ord. to Garvald
12th Sept. 1053 ; called Sept. 1056 ;
trans, and adm. 4th March 1657 ; coll. 5th
Dec. 1662; died before 10th March 1663,
aged about 44. He marr. Janet Duncan,
who survived him, and had a son.— [ 7V*/.
7iV/., Rey. Collnt.]
ANDREW MELVIN, son of Andrew
1663 ^••' master of Aberdeen Music
School ; educated at Marischal Col
lege, Aberdeen, 1646-50. He probably had
a previous charge, of which he was not in
possession, 8th July 1659; coll. 29th Oct.
1003 ; inst. between 7th April and 5th May
1664 ; died Feb. 1689. He marr. Elizabeth
Douglas, who was buried in Greyfriars,
22nd May 1695, and had a numerous family
—Andrew ; Margaret, etc. (P. C. Decreetx,
27th Nov. 1694).— [7frr/. Colf'tt.]
WILLIAM RUSSELL of Ringside,
1693 eldest 'son °f James II. of Slipper-
field ; trans, from Coulter; adm.
in 1693; dep. 28th Dec. 1697, for "con
tumacy," in not going to supply "the
North" when ordered by the Assembly,
which was affirmed by the Synod 5th May
1098, in terms of the Act of Assembly 5th
Aug. 1048 ; reponed 28th Jan. 1099, on his
own application and promise of subjection,
etc. [Min. of Stobo in 1700.]— [J/,S'. Ace.
of Min., 1689; Acts of Ass.]
THOMAS FINDLAY, called 15th Feb.,
1699 and 01-d- 20t]l APril 1699; trans, to
Prestonkirk 23rd Dec. 1702.
IIADDIXGTON]
MORHAM
JOHN DALRYMPLE, M.A. (Eclin-
1704 kurgh, 28th -Tune 1G9~) ; licen- 1;>y
Presb. of Peebles 28th Jan. 1702:
called 26th Jan., and ord. 27th April 1704 ;
clem. 14th Feb. 1706. "Being in poverty,
and distempered both in body and mind,
his mother applied to the General Assembly
21st April 1707 for assistance, who recom
mended him for charitable supply, which
was responded to by various kirk-sessions."
He died in Edinburgh, 10th Feb. 1716,
aged 36. — [Etlin. Reij. (Jim:) ; Ro.l. ^'en.
Ax*., 1707.]
JAMES SMITH, called 28th Aug., and
1706 01(^ 24t^ ^ePt- l"of'-; trans, to
Cramond 7th Nov. 1711. — [Wood's
JPixt. of Cramond.']
[ROBERT KIRK, M.A. ; a licentiate of
Presb. of Haddington, was pres. by Sir
David Dalrymple 9th Sept. 1712, but was
not settled, it being contrary to the Act of
Assembly to appoint Gaelic preachers to
the Lowlands. He became min. of Dornoch
in 1713.]
JOHN BARCLAY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
? 27th April 1705) ; licen. by Presb. of
Middlebie 19th Aug. 1713; pres. by
Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes, Bart., and
ord. 13th April 1714: pres. to Prestonkirk
in April 1733, the translation being refused
by the Commission of Assembly in May
1734: died llth Dec. 1752. He marr. (1)
24th June 1714, Elizabeth, daugh. of
George Dischington, St Ninians : (2)
Janet Stirling, who died 21st July 1762.
A daugh., Janet, marr. Archibald Blair,
min. of Garvald. — [Carlyle's Autol.]
JAMES PURDIE, probably son of James
P., M.A., rector of the Grammar
School, Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow
1722;; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 4th June
1728 ; ord. (assistant) Arbroath 29th Oct.
1735; adm. to Guthrie 16th June 1737;
pres. by Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes,
Bart. ; trans, and adm. 19th July 1753 ;
died 22nd May 1766, aged about 64. He
marr. 3rd June 1736, Elizabeth Clark, who
died 6th June 1774, and had issue — Janet
(marr. 6th Nov. 1758, John Turnbull,
Standilane) ; Henrietta, born 7th June
1745.
PATRICK CARFRAE, pres. by Sir
David Dalrymple of Hailes, Bart.,
1st July, and ord. 20th Nov. 1766;
trans, to Dunbar 16th Sept. 1795.
JOHN STEELE, born Auchterarder, 4th
1796 June 1760, son of Robert S. ; school
master of Dunbar ; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 22nd Feb. 1786 ; pres. by Miss
Christian Dalrymple of Hailes, and ord.
12th May 1796 ; died 17th Sept. 1831. He
marr. 14th April 1801, Isabella (died 3rd
March 1832), daugh. of Thomas Blair,
Deputy-comptroller of the Stamp Office,
Edinburgh. — [Kay;s 'l^.irlrnit*, i.]
JAMES FORSYTH, pres. by Miss
1832 Christian Dalrymple of Hailes, and
adm. 10th May 1832 ; trans, to West
Parish, Aberdeen, 10th Nov. 1843.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM, licen. by
1844 I'1'08^- °f Perth ; pres. by Sir Charles
Dalrymple Ferguson, Bart., and ord.
18th Jan. 1844 ; died unmarr. 20th March
1887.
JOHN GRANT TAINSH, born Dron ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth ; pres. by
Charles Dalrymple of Hailes ; called 20th
June, and ord. 25th July 1867; res. 21st
Oct. 1888; died unmarr. at Edinburgh,
25th Sept, 1898.
WILLIAM BROWN MUBRAY, born
19th Oct. 1860, son of Alexander
John M., min. of Eddleston ; edu
cated at Peebles High School and Edin
burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles
1886; assistant at Middlebie: ord. 19th
March 1889; died unmarr. 1st Dec. 1893.
1889
1894
JAMES MITCHELL PATTULLO, born
18tn tSept- 1862) son of Henry ^lcx-
ander P., min. of Parton ; educated
at Castle-Douglas Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
June 1887 ; assistant at Tinwakl, Caerlavc-
rock, and St Mungo ; ord. 10th May 1894.
Marr. 30th July 1895, Agnes Hutchison,
daugh. of James Cranston and Mary Smith,
and has issue — Mary Smith, born 10th
March 1897 ; Henry Alexander, born 14th
NORTH BERWICK AM) THE BASS
[PKESB. OF
1567
•July 1898 ; .lames Cranston, born 12th
Oct. 190].
NORTH BERWICK AM)
THE BASS.
[The church was dedicated to St Andrew,
and previous to the Reformation belonged
to the Cistercian nunnery at Xorth I Berwick,
which was dissolved by Act of Parliament,
16th Dec. lf)!)7. The Bass, dedicated to St
Baldred (who is said to have died there,
(ith March (JOG), was united to North
Berwick in 1581. A curious remnant of
old ecclesiastical privilege still exists--
twelve solan geese with the feathers on
being annually paid to the minister of
North Berwick as '• Vicar of the Bass."]
JOHN YOUNG, having also charge
of Gullane and Aldhame in 1507 ;
trans, to Duns in 1568.— (AV//. J////.J
PATRICK CREECH, min. of Ratho in
1505 : adm. 1568. and dep. Nov. 1508 ;
reponed March 1572, and adm. to
lladdington as reader of the prayers, '; if
he and the town could agree." He marr.
Marion Clarkson (A. and D., lv., 74).— [Rey.
J/Y/f., Bannatyne's Journal .}
THOMAS MAKGHIE, adm. May 1571.
In 1574 the Bass and Whitekirk were
under his care ; trans, to J )irleton
before 1570.— [ttooke of f/ie A'/Y/r, ]\'od,-nir
Miscell.]
THOMAS GRE1G, was min. in 1570,
1576 when Whitekirk, Aldhame, and the
Bass were in the charge. He was
pros, to the parsonage of the Bass by
James VI. 16th Dec. 1581, and to North
Berwick by John Home of North Berwick
in Jan. 1587, being inst. llth Feb. of that
year. He was grieved at the spiritual in
difference of many of his parishioners, who
" attended not the sermon in the after
noon," while "the Sabbath was prophanit
by pyping and dancing ': ; he was forbidden
by the Presb. (5th Aug. 1601) to proclaim
Lord Angus's son, and on his Lordship
complaining, it was stated that his son was
only thirteen years of age ; died in Oct.
1003 He runrr. (name of his wife un-
1571
known), and had issue — Alexander, min.
of I )rumelzier : Elizabeth (marr. Patrick
Carkettill, min. of Humbie); Margaret
(Rey. of Deed*, cxcix., 361).— [AV/. Axsi</.,
Excheq. l>nik, JJooke of the Kirk, Calder-
woods 7//.S/1. ; M'Crie's Jfeln'//^, ii. : W»d-
1604
JOHN ADAMSOX, M.A. : j.res. by Sir
•lohn Home of North Berwick 19th
April 160-1, and adm. shortly after
wards : trans, to Liberton in 1009.— [Craw-
furd's fiii/'. J'Jt/ii/.j ]•*!•(/ . A*x!'i., Calderwood's
Ifi*t.]
THOMAS BANXATYNE, M.A. : trans.
1610 h'om Castleton : pros, by James VI.
8th Oct. 1609 ; a]>p. by the Synod,
and adm. 25th Nov. 1010 ; trans, to Douglas
after 27th June 1021. — [Calderwood's 7/Y.-7.]
1622
MICHAEL GILBERT, prcs. by James
VI. His settlement was disputed,
but eventually he was coll. and
inst. 6th Fel). 1022. Dissatisfaction con
tinuing, he was removed to Garvock in
1028. — [/to/. Sec, ,s'/v. ; M'Crie's JA7-
vilfe, i.]
HENRY AICKINHEAD [AITKEN-
HEAD], born 1002, second son of
David A., merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh (Key. of Drcih, cccclx., 72) :
M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1622): prcs!
by Charles I. 2nd March, and inst. 5th Oct.
1628 ; died before 10th Feb. 1049. He left
a silver cup for the Communion. He marr.
(1) Elspet (cont. 18th and 21st June 1031),
daugh. of Patrick Hepburn of Smeaton
(Key. of Dee<h, cccclx., 72) : (2) Anna Ker,
who died about 1089, and had issue —
Archibald : David, died before 1004 (Key.
May. Xirj., x., 434 : G. R. Inhih., 14th Dec.
1664); Helen (marr. Archibald Ridclell,
min. of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh) : Isobel
(marr. James Rigg, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh). — [Rey. See. ,S'/c/., and Old
Dec., ii., iv.]
ARCHIBALD TURNER, M.A. ; trans.
from Borthwick, and adm, 18th Dec.
1649; trans, to Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, 15th Nov. 1062.— [Key. Sec. Siy.
and Collat.}
ITADDIXGTOM
NORTH BERWICK AND THE BASS
381
1683
WILLIAM WALKER, M.A. (Edin-
1663 1uu'8'D> 19tlx July ir;G°): Hcen. by
George Wishart, Bishop of Edin
burgh, 10th Oct. 1662 : pros, by Charles
II. 4th Dec. 1662; coll. 27th Jan., and
last. 24th Feb. 1003; died in Sept. 1682,
aged about 43. He marr. (1) Margaret
Ramsay, and had issue — Elizabeth (marr.
James Ruthven, brother of Sir William
1!., of Dunglas); Mary (marr. 27th June
1082, John Hepburn of Kingston) : (2)
22nd Oct. 1007, Jean, daugh. of Bishop
Wishart, who survived him. — [7iV/- Col fa f.
ct Sec. Si<i. ; Fountainhall's Do-., i.]
ANDREW GUILD, educated at Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1000): licen. by Presb. of Madding-
ton 1005 ; min. of Kirkmichael, Dum
friesshire, 1005; pres. by Charles II. 7th
Dec. 1082 ; trans, and adm. before 20th
April 1683; deprived by the Privy Council
29th Aug. 1089, for not reading the Pro
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary, but for James VII.
--{Miii.-liook R<'<j. /'/•//'. ,SV'//, AVtv. Se<:
Si<j. ; JAs'. Ace, <>f J/Y,,., 1089; Rule's
>SV. Vindication.]
JOHN HERBERT, M.A. 'Glasgow, 27th
July 1076). On a charge of having
been present at an armed conventicle
at Clock-Lownic, Ayrshire, in 1082, he was
forfeited, though he alleged he was furth
of the country at the time, and his fortune
of 3000 merks which he had invested in
the hands of Lord Crichtou was escheat.
In 1690 he petitioned Parliament for
reparation and repayment, and was recom
mended to their Majesties'' favour; pres.
by William and Mary after 7th Jan. 1090 ;
died at Edinburgh, 14th July 1091, aged
about 30, and was buried in Greyfriars.
He marr. Helen Hume, who was buried
there on 29th Jan. 1700.— [Arts ParL, ix. ;
Leveu "ad Jfeti'. P«p., Wodrow's /fist.,
. (itn. As*.]
1690
1692
MATTHEW REID, born 1068, second
S°n °f ^Iatthew ]>l-> min- of Hoddam ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (30th Nov. 1087); ord. 13th Jan'.
1692; died 9th Jan. 1730. He marr. (1)
24th 1-\>1>. 1093, Anne, daugh. of Robert
1729
Aitchison of Sydserff, and had issue-
Robert, bapt, 1st Dec. 1093 ; Anna, born
13th April 1090 (marr. succeeding incum
bent) ; Hew, of Sydserff, M.D., bapt. 22nd
Sept. 1099 : (2) 18th July 1700, Margaret,
daugh. of James Bannatyne of Xcwhall,
widow of Robert, second son of Sir Pat
rick Broun of Colstoun, and had issue
—Matthew, min. of Prcstonpans : Joan,
bapt. 7th Sept, 1708 ; George, bapt. 6th
Oct. 1710; James, bapt. 10th July 1715.
—[Wodrow's J/,SX, Carlyle's A //fob.]
GEORGE MURRAY, educated at the
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Earlston 17th Jan. 1717: pres. by
Sir Hew Dalrymple of Xorth Berwick,
Mart.. 3<)th Sept., and ord. (assistant and
successor) 29th Oct. 1729; died 8th Dec.
1757. He marr. 6th Jan. 1730, Anna,
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue- -
Matthew, his successor ; Elizabeth, bapt.
14th April 1732, died unmarr. ; Anna, died
unmarr. June 1808, aged 73. -[Carlyle's
Antob.]
MATTHE\V MURRAY, born 1735, son
1758 of preceding ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 7th Sept. 1756; pres.
by Sir Hew Dalrymple of Xorth Berwick,
Bart., and ord. 20th July 1758; died 13th
Aug. 1791. He marr. 28th Oct. 1772, Anne
(died 20th Jan. 1803), daugh. of John Hill,
one of the mins. of St Andrews, and had
issue — George, afterwards min. of the
parish; John, bapt, 14th Xov. 1774: John,
born 20th Oct. 1775, died 22nd Sept. 1798 ;
Jean, born 28th July 1777 (marr. 2^th
June 1803, ('apt, Thomas Fortye of the
18th Foot); Hugh, accountant of Excise,
editor of the >SW^.s J/<ii/(r-iiic, born 18th
July 1779 : Ann, born 26th June 1781
(marr. 12th Sept. 1803, John Renton of
Charterbank, W.S.), died 12th Aug. 1829;
Harriet, born 5th Oct. 1783; Elizabeth,
born 27th April 1785; Janet, born 12th
Feb. 1788 (marr. James Robertson, min. of
Slamannan) ; Mary Simpson, born 19th
Dec. 1790.— [Kerrie's Lift of ./. C.W/'.s^/V.s.]
HENRY DAVID HILL, born 1762, son
1792 of 'Tolln Hil1' luin> of ^ Andrews ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 7th Sept.
382
NORTH BERWICK AND THE BASS
[PliESB. OF
17*5: pres. to Denino by the Principal
and Professors of the I'nitcd College, St
Andrews, and ord. there 24th Aug. 1786 ;
res. on appointment as Professor of Greek
in the Univ. of St Andrews 24th Dec.
1789; pres. by Sir Hew Ualrymple, Bart.,
of North Berwick, and ad in. loth May
1792 (this was a temporary arrangement,
the Professor held the charge for behoof
of his sister, Mrs Murray, and her family,
oidy till his nephew had completed his
.studies) ; burgess of Xorth Berwick 4th
•June 1792 ; res. 1795 : J).l). (St Andrews) :
died 14th Feb. 1820. Marr. (1) Margaret
(died llth Dec. 1814), daugh. of Archibald
Borthwick, banker, Edinburgh, <le jure 17th
Lord Borthwick, and Margaret Nicholson
Scott, and had issue — John, colonel, Madras
Staff Corps, born 20th Dec. 1804, died 12th
May 1800 ; Margaret (a twin), born 2Gth
Dec. 1804, died unmarr. 2nd May 1875:
•lean M'Cormick, born 19th April 1800
(marr. Walter Weir, min. of Longformacus),
died 25th Sept. 1880: 1'achel Borthwick,
born llth Sept, 1814 (marr. 8th Feb.
1842, William Wallace .Duncan, min. of
Cleish, afterwards min. of the Free Church,
Peebles), died 12th Sept. 1879 : (2) Mary
Ann (died 21st March 1844), daugh. of
Colin Baxter, min. of Monzievaird, and
had issue — Jemima Macduff, born 31st
July 1819, died unmarr. 26th Sept. 1906.
Publication — Exsnt/x an (lie Jn*titt<tio)ix,
(r'oi'ci'iitiu'itf, find Manners <>t Ancient
Greece (London, 1819).
CEOP.CK MU1UIAY, born 3rd Aug.
1773, eldest son of Matthew M., and
nephew of preceding : educated at
Univ. of St Andrews: M.A. (1791); Keen,
by Presb. of St Andrews 22nd April 1795 :
pres. by Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of
North Berwick and Bargany, Bart., and
ord. 24th Sept. 1795; died 17th Aug. 1822.
He marr. 19th March 1799, Elizabeth (died
1st Feb. 1842), daugh. of James llenton,
merchant, Berwick - on - Tweed, and had
issue — Margaret, born 8th April 1801 :
Ann, born llth Oct. 1802; James, born
28th April 1806; Matthew, D.D., min.
of Mains Street Church, Glasgow, and
Professor of J )ivinity to the Original
Secession Synod, born 31st Aug. 1804, died
1795
1823
j 2nd May 1876; Ceorge, accountant, Edin
burgh, born 1st Aug. 1808; John, min. of
Moonzie, born 1st Sept. 1810. Publications
—Evidence of Mii-ndc* (Edinburgh, 1802);
Sermons nn,<[ Tirntlw* (Edinburgh, 1823).
(Feme's Li/<- <>f J. ('ni-xt'iir*.']
IIOUEUT 15ALFOi:U GUAHAM, born
8th June 1788, third son of William
(!., merchant, (Ilasgow, and Janet
Steven: educated at (Ilasgow Cniv. ;
licen. by Presb. of Lander 5th May, and
ord. to Stenton 22nd Sept, 1814; pres.
by Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of
Xorth Berwick and Bargany, Bart., M.P. ;
trans, and adm. 20th March 1823: D.D.
((ilasgow, 3rd March 1852): died 20th
Nov. 1855. He marr. (1) 5th Sept. 1815,
Mary (died 19th April 1817;, youngest
daugh. of Duncan MacNaught, Greenock :
(2) 5th Sept, 1820, Christina Wilson (born
10th July 1799, died llth June 1871),
second daugh. of Archibald Lawrie of
Hillhouse, D.D., min. of Loudoun, and
had issue — llobert Balfour, born 7th July
1821, died 19th May 1820; William, capt.
Bengal Fusiliers, born 12th Nov. 1822,
died at Prome, Burmah, 23rd Nov. 1854 ;
Archibald Campbell Lawrie, merchant,
born 3rd Oct. 1824, died 2 1st Dec. 1857;
Anne Adair, born 20th June 1820 (marr.
James Langwill, D.D., min. of Legerwood
and of Currie) ; Christian Mary Janet,
born 31st Oct. 1828 (marr. 17th Oct. 1854,
1 Thomas, major Highland Borderers Militia,
son of John Graham of Balfunning, D.D.,
i min. of Killearn) ; Manners Hamilton
Nisbet, min. of Maxton : John James
Steven, born 10th April 1834, died llth
Feb. 1858 ; Balfour, banker, born 5th May
: 1836, died 26th Feb. 1898; George James
I Francis, born 6th Aug. 1838, died 12th
March 1846 ; Christina Lawrie, born 9th
Jan. 1841, died 23rd March 1885; Henry
Grey, min. of Nenthorn and of Hyndland.
PETEB MACMOBLAND, born Green
ock 1810, son of Peter M. ; entered
Glasgow Univ. at the age of twelve ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 27th March 1832 ;
assistant at Middle Parish, Paisley ; took
charge of New North Church (extension
charge), Paisley 1834 : ord. to National Scots
NORTH BERWICK AND BASS— I'FACAITLAND
383
Church, Regent Square, London (in succes
sion to Edward Irving), 2nd April 1835 ;
trans, to St Matthew's, Glasgow, 4th June
1839; trans, to Inverkeithing 18th Sept.
1845 ; trans, to St Luke's, Edinburgh, 10th
Dec. 1853 ; trans, and adm. 10th April 1856 ;
LL.D. (university unknown, U.S.A.) ; res.
7th Jan. 1873; died in Edinburgh 21st
March 1881. He marr. (1) 24th July 1838,
Marion (died 9th Feb. 1845), daugh. of
John M'Gill, and had issue— John Peter,
inin. of Minto, born 14th Dec. 1839 : (2)
29th April 1856, Helen (died 22nd Xov.
1894), daugh. of William Balderston, \V.S.
Publications— The Fern/ f fills (a poem);
Room for John Ktio.r (a poem ; anon.) ;
The Sabbath, an Ode, with other Poems
(Edinburgh, 1857 ; 2nd ed., 1807); Sonnets
from Malta; Forethought and After
thought (a Communion Manual : Edin
burgh, 1862) ; The, Proper Training of
the Young, a sermon.— [Edwards's Modern
Scottish Poet*, vol. vi.]
GEORGE WASHINGTON SPROTT,
1873 born (;tn Marcl1 1*29, eldest son of
John S., a native of Stoneykirk,
Wigtownshire, min. at Musquodoboit, Nova
Scotia ; educated at various schools in Nova
Scotia and at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1849) ;
licen. and ord. for work in the colonies by
the Presb. of Dunoon 1852 ; assistant at St
Matthew's and St Andrew's, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 1853-5, Middle Parish, Greenock,
and St Michael's, Dumfries, 1855-7 ; chap
lain, Scots Church, Kandy, Ceylon, 1857-
64 ; acting military chaplain, Portsmouth,
1865 ; min. of Chapel of Garioch 1866-73 •
pres. by Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart. ; trans'
and adm. 8th May 1873; Lecturer on
Pastoral Theology 1878; D.D. (Glasgow
880) ; died at Edinburgh, 27th Oct. 1909
He marr. 1857, Mary (died 29th Dec. 1874)'
daugh. of Charles John Hill. Halifax, and
had issue— Agnes Jean, born 26th Sept.
1858 (marr. 1st March 1881, Arthur Kin-
naird AVylie, stock-jobber, London) ; Mark
John, born 20th May 1860, died same year ;
Lihas Harington, born 1861, died 1866-
Norman Charles Hill, born Nov 1863 died
10th May 1873; Mabel Vivian, born' 25th
Aug. 1865 (marr. 1st Sept, 1893, Henry
Mortimer Rusk, headmaster, Merchiston
Castle School, Edinburgh) ; Harold George
Hill, M.A., LL.B., solicitor, Edinburgh,
born 23rd April 1867; Margaret Elphin-
stone, born 5th Oct. 1869 (marr. 22nd
June 1898, Lt.-Col. Colin Campbell Hen ton,
Indian Army); Wulfric Richard Hill, born
4th Oct. 1870, died 1 1th July 1895 :
Oswald Brodie, born 12th April 1872, died
Feb. 1875 ; Violet Mary, born 22nd Dec.
1874 (marr. 7th Oct. 1903, Lt.-Col. Daniel
Richard Adye, Indian Army). Publica
tions — Presbi/terianism In the Colonies
(1862) : Worship, Rite*, and Ceremonies
of the Church of Scotland (1863) ; Knox's
Liturg;/, with Introduction and Notes
(1SCS : 2nd ed., 1901) ; Scottish Liturgies of
the Reign of James VI. (1871 ; 2nd ed.,
1901); The Xn-rxxit,, (,f a Valid Ordina
tion to the Holij Miniatr;/ (1873); The,
Church Principle* of the Reformation
(1877); The Worship and. Offices of the
Church of Scotland (1882) ; ' Worship of
the Church during the Covenanting Period
(1893) ; The Doctrine of Schism in the
Church, of Scotland (1902) ; Memorial* of
the Rev. John S'prott, 1906 (private
circulation); contributions to the volumes
issued by Church Service Society, Scottish
Church Society, Scottish l^cclesiological
Society, and to the Dictionary <>f
National ]>iographi/ ; [a Life of Dr
Sprott is in preparation by Professor
James Cooper, D.D.]
JAMES ROBERT BURT, born Arngask,
1904 5th IJec- 185B I educated at George
Watson's College and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
; assistant at Lady Glenorchy's and St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Largo 19th
May 1890 : trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 26th Jan. 1904. Publication-
Sermon. An Old Church Hell (1908).
PENCAITLAM).
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Dryburgh ; dis
joined from the Presb. of Dalkeith between
30th March 1583 and llth Oct. 1587.
Keith-Marischal was in the charge till
1588.]
384
PENCAITLAND
[PRESR. OF
ANDJMAV BLACKHALL, niin. in 15(57,
Onniston and Cranstoun being in
tlic charge.
1576 .1 0 1 IX ( ! 1 !,A V, reader.
JAMES GIBSOX, trans, from Saltoun,
and adni. 1580; trans, to Tranent
1580
1597.
1598
ARCHIBALD OSWALD, M.A. (St
AndreAvs, 21st March 1580) ; min.
of Hntton 1586-94. of Smailholm
1595, of Tranent (assistant) 1595 : trans,
and adm. llth May 1598: pres. to the
vicarage of Saltoun by James AM. 23rd
Jan., and coll. 16th May 1599, "with this
provision, that he sail demitt quhen it sail
pleis God to offer the occasion to ane to be
planted there." He visited 'Robert Bruce
at Berwick in IGol, after lie had iled
from Edinburgh. In 1(503 he waited on
the King at Haddington when passing to
London after the I'nion of the Crowns.
He was a member of Assembly 1(508, and
Avas one of the Conference for maintaining
unity among the brethren, which met at
Falkland 4th May 1609 ; dem. before 4th,
and died 16th Feb. 1631, aged about 71.
He marr. in 1598, Katherine, daugh.' of
Adam Weddell, portioner in Preston, and
had Issue — John, his successor ; Archibald ;
Robert; James, styled youngest in 1618
(Re<j. of Deeils, ccclv., 315); Archibald.—
[Jioo/t-e. of the A7 /•/••, Calderwood's Ilixt.,
MelvilPs A utob. : Stat. Report*, 1627: I».q.
Ret. Gen., 3581.]
.IO1IX OSWALD, M.A.; trans, from
Second Charge, Montrose, and adm.
(assistant) 7th July 1629 ; pres. by
Charles I. 4th Feb., coll. and inst. 20th
May 1631 ; a member of General Assembly
1638 ; trans, to Aberdeen 17th Xov. 1641. —
[AY.*/, Sec. S/'j., Baillie's Lett., Stevenson's
Hist.]
DAV1 1 ) CALDERWOOD, born probably
at Dalkeith in 1575 ; studied at the
1641 Univ. of Edinburgh, and took his
degree of M.A. 12th Aug. 1593. In 1605
he became min. of Crailing. A vigorous
opponent of Prelacy, he stepped into the
controversial arena for the first time
publicly Avhcn James LaAv, Bishop of
Orkney, attempted to set aside an election
of members to the General Assembly by the
Presb. of Jedburgb. Calderwood protested,
and Avas deprived of his right to sit in
Church Courts, being precluded also from
going outside the bounds of his parish. Tn
1617 he resisted the royal intentions still
further, and was summoned to Holyrood to
give an account of his "mutinous and
seditious"' deed. He Avas deprived of
his charge, confined iirst at St AndreAvs
and afterwards at Edinburgh, and finally
ordered to quit the country, lie Avent to
Holland, and did not return till the death
of James in 1625. He had no charge, bow-
ever, until 1641, Avben he Avas pros, to
this parish by Charles I. 4th Xov., and
adm. 15th Dec. 1641. He assisted in
drawing up the Director;/ for J'uhlic
]\'ors/ti/>, but concentrated most of his
time on bis great work, the Ilistor;/ of tin'.
Kirk of Scotland. fn his 73rd year the
General Assembly, to enable him to perfect
the Avork, voted an annual subsidy of
£800 Scots. The ///Vr//y/ which be com
piled Avas thrown into three different forms.
The first and largest extended to 3136
pages : less than half of this work is now
among the manuscripts of the British
Museum, presented by the historian's
nephew, Sir William Calderwood of Polton
(Lord Polton). The second, a digest of the
first, was published by the Wodrow Society
(this MS. is in the Advocates' Library).
The third, an abbreviation, Avas first pub
lished in 1678. Though little attractive in
a literary sense, the History is the main
quarry for information on the ecclesiastical
annals of Scotland from 1527 to 1625.
Calderwood died unmarried, at Jedburgb,
29th Oct. 1650. Publications— J'rotestatioit,
ami Trcutixe from Sn,tl<tn<l (1608); DP.
Reyimine 7v.v7r.svr/- fjcoticance brevis Relatio
(London, 1618); A Solution of Doctor
Itcxo/ttfux [Bishop David Lindsay], his
J{,'*,)/ tit tons for KnceliiKj (1619); Perth
Aw nilil ;i (1619) : Farasi/nayma JJtrt/tense
(1620) [an abridgment in Latin of the
preceding work]: Defence of <>nr Argu
ments ni/iit n xf Kneeliwj m the Act of
Receiving the Sacramental Elements of
Hi-end «n<l \Vine (1620): Th<> Speech of
HADDINGTON]
PENCAITLAND
385
the Kirk of Scotland to her lielored
Children (1020): A Dialogue anent the
'>(>'<« >i(/ of Xew Ceremonies iipon the Kirk
of Scotland (1620); Queries concerning
the State of the Church of Scotland
(1621 and 1638) : The First and Second
Bool-* of £>;*<•; n/ine (1021); The Altar of
Damascus (1621): The Course of Con-
formitie (1622): Repl ,, 10 Dr Morton's
(,'eneral Defence of Three Xocent Ceremonies
(I.0-2)/ Parades!* contra Daniel is Tileni
Sdesii Parcenesm ad Scotos (,'enerensls dis-
ciplince selotas Conscription (1622); A /fare.
Damascenum (1623) : An. Exhortation, of
the Particular Kirks of Christ in Scotland
to their Sister Kirk in Edinburgh (1624) :
An Epistle of a Christian Brother, exhort
ing another to keep Ifiinselj'e vndejiledfroiii
the /'resent. Corruptions brought' in to the
Ministration of the Lord's Suiter (1624);
A Dispute -if/ton Communicating at our
Confused (Joinninnions (1624) ; The Pastor
and the P^Jaie (1628, 1692, 1843) ; J //,.
examination of the Eire Articles enacted at
Perth (1636): Th,- Re-examination of two
of the Articles abridged (1636) ; An. Answer
to Mr J. Porhes of Corse, his J^eaceoh/e
Warning (1638) : The True History of the
Church of Scotland (1618) • The History of
the A ,,-/,. (,f Scotland, 8 vols. (Wodrow
Society, Edinburgh, 1842-9).--[/,//e (Hist.,
viii.) ; Irving's Scot. IIV/V.," Wodrows
Anal., How's and Stevenson's Hist*. Bail-
lie's Lett. : Acts Part., vi. ; Advocates' Lib.
Catal.; (.J rub's Ecclesiastical Ifistor,, of
Scotland, 1861, ii., iii.; Walker's Scott!*!,
Theology a., id Theologians, 1862; Diet.
-Va.f. JjiogJ]
1653
ALEXANDER VER.XO.Il, M.A. (Edin-
burgh> 23r(1 'Ju}y 1G3°) ,: .schoolmaster
of Musselburgh ; licen. by Prcsb. of
Dalkeith, and ord. 18th March 1653 ; coll
12th Dec. 1662; died 1st April 1669, aged
about f,3. lie marr. Isobel (died in July
1714, aged 102), (laugh, of Andrew Makghic
mm. of Dirleton, and had issue— Catherine'
—[Reg. Sec. x;[f. and C'oltaf., Dirleton
hess. Reg., Wodrow's 7 fist.]
[GEORGE SHIEL, MA., min. of Duris-
deer, was pros, by Charles II. 16th April
and coll. 14th May 1660, but his inst. was
VOL. I.
cancelled July following.— Reg. Sec. Sia
«.nd Coll at.}
ROBERT DOUGLAS, son of Robert,
1669 an ille8itimate son of Sir George
p. of Lochleven, brother of William,
fifth Earl of Morton. Educated at Fniv.
j of St Andrews ; M.A. (1614); licen. about
1617. Almost immediately afterwards he
I was engaged as chaplain to one of the
I brigades of Scottish auxiliaries co-operating
with Gustavus Adolphus in the Thirty
\ ears' War. During that period he is
said to have had no other book to read
but the Bible, and committed nearly the
whole of it to memory. Returning to
Scotland he became min. of Second Charge,
Kirkcaldy, in 1628. He was a member of
Assembly in loss, aml was trans, in 163!)
to the Second Charge of St Giles, Edin
burgh. In 1641 he was removed to the
Tolbooth Parish. He was Moderator of
Assembly 1042— as also in 1645, 1647, 1649,
and 1651. In 1(543 }le was clectcd a com_
nnssioner to the Assembly of Divines at
Westminster. In 1644 he was chaplain to
one of the Scots Regiments in England.
In 1649 he was again min. of St Giles,
and assisted in the presentation of the
Solemn League and Covenant to Parlia
ment. In 1650 he was one of the mins
who waited on Charles II. at Dunferm-
line, to obtain his signature to a declaration
of religion, when Charles refused to sign,
and a serious division of the Church ensued.
Douglas became a leader of the Resolu-
tioners, the moderate party. On 1st Jan.
1651 he preached at the coronation of
Charles II. at Scone. Sent prisoner to
London by Cromwell in 1653, he was soon
released. In 1654 he was summoned to
London (with others) to consult with the
Protector upon the affairs of the Church
of Scotland. In 1659 he preached the
sermon at the opening of Heriot's Hospital.
In 1661 he preached before Parliament.
After the Restoration he was offered the
Bishopric of Edinburgh, but indignantly
declined, and remonstrated with Sharp for
accepting the Archbishopric of St Andrews.
On 27th June 1662 he was translated to
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, but refusin" to
conform to Episcopacy, he was deprived
2 U
386
PENCAITLAND
[PRKRB. OF
1st Oct. of the same year. He was
admitted as an "indulged minister'' to
this parish 2nd Sept. UK!!), and died
(l)uried Oth) 'Feb. 1074. "No man," it was
said, "contributed more to the Restoration,
and received less benefit from it." lie
marr. (1) Margaret Kirkaldy, and had issue
-lames, of Earnslaw (/•'//> N"*., xii., 289) :
Thomas, who died before 1007, when Alex
ander is called second son (<1. /.'. Inhil>.,
12th March 1080); Janet; Alexander, min.
of -Logic: Patrick, bapt. 2Sth Jan. 1(542
(marr. Margaret Lothian), died before
1073 ((;. It. I>i}«'f>., 20th Jan. 1074): i
Elizabeth, bapt. 3rd Jan. 1043; Archi- ;
bald, bapt, 8th Jan. 1044: Robert: (2)
20th Aug. 1040, Margaret Boyd, who sur
vived him, and was buried 13th July 1092,
and had issue— Robert ; Margaret, bapt.
18th July 1058. Publications — The j9 /"/•//
of Mr Jtobert Dovala* n>l<en fil/i, the
,sVu ///.-•// Anna in Eixjloiil (1044): The
pennon prearlied at ticuiie, Jainiar;/ tlic
firtt, Hi'il, ft the Coronation <>f C'//"/'/,x
II. (1051); Muster Dotujlax, ///* tiennon-
/in-nr/tC'.l. nt the D<>mi XittiiKj of the f<i*t
J.><tr! i'.nti cut <>f &'<>tlwt<l (1001). — [Kirk-
ton's, Burnet's, and Wodrow's 7//Vx. ;
Law's Memorials, Guthrey's M"ein»ir*;
Notes and Qwt'cs (1st series), iv., 2!»9;
(2nd series), vi., 50-1 ; Dirt. Sat. Jli<»j.]
.1 AMES COCKBUHN, trans, from Abbey
St Bathans ; coll. after 21st May
1674 1074; dem. after 21st Aug. 1084;
died April 1087.— [Fountainhall's Dianj,
<uid Dec., i.]
WILLIAM DEN UNE, born 1050, second
son of Norman D., representative of
1685 the family of Catbole ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1075) ; ord. to
Second Charge, Haddington, 1083; pves.
by Robert, Viscount Oxenfoord, and tnuis.
and inst. 9th March 1085; died 27th
Jan. 1704. He marr. Jan. 1088, Isabella,
claugh. of l)r George Hepburn of Monk-
rigg, and had issue— George ; John ; Helen ;
William; Christian; Isobel ; Marianne
(marr. 1706, Sir John Bruce Hope, Bart.).—
[TomlM, ; J/>*. Ace. of Min., 1089 ; ArchceoL
,sV^., i. ; Douglas's Karow>je, p. 453 ; Rule's
Kec. Vindication^
MATTHEW S1MSON, born 7th March
1073, third son of Patrick S., min. of
1705 "Renfrew : studied at the Univ. of
Glasgow : called 25th June, and ord. loth
Sept. 1705: died 20th May 1750. He
marr. (1) 23rd Oct. 1707, Katherine, daugh.
of Robert Wallwood, merchant: (2) 12th
April 1710, Alison (died 24th Feb. 1730,
aged 50), daugh. of Andrew Druramoncl
of Megginch, and had issue- -Alison, died
aged 20 ; Katherine, died aged 20 ; Patrick,
min. of Fala and Clunie ; Adam : Helen
(marr. David Plenderleath, min. of Dal-
keith) ; Janet (who, in a year of great
scarcity, 1740, superintended the spinning
set on foot by the Kirk-session for employ
ing the poor, and received " the cordial
thanks of the Kirk-session for the great
attention and trouble she had been at in
her philanthropic exertions"); James;
Colin, surgeon, perished in the Black Hole
of Calcutta, 1750. — [7 owW., Wodrow's
A >i'i/., Carlyle's Autob., Edin. Mar. 7.V;/.]
GEO11GE ANDKUSON, chaplain in the
family of Inveraray ; licen. by Presb.
1757 of Perth 25th Dec. 1743: ord. to
Tulliallan 7th April 17-45 : pres. by Alex
ander Hamilton of Pencaitland ; trans, and
adm. 7th June 1757 ; died 4th June 1793,
in 73rd year. He marr. 20th Dec. 1740,
Margaret Williamson, Torryburn, who died
1st April 1802.— [Tombst., Sinclair's tft'.it.
Ace.]
DAVID PYPEll, born Nairn, Oth April
1700, son of John 1'. and Marjory
Bremner; master of the Charity
Workhouse, St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh,
1780; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th
April 1788 ; ord. by the Presbyterian Classis
at Newcastle 23rd June 1790; min. of a
congregation at Alnwick ; pres. by Mrs
Mary Hamilton of Belhaven, and adm. 12th
J )ec. 1793 : died 23rd Dec. 1813. He marr.
9th Sept. 1790, Elizabeth (died 28th June
1812), daugh. of William Berry, and had
issue—Elizabeth, born 20th Nov. 1794,
died 1821 : Hamilton, advocate, Edinburgh,
bom 9th Feb. 1790, died 8th March 1868;
Agnes (marr. Robert Dryborough Menzies),
died 30th April 1828 ; Christiana, born 24th
May 1798, died 15th Sept. 1805 ; Jemima,
HADDINGTON]
PENCAITLAND— PRESTONPANS
387
1814
born 17th Feb. 1801 (inarr. 3rd Jan. 1826,
David Dickson of Kilbuclio, advocate) ;
Caroline, born 3rd Aug. 1802 ; Harriet,
born 22nd July 1804; John, born 31st May
1807: William, born 27th Sept. 1808:
Mary, born 22nd Oct. 1809. Publication —
Xcrinon preached at llu> Oj>e/u'/t<j of the
Si/nod (Edinburgh, 1813).— -[Sime's West
Kirk, Tate's Hist, of Alnwick.]
ANGUS MAKELLAR, born Kihnichael
Glassary, 22nd June 1780, son of
Duncan M., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 27th June 1810 ; ord. to Car-
nmnnock 30th April 1812 : pres. by Mr and
Mrs Campbell of Shawfield, and adm. 29th
June 1814; D.D. (Glasgow, 27th Feb.
1835) ; Moderator of the General Assembly
21st May 1840. Joined the Free Church
1843, but held no charge: Moderator of
the Free Church Assembly 20th May 1852 ;
died at Edinburgh, 10th May 1859. He
marr. 31st Aug. 1814, Helen, born 14th
Feb. 1783, eldest daugh. of William Stirling
of Keir. She died about a month after her
husband, and had issue — William, min. of
the Free Church, Pencaitland, 1843-5, sub
sequently a min. and elder of the Church
of Scotland, without any charge, born
29th Aug. 181(5, died at Biarritz 5th
Nov.
8ept.
1890
1817
John Archibald, born 20th
Jane Ann, born 2nd Sept.
1820. Publications — Three Occasional Ser
mons (Edinburgh, 1817-38). — [Stirling l'«j>.]
MAXWELL NICHOLSON, pres. by
1843 ^arv> Ijady Puthven, llth July 1843 ;
ord. 29th Aug. 1843 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Edinburgh, 24th Aug. 1854.
WILLIAM LVON PIACH, pres. by
1855 Mary, Lady Puthven ; trans, from
Balmaghie, and adm. 1st Feb. 1855 :
trans, to Robertson Memorial, Edinburgh,
14th March 1872.
JAMES COULL1E, born Dundee, 3<>th
1872 ^arcn 18^4, son °f Alexander C. and
Mary Wighton : educated at Mon-
trose Academy, Univ. of Edinburgh (M.A.
1868, B.D. 1871), and at Tubingen; licen.
by Presb. of Brechin 31st Oct. 1871 ; assist
ant at The Park, Glasgow; ord. 15th Aug.
1872. Marr. 19th April 1877, Margaret
Alice (died 31st Dec. 1895), daugh. of
Kenneth Sutherland Brodie, of Blair Lodge,
Stirlingshire, and Isabella Waters Smith,
and had issue — Isabella Brodie, born 5th
April 1878, died 7th Oct. 1904 ; Mary Alice,
born 9th Sept. 1879 (marr. Major Stodart,
I.M.S.) ; Alexander Glover, born 27th May
1881 ; Kenneth Puthven, born 9th Feb.
1883; James Arthur, M.A., min. of St
Columba's, Oban, born Oth Dec. 1884 ;
William Leckie, born 12th Jan. 1887;
Norman Dundas, born 12th Jan. 1887, died
15th May 1890 ; Evelyn Margaret, born
17th Aug. 1892.
PRESTONPANS, FOUMKJU.V
PRESTON OR SALT PRESTON
[Once a vicarage belonging to the Abbey
of Holyrood ; the church was burnt down
during Hertford's invasion of 1544. The
I lands and barony of Preston, and the Tans
which had been annexed to the vicarage
of Tranent, were dissolved therefrom, and
erected into a distinct vicarage' by James
VI., 27th Dec. 1597. "to be callit the Vicar
age of Preston.'' Erected again into a
parish by Parliament, llth July 1(500.]
JOHN DAVIDSON was born about the
1595 ^ear 1^9, at Dunfermline, where his
parents owned property in houses
and lands. He entered St Leonard's
College, St Andrews, in 1507, and after
graduating, became a regent of the
College, pursuing the study of theo
logy. Being introduced to John Knox, he
set himself to advance the cause of the
Reformation, and one of his earliest ser
vices was the production of a play intended
to expose the errors of Pomanism, which
was acted in Knox's presence. In 1573
there appeared from his pen Ane ]>rcif
Commendation of Uprightness, a poem in
praise of Knox, with accompanying verses
on the Reformer's death. Soon after,
another poetical tract was issued anony
mously, under the title of Ane Dialo/j, or
M ntuale Talk in <j hetwixt a Clerk ami ane
C'oitrfi'our, coiicerniwj fowe J'ariwhe, Kirks
till ane Minister. This was a reflec
tion on the Regent Morton, who had been
uniting parishes under one minister to
388
PRESTONPANS
[PKESB. OF
secure part of the benefices for himself.
The Regent was deeply offended. Printer
and poet were put in prison. On his
liberation, he lay hid for a time at
Kinzeancleugh, Ayrshire, the residence
of his friend Robert Campbell, lie then
retired to the Continent, where he remained
for about three years. In 1577, at the
urgent solicitation of the (.Jeueral Assembly,
Morton permitted his return, and in 1579
he became min. of Libcrton. In June
lf>si, Morton being under sentence of death
was visited by Davidson. Going for a time
to London, he became known at the English
Court, and from the earnest style of his
preaching was called "the thunderer."
Returning, he did not resume his charge at
Liberton, but officiated in various places,
and acted as min. of the Second Charge of
Holyrood. In lf>95 he became min. of this
charge, and built a church and manse at
his own expense. ILe vigorously resented
the proposal, that certain of the clrrgy
should sit and vote in Parliament, and
words that he then uttered were often
repeated : "P>usk him, busk him as bonnily
as ye can, and bring him in as fairly as
ye will, we see him well eneucli, we see
the horns of his mitre." lie was sum
moned before the King at Holyrood,
and committed to Edinburgh Castle, but
released, and allowed to return home,
though interdicted from going beyond the
bounds of his parish. He died in Sept,
1004. He left a widow (name unknown).
llis effects were devoted to the support of
the school which he founded. Publications
Ana lire if Commendation of Upriyht-
iiess (Sanct And., 1573) ; Dialogue bcttrirt
a Clerk and a Courteour (Sanct And.,
1573; D. Bancroft's Jtashnes in ra>/tin<j
ti'jahi*t the Church of Scotland (Edin-
burgh, 1590); Memorial of the Life and
Death of Robert Campbell of Kinzeancleugh,
and his Wife (Edinburgh, 1595) ; Some
//<//>e«for YouiKj Scholars in Christia/iifi/
(Edinburgh, 1002) ; Discoverie of the Un
natural and Traitorous Conspiracy of
Scottish Papists (Preface), (Edinburgh,
1593); His Apolo'jie and Several Letters
(Calderwood's Hist., v., vi.) ; Short Form
of MoniiiKj and Eceniinj J'ra;/er, etc.
( Wodron' Miscell.'). His Poems were re
printed in 1829. He wrote also Memorials
of his Time, a diary of which Caldcrwood
made use in his History. — [Row's, ('alder-
wood's, and Cjinningham's Jhsts. ; Acts
rarl.,'\v.; Wod.roi" Miscell., Livingston's
Charac., ttooke of the Kirk; M'Crie's
eli'illc, ii. ; Rogers' Three Scottish lie-
formers, J)!<-t. Xat. JJio'j.~\
JOHN KER, born 1570, son of Andrew
K. of Faldonside, a cadet of the
house of Roxburghe, and Margaret
Stewart, widow of John Knox. Had
been a gay youth returned from France
when he was accosted by the preceding
incumbent, who solemnly charged him to
cast off his scarlet cloak, lay aside his
gilded rapier, and take to his book, for " you
are the man who will be minister of this
place after me." He graduated M.A. at the
1'niv. of Edinburgh, 2sth July 159(5, and
was adm. llth April 1005. He sympathised
with the brethren imprisoned at Linlithgow
in 1000, previous to their trial and banish
ment ; signed the Protestation for the
Liberties of the Kirk 27th June 1017 ; was
confined within the bounds of his own
parish by the Privy Council, 24th June
1024, for disobedience to the Articles of
Perth. He was requested by the par
ishioners, 13th Oct. 1037, to petition
against The .Book of Common Pra>/er
for the Kirk of Scotland ; dem. 7th June
1042, in favour of his son as assistant,
with reservation in case of himself surviv
ing, of "right of regress," and died IGth
Feb. 1044. He marr. Aug. 1005, Barbara,
daugh. and co-heiress of John Johnston of
Elvingston, burgess of Edinburgh, and had
issue — Andrew, advocate, successively
Depute and Principal Clerk of Assembly,
died Feb. 1070; Robert, his successor;
John ; Margaret ; Jean ; Elizabeth.— [Edin.
(,'nild Peg.; Row's, Calderwood's, and
Stevenson's Ilists. ; Orig. Lett., ii. ; M'Crie's
A'nos, Livingston's Life and Charae., Hope's
Diary; I-nq. Pet, Edin,, 234.]
ROBERT KER, M.A. ; ord. (assistant)
llth April 1038 (the first ordination
in Scotland, irrespective of the
Bishop, since the reintroduction of Bishops
HADPINGTOX]
PRESTONPANS
389
in 1G10) ; pros, by Sir Alex. Morrison of
Prestongrange : coll. Ttli and inst. 10th
June 1642 ; trans, to Haddington (much
against his wish, and in face of prolonged
opposition from his parishioners) 21st
April 1647.— [Acts of Ass. ; Arcluwl. Scot.,
i. ; Row's Hist.]
JOHN" OSWALD, born 1000, son of
Archibald O., iniii. of Pencaitland :
M.A. (Edinburgh 1018); adm. to
Second Charge, Montrose, 1020 ; trans, to
Pencaitland 7th July 1629; trans, to Aber
deen 1041 ; trans, to Tolbooth, Edinburgh,
1(543; pres. by Sir Alexander Morrison of
Prestongrange 15th Dec. 1647 ; trans, and
adm. 12th April 1048 ; died April 1653.
He marr. (1) Katherine (died in 1039),
daugh. of John Forbes, min. at Delft : (2)
1044, Dorothea Gray, and had issue—
Piichard, bapt. 14th Jan. 1045 ; Marion :
Robert; William.— [Itey. (Bajrt.), Tondst.,
Lumsden's House of Forbes ; Raj. Old Dec.,
ii. : Lament's Diar;i ; //"/. Ret. den.,
3581.]
PATRICK COOK, l)orn 21st July 1626,
son of Patrick C., min. of Stenton ;
called 24th Nov. 1653 (being freed
of his previous acceptance of Whittinge-
hame) ; ord. 23rd Feb. 1054. He was one
of the preachers ironically styled " the
Bishop's Evangelists " ; died in Aug. 1072.
He marr. Margaret Cockburn, who sur
vived him, and had issue — Margaret :
Archibald; John; Helen, bapt. 1st Oct.
1065; Patrick; Crisell (marr., pro. 20th
•Ian. 1095, John Hay, factor to Countess
of Wemyss : Canons/ate Key.) ; Jean (marr.
Aug. 1096, William Johnston of Core-
head); Elizabeth. — [Kirk ton's, Burnet's,
and Wodrow's Hists. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
5976 ; Fountainhall's Dec., ii. ; Halker-
s ton's Marr. LaH'.~\
GEORGE MONYPENNY, ord. a
Presbyter in England ; adm. and
inst. 20th Nov. 1073; died in Nov.
1675. He left a son, William, MA.,
Edinburgh.
JAMES BUCHAN, M.A. ; trans, from
Skirling; inst. before 17th Sept.
1676 ; deprived for refusing the Test
1081. A riot occurred, 26th Feb. 1682,
1682
when Brown, schoolmaster, by direction
of the Bishop, was supplying the pulpit,
in consequence of which the Privy Council
iined Sir William Hamilton 1800 merks
for looking on and laughing ; Sir Alex.
Morrison of Prestoiigrangc, the patron,
900 merks, and the other heritors and
portioners 4000 merks, for not prevent
ing the disturbance. [Afterwards min. of
! Eddlcston.] — [Wodrow's Hist.; Fountain-
' hall's Dec., i.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, son of James,
Bishop of Dunblane; M.A. (Edin
burgh 1008) ; Keen, by Alexander,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 21st May 1073 ; adm.
to Port of Menteith, 20th Jan. 1682 ; trans,
and adm. 19th Oct. 1682; deprived by the
Committee of Estates 10th May 1689. He
made his residence in the Canongate, Edin
burgh, where he died in 1099, aged about 51.
! He marr. 12th Nov. 1085, Elizabeth, daugh.
of William Penman, min. of Morebattle,
who survived him, and had issue — James ;
Robert; William; Mary. — [Edin. Re<j.
(Ij'tjif. and Man:}; J//S'. Ace. of Min.,
1089 ; Acts ParL, ix. ; I-Wf. Ret. (Sen.,
0798.]
JOHN MOXCltEIFF, M.A. ; was adm.
21st Oct. 1087 to the Meeting-House,
and to the Church before 20th May
1689; trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
5th May 1692.— [Wodrow's Hist.; Reif.
(f'c/i. Ass., and Old Dec., ii.]
GKORGE ANDREWS, M.A. ; trans.
from Tarbolton, and adm. 10th Oct.
1694 ; trans, to New North Parish,
Edinburgh, 8th Nov. 1699.
ROBERT HORSBURGH, a native of
Peeblesshire ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th
June 1690); ord. to Glenholm 24th
Sept. 1696 ; trans, and adm. 29th April
1702, after a protracted vacancy. He
complained of the church being unsafe
owing to coal wastes beneath, and for
some months the congregation were
obliged to meet in a barn at Preston.
Repairs were executed after long litiga
tion. He died 25th March 1724, aged
about 54. He marr. Janet Somervail,
and had issue— Janet (marr. 19th Jan.
1735, James Heriot, Castlemains, Dirle-
1687
1694
1702
390
PRESTONPANS
[iTvESB. OF
ton); Tsobel (marr. 29th June 1730,
Charles Sherriff, merchant, Leith). --
1768
WILLIAM CARLYLE, born 1089, son
of Ludovic C., New Park, descended
from the Carlylcs of Brydekirk,
and Jean Jardine of the Applegarth
family; educated at Edinburgh Univ.:
M.A. (21th May 1715); tutor in the family
of Hay of Spott ; chaplain to Alexander,
Lord Elibank ; ord. to Cummertrees 28th
April 172O; a call to Lochmaben was
refused by General Assembly 1724: trans.
and adm. 20th Nov. 1724; died 8th March
1705. lie marr. 15th Feb. 1721, Janet
(died 5th March 1779), daugh. of Alex
ander Robertson, min. of Tinwald, and
had issue— Alexander, .1 ).!)., min. of In-
veresk ; James ; Jean ; Rachel ; William ;
Catherine; Janet, born 10th Aug. 1737
(marr. 30th Aug. 1700, Captain Thomas |
Bell, London) ; Sarah ; Margaret (man', j
4th March 1758, Thos. Dickson, M.D.,
London), died 22nd Sept, 1702; Helen;
and others. Publication — Sermon preached
at the Openinij of Xt/norf (Edinburgh,
1748). — [Brown's dosp. Truth, Carlyle's
Autob.}
JAMES ROY, born Oth April 1730, son
of John R., Milton of Carluke, and
brother of General William R, ; edu
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1747);
rain, of Shettleston Chapel-of-Ease 1750-8;
of St Cuthbert's Chapel-of-Ease, Edin
burgh, 1758-05 ; pres. by Mrs Janet Grant
of Prestongrange (with consent of John
Carmichael of Castlecraig, her husband) ;
trans, and adm. 28th Nov. 1705 ; died
unmarr. 3rd Sept. 1707. — [Tombst., Carlyle's
Autob."}
MATTHEW REID, bapt. 1st May 1707,
son of Matthew R., min. of North
Berwick ; Keen, by Presb. of Had-
dington 9th Dec. 1731 ; ord. to Preston-
kirk 20th Nov. 1734; pres. by Janet,
Countess of Hyndford, trans, and adm.
9th June 1708; died 5th Aug. 1770. He
marr. (1) 21st Feb. 1739, Sarah (died llth
March 1701), daugh. of Alexander Jolly,
writer, Edinburgh, and had issue — Mat
thew, lieut. 40th Regt., born 3rd Nov.
1771
1783
1740, killed at the siege of Havana, llth
Aug. 1702; Alexander, born 20th Nov.
1745; Janet, born 24th Feb. 1740 (marr.
John Sydserff of Ruchlaw) ; Margaret, born
27th June 1753: Hugh, born 12th Oct.
1750 : (2) 3rd Oct. 1705, Elizabeth Findlay,
who died at Edinburgh 9th April 1802.—
[,sV;o/.s May., Ixxxviii. ; Carlyle's Auiol>.~\
-JOSEPH M'CORMICK, D.I). ; trans.
from Temple ; pres. by Janet,
Countess of Hyndford, and adm.
loth Jan. 1771 ; Moderator of the General
Assembly 23rd May ; trans, to St Leonard's,
St Andrews, 12th Sept, 1782.— [Carlyle's
Autob.]
JOHN TROTTE1!, M.A. : pres. by John,
Earl of Hyndford, and ord. 10th
Jan. 1783; res. 1st Dec. 1795, on
appointment as Professor of Oriental
Languages, St Andrews ('/.''.).
PETER PRIMROSE, born Dumfries
1758 descended from Peter P., min.
17Q6
of Crossmichael ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor in family of Earl of
Moray ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline
28th Sept. 1785 ; ord. to Dalgety 5th July
1787 ; pres. by Janet, Countess of Hynd
ford, and adm. 14th April 1790; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1825): died 29th
Jan. J833. He marr. 20th Nov. 1788,
Beatrice (died 20th Aug. 1833), daugh, of
Thomas Main, London, and had issue —
John, W.S. apprentice 1807, born 9th Sept,
1789 ; Isabella, born 13th Aug. 1791 ; Agnes,
born 21st May 1795 (marr. 1st Sept. 1818,
Peter Macdowall, accountant, Edinburgh),
died 4th Aug. 1821 : Janet, born 7th Aug.
1798 (marr. 4th Sept. 1823, Dr John
Purcell, Edinburgh), died 8th May 1830;
Thomas, born 25th June 1800 ; Peter, born
30th April 1802, died 21st Dec. 1823;
Margaret Lavinia, born 1st July 1805;
Grace Beatrice, born 23rd Aug. 1809.
Publications — Prayers, Communion Table
Services, and a Sermon (Hadclington, 1838) ;
Account of Dalgety (Sinclair's Xtat. Ace.,
xv.).
WILLIAM BRUCE CUNNINGHAM,
born 13th April 1800, son of Robert
C., capt. Berwickshire Militia, and
Isabella Oliver, and great-great-grandson of
1833
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591
Robert Horsburgh, min. in 1702; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; Keen, by Presb. of
Nairn 3rd Aug. 1831 ; pres. by Sir James
Grant Suttie of Balgone and Preston-
grange, Bart., and ord. 5th July 1833.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the Free
Church, Prestonpans, 1843 ; died 2nd Aug.
1878. He marr. 2nd April 1834, Cecilia
Margaret (died 7th Feb. 1898), daugh. of
David Douglas of Reston, Senator of the
College of Justice (Lord Reston), and had
issue — Elizabeth Douglas, born 8th April
1835 (marr. 1889, General Sir Robert Cadell,
K.C.B.), died June 1910; Adam Smith
Douglas, born 7th Aug. 1839, died lf>th
] )ec. 1844; Robert Oliver, Professor of
Natural History, Queen's College, Belfast,
born. 27th March 1841 ; Colonel David
Douglas, C.I.E., F.E.S., M.B., Hon.
Physician to George V., born 29th Sept.
1843; Isabel Mary, born IGth April 1*47;
James Bannerman, M.B., C.M., born 15th
Nov. 1852. Publications — Collegiate Edu
cation versus Collegiate Extension (Edin
burgh, 1850); Friend!;/ Hints, a tract;
Account of the Parish (Xeu< titat. Ace., ii.).
JOHN STRUTHERS, born Lesmahagow,
3rd Feb. 1815, son of James S. of
Avondale, W.S., and Marion Car-
michael ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
Keen, by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 1840 ;
tutor to the family of Francis, Earl of
Wemyss; ord. to Rhynd 12th Aug. 1841;
pres. by Sir George Grant Suttie, Bart., and
adm. 4th Jan. 1844; LL.l). (St Andrews
1874), F.S.A.Scot. ; died unmarr. 25th Aug.
1888. He acted several times as depute
clerk of the General Assembly. Publica
tion—Edited (with Prof. Mitchell) Minute*
of the Sessions of the Westminster Assembly
(Edinburgh, 1874).
GEORGE STUART SMITH, born
1889 rjl°mmtoul> Banffshire, llth Nov.
1852, son of Alexander S. and Eliza
beth Stuart ; educated at Kirkmichael
School and Aberdeen Univ.; M.A. (1878);
Keen, by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1883;
ord. 14th May 1889. Marr. (1) 15th July
1896, Victoria Alberta (died 5th Jan. 1901),
daugh. of Sir James Grant Suttie of
Prestongrange, Bart., and Lady Susan
Innes Ivor, and had issue— Susan Isabella,
born 23rd April 1897; Victoria Alberta,
born 28th Dec. 1900; (2) 13th Nov. 1911,
Maud Isobel Blacker.
SALTOUN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Michael, belonged to the
Abbey of Dryburgh.]
1568
ANDREW SIMSON, vicar and exhortor
in 15G8. He hud also charge of
Bolton in 15G8.
1576
ANDREW SIMSON (probably the same
person), removed from Ormiston,
having also Pencaitland, Keith-
Marischal, and Keith - Humbie in his
charge ; died before Oth April 1(513. —
[AV/. A Min.}
JAMES GIBSON, trans, from Spott,
and adm. in 1578; removed to Pen
caitland about 1580.— [AV/. Axxi'j.,
Calderwood's Hist. ; Wodrou' l>io<i., i.]
ROBERT ALLAN, reader, 1574-9;
trans, to Newlands before 1585. —
1578
1580
[AV/. Assig.}
1613
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON, M.A.
(St Andrews 1002); min. of
Broughton in 1(503; trans, to
Athelstaneford 10th March 1G07 ; trans,
and adm. 4th Feb. 1613, and pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 1st June there
after; died 24th Aug. 1632, aged about 51.
Grisell Seyton [Seton], his widow, survived
him. He had three children. — [AV/. >SVc.
>S'A/. and Assig.]
1633
RICHARD BROWN, son of Robert
B., Dalkeith; M.A. (St Andrews
1618) ; pres. by Charles I., 26th March
1631, to Pencaitland (which was not then
vacant) ; pres. by Charles I. 13th Sept.
1632 ; inst. 2nd Jan. 1633 ; he had sasine
of lands in Dalkeith 28th March 1638 ; de
prived Aug. 1644, " for speaking against the
Covenant,'' but recommended by the Privy
Council for supply 9th April 1661. He
marr. (cont. 19th July 1623) Martha, daugh.
392
SALTOUN
[PKESB. OF
1646
1659
of David Seton in Tranent (R<-y. of Deeds,
cccxcvi., 79), and had issue — Gustavus,
whose descendants were in America. -
\_Edin. Rey. Saxi/tes, Rey. Sec. Sly. ; J<7x
Parf., vii.]
AliCHIBALl) DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edin
burgh, 28th July 1027) ; school
master of Musselburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 27th Oct. 1631 ; min. of
Bara 164.3; trans, and adm. 23rd Sept.
1646 ; pres. by Charles I. 30th Oct. follow
ing ; died 1658, aged about 51. He man1.
Helen Mawer, who survived him, and had
issue — Helen (marr. William Ogilvie,
merchant, Edinburgh) (Privy Seal Rey.
Eny., ii., 214). She was alive and had
many children, 1697 (il/id.). — [Rey. Sec. Si;/,
a nd Old Dec.., i.]
PATRICK SCOUGAL, M.A. ; trans.
from Leuchars, and adm. 29th Jan.
1695 ; he was one of the Commis
sioners appointed by Parliament, 28th
May 1661, for trying the witches in
Samuelston ; pres. by Charles II. 4th
Oct. 1662 ; promoted to the Bishopric of
Aberdeen in 1664 (#.?'.). — [Rey. S/:<'. Si;/.,
Lamont's Diary ; Acts Parl., vii.]
GILBERT BURXET, born Edinburgh,
18th Sept. 1643, eleventh and
youngest son of Robert B., of
Crimond, Senator of the College of
Justice (Lord Crimond), and Rachel
Johnston, sister of Lord Warriston ; edu
cated at home ; entered Marischal College,
Aberdeen, in 1652; took the degree of
M.A. in 1657 ; for one year he studied law,
then betook himself to divinity. While a
student at Oxford he was offered the living
of Banchory-Ternan by his cousin, Sir
Alexander Burnet of Leys, but refused on
account of his youth ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 6th Oct. 1664 ; pres.
by Charles II. 13th Oct. 1664 (R<-y.
Sec. Sty., i., 322) ; ord. and coll. 16th
Feb., inst. and adm. 29th June 1665 ;
clerk of the Presb. 9th May 1667. He
asked the Presb. to examine the Library
left to the ministers of Saltoun by Norrnan
Leslie, min. of Gordon, which had been
catalogued by his predecessor and Sir
Robert Fletcher of Saltoun ; trans, and
1665
adm. Professor of Divinity in Univ. of
Glasgow 2nd Dec. 1669; res. 10th Sept.
1674 ; app. preacher at the Rolls Chapel,
.London, and Lecturer at St Clement
Danes: D.D. (Oxon. 1680); deprived in
1684; he went to reside on the Continent,
and returned to England in 16«8 as chaplain
to William of Orange. In 1689 he was
appointed Bishop of Salisbury. He died
17th March 1715. Communion cups pre
sented by him to Saltoun are still in use.
The minister's library, schoolmaster's salary,
the poor of the parish, and the children
of the public school are still benefited by
his bequest (about £1100), "as an expres
sion of gratitude to that parish which had
the first fruits of my labour and among
whose people I had all possible kindness
and encouragement."' He marr. (1) 1671,
Lady Margaret Kennedy (died May 1685),
daugh. of John, sixth Earl of Cassilis : (2)
at the Hague (prob. 25th May 1687), Mary
Scott (died of smallpox, 8th June 1698),
originally of Scottish extraction, but of a
family long settled in Holland, and had issue
—William, Governor of Xew York, born
March 1688, died 7th Sept. 1729; Gilbert,
rector of East Barnet, prebendary of Salis
bury, born 1690, died 17th June 1726 ; Sir
Thomas, Judge of Common Pleas, born
1694, died 8th Jan. 1753; Mary, born 1692
(marr. 1712, David Mitchell, nephew of
Admiral Mitchell) ; Elizabeth (a twin), born
1692 (marr. April 171-1, Richard West, Lord
Chancellor of Ireland) : (3) June 1700, Eliza
beth (died 3rd Feb. 1708), daugh. of Sir
Richard Blake, Kt., and widow of Robert
Berkeley of Spetchley, Worcestershire, and
had issue— two children who died infants
(Ballard, British Ladies, p. 403, note). Pub
lications — A Vindication of the Authority,
Constitution, and Laws of the Church and
State of Scotland (1673); The Memoirs
of the Lives ami Actions of James and
William, Dukes of Hamilton (1677); The
History of the Reformation of the Church
of Enyland (vol. i., 1679; vol. ii., 1681;
vol. iii., 1714), ride Pocock;s edition,
Clarendon Press (1865); Some Passages
of the Life and Death of John Wilmot,
Earl of Rochester (1680) ; Life and Death
of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. (1682); A Dis-
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393
1684
course of the Pastoral Care (1602) ; Essay
on the Memory <>f Queen. J/ar// (1095);
Exposition of the Tldrty-Nine Articles
(1699); Ilistori/ <>f My Own Time (vol.
i., 1723 ; vol. ii., 1734), ride Osmund Airy's
edition (2 vols., 1897-1900) ; besides over
seventy otlier volumes of Memoir*, Ser
mons, etc. For a complete Burnet bibli
ography, see the Life by T. E. S. Clarke
and ][. C. Foxcroft (Cambridge, 1907).--
[Alin.-book Re<j. Prir;/ Seal, Re<j. Coll at. ;
Sinclair's Stat. Ac<-., \. ; Chalmerses Caled.,
id.: Biirnet-Leighton Pajx-rs (Scot. Hist.
Soc. Miscellany), Dirt. Nat. Ut'or/.]
JAMES G1LEME, M.A., regent of
Humanity in St Leonard's College,
St Andrews ; pres. by Fletcher of
Saltoun, ord. and coll. 6th, and adm. 23rd
Sept. 1670 (Prof. Ill: of P. Yoitn</, f. 15) :
deprived for refusing the Test in 1681. —
[AV>/. Collat.; M<<it!nn<l Misrell., ii. :
Wod row's Jfist.]
ARCHIBALD DO TOLAS, youngest
son of Douglas of Tilwhilly ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 19th July 1661); licen.
by Presb. of Kelso 1663; ord. to Douglas
1663 ; trans, to Cavers 1664, to Newton 1673,
to Xewbattle 1681 ; deprived for refusing
the Test 1681 ; adm. (interim preacher) in
Jan. 1683 ; inst. 24th July 1684 ; died 31st
March 1696, aged about 55. He man1.
27th July 1694, Janet, daugh. of William
Carmichael, min. of Ewes, and had issue--
Archibald, merchant, Pittenweem, waggon-
master-general to British Forces, died
1743, whose son, John, D.D., became
Bishop of Salisbury; Helen; Janet. —
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Scot* May., Ixix.]
ARCHIBALD LUNDIE, bapt. 20th
Jan. 1674, eldest son of James L.,
min. of North Leith ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (13th July
1691); ord. 24th Sept. 1696; died Father
of the Church, 4th Nov. 1759. Dr Alex
ander Carlyle speaks of him as " a pious
and primitive old man, very respectful in
his manner, and very kind." He marr.
2nd Feb. 1699, Jean Menzies, Cramond,
and had issue — John, min. of Oldham-
stocks ; Henry, min. of Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh; Cornelius, min. of Kelso;
Rachel : Isobel (marr. William Bannatyne,
min. of Yarrow) ; Katherine. Publication
— Sermon preached at the Opening of the
Si/nod (Edinburgh, 1*721).— [Wodrou* MSS.,
Carlyle's Autoh. ; Inq. Pet. <_!en., 8199.]
PATRICK BANNERMAN, born Inver-
aven 1715, son of James B., min. of
Forglen ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen, 1730-3; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 17th April J739 : ord. to St
Madoes 8th Oct. 1741 ; trans, to Kinnoull
13th Nov. 1746 ; pres. by Andrew Fletcher
of Milton, Lord Justice-Clerk, trans, and
adm. 6th Nov. 1760; died 31st Dec. 1790.
He marr. 29th June 1742, Beatrix Coldie,
who died 21st March 1792, and had issue
—Patrick, merchant, Dunbar. Publications
— Sermons (Edinburgh, 1751-67); An
Add ret* to the People of Scotland on
Ecclesiastical and Ciri/ Lihertij (Edin
burgh, 1792 ; anon.).
ANDREW JOHNSTON, bapt. 21st
March 1763, son of Andrew J., shoe
maker, Dalkeith ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of
Campbell of Shawfield ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 28th Oct. 1788; pres. by
General Henry Fletcher of Saltoun, and
ord. 22nd Sept. 1761 ; died 23rd Sept.
1829. He marr. 28th June 1791, Mary Jean
(died llth June 1838), daugh. of William
Crombie, min. of Spott, and had issue —
Mary, born 23rd March 1793 (marr. 8th
Aug. 1815, John Ramsay, min. of Ormiston),
died 31st Aug. 1825 ; William, born 15th
Oct. 1794, died llth March 1829; Andrew,
born llth May 1796; John Campbell, born
31st Oct. 1797; Isabella, born 24th Aug.
1800, died 30th Jan. 1801 ; Isabella, born
26th Nov. 1801 ; Walter, born 10th Jan.
1804 ; Francis, surgeon, born 24th May
1806, died at Demerara, 28th July 1830;
Charles St Clair, born 29th May 1808, died
28th Nov. 1809 ; Charles, born 23rd Feb.
1811 ; Robert, born 21st Jan. 1815. Publi
cations — The Dut;/ of JJritons, under the
Ittipression of National JJlessings, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1799) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., x.) ; joint editor of
Goldie's Sermons (Edinburgh, 1805). —
[Scots May., Ixiv.]
594
SALTOUN
OF
ROBERT BUCHANAN, trans, from Gar-
gunnock ; pre.s. by Andrew Fletcher
of Saltoun, and adiu. 22nd April
1830 ; trans, to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 22nd
Aug. 1833.
1834
ROBERT KERR HAMILTON, fifth
son of Daniel H. of Gilkerscleugh :
educated at rniv. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (30th March 1833): licen. by Presb.
of Inveraray llth Dec. 1833: pros, by
Andrew Fletcher of Saltouu, and ord. 10th •
April 1834 ; trans, to the junior chap- !
laincy 1 I.E.I. C. at Madras, 22nd Aug., and
adm. 3rd Oct. 1839 : prom, to the chap- j
laincy there in 1848, which he clem, in
1858; died at Edinburgh 18th Jan. 1805.
He marr. 7th .Ian. 1845, Susan Ann Sophia !
Churchhill (died 13th Nov. 1800), daugh. '
of George Trevor Spencer, 1 ).!)., Bishop of \
Madras. Publications — Tlie Imlia Minion,
an address (Edinburgh, 1850) ; Account of
the Parish (Net" Stat. A<r., ii.).
PATRICK FAIRBAIRN, born Halybur-
ton, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, 28th
Jan. 1805, second son of John F.,
farmer, and Jessie Johnston, Middlestots ;
educated at Greenlaw School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Duns 3rd
Oct. 1820; tutor in the family of Captain
Balfour of Balfour ; ord. to North Ronald-
shay 28th July 1830: trans, to Bridgeton,
( Jlasgow, 10th March 1837 ; trans, and acini.
25th June 1840. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Saltoun Free Church 1843; D.I)!
(Glasgow 1854); Professor of Theology in
the Free Church College, Aberdeen, May
1855; Professor of Theology, Free Church
College, Glasgow, May 1850; Principal of
the College 1857; Moderator of the Free
Church General Assembly 1 804 ; one of the
revisers of the Old Testament ; died 6th
Aug. 1874. He marr. (1) 27th March 1833,
Margaret (died 4th May 1837), daugh. of
Alexander Pitcairn, merchant, Edinburgh,
and had issue — John, born 22nd Jan. 1834,
died in Australia 1874 ; Alexander, born
7th Oct. 1836, died 21st May 1837 ; Mar
garet, born 27th April 1837, died 22nd
May 1837 : (2) 23rd July 1839, Mary (died
9th Dec. 1852), daugh. of Patrick Playfair,
merchant, Glasgow, and had issue —Patrick,
born 21st Sept. 1840, died at Demerara,
20th March 1910; Jane Jessie, born 27th
Sept. 1842, died 28th Sept, 1859; Thomas
Pitcairn, born 10th March 1848, died 3rd
Nov. 1877; Marian, born 9th Dec. 1852
(marr. Alexander Guthrie, merchant, Liver
pool, son of Thomas Guthrie, J ).I ).) : (3) 21st
Sept. 1801, Frances Eliza Turnbull, Eye-
mouth, who died 25th Jan. 1903, aged 85.
Publications — Tin'. Typolo/jt/ of Xrripture,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1845-7, and various
editions); Jonah, his Life, Character, and
Mission (1849); Etckiel mid the Jloolc of
liis Prophecy (Edinburgh, 1851): Opinion*
of Reformers regarding the Sabbath (Edin
burgh, 1X52); The Christian Ministr;/
(Edinburgh, .1.852); Proj>he<->/, its Nature,
Function, ami Interpretation (Edinburgh,
1850); Hermeneutical Jfanual (Edin
burgh, 1858); The Revelation of Law in
Scripture (Cunningham Lectures ; Edin
burgh, 1809); The Pastoral Epistle* of ,SV
Paid (Edinburgh, 1874); Pastoral T]teolo<ji/
(Edinburgh, 1875). He edited The Im
perial liilile Dk-tionar;/ (London, 1804-0,
2 vols.), contributing many important
articles, and for Clark's Biblical Cabinet
and Foreign Theol. Library he translated
in whole or in part several works from the
German — Hengstenberg's Commentary on
the Psalms and Commentary on the Revela
tion, etc. — [Disruption Worthies; Memoir
by James Doclds, prefixed to Pastoral
Theology; Di<-t. Nat. Jiioij., private in
formation.]
JAMES M'WATT, born Duns, 23rd
1843 June 1810, son of David M'\Y.,
writer, and Alice Purves ; educated
at Duns and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.,
B.D. ; licen. by Presb. of Duns 17th May
1841 ; pres. by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun,
and ord. 23rd Aug. 1843; died llth Feb.
1870. He marr. 6th Aug. 1845, Johanna
Purves, Ford, Northumberland (his cousin),
who died 28th Dec. 1880, and had issue
— Agnes, born 17th Jan. 1847, died un-
niarr. 24th Feb. 1902 ; David James, born
30th Nov. 1849, died 23rd Feb. 1856;
Alice Purves. born 1st May 1851, died
unmarr. : Johanna, died unmarr. 18th Sept.
1890.
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395
THOMAS XIXIAX DRUMMOXD,
,_ born 1 Itli -July 1853, son of Thomas
1 )., min. of Bolton ; educated at High
School, Edinburgh, and Univs. of Clasgow
and Edinburgh; liccn. by Presb. of Had-
dington Feb. 1870 ; assistant at Saltoun ;
ord. 15th .June 1870 : died unmarr. 7th
Aug. 1885.
T H ( ) M A S E L L I O T SIM P S O X
188g CLARKE, born Lochmaben, 14th
May 1800, son of .John ('., school
master, and Mary Simpson ; educated at
Lochmaben School and Clasgow I'niv. ;
M.A. (18S4), B.'J ). (1885) ; liccn. by Presb. of
Lochmaben May 1885; assistant at ('rail
ing; ord. 8th Dec. 1885; clerk of Presb.
Marr. J(»th March 18!) I, Jane (died llth
Nov. 1010), daugh. of Charles Melville, min.
of Maryculter, and had issue — John Elliot,
born Kith April 1893; Charles Melville,
born 2nd March 1807 ; Jessie Lillian, born
21st Jan. 1802. Publication — Joint author
of Uf<- of ] I! shop /liii'/irf (Cambridge. 10<>o).
TRANENT AND SKTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
of Tranent belonged to the Abbey of Holy-
roodhouse. Seton Church, dedicated to
the Holy Hood, and erected in the
thirteenth century, was made collegiate
by Ceorge, Lord Scton, 20th June 1493.
At later dates members of the family
made additions to the edifice, multiplied
its ornaments, increased its wealth, and
raised within it some sumptuous monu
ments. In 1544 the English invaders
desecrated the church, and after removing
the bells, organ, and other portable objects
to their ships, burnt the beautiful timber
wall within. The church was soon restored,
and during the commotions of the Reforma
tion had the good fortune to escape almost
uninjured. It remained perfect till the
troubles of 1715, when the Hanoverian
troops defaced the interior of the building,
broke the tombs, and tore up the pavement
in search of hidden treasures, and for the
lead that encased the bodies. While un
damaged, it was a handsome cruciform
structure with a central tower. The chapel
1562
1568
is now used as a mausoleum for the Wemyss
family. Seton was united to Tranent after
1580.]
JOHX SHARP, M.A., mentioned as
1561 in*11- 5^ April l^lj along with
Stephen Moffatt, sometime vicar of
the same (1'i'ot. /!/>-. Jo*. Xi<-olsoii, f. 7fxr).
THOMAS CRAXSTOrX, min. in 1502 :
was a member of Assembly 29th
.lune of that year, and in that of
•June 1500, "when Robert, Commendator
of Molyroodhouse, desired he might lie
transplanted, that his servitor, Alex. Foster,
might be planted." This the Assembly
refused on the urgent entreaty of the
parishioners. He died in Dec. 1508. He
marr. Katherine Creig, who survived him.
— [fiooke of the. Kirk, Calderwood's J/X.
/fist.]
ALKXAXDEU FORRKSTER, min. of
Jjiberton 1:)f!2> of Jedburgh 1500;
trans, and adm. Feb. 1508 ; pros, to
the vicarage by James VI. 2nd Dec. 1574,
Seton and Aberlady being also in his charge.
He was suspended by the Assembly of
Oct. 1581, "for baptising ane bairne in
ane privat house, against the good order
of the kirk," and ordered to make public
repentance in his own kirk. He deni.
15th Aug. 1507 in favour of his son
Andrew, min. of Corstorphine, who was
pres. by James VI. 27th Sept. ; the
Presb., however, refused collation ; died
before 27th Dec. 1507. He marr. 17th
Sept. 1504, Elizabeth Rothwell (A. «>/</ D.,
Lxxix., 38, 1579-80 ; Duiiftriidine Itei/ixtef),
and had issue — Andrew, above mentioned ;
David (A. ami D., Ixxvi., 307), apprenticed
8th April 1584 to Mark Ker, merchant,
Edinburgh. — [Key- A*xi<f.; Wadi-on* MlnceJI.
ntitl Jtioff.,!.', Uooke of t/tc AYr/r, C 'alder-
wood's I fist, and J/,S'. Hist.; M'Crie's JA7-
i'i'1/e, ii. ; Edinburgh Apprentice fte<j.]
1576 JAMES REID, reader.
1576 THOMAS RAITH, reader at Seton.
ARCHIBALD OSWALD, M.A. ; trans.
from Smailholm, and adm. (assistant)
14th Sept. 1500 : trans, to Pencait-
land 19th April 1598.
396
TRANENT AND SETON
[PEESB. OF
[AXDREW FORRESTER, son of
Alexander F., above mentioned ; min. of
Corstorphine ; pres. l>y -lames VI. 27th
-Sept. 1597. The 1'resb. (5th Oct.) find
"they cannot proceed to his collation and
admission because lie lacks ane license of
transportation ; and by dealing with his
father for the place is under danger of
ane Act of Assembly."]
JAMES GIBSOX, min. of Spott 1576,
1598 ()f Saltoun 1578, of Pencaitland
15H<) ; trans, and adm. J3th June
1598: pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
13th June following; died between 21st
•Inly and 6th Oct. 1602. He marr. Marion
Tait, who survived him, and had issue- -
Catherine. — [Calderwood's Ilixt. : M'( 'rie's
MelriUe, ii.]
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A., brother of
1602 W^li:uu W-> °f Bridgehouse, Riccar-
ton : ord. (but not settled) to Lenchars
1591 ; min. of Second Charge, St Andrews,
1593; of Glenluce 1599; Visitor of Xiths-
dale 1600 ; trans, and adm. 10th Dec. 1602 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 28th
Jan. 1603; coll. 9th May 1604. He was
one of the niins. who waited on His
Majesty at Haddington, 5th April 1603, on
his way to England. He signed a Protest
to Parliament, 1st July 1606, against the
introduction of Episcopacy, and was one
of eight ordered to confer with the King
in London. Having petitioned the Privy
Council of England, he was ordered to
remove to Lauder 1st May, and was con
fined in Sept. 1607 to his own parish, where
he died 25th Dec. 1617, "of grief at the
prospect of changes in the church." He
marr. Margaret Borthwick, who survived
him, and had issue — William ; Rebecca ;
Robert; George. — \Re<j. Assi'j. ; Row's,
( 'alderwood's, and Stevenson's 7//.>7x. ;
M'Crie's Melville, ii. ; Select JJio'j., i. ;
Jnq. Ret. de Tut., 15; MelvilPs Atttob.]
1614
ROBERT BALCAXQUHAL, eldest
sou °^ ^a'ter B., min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (31st July 1606) ;
mentioned as min. 8th July 1614 (Milne
I fame Papery, 193); pres. by James VI.
24th Jan. ; coll. (at Haddington), and inst.
March 1618 ; declined election as min. at
Edinburgh 5th Nov. 1620 ; suspended by
General Assembly in Aug. 1649; deprived
before 13th March 1650, for being "acces-
sorie to the I )ivisive supplies/'' He returned
in 1663. — [Craufurd's L'nir. ; Baillie's Lett.,
i. ; Calderwood's ll!*t., Peterkin's Record*;
titat. fiej)0)'ts, 1627; Jlan'nat>/)i.e, iii., and
Mat'fland. Mi.^el/., ii. ; Morrison's De<:,
xviii. : Art* Part., vii.]
WAF/rEI{ JJALCAXQrHAL, eldest
1651 s"n ot Preceding: M.A. (Edinburgh,
27th July 1609). From various
causes, he dem. about 165* and further
trace of him is lost.
THOMAS KlUKALDIE, M.A. : trans.
1658 from (<ilri^vath; called 18th Aug.
1657 ; adm. 1st April 1658 : deprived
Ki(i2: indulged at Dalserf (q.i\).~ [Wod-
row's Hist., i. ; Morrison's Dec., xviii. J
ROBERT BALCAXQ17HAL, M.A.,
1663 ;l^ove uiL-ntioned ; reponed by the
Bishop and Synod ; returned in
1663; died between 19th May and 15th
Sept, 1664, aged about 78. He marr. (1)
16th Feb. 1614, Jean, daugh. of Principal
Robert Rollock, and had issue — Walter (see
above); Robert, M.A., bapt. 28th April
1618; George, M.A., a preacher, born 1619,
died 8th Nov. 1658 (see his recently dis
covered tombstone at Tranent) : (2) Isobel,
daugh. of James Baron of Kinnaird, and
had issue— Margaret (marr. 1650, Sir Robert
Colt, advocate) ; Jean (marr. Thomas
Ramsay, min. of Foulden).— [Ediii. Guild
and R<-(i. (Man: and JJapt.), Tomlst. ;
Re'j. Old Der., ii. ; Craufurd's Univ.
EdinJ]
AXDREW BARCLAY, M.A. (St
1666 Andrews 1646); ord. to Lecropt,
22nd June 1652 ; pres. by George,
Earl of Winton : trans, and coll. 7th, and
inst. 28th Sept. 1666 ; died 1st Aug. 1671,
in 48th year. He marr. Katherine Couper,
who died 3rd May 1683, aged 59, and had
issue— George, bursar of the Presb. 26th
April 1683, and of the diocese of Dunblane
2nd Oct. 1688.— [Reg. Collat., Tombst.}
HADDINGTON]
TRANENT AND SETON
397
WILLIAM: MELDRUM, M.A.; trans.
from Auchterless; adm, 8th Aug.
1672: trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 1075.
1672
JAMES CUAIC, M.A.: trans, from
1676 Selkirk: a<lm. nth Oct. 1076:
deprived in 1081, having refused
the Test : afterwards min. of Canongate
and I )uddingston. — [Edin. (Joitiic. 7iV/-,
xxviii.]
JAMES GAUTSH011E, M.A. (Glasgow
1051) ; min. of Penningliame 1601:
trans, to Kilsyth 1006: trans, to
Cardross 1073: D.D. (Glasgow); trans,
and adm. about July 1083; dem. 1089:
died (date unknown), lie marr. (1) 6th
Aug. 1091, Jean Loekhart, widow of Gavin
Hamilton of Baploch : (2) 3rd July 1090,
.lanet Chcyuc, widow of Walter Macgill,
min. of Kilsyth. On 4th Dec. 1094, when
a member of Presb. went to preach at
Tranent, he found "great disturbance and
a rabble throwing stones at those assembled
to hear him." The pulpit was occupied by
Bernard M'Kenzie, and he had to conduct
both diets of worship in the kirkyard.—
\_EtHn. fry. (Marr.); J/.S. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
.JOHN MlTTEi:, M.A. (Kdinburgh,
17Q1 1.3th March. 1095); licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow 17th Aug. 1698 ; app.
by the Prcsb.y/'/r dcmluto, 24th Oct. 1700,
aftei' a twelve years' vacancy ; oi'd. 17th
April 1701 ; died 19th Jan. 1739, aged about
04. lie marr. Nov. 1701, Elizabeth, da ugh.
of George Whyte, plumber, Edinburgh,
who died 25th May 1772, and had issue
--Thomas, min. of Dumfries; Bobina. —
[Edni. Jtc'f. (J/'</v.), l\'odroi
1740
CHARLES CUNINGHAM, licen. by
Presb. of Uunbar Oth Aug. 1729 :
pres. by George II. 24th April 1739,
but not ord. till 25th Sept, 1740; died 4th
April 1793, in his 92nd year. He marr.
26th Dec. 1744, Jean Sherriff, Ormiston, who
died Oth April 1753, and had issue — Alex
ander, W.S., bom 8th Nov. 1745, died 23rd
Feb. 1827; Charles, born 10th May 1747.
It was in Cuningham's manse that Colonel
Gardiner died. — [Acts of At*., 1740: Mor-
ren's A ni/., i.]
HUGH CUXIXGHAM, nephew of pre-
ceding ; licen. by Presb. of Tiadding-
ton 2nd Oct. 1781 ; pres. by George
III., and ord. (assistant and successor) 15th
April 1784 ; died 20th July 1801, lie marr.
17th Nov. 1780, Janet Brown, of Preston-
kirk, who died 19th Aug. 1797, and had
issue — John Macpherson, min. of Kinglassie,
born Oth Sept. 1787 : liobert Brown, born
25th Jan. 1790. Publications — A Sli»,-t
/•J. >']>/(( nation <>f the Ten Commandments;
Xcrnion on tlte ])c<itlt <>f /i is Mother:
Account of the Parish (Sinclair s
Ace., x.).
1802
ANDltEW J511OWN, tutor in the family
of John Cadell of Cockenzie ; licen.
by Presb. of Haddington Gth July
1773 ; ord. 1st April 1777 chaplain to
the 21st Foot: trans, to Falkland 10th
June 1784 : D.I). (King's College, Aberdeen,
27th Nov. 1794): pres. by George III.
22nd I >ee. 1801 ; trans, and adm. 29th
April 1802; died 20th April 1805. He
marr. 13th Dec. 1788, Anne (died, without
issue, at Old Aberdeen, llth July 1810),
youngest daugh. of Professor Thomas
Gordon, King's College, Aberdeen. Publi
cation — Account of Falkland (Sinclair's
Sf'if. Ace., iv.).— [Toml>$t.~\
JOHN HEXDEUSON, born 1771, third
son of Andrew H., schoolmaster,
Methven ; educated at Glasgow
Univ.; M.A. (1793); licen. by Presb. of
Dunoon 27th March 1798 ; tutor in the
family of the Hon. Francis Charteris ; pres.
by George III. 30th July 1805; ord. Oth
March 1806 : died 4th Jan. 1850. He marr.
27th Aug. 1807, Grace (died at Leith, 14th
Oct. 1855), daugh. of Thomas Bell, Fen-
wick, Northumberland, and had issue -
Francis Charteris, surgeon H.E I.C.S.,
born 24th July 1808 ; Elizabeth Frances,
born 6th April 1810; Charles Murray,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 26th April 1812 ;
Christina, born 2nd April 1815; Mary
Margaret, born 9th. Sept. 1817, died 25th
398
March 1822. I'ul
f/tc. /a/'. /)/• I'i'i/iu
TRANENT AND SETON— YESTER
OF
Character <>/'
>f Prestonpans.
ROBERT STEWART, Keen, by Presb.
1850 °^ J^m^lu'nn : 1)1X'S- l>y the Crown,
and ord. 20th Sept. 'l*5o; died un-
marr. 2nd June 1*51.
WILLIAM (VESAR, born Tinwald, 13th
185C( Dec. 1824, son of William C. and
Agnes Cowan ; educated at Tinwald
and Torthorwald schools and Univ. of St
Andrews; Keen, by Presb. of Dumfries
1*17: assistant at Annan and Alloa; ord.
to Stockbridge (now St Bernard's) 12th
Sept. 1850; trans, and adm. 15th Jan.
1852; clerk to the Synod from 1875 to
1907; D.I). (St Andrews 1874): sometime
secretary of the Scottish Bible Society ;
died at liiggonhead, Tranent, 8th March
1912. He marr. 2oth July 1858, Eliza
Ainslie (died 1st Oct. 1914), daugh. of
James Burnet, Craigielaw, Longniddry,
and had issue — William James, C.A., Paris,
born Oth May 1859; Eliza Ainslie Burnet,
born 24th Xov. 1800; Frances, born 28th
Xov. 1804, died young; James Douglas,
born 13th Xov. 1800, died young; John
Alfred Charles, born 29th Sept. 1*72 ;
Agnes Cowan, born 15th Jan. 1802 (marr.
1889, Duncan Parlane, Edinburgh), died
1890; Charlotte Anderson, born 27th July
1803, died in infancy ; Lily Walton, born
9th May 1808 (marr. 1902, John Ferine,
Itiggonhead) ; Felicia Levoni IJose, born
31st March 1871. Publication— 77/e Gosjwl
of St, John : its Authorship and A-utlieiitiriii/
(Edinburgh, 1874; 2nd ed., 1877).
AXDltEW MIDDLEMAS HEWAT,
1904 born Perth, 17th Sept. 1872, son of
James H. and Helen Duncan : edu
cated at Perth Academy, Madras College,
Tniv. of St Andrews (M.A. 1893, B.I).
1896), and at Jena; Keen, by Presb. of
Perth May 1890 ; assistant at Muthill, Moni-
Jieth, Lady Tester's and St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
8th March 1904. Marr. 29th March 1900,
Daisy Constance, daugh. of John Cuthrie
and Margaret Purves, and has issue —
lionald, born 3rd June 1907 ; Doris, born
31st Oct. 1911.
YESTER, AXCIKXTIA ST
BATMAN'S.
[The church, dedicated in 1241 to St
Bathan, was imule collegiate by Sir William
de llaya of Lochenvoi'th and Tester, in
1420. It retained the name of St Bathan'.s
till about 1075. A church was built at
( lifford in 1 7o«.]
WILLIAM MAKCAUWELL, adm. 1st
May, having also charge of liara.—
[AVr/. M!n.-\
JOHX MOIMSOX. adm. 1st May,
having also charge of Carvald, 15ara,
and Morham : removed to Garvald
J570. [/•!,-,/. Assi'f., \Yodrow Ml^-ll.']
WALTE1! HAY, according to his own
statement, a younger son of William,
fifth Lord Hay of Tester ; mentioned
as min. in "1570. Judged by the Prcsb.,
18th Aug. 15*7, "unfit to be a min. ': : he was
deprived by the Commission of Assembly
alter 18th. (Jet. same year. To James Car-
michael, min. of Haddington, he said that
lie was " myndit aids to haue past to
France, and lykwayis schowis he mycht
liauc had ane presentation to ane great
benefyce in Orkney. Tit becaus he had
appeirance to succeed to his brother, and
nane betuix him bot ane infirme and
impotent barne be natour, thairfoir he
thocht bettir with advyss of freindis to
byd at hame in .Uathens to await that
occasioun.;; [This cannot have been the
case. William, sixth Lord Hay died
between 27th Feb. and 29th May 1591,
and was succeeded by his brother James,
seventh Lord Hay, in terms of a charter of
entail in which Walter Hay is not mentioned
(AV.v. Mmj. -V/f/.), and James had two sons :
J olm, eighth Lord Hay, first Earl of Tweed-
dale, and Sir William Hay of Linplum.]
He- was reponed by the Presb. of Edin
burgh, witli certification that '' git' afterward
he sal be slanderous, or offend in any
of the particular heids of accusation
that wer given in against him, or any
HADDIXGTON]
YESTER
399
heinous offence, he sal be depryvit from all
function in the kirk tliairafter in- jier-
pctuto/i-," to which lie agreed, and was re-
adni. 23rd March lf>89. Thereafter various
accusations were brought against him, and
old charges renewed — that he had "three
aikers of land in farm :; ; that he " pretended
to have a knowledge of medicine, and took
several sheep from a man for curing him ;
that he was " a maker of actjuavita: :; ; tliat
"he rode on a Lord's day afternoon to
Edinburgh to visit patients/'" etc., etc.
The Presb. "inhibit him the use of
medicines, that he may the better wait on
his bulk, and under the pain of deposition,
bid him buy acquavitio, and mak nane."
On 27th Aug. 1006, accusations of a
more serious nature were preferred, and on
3rd Sept. it was found "by uniforme con
sent that his appearance was not only
offensive and uncomlie, but also nnreverent,
disdainful, proud, boisterous, and sic as
appeirit to bewray his guiltiness.1'' He
was dep. 31st Dec. 1606 ; left the country,
and died before Aug. 1(509. He marr. 10th
May 1587, Margaret Sinclair, widow of
Thomas Hepburn, min. of Oldhamstocks,
and had issue — James, died before 9th
Xov. 1(503: Thomas, apprenticed Kith
Aug. 1009 to Andrew Scott, surgeon,
Edinburgh. — [Jjooke of the A' it'/,-, (Jalder-
wood's Hist. ; Wodrow's Mi&cell., ami
JJio'j., i. ; //at/ Charters.]
1613
JAMES MITCHELSON, born i:,s:,,
brother of John M. of Middleton ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1605) :
min. of Hassendea.ii 1(511 ; trans, and adm.
between 17th March and 27th Aug. 1613) ;
a member of Assembly 1618; died in July
162."). He marr. Eupham Borthwick, who
died in July 1627, and had issue — John:
Margaret; William; James. — [AV;/. Ast>i</. ;
Inq. Ret. Edin,, 997— ami (,'en., 3248.]
JAMES FLEMING, born 1590, son of
Bartholomew F., merchant, Edin
burgh ; M.A. (Edinl)urgh, 28th July
1610); pros, by J'ohn, 'Lord Tester, adm.
by John, Archbishop of St Andrews, and
inst. 30th Nov. 162"). He was a member of
Assembly 1638. He reported to the Presb.
(8th Aug. 1619) that while attending
1625
the execution of witches at Trail ent by
order of the General Assembly he "was
railed on and upbraided by some of the
town's people," who Avere afterwards appre
hended and rebuked. He was obliged to
flee, after the English entered the country,
and officiated for several months at New-
burn. He died 8th April 16.")3. He left
300 merks " for teaching poor scholars."
He marr. (1) (name unknown), and had
issue- -Janet (marr. James Forbes, min. of
Abercorn) : (2) Jean Livingston, cousin
of John L. of Ancrum, and had issue -
Robert, min. of ('ambushing; John;
James; Alexander; Jean ; Christian (marr.
John Sinclair, min. of Ormiston).— [,SVaf.
Reports, K527 : Act* of Ass., Rutherford's
and Baillie s Lett*., Lament's and Brodie's
Din, -/'ex, Livingston's Life and Chara<-.,
Stevenson's I list. : Jn</. Ret. (,'en., 3801 ;
M'L'rie's KHO.I-, ii. ; Fleming on Death »f
Kiity Wi/liam: Knox's Works, \i.]
LAURENCK CHAUTKRIS, M.A. ;
called 24th Sept. 1(5.">3 ; ord. and
inst. before a notary public 9th
Feb. 16.34 ; conforming to Episcopacy, lie
was coll. 17th Oct. 1662 ; dem. on appoint
ment as Professor of Divinity in the I'niv.
of Edinburgh Dec. 167."). [Min. of Dirle-
ton in 1688.]— [Wodrow's, Kirkton's, and
Pmrnets Hist*. ; I»q. Ret. den., 3943.]
[ PATRICK. GILLESP1E is mentioned
as "sometime minister" in the will
of Alexander Carmichael, who died
in July 1677, but this can only relate to a
temporary appointment during the absence
of Laurence Charteris. — Test. AV/.]
JOHN HAY, ord. and coll. before 3rd,
and inst. and adm. 10th Aug. 1(57(5 ;
dep. 29th July 1680; reponed 27th
Jan. 1681. He became min. of New
Monkland in 1689.
1676
1681
GEORGE STEPHEN, M.A. (Glasgow,
21st July 1673); licen. 28th Aug.
1(.-.,J . in.es 1)y JO}IH) j\iri Of Tweed-
dale, and inst, Oct. 1681; dem. "because
he would not take the Test " 29th Dec.
1681. Of his after career nothing is known.
— [Wodrow's /fist.]
400
YESTER
[PRERB. OF
1682
ROBERT MELDRUM, M.A. (Kdin-
burgh 1670,: adm. min. of Carvald
25th Xov. 1680; deprived for not
taking the Test ]6«1 : adm. and inst. to
this charge 31st Dec. L6S2 : died I Ith Dec.
169!), aged about 4(i. He marr. (1) Jean
Melvin, and had issue Jean : Elizal)Cth :
Jolm : Andrew : Robert : Tsobel : (2) IFelen
Young, wlio survived him.- [J/,s'. Ace. <>f
.!////., 168!).]
JAMKS CRAIG, M.A.: ord. 15th April
170 1 : trans, to Dun bar 26th Xov.
1701
1(18. -[Wodrow's Attnl.\
JAMKS \VITI 1KUSPOOX, born 1691 ;
educated at Edinburgh Univ.: M.A.
(22nd April 1709) : licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 27th Xov. 1716 : called 25th
Xov. 171!): ord. 20th March 1720: one of
His Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary 1 74 1 :
died 12th Aug. 175!). He marr. 21st Oct.
1720, Anne, daugh. of David Walker, min.
of Temple, and had issue -John, 1 ).!).,
LL.D., min. of Beithand of Paisley, President
of Princeton College, Xew Jersey, born 5th
Feb. 1723 (Rea. JJ<tj>f.\ died 15th Xov.
1794: David; Susan (marr. James French,
schoolmaster of the parish) ; Joseph, born
9th Feb. 1729: Margaret Ann, born 31st
Dec. 1.732. — [Tombst.; \Yitherspoon 's Work*,
i. : Steven's ///'/// Sc]io»l E<Uu. : "Rodger's
/•V». Serin., Carlyle's A-utob.']
JAMES IXXES, bapt. 26th June 1733,
176Q son of James I., min. of Mertoun :
licen. by Presb. of Earlston 6th Sept.
1757; asssistant to preceding; pres. by
John, Marquess of Tweeddale, and ord.
27th March 1760 ; declined election as min.
of the Free Presbyterian Meeting-house, or
Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow, 17th May 1781 :
died 3rd Feb. 1821. He marr. 9th Oct.
1767, Mary Hogg, Edinburgh, who died
19th Dec. 1813, and had issue — James, born
22nd July 1768, died 26th Sept. 1774;
William, min. of Stirling, born 31st March
1770; Jean, born 24th March 1772, died
10th April 1789; Christian, born 10th Feb.
1774, died 29th Oct. 1774 ; Anne, born 9th
April 1776 (marr. 13th Xov. 1794, Greville
Ewing, min. of Lady Glcnorchy's Chapel,
Edinburgh). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's St«t. Acc.} i.).
DAX1KL WILKIH, trans, from Stone-
1821 ]|()USe • Prcs- ^.V C.corgc, M^arquess of
Twec-ddale, and adm. 6tli Dec. 1«21 ;
trans, to New Grey friars, Edinburgh, 13th
Aug. 1829.
UOMKirr SMTTIT, trans, from I )reg-
1829 n<'ni '• V'cs. by the Commissioner
for (ieorge, Marquess of Tweeddale,
and adm. Ifith Oct. 1829: trans, to Old
M^acliar 23rd Sept. 1830.
DAVID IfOKXK, pres. by George,
1831 -^bu'quess of Tweeddale, and ord.
12th May 1«31 ; trans, to Corstor-
jihine 28th Nov. 1833.
• lOlfX THOMSOX, born 1809, eldest
1834 snn °^ •'(>nu ''1-- coachwriglit, Stirling ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow, tutor
in tlie family of the patron : licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 3rd July 18,32; pres. by
George, Marquess of Tweeddale, and ord.
17th April 18.34. .Joined the Free Church :
min. of Free Church, Tester, 18-13 : adm. to
Free St George's, Paisley, 13th June l^i:> :
D.D. (Glasgow 1872): died 6th Aug. isss!
He marr. 23rd Dec. 18.34, Margaret (died
12th Feb. 1879), daugh. of Alexander
Buchanan, St Xinians, and had issue —
John, born 25th Oct. 1^36, died 16th
Aug. 1873. Publications— S^fcrh /// ihe
/•'rec tii/>iotl of (r'/nxi/otf and At/r (Paisley,
1850) ; Account of the Parish (A>/" Stnt.
Arc., ii.)
SAMUEL KEl!i:,born Half Morton, 8th
1843 ^el)t- 180r)' son °^ r-^nomas K-> farmer,
and jNtary Milligan : educated at
Half M^orton School and Univ. of Edin
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan; pres.
by Earl of Dalhousie as commissioner for
M^arquess of Tweeddale; ord. 19th .Dec.
1843; died 15th Jan. 1878. He marr. (1)
13th Dec. 1847, Elizabeth (died 26th Feb.
1862), daugh. of Alexander Hogg, farmer,
Marvingston, Bolton, and had issue-
Thomas, M.A., LL.])., W.S., Edinburgh,
born 2nd Oct. 18 18 ; Isabella, born 5th July
1850, died 9th June 1852; Alexander, born
1st Feb. 1852, died 2nd July 1863: (2) 3rd
May 1865, Margaret, daugh. of Piobert
Bird, of Beechhill, Morham, and had issue—
Piobert Bird, M.A., LL.B., advocate, bar-
rister-at-law, British Columbia, born 21st
HADDINGTON]
YESTER
401
May 1867. Publication — Birthplace of Jol in
Knox.
JAMES NIBLOCK-[STUART], trans,
from Newark, Port - Glasgow, and
adm. 25th July 1878 ; trans, to St
James's, Dulwich, London, 4th Feb. 1886.
PETER HAY HUNTER, trans, from
6 Elie, and adm. 19th Aug. 1886 ; trans,
to St Andrew's, Edinburgh, 7th Feb.
1896.
1896
JOHN MUIR, born Lampits, Carnwath,
2nd Nov. 1870, son of John M. and
Agnes Struthers ; educated at Lib-
berton School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1889), B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 6th June 1892 ; assistant at Abbey
Parish, Edinburgh 1892-6 ; ord. 18th Aug.
1896. Marr. 15th Sept. 1908, Alice, sister
of John Fairley, min. of Larbert. Publi
cation— Gijford, 1750-1850, a lecture (Had-
dington, 1913).
VOL. I.
2 C
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBAR.
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, 1581. The Register commences
7th May 1652, and consists of nine volumes, with blanks, from 7th Oct. 1684 to 28th
Nov. 1694.]
BELHAVEN (Q.S.).
[Church built in 1838. Declared by the
General Assembly a charge quoad sacra,
29th May 1839 ; the building was occupied
by the Free Church from 1843 to 1850,
when the House of Lords adjudged it the
property of the Church of Scotland. Under
the Home Mission Committee the church
was reopened 22nd Aug. 1858; and the
parish was disjoined from Dunbar by the
Court of Teinds, 28th Jan. 1863.]
WILLIAM SORLEY, born Dunferm-
1840 ^ne' 1803' son °f James S., school
master, Liverpool, and Margaret,
daugh. of James Luke, Edinburgh ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. 14th
Aug. 1840. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Free Church, Selkirk, 1843 ; died
4th Oct. 1859. Marr. llth July 1849,
Anna (died 30th Jan. 1887), daugh. of
William Hamilton Ritchie, writer, Dunbar,
and Mary Simpson, and had issue — Mary
Simpson, born 2nd May 1851 ; James,
insurance director, London, born 15th Oct.
1853; William Ritchie, F.B.A., LL.D.,
Knightbridge Professor of Moral Phil,
Cambridge, born 4th Nov. 1855. Publi
cations — Our National Church (Edinburgh,
1833) ; Prospects and Perils of the Free
Church (Edinburgh, 1845) ; The Danger of
Uncertain Sound (Edinburgh, 1847).
[JAMES WILSON, served the Chapel of
1858 Belhaven as a probationer 1858-9 ;
called to St Quivox 5th Nov. 1859.]
ROBERT JAMES CRAIG, ord. 1st June
1860 1860; adm. first min. of the parish
1st April 1863; trans, to Mochrum
24th Sept. 1863.
DONALD M'CORQUODALE, ord.
1863 24t^ ^ec> 18G3 > trans- to Queen's
Park, Glasgow, 9th July 1868.
JAMES SYMINGTON, ord. 18th Feb.
1869 18G9 > trans- to Leadhills 25th July
1878.
JOHN OLIVER, M.A. ; ord. 28th Nov.
1878 18^8 ' trans- to Maryhill, Glasgow,
17th May 1888.
WILLIAM VEITCH, M.A. ; ord. 20th
1888 ^ePt- 1888; trans, to St Margaret's,
Edinburgh, 6th June 1911.
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART, adm.
1911 10th Aug. 1911; trans, to Erskine
9th Oct. 1913.
NORMAN MACLEOD, born Dundee,
igi4 9th Jan. 1873, son of Donald Mac
Leod, D.D., min. of St Columba's,
London ; educated at Totteridge Park,
London, George Watson's College, Edin
burgh, and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 5th May 1897;
assistant at Pollokshields ; ord. to Lossie-
mouth llth March 1903; trans, and adm.
7th Jan. 1914. Marr. 25th Sept. 1906,
Mary Campbell, daugh. of Peter Salmon
Faill, banker, Edinburgh, and has issue
—Mary Lyon Campbell, born 8th Nov.
1907.
PRESB. OF DUNBAR]
COCKBURNSPATH
403
COCKBURNSPATH, ANCIENTLY
COLBRANDSPETH.
[Originally a chapelry of Olclham-
stocks, which, with Abbey St Bathans
and part of Coldingham, embraced the
entire area of the parish prior to the
Reformation. Aldcambus was added
about 1610.]
1567 JOHN WALLACE, exhorter.
DAVID HUME, min. of Oldhamstocks,
had Cockburnspath under his charge
in 1574, with Thomas Harlaw as
reader.
JOHN LAUDEE, min. of Aldcambus in
1608 160^ > trans- anc^ a(ini. 1608 ; died
before 22nd May 1627. He marr.
(cont. 26th March 1612) Janet, sister of
George and James Paterson in Wester
Shiells (Refj, of Deeds, ccvi., 413). — \_Rey.
Sec. Siff., Booke of the Kirk, Calder-
wood's Hist., Arnot's Criminal Trials.]
1627
GEORGE SYDSERFF [SYDSEEF],
fourth son of William S. of Ruchlaw
and Eupham, daugh. of William
Hay of Bara (Hays of Linplum) ; M.A.
(Edinburgh 1616); formerly of Campvere,
to which he had been appointed in 1625 ;
pres. to Ayton by Charles I. 26th Jan.
1627, but did not enter; pres. to this
parish 22nd May same year- An Act of
Parliament was granted in his favour,
respecting the stipend, 28th Jan. 1633.
He was app. a member of the Court of
High Commission, 21st Oct. 1634, and was
deposed 7th Jan. 1639, for "contempt of
his Presb., declining the Assembly 1638,
erroneous doctrine, tyrannical conduct in
compelling his parishioners to conform to
the Articles of Perth, and appealing to
His Majesty/' who caused a letter to be
directed to the Presb. "inhibiting them
to admit onie person to the ministry
there, and commanding them to authorise
and repossess Mr George in his place,
at least not to hinder him to do onie
ministerial duty there." He marr. Mar
garet Hamilton (G, R. Sas., xlii., 268),
and Lad issue — Archibald, eldest (ibid.,
xliii., 481), apprentice to Matthew M'Kell,
apothecary, 24th April 1661 ; Eupham,
on Charity Roll, July 1680 (marr. Thomas
Row, writer) ; John, apprentice to Thomas
Fairholm, 25th March 1657, merchant,
Edinburgh (P. C. R., 3rd series, iv., 26, 4th
March 1673); William, writer in Edin
burgh (Berwick Sas., L, 371 ; P. C. R., 3rd
series, i., 697) ; Alexander, apprentice to
William Burnet, surgeon, 28th June 1665.
Sydserff was brother of Archibald S.,
merchant, Edinburgh, and was served heir
to John, son of John Sydserff of Quar-
rcllsyd. — \_Rey. Sec. Siy. ; Acts ParL, v.,
vii. ; M^aitland Miscell., ii. ; Wodrow JfSS.,
Baillie's Lett., Stevenson's Hist. ; Ing. Ret.
de Tut., 595 ; Demj)sterii Eccl. Hist.,
Si/dserff Family Tree, Edinburgh Appren
tice Reg.]
JAMES WRIGHT, M.A. ; regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. 4th Dec.
1640 ; pres. by Charles I. 15th Nov.
1641. He was obliged to leave the parish
from 23rd July 1650 to 12th Oct. 1651, in
consequence of Cromwell's army being in
the neighbourhood ; died 17th Nov. 1656,
aged about 50. — [Edin. Cottnc. Reg.,
Craufurd's Univ. Edin., Acts of Ass.,
Baillie's Lett.]
RICHARD CALLENDER, M.A. ; adm.
28th Oct. 1657 ; pres. by Charles II.
4th Oct. 1662; coll. 15th Jan. ]663;
trans, to Falkirk, where he succeeded his
uncle same year. — \_Rey. Sec. Siy. and
Collat. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5622.]
GEORGE POLLOK, M.A. (Glasgow
1644) ; min. of Abbey St Bathans
1650 ; pres. by Charles II. 4th June,
trans, and inst. 2nd Nov. 1663 ; died 17th
June 1671, aged about 47. He marr.
Euphan Sibbald, and had issue — Alex
ander, bursar of the Presb. 27th Nov.
1677. — [Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal.]
DAVID STIRLING of Branxton, M.A.,
formerly of Greyfriars, Edinburgh ;
pres. by Charles II. 29th June, and
coll. after 27th Sept. 1671 ; deprived in
1681 for refusing the Test. In 1689 he
became min. of Eyemouth. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.~]
1657
1663
1671
404
COCKBURNSPATH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN BARCLAY, brother of David B.,
min. of Kilmacolm, and nephew of
the Laird of Powrie Fotheringhame ;
educated at St Andrews ; M.A. (25th July
1671); min. of Edinburgh Castle 1680;
pres. by Charles II. 24th Jan., trans, and
adm. before April 1682; deprived by the
Privy Council 8th Sept. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and not praying for William and Mary.
He intruded at Foulis- Wester from 10th
March till end of Sept. 1695; took up his
abode in Edinburgh, where he was accused,
3rd April 1706, of celebrating irregular
marriages; died 6th April 1711, in 70th
year.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Min.-book Reg. Priv.
/Seal ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
168£
DAVID CLUNIE, M.A. (Glasgow, 18th
July 1672') '' ^ursar of Divinity 1673-6,
and a probationer at the first
meeting of Presbyterians after the Tolera
tion, 6th July 1687 ; ord. between 25th
July 1688 and 6th May 1690; a member
of Assemblies 1690, 1692; died 29th Nov.
1700, in his 48th year. He marr. Grisell
Thomson, who survived him, and had issue
—Christian ; Thomas ; Andrew. — [Wod-
row's Hist., (Jen. Ass., Tombst.]
HENRY SHAW, educated at the Univ.
of Glasgow, and at Leyden and
Utrecht ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbar
21st Jan. 1702; called 24th Feb., and ord.
14th May same year ; died 8th June 1746,
in his 67th year. He marr. 30th Dec.
1702, Helen Bishop, a member of a family
long connected with the district, who died
30th July 1755, and had issue— John ;
Helen. — [Tombst.]
[ALEXANDER CARLYLE, was pres.
by John Hay of Spott. He accepted,
and preached thrice before the con
gregation, but in Feb. 1747 withdrew his
acceptance on receiving the promise of
Inveresk. — AutobJ],
1746
GEORGE BELL, pres. by George II.
10th Nov. 1746.— [Privy Seal Eng.
Reg., viii., 394.]
DAVID SPENCE, descended from the
Spences of West Mains, Chirnside ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 8th Oct.
1746; called 19th Aug. 1747; ord. 23rd
June 1748; died 9th May 1789. He marr.
Mary Wauchope [or Bauchope], who died
26th Aug. 1789, and had issue— Elizabeth,
born 10th Feb. 1747, died unmarr. 10th
Jan. 1811; Margaret, born 21st Nov. 1748
(marr. 16th Dec. 1780, George Ramsay,
clothier, Haddington) ; John, born 17th
Dec. 1750, died 23rd Dec. 1756; Janet,
born 15th Dec. 1752, died 17th Jan. 1757 ;
Mary, born 24th June 1754, died 10th
April 1759 ; William, born 28th Aug. 1755 ;
Helen, born 28th March 1757, died 6th
Sept. 1759 ; Janet, born 15th March 1759,
died 2nd Aug. 1765; Andrew, his suc
cessor; David, writer, Melrose, born 23rd
April 1763 ; Susannah (a twin), born 23rd
April 1763, died 4th Aug. 1765.
ANDREW SPENCE, born
1761,
son of preceding; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 5th Dec. 1787 ; pres. by
George III., and ord. 3rd Sept. 1789 ; died
l()th March 1844. He marr. 12th May 1795,
Marion Sawers, and had issue — Helen,
born 30th June 1796; David, born 2nd
Sept, 1798, died 15th April 1799. Publi
cation — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xiii.).
1805
JAMES STIRLING, born Blainslie,
Lauderdale, son of James S. ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Selkirk 6th Aug. 1799; pres.
by George III. 14th Dec. 1804 ; ord. (assist
ant and successor) 18th April 1805 ; died
9th July 1830. He marr. (1) (name un
known), and had issue — John, born 16th
Feb. 1799 ; James Fletcher, born 22nd Aug.
1802 : (2) 21st Aug. 1807, Ann (died 22nd
May 1859), daugh. of Archibald Singers,
min. of Fala, and had issue — Margaret,
born 3rd Sept. 1808 ; Archibald, min. of
St Andrew's, Grenada, 1846, afterwards
missionary at Roslin, born 10th Sept.
1809, died 9th May 1882; Hew Singers,
born 15th Sept. 1814.
DUNBAR]
COCKBURNSPATH— ALDCAMBUS
405
1831
ANDREW BAIRD, born Eccles, 16th
Nov. 1800, second son of James B.,
min. of Swinton ; educated at Kelso
Grammar School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 28th April
1831. Joined the 'Free Church; min. of
Free Church, Cockburnspath and Oldham-
stocks, 1843 ; died unmarr. 22nd June
1845. One of the founders of the Plinian
Society, Edinburgh Univ., and of the
Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Publica
tions — Account of the Parish ; Geology and
Botany of the Parish of Innerwick (j^ew
Stat. Ace., ii.). — [Tornbst., Carr's Hist, of
Coldingharti ; Hist, of Berwickshire Nat.
Club, 1845 ; Memoir of Rev. John Eaird
(1862).]
WILLIAM PATERSON, born Colding-
1844 nam> 19th June 1810, son of Thomas
P. and Jane Young; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; Royal Bounty mis
sionary at Whiteness 1834 ; ord. 1835 ;
trans, to Whalsay 1843 ; trans, and adm.
28th Sept. 1844; died 8th Dec. 1871. He
marr. (1) 12th March 1840, Elizabeth,
daugh. of John Turnbull, min. of Tingwall,
who died without issue : (2) 14th Sept.
1843, Jessie Hay (died 15th Nov. 1892),
daugh. of William Spence, of Greenfield,
Shetland, and had issue — Jane Spence,
born 19th March 184G, died 7th Sept.
1897; Elizabeth Turnbull, born 2nd Feb.
1848, died 12th May 1849 ; Thomas George,
born 25th June 1850; William Gilbert
Spence, British Consul at Reykjavik, Ice
land, born 30th Aug. 1854, died 28th March
1898; Charles Edward, born 19th Jan.
1858 ; Jessie Margaret Catherine Philothea,
born 15th Nov. 1861.
JOHN M'GREGOR BUCHANAN, ord.
(assistant and successor) 13th Aug.
1863; trans, to Innerwick 22nd
April 1869.
JOSEPH HUNTER, born Newfield,
Caerlaverock, 7th May 1837, son of
William H., farmer, and Margaret
Henderson ; educated at Dumfries and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. ; assistant at
Kingarth, Bute, and Tolbooth, Edinburgh ;
ord. 16th Dec. 1869 ; died 22nd May 1906.
1863
1869
1905
Marr. 9th Sept. 1873, Jessie, daugh. of
Robert Thomson Brand, of Demerara and
London, and Elizabeth MacKenzie, Dum
fries, and had issue — Mabel Josephina,
born 27th Oct. 1881. Publication — Ed.
Christ the Corner Stone (Edinburgh, 1914).
GEORGE VICTOR DUNNETT, born
Lowick, Northumberland, 9th Dec.
1878, son of William D., M.A.,
min. of Scots Church, Lowick (afterwards
of Kilmarnock) ; educated at Edinburgh
Univ. ; M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903) ; Keen, by
Presb. of Irvine May 1903 ; assistant at
West Coates Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 5th Sept. 1905.
Marr. 20th April 1909, Jane, daugh. of
Robert Gibb Forrest, D.D., min. of West
Coates Parish, Edinburgh, and has issue — •
Robert Forrest, born llth May 1910;
George Victor, born 26th Dec. 1911, died
9th Jan. 1912.
ALDCAMBUS
[The church was dedicated to St Helen,
and previous to the Reformation belonged
to the Abbey of Coldingham. It was
united to Cockburnspath probably about
1610. A portion of St Helen's Chapel is
still standing, a little to the north of
what is probably the site of the village of
Aldcambus.]
1574 JOHN WOOD, reader.
DAVID HUME, removed from Oldham-
stocks ; trans, to Coldingham before
1580
1585. — [Reg. Assig.]
1586
1591
JAMES LAMBE, trans, from Olclham-
stocks ; pres. to the vicarage 20th
March, and trans, to Bolton in 1587.
— [Reg. Assig.]
ALEXANDER WATSON, schoolmaster
of Coldingham May 1590 ; adm.
1591 ; trans, to Coldingham after
22nd March 1593.— [Reg. Assig., Thom
son's Coldingham.}
THOMAS HEPBURN, min. of Old-
hamstocks ; took charge in 1593 ;
continued in 1594. — [Reg. Assig.;
Reg. of Deeds, xxxi.]
1593
406
ALDCAMBUS— DUNBAR
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER LUMSDEN, M.A. ;
adm. 1595; trans, to Tlutton before
1599.— [Reg. Assif/.]
THOMAS BONAR, M.A. ; adm. 1599;
159g trans, to Simprin in 160G. — [Reg.
Assi{/.]
JOHN LATTDER, adm. 1G07; trans, to
16Q7 Cockburnspath 1G08 (Reg. of Deeds,
cxcv., 220).
DUNBAR.
[Formerly a collegiate cliurch dedicated
to St Bey, a female saint of little fame,
who is said to have led an anchoretical life
on the Great Cumbrae, in the Firth of
Clyde. Founded by Patrick, ninth Earl of
Dunbar, in 1342, it was the first College
Kirk in Scotland. Its prebends were
Pinkerton, Heatherwick, or Belton, Whit-
tingehamc, Pensheil, Duns, Stenton, and
Spott.]
JOHN MANDERSTON, perhaps more
iseo P1>0Perly John Home, of the family
of Manderston ; was canon of the
collegiate church at the Reformation.
He was one of those appointed by the
Archbishop of St Andrews to attend the
court on the divorce sued for by Lady Jean
Gordon against James, Earl of Bothwell,
when Queen Mary was detained at Dunbar.
1563
GEORGE HOME, son of George Home
of Broxmouth, " parson of Pincarton,"
became " rector of Dunbar."
JASPER HOME of Lawfield, "rector
1563 of Dunbar."— [Miller's History]
ANDREW SIMSON, trans, from Dun
ning; adm. in 1564; pres. to the
parsonage by James VI. 31st Aug.
1568. He dem. before llth Sept. 1580, and
was trans, to Dalkeith before 1582. The
catastrophe known as the Lost Drave of
Dunbar occurred during his ministry here :
"A fearful judgment of God fell forth at
Dunbar about the year 1577, whereof I
was an eyewitness. My father, [A. S.] of
good memory, being minister thereof, when
going to the church, saw a thousand boats
setting their nets on the Sabbath. He
weeped, and feared that God would not
suffer such contempt. It being a most
calm day as ever was seen at that season —
at midnight, when they went forth to draw
their nets, the wind arose so fearfully that
it drowned eight score and ten boats, so
that there was reckoned in the coast side
fourteen score of widows " (Session Minutes).
— [Reg. Assig., Eooke of the Kirk ; Zurich
Lett., ii. ; Wodrow's Annal., Miscell., and
Bioy., i. ; Row's, Calderwood's, and Miller's
Hists. ; Archceol. Scot., iv. ; St Baldred of
the Bass, The Simsons.]
1576 WILLIAM KELLIE, reader.
1582
ALEXANDER HOME of Houndwood
and Fairnyside, son of George II. of
Broxmouth ; pres. by James VI. 13th
Sept. 1582 ; dem. previous to 21st May
1601 ; styled "parson of Pinkerton " in 1615;
died in Dec. 1623. He marr. (1) Feb. 1586,
Katherine Simson (died 1615), daugh. of his
predecessor) ; (2) Jean, sister of William
Home, who survived him (marr. (2)
Patrick Home of Law (&•'. R. Sas., xviii.,
100), and had issue — Alexander ; George. —
[Row's and Calderwood's Hists., Wodrow
MSS. ; Melvill's Autol., Miller's Hist.]
JAMES KELLIE, M.A. ; adm. (assistant
to preceding) 1st April 1589 ; trans,
to Whitekirk in 1592.
JAMES HOME, brother of George H.
15qq of Lawfield (Reg. of Deeds, ccccx.,
356) ; M.A. (St Andrews 1596) ; adm.
1st June 1599 ; pres. by James VI. 21st May
1601 ; he was summoned before the Court
of High Commission, 26th June 1620, for
not observing the holy days, nor celebrating
the Communion according to the directions
of the Perth Assembly ; died 1st Oct. 1634,
and was buried at Tynninghame. He marr.
(1) Mary Lauder, who died 5th May 1614 :
(2) (cont. llth April 1615) Elizabeth,
daugh. of William Learmonth of Hill (Reg.
of Deeds, ccccxvii., 434), who died about
1629 (ib.), and left issue — James, eldest (-4.
and D., cccclxxi., 312); William; Robert;
Henry; Isobel (marr. William Purves);
DUNBAR]
DUNBAR
407
Jean (A. and D., cccclxxvi., 253). — [Acts
ParL, x. ; Calderwood's and Miller's Hists.,
M'Crie's Andrew Melville.']
WILLIAM MAXWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1626) ; min. of Stow 1628 ; pres. by
Robert, Earl of Roxburghe, and adm.
24th May 1635 ; deprived by the Commission
of Assembly, 3rd Jan. 1639, for " erroneous
doctrine, meddling with the poor's box,
tyrannical behaviour to his parishioners, in
urging their conformity to the Articles of
Perth, declining both the Assembly and
Presb., and appealing to His Majesty."
He marr. 17th Jan. 1611, Catherine Weir,
and had issue — Jane ; Elizabeth ; James ;
David, died before 1664 ; John (P. C. Reg.,
i., 594). — [Edin. Reg. (Marr.), Wodrow
MSS., Baillie's Lett.; Miller's Hist.,
Peterkin's Records.]
ANDREW STEVENSON, born 29th
Oct. 1588 ; M.A. ; regent in Univ.
1639 of Edinburgh ; not having conformed
to the Articles of Perth, was one of those
whom the General Assembly, 1638, re
commended for the supply of vacancies ;
adm. 19th Dec. 1639 ; he was a member of
the Commissions of Assembly 1643-5 and
1647. During the occupation of the English
army in 1650 he found it necessary to
take shelter in Dundee ; died 13th Dec.
1664. He marr. (1) Agnes (died 20th Oct.
1634), daugh. of James Cathkin, bookseller
in Edinburgh, and had issue — Janet;
Agnes (marr. David Robertson, his assist
ant, afterwards min. of Lennel) ; James ;
Isobel ; Alexander ; Thomas ; Archibald,
M.D., physician to the King : (2) Bethia
Cathkin (died 26th March 1640), widow
of Cuthbert Millar, W.S. — [Craufurd's
Hist. Univ. Edin., Stevenson's and Miller's
Hists. ; Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ; Monteith's
Mort.]
DAVID ROBERTSON, M.A. ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th April
1644 1644 ; trans, to Polwarth in 1652.
1652
ROBERT LOCKHART, mentioned as
min. in 1652. He marr. Helen
Coupar (Reg. Mag. Sig.)
RICHARD WADDELL, M.A. ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 8th Sept.
1657 1657; trans, to Stenton 17th Sept.
1658.
1665
ANDREW WOOD, son of David W.,
min. of Edzell ; M.A. (St Andrews
1634) ; min. of Spott 1643 ; pres. by
William, Earl of Roxburghe, trans, and
inst. 28th Feb. 1665 ; became Bishop of
the Isles (holding his parish by a dispensa
tion) in 1675 and 1680; Bishop of Caith
ness, where he continued till the Revolution;
died at Dunbar in 1695, aged 76. — [Edin.
Guild Reg., Reg. Collat., Keith's Gatal.,
Miller's Hist,']
WILLIAM WALTERSON, ord. (assist
ant) before 24th Sept. 1678; last
1678 referred to as min. in 1680 ; min. of
Second Charge, Ayr, 1682.— [Reg. Collat.}
THOMAS WOOD, son or nephew of
Andrew W., min. in 1665 ; M.A.
(Edinburgh 1665) ; min. of Johnston,
Dumfriesshire, 1666 ; of Cockpen 1671 ;
trans, and inst. 28th Oct. 1681 ; died in
March 1718, aged about 73. He marr. 18th
July 1666, Marion Goodfellow. — [Edin.
Reg. (Marr.) ; Reg. Old Dec., i., ii. ; Hist.
of Gen. Ass., 1690 ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication, Miller's Hist.]
JAMES CLARK, M.A. ; ord. in the
1688 Meeting-house Before 25til Julv
1688 ; trans, to Innerwick in 1691.—
[Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690.]
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. ; trans, from
Yester; pres. by John, Duke of
Roxburghe, and adm. 26th Nov.
1718; trans, to Old Kirk Parish, Edin
burgh, 8th Feb. 1721.— [Miller's Hist.]
GEORGE LOGAN, M.A. ; trans, from
Sprouston; pres. by John, Duke of
Roxburghe, and adm. 24th Jan. 1722;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 15th
Nov. 1732. — [Wodrow's Anal., Chalmers's
Life of Ruddiman, Miller's Hist.]
408
DUNBAR
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER PYOT [PYOTT], prob-
1733 a^y son °^ James I3-) Montrose ;
educated at Marisclial College, Aber
deen ; M.A. (1714) ; schoolmaster of Ben-
liolme 1716 ; chaplain to John, Marquess of
Tweeddale ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 8th
Nov. 1722 ; ord. to Carriden 29th Oct. 1725 ;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe ; trans,
and adm. 24th Oct. 1 733 ; so great was
the opposition that on the day of induction
the church doors were found locked, and
entrance had to be effected by the vestry
window. He died 26th March 1765. Col.
Gardiner was his guest for two nights
immediately preceding the battle of Pres-
tonpans. Pyot was the subject of the
satirical Memoirs of Magopico, by Simon
Haliburton, chaplain to the 1st Foot. He
marr. (1) 17th June 1726, Eleanor (died
1st Aug. 1742), daugh. of Robert Steven
son, merchant, and had issue, who assumed
the name of Graham — Susan, born 1727
(marr. - - Robinson) ; Katherine, born
30th Dec. 1729 (marr. James Begbie,
surgeon, Haddington) ; Anna, born 10th
Dec. 1731 ; John, Deputy Governor of
Georgia, born 5th Nov. 1733; James, born
8th Feb. 1737 : (2) 3rd March 1752, Rebecca
Thomson. — [Carlyle's Aiitob., Miller's Hist.']
GEORGE BRUCE, born 1709, Rothie-
1766 mav> Banffshire ; educated at Parish
School and King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1724); schoolmaster of Forglen ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 4th June 1734 ;
ord. min. of a Presbyterian congregation,
Newcastle, 13th Aug. 1734 ; declined nomi
nation as min. at St James's Island, South
Carolina; adm. to Minto 6th Feb. 1745;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe ; trans,
and adm. 4th July 1766; died 8th May
1795. He bequeathed £100, the interest of
which was to be given to the schoolmaster
of Forglen, on condition that he read
portions of scripture "to the congregation
from the desk every Sabbath between the
second and third bells " : a similar sum was
left to the schoolmaster of Grange ; he
bequeathed £50 to the school at East
Barns. He marr. 8th Jan. 1750, Elizabeth
Hall, who died 16th Aug. 1770, and had
issue — George, born 22nd April 1752, died
1st Sept. 1768; Sarah, born 7th March
1755; Gilbert, born 24th Aug. 1756;
Thomas, born 9th March 1759, died 2nd
Dec. 1782. Publications — Personal Re-
li'jion, a Necessary Qualification in a
Minister of the Gospel, a sermon (New
castle, 1743); Account of the Parish (Sin
clair's Stat. Ace., v.). — [Miller's Hist.'}
PATRICK CARFRAE, bapt. 6th Jan.
1795 1742, son of John C., farmer, Carnie-
haugh, Garvald, and Mary Turnbull ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Haddington 5th March
1765; ord. to Morham 20th Nov. 1766;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe ; trans,
and adm. 16th Sept. 1795 ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 12th Oct. 1796); dem. 4th
Oct. 1820 ; retired to Bowerhouses, Dunbar,
where he died 5th March 1822. He marr.
Dec. 1769, Mary Sherriff, who died 27th
July 1807, and had issue — Jacky (a girl);
Isabella ; Francis ; Agnes ; Mary, died 12th
March 1812 ; and others, all of whom died
in early life ; John, General H.E.I. C.S., died
29th Aug. 1860; Jean (marr. 27th June
1792, Adam Dalmahoy, glover, Edinburgh).
Publications — A Letter to Scotia's Hard,
which elicited a reply (Burns's Works, iii.,
Wallace's edition) ; Account of Morham
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ii.). — [Somerville's
Life, Miller's Hist.]
JOHN JAFFRAY, born 1792, a native
of the Carse of Stirling ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 30th March
1814 ; assistant to preceding ; pres. by
Mary, Duchess-Dowager of Roxburghe ;
ord. 20th April 1821 ; died 13th Feb. 1862.
He held a high place as an agricultural
authority, and some improvements in
agricultural implements, as well as in the
cultivation of the soil, were due to his
suggestions. He marr. 17th Nov. 1824,
Isabella Lucas, of Stirling, who died 7th
Feb. 1873, and had issue — Isabella, bom
19th March 1827, died unmarr. 9th Feb.
1895 ; John, banker, Dunbar, born 26th
Aug. 1828, died 28th Jan. 1875; Thomas
Lucas, born 10th Dec. 1832, died llth
Aug. 1833; Janet Smart, born 13th May
1834, died unmarr. 10th Feb. 1907. Pub
lications — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace., ii.); "Account of an Experi-
D UNBAR]
DUNBAR— INNERWICK
409
ment in Deep Ploughing" (Trans. High
land Soc.~). — [Miller's Hist.]
EGBERT BUCHANAN, born Preston-
pans, 8th Aug. 1828, son of William
B., Excise officer, and Robina
M'Gregor ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; assistant at St Michael's, Dum
fries; ord. to Elie 12th May 1859; pres.
by James Henry, Duke of Roxburghe, 18th
Feb. 1862, and adm. 9th July same year;
died unmarr. 27th Jan. 1901.
WILLIAM BORLAND, born Townfoot,
iqol Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, 3rd Aug.
1867, son of William B., farmer,
and Catherine Martin, daugh. of Angus
M'Lean, Totarden, Bracadale, Isle of Skye ;
educated at Ayr Academy. Wallace Hall
Academy, Univ. of Edinburgh (MA. 1887,
B.I). 1890), Jena, and at Berlin ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1892 ; assistant
at Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, and St
Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Rosemount,
Aberdeen, 31st Jan. 1895 ; trans, and
ind. 17th May 1901 ; res. on appointment
as min. of Scots Kirk, Melbourne, 7th
Dec. 1912. Marr. 30th June 1898, Sophia
Frances, daugh. of Thomas Wilson and
Catherine Mary Helton, and has issue
—John Rudge, born 3rd May 1899;
William M'Lean, born 8th May 1900;
Francis Thomas, born 21st May 1901 ;
Catherine Mary Martin, born 12th May
1903; Sophie Isobel, born 9th June 1906;
Helen Jean, born 15th July 1909. Publica
tions — Rosemount Parish Church (Aberdeen,
1898) ; A Necessary Amendment of the Form
of Process (Edinburgh, 1906); editor of
Kikuyu News, 1908-9, and of In Far
Fields, 1909.
1913
JAMES KIRK, born Kirkford, Beath,
Fife, 4th May 1873, son of James
K. ; educated at Cowdenbeath
School, Dunfermline High School, and
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
MA. (St Andrews 1896); licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 1st May 1901 ; assistant
at New Greyfriars, Edinburgh ; ord. to
Forteviot 14th May 1903 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Old Machar, 2nd March 1910;
trans, and adm. 23rd April 1913. He marr.
21st April 1904, Elizabeth Mary, daugh. of
James Robert Mackay, and has issue —
Betty Mackay, born 17th March 1905.
INNERWICK.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Paisley.]
MICHAEL BONCLE, natural son
1567 (Laing Charters, 1200, 1221) of
William B., burgess of Dunbar,
mentioned as min. in 1567. He signed
the Articles drawn up by the Synod, and
presented by the superintendent to the
Assembly in March 1572; was pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 3rd July 1573,
and died "of great aige," 26th April 1590.
In his will he names his " natural son,
Thomas." William Boncle, common clerk
and burgess of Dunbar, and Thomas
Boncle, are mentioned as his brothers.—
\llefj. Min., Booke of the Kirk, Wodrow
Jfiscell., Calderwood's Hist.]
RICHARD OGIL of the Poppillhall
(Whittingehame) family of Ogils or
Ogles ; M.A. (Glasgow 1580) ; coll.
4th Oct. 1 592. He was summoned to appear
before the Privy Council 30th Oct. 1600
to answer "for sum impertinent aplica-
tiounes maid in his sermones " ; was a
member of Assembly 1602 ; died unmarr.
in March 1608, aged about 48. His
brother David was min. of Bara. — \_Booke
of the Kirk ; Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, ii. ;
Wodrow Biog., i.]
PATRICK HAMILTON, natural son of
Thomas, first Earl of Haddington ;
MA. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1603) ;
pres. by James VI. 2nd, and adm. 19th
May 1608. He signed the protestation for
the Liberties of the Kirk 25th June 1617 ;
was a member of the General Assembly
1638 ; died 29th Feb. 1640, in his 60th year.
He marr. (cont. 23rd Sept. 1608) Elspeth,
daugh. of Robert Glen of Inschkerie
(Reg. of Deeds, 172), and had issue — Archi
bald ; Elizabeth ; Alexander, apprenticed
12th Dec. 1627 to James Leslie, tailor,
Edinburgh (Edin. App. Reg.); James,
410
INNERWICK
[PHESB. OF
merchant, 1G31 (Jtey. of Deeds, cccclxxx.,
215). — [Caldenvood's and Stevenson's Ilists.,
Tombst. ; Bannatyne Miscell., ii.]
WILLIAM FORBES, brother of Henry
F., min. of Auklcarn (Reg. of Deeds,
Duric, ix.) ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1626-30 ; ord. to Tough
1634 ; pros, by the Commissioner for James
Maxwell of Innerwick, trans, and adm.
1st Oct. 1640; was taken ill at a meet
ing of Presb. ; returned home " verie sick,"
and died 1st May 1646. He marr. (name
unknown), and had issue —Margaret (Reg.
of Deeds, Durie, ix., 178). — [Tombst., Reg.
Old Dec.]
ARTHUR FORBES, M.A. ; trans, from
Pitsligo, and adm. 19th July 1646;
1646
trans, to Fraserburgh in 1652.
JOHN BAIRD [BAIRDIE], called to
1654 Kemback 20th March 1653, and to
this parish in May, and adm. 26th
Jan. 1654 ; deprived by the Acts of Parlia
ment llth June, and of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. [Afterwards min. at Paisley.]—
[Wodrow's Hist."]
JAMES WOOD, M.A. (Marischal Col
lege, Aberdeen, 1657) ; pres. by
Charles, Viscount Cranburn, and
inst. 31st Dec. 1662 ; seems to have
removed after llth March 1666.— [Reg.
1662
ALEXANDER FOULIS, M.A. (Edin-
1666 burgh, 19th July 1660); min. of
Carmichael in 1665 ; trans, and
adm. 5th July 1666 ; deprived by the
Privy Council 19th Sept. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
nor praying for William and Mary, nor
observing the Fast. He died in Ireland
in Nov. 1698, aged about 57. He marr.
13th Feb. 1677, Elizabeth, daugh. of George
Muschet, portioner of Auchtertyre, and had
issue — Henry, bapt. 22nd March 1679,
Episcopal min. at Dalkeith 1713-44, buried
31st Jan. 1748 ; Alexander, bapt. 22nd
March 1681.— [MS. Ace. of .Min., 1689;
The Scots Episcopal Innocence^
JAMES CLARK, M.A.; ord. 1691;
trans, to Dirleton 3rd Nov. 1697.—
1691 [Reg. Gen, Ass., Tombst]
HEW DARLING, a native of Gala-
1700 shiels, M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th July
1696); licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
29th Aug. 1699 ; called 2nd April, and ord.
7th Aug. 1700 ; died unmarr. at Edinburgh,
29th Sept. 1701, aged about 25. He had
two brothers in the ministry, Robert of
Ewes, and Andrew of Kinnoul, — [Edin.
Reg. (Bur.}.}
JAMES NISBET, M.A. ; ord. 15th
1703 Al>ril 1703; trans- to Olcl Kirk
Parish, Edinburgh, 19th Aug. 1713.
WILLIAM OGILVIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
30th Dec. 1706) ; ord. chaplain to
the 7th Dragoons in London 1712;
pres. by William Nisbet of Dirleton, and
adm. 26th Jan. 1715; died in Jan. 1729,
aged 40. He marr. Agnes Muirhead (sister
uterine of John Somerville of Barnhowrie :
Privy Seal E. R., ix., 97), and had issue —
Henrietta ; Anna (marr. Dougal Maclaurin,
painter, Canongate) ; Agnes (marr. Alex
ander Hogg). Publication — A Wonderful
and True Account of the Laird [Maxivell]
of CooVs Ghost (Edinburgh, 1808 ; Paisley,
1811 ; and frequently reprinted). The MS.
was found in Ogilvie's desk after his death,
and the story was long a subject of super
stitious belief.- — [Tombst., Wodrow's Anal.,
Law's Memorials.'}
DAVID SMITH, licen. by Presb. 24th
1729 Oct. 1727 ; pres. by William Nisbet
of Dirleton, and ord. 1st Oct. 1729;
died 16th Dec. 1780, in his 82nd year.
He marr. 12th March 1731, Janet (died
7th Jan. 1773), daugh. of William Hamilton,
D.D., Professor of Divinity, University of
Edinburgh, and had issue — William, born
21st July 1732, died 1st Feb. 1751 ; Mary,
born 25th Sept. 1734, died 22nd Dec. 1805 ;
Ann, born 14th Dec. 1741 ; Jean, born 25th
Jan. 1744, died 18th June 1770; Gavin,
born 27th Oct. 1745 ; Janet, born 19th Aug.
1747, died 25th Jan. 1798 ; David, born 2nd
July 1750, died in the East Indies, 1776.—
[Tombst.}
DUNBAR]
INNERWICK
411
JOHN HARVIE, third son of James II.,
farmer, parish of Dalserf ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1764) ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th March
1771 ; assistant to preceding ; called 8th
June, and ord. 23rd Aug. 1781 ; died 27th
Aug. 1816. He marr. 5th April 1782,
Rebecca (died 26th April 1838), daugh. of
William Sandilands of Barneyhill, and
had issue — Marion, born 3rd Feb. 1783 ;
James of Brownlee and Bowmanhurst, born
30th July 1784, died 29th Nov. 1849;
Janet, born 24th June 1786 (marr. James
Clason, min. of Dalziel) ; William, born
15th Sept. 1788, died 18th Feb. 1792;
Elizabeth, born 3rd June 1790 (marr.
Thomas Robertson, surgeon, R.N.) ;
Margaret, born 9th July 1793 ; Rev.
William, born 9th Feb. 1800, succeeded to
Brownlee. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., L). — [Tombst.]
DAVID LOGAN, pres. by William
17 Hamilton Nisbet of Dirleton, and
ord. 1st May 1817 ; trans, to Stenton
29th Aug. 1823.
ADAM FORMAN, born Carmunnock,
1794, son of Adam F., afterwards
min. of Kirkintilloch ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 10th June 1818 ; pres. by Mrs
Mary Hamilton Nisbet Ferguson of Bel-
haven and Dirleton, and ord. 29th April
1824. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
the Free Church, Innerwick, 1843 ; of the
Free Church, Leven, 1844 ; died 29th March
1865. He marr. (1) 17th July 1828, Margaret
(died 24th Feb. 1832), youngest daugh. of
George Hamilton, D.D., min. of Gladsmuir,
and had issue — Eliza Hamilton, born 29th
Nov. 1829 (marr. 1853, Robert Campbell,
banker, Edinburgh), died 8th Feb. 1887 : (2)
1st June 1838, Jane, daugh. of John Turnbull,
farmer, Eyemouth, and had issue — Adam,
born 20th Feb. 1840, died 3rd Oct. 1856;
John Turnbull, merchant, born 27th Feb.
1841, died 25th Oct. 1894 ; Catherine Mar
garet Martin, born llth June 1842, died
13th Aug. 1849 ; Robert Brodie, merchant,
Liverpool, born 17th Sept. 1844, died 1st
July 1914 ; Richard Henry, merchant,
born 9th Oct. 1846, died 15th May 1886;
1843
Catherine Margaret Martin, born 19th June
1850. Publication— The Common Salva
tion, with memorial sketch by Charles
Tulloch (London, 1866).
JAMES SMELL1E, born Lcsmahagow,
3rd April 1806, fourth son of Thomas
S., farmer, and Margaret Cross ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton ; ord. to Crossbill 14th
July 1841 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept. 1843 ;
died 30th Nov. 1868. He marr. 25th Feb.
1845, Agnes (died 14th Sept. 1855), daugh.
and co-heiress of Thomas Haig of West
Reston, Berwickshire, H.E.I.C. Naval
Service, and had issue — Thomas Haig,
born 13th Jan. 1846; James Wilson, born
6th April 1847 ; Herbert, born 18th Aug.
1848; Christina, born 17th April 1850;
George William, born 7th Aug. 1852.
JOHN M 'GREG OR BUCHANAN, born
Prestonpans, 1832, second son of
William B., Excise officer, and Robina
M'Gregor ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Cockburnspath 13th Aug. 1863;
trans, and adm. 22nd April 1869 ; died
unmarr. 3rd Feb. 1892.
1892
ROBERT GRAY, born Newton, Pencait-
land, 1st Sept. 1868, son of George
G. and Jessie Gray ; educated at
Tranent and Univ. of Edin. ; M.A. (1888),
B.D. (1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 15th May 1891 ; ord. 25th May 1892;
dep. 25th May 1906. Marr. 6th June 1900,
Mary Jane Carmichael, daugh. of Rev.
William Millar, and Elizabeth Bruce, Alloa,
and has issue — Robert Heberton, born 14th
Oct. 1901 ; Elizabeth Bruce, born 6th Feb.
1903.
1906
THOMAS WILLIAM GRANT
SUTHERLAND, born Falkland,
29th Oct. 1867, son of Thomas S.
and Catherine Murdoch ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1888), B.D. (1891) ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar-Fife 19th May
1891 ; ord. to Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh,
16th May 1894; trans, and adm. 15th
Nov. 1906. Marr. 3rd Aug. 1898, Eliza
beth, daugh. of Robert Cormack, farmer,
and Susan Murison, and has issue — Robert
Murison Murdoch, born 27th April 1901.
412
OLDHAMSTOCKS
[PKESB. OF
OLDHAMSTOCKS, OR
ALDHAMSTOCKS.
[The church was consecrated by Bishop
David de Bernham, 19th Oct. 1242. Its
chancel is a fine example of late Gothic —
probably fifteenth-century work.]
THOMAS HEPBURN, "parson of
1547 Aldhamstocks."
THOMAS HEPBURN, probably the
1562 a^ove> natural son of Sir Alex
ander H. of Whitsome, and brother
of Robert H., min. of Prestonkirk, was one
of those " thought apt and able to minister "
by the General Assembly 20th Dec.
1560. He was app. by the Assembly, 4th
July 1562, to preach in the unplanted
kirks of the Merse month about with
Patrick Cockburn and David Lindsay. In
1567 he requested the services of John Craig
(formerly of Holyrood House) in proclaim
ing Queen Mary's marriage with his relative
the Earl of Bothwell ; adm. Master of
Requests 17th May. Two days after the
marriage, in 1567, he received the famous
Casket Letters on behalf of Bothwell,
but was seized, and the casket and its
contents taken from him. On the escape
of Queen Mary from Lochleven, with
twenty men he attempted to take Dunbar
Castle, but was repulsed by the Earl of
Home's men. In Aug. 1568 he was for
feited and inhibited from pursuing his
ministry at Oldhamstocks, and on 24th
Oct. 1576 the Assembly dep. him for heresy,
he having taught that "no soul entereth
heaven until the last judgment." He was
min. again in 1578. — [Booke of the. Kirk;
Keith's, Row's, Calderwood's, and Laing's
Hists. ; Wodrow's MS. Bioy., ii. ; • Acts
Pad., iii.]
JOHN HEPBURN is mentioned as
1568 "Parson °f Aldhamstocks," 1568. —
[Miller's Dunbar.']
DAVID HUME, trans, from Foulden,
156g and adm. in May 1569. In 1574,
Cockburnspath and Aldcambus were
also under his care ; trans, to Aldcambus
in 1580.— [Reg. Min. and Assig., Booke of
the Kirk) Calderwood's MS. Hist. ; Wodrow
Misccll. and Bioy., ii. ; Melvill's Autob.]
ALEXANDER LAUDER, reader.—
1574 [Reg. Min.}
THOMAS HEPBURN, above men-
tioned, restored from forfeiture 1577 ;
reponed and returned ; died 7th
June 1585. He marr. Margaret Sinclair
(who marr. (2) 10th May 1587, Walter
Hay, Provost of St Bathans), and had issue
—Thomas, his successor ; James [Bona-
ventura], celebrated linguist, keeper of
Oriental books and manuscripts in the
Vatican Library, born 14th July 1573, died
at Venice 9th Oct. 1620 ; Alexander, died
1600 ; John, apprenticed to Robert Auch-
mowtie, surgeon, Edinburgh, 22nd July
1595 ; Patrick, apprenticed to Archibald
Mudie, apothecary, Edinburgh, 5th Aug.
1595 ; George, servitor to Mark, Lord
Newbattle (Edin. Inhib., ix., 249) ; Mar
garet ; Georgiana. — [Acts Parl., iii.; Inq.
Ret. Haddinyt., 10 ; see armorial stone in
church wall, " T. H. M. S., 1581."]
JAMES LAMB, reader at Tynninghame
1585 in 1576, and at North Berwick in
1578 ; trans, to Aldcambus before
1586.— [Reg. Assig.]
THOMAS HEPBURN, son of the above
1586 Thomas H. ; adm. 1586 ; had also
charge of Aldcambus in 1593 ; dep. by
the Synod, 2nd May 1599, for not submitting
to its authority in a case of disputed stipend
between him and John Lauder, min. of
Cockburnspath. Restored in 1601, and a
member of the Glasgow Assembly 1610;
died 9th April 1629. He marr. Margaret
Hepburn, and had issue — Alexander, regent
in the University of Edinburgh ; Joanna ;
Francis of Woolling, apprenticed 15th Jan.
1600 to Luke Wilson, skinner, Edin
burgh ; Thomas, apprenticed 15th May
1616 to Patrick Hepburn of Blackcastle,
apothecary ; Anne ; Margaret (marr., cont.
10th July 1621, Patrick Home, portioner of
West Reston : Milne Home Papers, 217) ;
John ; George. — [Reg. Sec. Siy., Booke of
the Kirk, Edin. Presb. and Test. Reg.;
Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Calderwood's Hist. ;
Inq. Ret. de Tut., 448.]
DUNBARj
OLDHAMSTOCKS
413
JOHN PATERSON of the Bannock-
burn family ; M.A. (Glasgow 1614) ;
min. of Denny in 1628 ; one of His
Majesty's Chaplains and Almoners in Scot
land ; pres. by Charles I. 21st April, trans.
and adm. in 1629 ; died before 22nd July
1642. He niarr. Margaret Murray, and
had issue — Katherine, bapt. 12th Nov. 1629
(Canongate Reg.), (marr. Sir Eoger Hog,
Lord Harcarse) ; Margaret (marr. her
father's successor). — [Reg. Sec. Sig., Inner-
wick Sess. and Test. Re<j.~\
THOMAS HEPBURN, M.A. (St And-
1642 rews 163^); m^n> °f Lennel 1641;
trans, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1642 ;
died 9th May 1671, aged about 55. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of his predecessor, who
survived him, and had issue — Patrick;
Barbara (marr. Sir Thomas Murray of
Glendoick, advocate); Katherine; Ann;
Isobel (marr., cont. 25th July 1688, William
Stewart, M.D. : Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 4th Feb.
1706) ; Elizabeth ; Mary ; Jean, bapt. 13th
Jan. 1654. — \Innerw. ties*., Test., and Edin.
Reg. (Bapt.); Inq. Ret. Bern'., 313— Had-
ding., 311— Gen., 5525, 5526.]
JOHN GIBSON, licen. by Presb. of
1672 Haddington 19th Oct. 1671 ; ord.
12th March 1672; deprived in 1690.
He marr. Margaret Anderson, and had issue
— John ; Anna ; David ; Margaret (marr.
28th Aug. 1704, William, son of David
Cumming, writer, Inverness). — [MS. Ace.
of Min,, 1689.]
1695
JOHN CURRIE, ord. 14th March 1695 ;
trans, to Haddington 23rd March
1704.
HARRY ROBERTSON, M.A. (Edin-
17Q6 burgh, 7th April 1675); called 13th
Dec. 1705; ord. 25th April 1706;
dem. 20th Oct. 1731 ; died unmarr. in
Edinburgh, 30th Nov. 1732, aged about
76.— [Test, and Edin. Reg. (Bur.).']
JOHN LUNDIE, born 1704, eldest son
of Archibald L., min. of Saltoun ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 18th April
1732; pres. by Lord Alexander Hay of
Lawfield, and ord. 19th July 1733; died
10th May 1786. He marr. (1) 16th Feb.
1741, Helen Lundie, who died 17th Dec.
1744, and had issue — Archibald, born 5th
Nov. 1741, died 26th Dec. 1747; Isabel,
born 5th March 1743 : (2) 7th Nov. 1751,
Helen (died 15th Jan. 1777), daugh. of John
Hepburn of Humble.
JOHN COCHRAN, licen. by Presb.
17 7 of Linlithgow 18th Dec. 1780; pres.
by Robert Hay of Lawfield, with
consent of his curators, and ord. 22nd
March 1787 ; died 22nd May 1796, in 46th
year. He marr. 19th Aug. 1789, Catherine
(died 1 5th March 1 828), daugh. of Alexander
Miller, farmer, Birnyknowes, and had issue
— Alexander, merchant, born 18th Aug.
1790, died in the Canary Islands ; Thomas,
born 13th Sept. 1792. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace., vii.). — \Tombst.~\
ROBERT MOORE, born Greenhall,
17g7 Blantyre, second son of John M.,
farmer, descended from the Mures
of Rowallan ; M.A. (Glasgow 1779) ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th Aug. 1788;
pres. by Robert Hunter of Thurston, and
ord. 6th April 1797 ; died at Shawburn,
near Hamilton, 22nd Aug. 1846, aged 86.
He marr. (1) 8th June 1797, Janet (died
29th Nov. 1803), daugh. of John Borland
of Woodside, Ayrshire, and had issue —
Margaret, born 23rd Aug. 1801 : (2) 23rd
Aug. 1805, Margaret (died 7th Jan. 1810),
daugh. of Daniel M'Queen, min. of Preston-
kirk, and had issue — Mary, born 6th June
1806, died 5th May 1824; John Wardrope,
M.D., born 8th Dec. 1807 ; Daniel M'Queen,
born llth July 1809: (3) 31st Dec. 1812,
Agnes Sleigh (died 4th March 1843) of
Thorntonloch, widow of Alexander Miller,
farmer, Palmerton. — [Tomlst.]
1843
THOMAS MITCHELL, born 1795,
youngest son of David M., farmer,
Capeldrae, Fife, and Margaret Low,
Wallsgreen ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 26th Sept.
1821 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 24th
Aug. 1843; died 25th Aug. 1875. He marr.
414
OLDHAMSTOCKS— PRESTONKIRK
[PRESB. OF
12th Nov. 1851, Jessie Lowe, only child of
John Warren and Jessie Fiddes, and widow
of James William Robertson, and had issue
• — Jessie Warren, born llth Aug. 1852 (marr.
28th Sept. 1875, John Stuart, W.S.) ; Mar
garet Jane Rose, born 19th Dec. 1854, died
28th Oct. 1875 ; Jemima Williamina, born
7th Jan. 1858.
WILLIAM MENZIES BUTTON, born
Glasgow, 13th May 1829, son of
Alexander H., supervisor of Excise,
and Isabella Forrester ; educated at St
Andrews Univ. ; M.A. (1847) ; Keen, by
Presb. of St Andrews 1850 ; ord. to
Cranshaws 23rd Sept. 1853; trans, and
adm. 23rd March 1876. Marr. 6th June
1855, Clara (died 21st April 1880), daugh.
of George Dickson, min. of Kilrenny, and
has issue — Janet Georgina, born 29th July
1857 (marr. William Fyfe Macintosh,
solicitor, Arbroath) ; Isabella Forrester,
born 22nd May 1859; Clara Wilhelmina,
born 29th Sept. 1861, died 22nd Oct. 1891 ;
Alexander, born 16th Dec. 1863, died 25th
Dec. 1888; George Dickson, M.A., B.Sc.,
min. of Bothkennar, born 21st Feb. 1865;
Margaret Elizabeth Dickson, born 3rd Feb.
1868 (marr. Bernard Ambrose Starling) ;
William Menzies, born 9th April 1870, died
12th Oct. 1899; Helen Caverhill, born 31st
May 1872.
JAMES BRYCE GORDON, born 4th
Jan. 1884, son of John G., min. of
Glasserton ; educated at High
School, Glasgow, and at Univs. of Glas
gow and St Andrews ; student missionary
at Strachur, Kilchoman (Islay), and
Strathyre ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
May 1911; assistant at Dean, Edinburgh;
ord. (assistant and successor) 1st July 1913.
PRESTONKIRK, FOKMEULY
PRESTONHAUGH.
[The church was dedicated to St Baldred,
and previous to the Reformation was known
as Hauch, Haugh, Halch, Preston, and
Linton. It was a prebend of the collegiate
church of Dunbar. Gavin Douglas, Bishop
of Dunkeld, was rector in 1492.]
1913
NICOL CRICHTON, "parson of
1553-9 Hauch."
1562
GEORGE HEPBURN, natural son of
Patrick H. of Waughton. On llth
Oct. 1548 he was presented by Queen
Mary, with consent of the Earl of Arran,
to the Chancellory of Brechin, vacant by
the death of Alexander Gavine, but the
Bishop refused to give him collation (Milne
Home Papers, 264). One of those " thought
apt and able to minister" by the first
Reformed General Assembly, 20th Dec.
1560. He got allowance from the Assembly,
1583, "to passe out of the countrie for
recoverie of his health," and died 21st Oct.
1585. — He left a widow (name unknown).
— [Jtooke of the Kirk, Keith's and Calder-
wood's Hints. ; Wodrow Jliscell., Test. Reg.~\
1576 DAVID HEPBURN, reader.
ROBERT HEPBURN of Furde, natural
son of Sir Alexander H. of Whitsome,
and brother of Thomas of Olclham-
stocks ; he was styled of Duntarvy,
Magdalens, and Foord (Scots Peerage, ii.,
145); app. 10th Jan. 1586; a member of
Assembly 1 587, and of several others ;
died 26th Oct. 1596. He marr. Elizabeth
Hepburn, who survived him, and marr. (2)
Walter Henderson, wright, Edinburgh (Pat.
Oliphant, Edin. Test.), and left two daughs.
— Elizabeth (marr. John Stewart, Sheriff of
Bute); Jean (marr. Walter Stewart of Kirk-
land : Keg. of Deeds, ccxx., 315, 1614).—
[Reg. Assiy. and Deeds, ii., xxxvi., xl. ;
JJooke of the Kirk, DalJeeith and Edin.
Presb. and Test. Reg., Calderwood's Hist.,
Melvill's Autob.]
JOHN FORREST, M.A. ; adm. colleague
2nd Oct. 1593; trans, to Humbie
1586
1593
21st Jan. 1595.
EDWARD HEPBURN, son of Edward
H. of Smeaton, second son of Sir
1597 Patrick H. of Waughton ; adm. min.
of Navar and Chancellor of the Diocese of
Brechin, 24th Feb. 1585 ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1588); trans, and adm. in 1597 ; a member
of Assembly 1602, and of several others ;
was nominated by the Assembly, 1606,
constant Moderator of Presb., who were
DUNBAR]
PRESTONKIRK
415
1619
charged by the Privy Council, 17th Jan.
1607, to receive him within twenty-four
hours after notice, under pain of rebellion.
He was a member of the Court of High
Commission 21st Dec. 1615, and died 28th
Aug. 1618, aged about 51. He marr. Agnes
Kamsay, who survived him (Reg. of Deeds,
ccclxi., 12th June 1623), and had issue —
Marion (marr. 24th May 1617, Christopher
Knowes, burgess of Dunbar, min. of
Coldingham) ; William, entered 26th May
1617 apprentice to John Fullerton ; Robert,
apprentice to John Bisset, merchant, 17th
June 1629 ; a daugh. marr. 16th Oct. 1625,
William Carnegie, merchant, burgess of
Edinburgh ; Margaret (marr., cont. 19th
and 21st April 1632 (Key. of Deeds,
cccclxxviii., 377) James Craw, jr., of Whit-
field). — {.Reg- Assiy. ; Haddingt . Prcsl.,
Pri>>. Counc., and Test. Reg. ; JJooke of the
Kirk, Calderwood's Hist.']
JOHN DALZELL, a descendant of John
D. of Knownoble, in the parish of
Shotts, Lanarkshire ; a cadet of the
Dalziels of that ilk ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
28th July 1610); on the exercise at Had-
dington 8th June 1614; schoolmaster at
Prestonpans ; pres. 1619 ; a member of
Assembly 1638, and of several others ; died
between 21st July 1669 and 25th Aug. 1669.
He marr. (1) 18th Feb. 1617, Elizabeth (died
Oct. 1656), daugh. of James Young, min.
of Tynninghame, and had issue — William ;
Robert of Knownoble ; Andrew (appren
ticed, 31st Jan. 1655, to John Foulis,
apothecary, Edinburgh), apothecary in
Wallingford, Berkshire ; Thomas ; a daugh.,
who marr. David Laing, called brother-
in-law by William, eldest son, 1664
(G. R. Sas., x., 179); two sons were
drowned in the Tyne, close to the manse
gate : (2) Margaret, daugh. of Andrew
Melvill of Garvock, widow of" Thomas
Maitland, min. of Garvakl (Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 8th Feb. 1666). John Dalzell,
according to Acts and Decreets, cccli., 190,
obtained presentation to the parsonage and
vicarage from Walter, Earl of Buccleuch,
on promise to pay 1000 merks to John
Clerk, M.A., who had the Earl's promise
of the benefice. — [Haddingt, Presb., Pres-
tonp., Innerw. and Tynningh. Sess., Test.
(Edin. and Haddingt.), and New Gen. Reg.
Sasines, iii., x. ; Ilannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Acts of Ass., Baillie's Lett., Stevenson's
Hist.; Inq. Ret. Gen., 355.]
JOHN DARNGAVEL, M.A. (Edin-
burgh 1655) ; min. of Southdean in
1667 ; trans, and coll. 24th March
1670; he was accused, 1st April following,
by Isabel Cruickshanks (before the kirk-
session of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh), of
immorality, and was probably dep. — [Edin.
JV. E. Sess. Reg., Reg. Coll at.]
GEORGE SHIELS [SHIELL], M.A.
(Edinburgh, 27th July 1663); min.
of Durisdeer in 1669; trans, and
coil. 22nd June 1671. For preaching
against popery in the Abbey Church of
Holyrood, llth April 1686, "declaring the
Pope was as little infallible as the Bishop
of the Isles, etc.," he was sharply reproved
at the Synod two days afterwards ; de
prived by the Privy Council, 29th Aug.
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary, but for James VII. — [Reg. Collat.,
Tynningh. tiess. Reg., Fountainhall's
Diary; M& Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1679
GILBERT RULE, M.D. ; indulged by
the Privy Council ; took charge of
a meeting-house at Linton Bridge,
East Linton, for a time. He became min.
of Old Grey friars, Edinburgh. — [Wodrow's
Hist., Calamy's Account, Grant's Hist.
Univ. Edin., Crichton's Life of Black-
adder]
JOHN HARVIE, was a min. at the first
meeting of Presbyterians in the
Synod after the Toleration, 6th July
1687 ; min. in 1690 ; died 12th Aug. 1691,
leaving John, his heir.— [S. Leith Sess. Reg. ;
Reg. Gen. Ass. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7216.]
JOHN FORREST, M.A. (Glasgow
1654); ord. to Tulliallan 1660;
1692 deprived 1662. He held conven
ticles, for which Bishop Leighton refused
to prosecute him ; was indulged at
Carmichael 1676 ; returned to Tulliallan
in 1690 ; trans, to Falkland 1691 ; trans.
416
PRESTONKIRK
[PRESB. OF
and adm. 14th April 1692 ; died probably
in Dec. 1704 (see Edin. Tests., 28th May
1705), aged about 67. He bequeathed £120
to his former charge at Tulliallan, "for
keeping poor scholars at the school.'' He
marr. Marion (died 3rd Dec. 1700), daugh.
of James Stevenson, merchant, Edinburgh,
and had issue — James, M.D., President of
the Royal College of Physicians. — [TullialL
Sess., Test., and Edin. Guild Reg.; Wod-
row's Anal.]
THOMAS FINDLAY, licen. by Presb.
of Chirnside 3rd Nov. 1698; ord. to
1702 Morhain 20th April 1699 ; trans, and
adm. 23rd Dec. 1702; died Nov. 1732.
He marr. 15th July 1699, Christian Camp
bell, and had issue— Hugh, served heir 1st
April 1734 (Canonf/ate Services) ; David,
made a considerable fortune in India ;
Robert of Drummore, Prestonpans, D.D.,
and min. of Inch; Margaret (marr. John
Stewart of Dalguise) ; Mary (marr. 1732,
Robert Chisholm, Collector of Cess for
Peeblesshire) ; Isobel (marr. John Clunie,
min. of Whitekirk); Ann (marr. March
1739, James Gilchrist, merchant, Edin
burgh). — [N. Berwick Sess. Reg.; Scots
Mag., xx.]
MATTHEW REID, pros, by Sir James
Dalrymple of New Hailes, Bart., and
1734 ord. 20th Nov. 1734; trans, to
Prestonpans 21st April 1768. — [Carlyle's
Autob.]
DANIEL M'QUEEN, born 24th May
1743, son of Daniel M., D.D., min. of
1768 St Giles, Edinburgh; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th June 1765; pres. by Sir
David Dalrymple of Hailes, Bart., and
ord. 17th Aug. 1768. In 1807 the heritors
opposed a claim for augmentation of stipend
on the ground that the Court of Teinds,
being merely a Commission of Parliament,
had no power to grant. The Court of
Session by a majority of ten to three
sustained the claim (3rd Feb. 1808), which
was affirmed, on appeal, by the House of
Lords 20th May following. M. died 18th
July 1808. He marr. (1) 7th Nov. 1768,
Elizabeth Lyon, who died 7th July 1773,
and had issue — Janet, born 16th June
1769, died 13th July 1770 ; Elizabeth, born
9th June 1770 (marr. William Wilkie,
merchant, Haddington) ; Janet, born 9th
Sept. 1771 : (2) 2nd Jan. 1775, Mary
Lothian, who died llth June 1815, and
had issue — Margaret, born 4th Oct. 1775
(marr. Robert Moore, min. of Oldham-
stocks); Warburton, born llth May 1777,
died 15th Feb. 1778 ; Mary, born 1st Aug.
1778 (marr. 27th Dec. 1805, Archibald
Dunlop, distiller, Linton) ; Andrew, Lieut. -
Col. 36th N.I., born 12th Dec. 1780, died
26th Sept. 1829 ; Daniel, born 12th Aug.
1782. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's titat. Ace., xi.). — [Connell on
Tithes.}
1809
JAMES THOMSON, born 1760, son of
Captain William T., and nephew of
rj;|lomas rp tj min> Of Dailly ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1776); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr llth Sept. 1782; ord.
to Girvan 18th March 1784; pres. by Miss
Christian Dalrymple of Hailes ; trans.
and adm. 1st June 1809; died 12th Jan.
1841. He marr. (1) 28th Nov. 1785, his
cousin, Margaret Hope (died 31st Dec.
1797), daugh. of Thomas Thomson, min.
of Dailly, and had issue— William, born
8th Oct. 1786, died 13th March 1793;
Margaret, born 29th Nov. 1788; Thomas,
merchant, Glasgow, born 22nd Jan. 1790,
died 9th June 1832; James, probationer,
M.A. (Glasgow 1815), born 8th March
1795, died 23rd Aug. 1823; Jane, born
31st Dec. 1797 : (2) 16th Dec. 1799, Eliza
beth Hamilton, who died 10th Jan. 1854,
and had issue— Elizabeth, born 5th Oct.
1800, died 12th Nov. 1810; John, his
successor; William, born 9th Jan. 1813.
Publication— Account of Girvan (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., xii.).— [Tombst.]
JOHN THOMSON, born 18th Oct. 1803,
son of preceding ; educated at Univ.
1831 of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 7th Dec. 1825; pres. by Miss
Christian Dalrymple of Hailes, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st April 1831.
Joined the Free Church; min. of East
Linton Free Church 1843 ; died 12th July
DUNBAR]
PRESTONKIRK— SPOTT
417
1889. He marr. 18th Sept. 1845, Eliza
beth Cunningham, who died 2nd Dec. 1896,
and had issue — James, born 13th Jan.
1848. Publication — Accounts of Preston-
kirk and of Spott (Neiv Stat. Ace., ii.).
JAMES PORTEOUS, born Edinburgh,
1802, son of John P. and Elizabeth
1 OAO p
Robertson ; educated at Univ. ot
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
30th July 1828; assistant at St Giles,
Edinburgh, and Prestonpans ; ord. to Ric-
carton, Ayr, 17th Aug. 1837; trans, and
adm. 27th Sept. 1843 ; died 16th Jan. 1876.
He marr. 26th April 1838, Jemima, daugh.
of Thomas Baxter, clergyman of the Church
of England, in Essex, widow of Captain
Thomas Donald, and had issue — Anne
Margaret Lindsay, born 29th Aug. 1839
(marr. James Tweedie, of Liverpool and
Bombay) ; James Lindsay Howieson
Herbert, M.D., born 4th Aug. 1842.
Publication — Account of the Parish of Ric-
carton (New Stat. Ace., vol. v.).
THOMAS STIRLING MARJORI-
BANKS, born Lochmaben, 15th
1876 April 1848, third son of Thomas
M., min. of Lochmaben, afterwards of
Stenton ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1867), B.D. (1871); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 15th Nov. 1871 ; ord. to Garvald
9th July 1872 ; trans, and adm. 7th June
1876. Publications — Introduction to Study
of St Paul (Edinburgh, 1876); Travel
Sketch es (Egypt — Gt -eece — Italy — A merica)
(Haddington, 1887).
SPOTT.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
was a prebend of the collegiate church of
Dunbar.]
JOHN HAMILTON, natural son of
James, first Earl of Arran ; Abbot
1559 of pais}ey 1525 . Bishop of Dunkeld
1546; Archbishop of St Andrews 1549.
He was taken prisoner at the capture of
Dumbarton Castle in 1571, and hanged at
VOL. I.
Stirling for complicity in the assassination
of the Regent Moray.
1567
JOHN KELLO, probably son of Bar
tholomew K., M.A., clerk of St
Andrews diocese, "by apostolical
authority notary public," Linlithgow ; was
one of those " thought apt and able to
minister," by the General Assembly,
20th Dec. 1560. On the morning of Sun
day, 24th Sept. 1570, he strangled his wife
(Margaret, daugh. of Henry Thomson, a
Linlithgow tanner), going into the church
immediately after and conducting service
as usual. No suspicion attached to him
till Simson of Dunbar reminded him of a
dream which Kello had narrated to the
latter some weeks before : "Ye are, I fear,
the author yourself of this cruel murder/'
said he. After a time Kello made con
fession, "persuaidit that God spak"
through Simson. No account of the trial
has been preserved, but the following is
the official record of the sentence, under
date 4th Oct. 1570: "For the quhilk he
was adjugeit and dome pronuncit, to be
hanged to the deid, and thaireftir his body
to be cassin in ane fyre, and brint in assis ;
and his gudis and gear to be confiscat, etc.,:;
which was carried into effect the same day.
He left four children : Bartholomew, parson
of Willingale Spayne, Essex (marr. Esther
Inglis, and had issue — Esther (marr., cont.
loth May 1618, James Crichton of Halker-
stone Crofts : G. R. Inhib., 14th Aug. 1622)
[A Treatise on "Preparation to the Holy
Supper, with a Catechism for intending
Communicants," translated from the French
[by B. K.], neatly written by Esther Inglis,
who states that the translator was her
husband, is in the Laing Collection, Edin
burgh University]; Elizabeth, died be
tween 1627 and 1629 ; Mary (Reg. of Deeds,
ccccxxxviii., 368) ; Barbara. Publication —
The'Confessioun of Mr Johnne Kello, Min.
of Spott, togidder with his Erneist Repent
ance maid upon the Scaffold, lefoir his
Suffering (Edinburgh : R. Lekpreuik,
1570).— [Keith's and Calderwood's Ilists.,
Eooke of the Kirk, Bannatyne's Journal,
Pitcairn's Cr. Trials, Lament's Diary,
Miller's Hist, of Dunbar, Roughead's
2 D
418
SPOTT
[PRESB. OF
Twelve Scots Trials,, Jean Lang's North and
South of Tweed.']
1574
1577
JOHN MELVILL, son of Richard M.
of Baldowy, min. of Maryton ; min.
of Crail 15GO ; adm. 1574. He marr.
(cont. 17th June 1575) Margaret, slater
of Alexander Boyd of Petkyndie. — [Rey.
Assiy., Wodrow Miscell., Ind. Reg. of Deeds.]
JAMES GIBSON, min. in 1576; trans.
1576 to Saltoun 1577.— [Key. Assiy. ~\
PATRICK SIMSON, M.A. ; adm. in
1577, when Aldhame and the Bass
were also under his care ; trans, to
Cramond 1582. — [Row's and Calderwood's
llists. ; Wodrow's Anal, and MS. 11 toy.,
iv. ; Select Eioy., i.]
CUTHBERT BOXCLE, pres. to the
vicarage of Whitekirk by James
VI. 3rd May 1580 ; trans, and adm.
about 1585; died 20th Jan. 1592. He
marr. 20th April 1585, Katherine, daugh.
of Alexander Gullane, portioner of East-
barns, who survived him. — [Rey. Assiy.;
Test, and Rey. Deeds, xxxvi. ; Calder
wood's Hist.]
NICOL SUDDIE, formerly of Stenton,
mentioned as min. in 1593. — [Reg.
Assiy.']
ALEXANDER HOME, mentioned as
"parson of Spott " in 1596. He
marr. Janet Hamilton (Milne
Home Papers, 258).
CHRISTOPHER KNOWES of Swyne-
1618 wo°d> ^I-A. ; min. in 1618; trans,
to Coldingham in 1622.— [Inq. Ret.
Gen., 777.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, second son of
1627 Robert S. of Longforniacus ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 27th July 1616); adm.
1627; still min. llth April 1641; date of
death unknown. He marr. Marion Stewart,
to whom he gave a liferent of 300 merks
out of the lands of Muirtown, and had
issue — Archibald, apprenticed to James
Ker, skinner, Edinburgh, 21st Jan. 1657 ;
James, apprenticed to William Sinclair,
merchant, 26th Sept. 1649; Robert, his
1593
successor, 1665. — [Douglas's Baronaye,
Innerwiclc Sess. Rey.]
WILLIAM DOUGLAS of Stoneypath,
brother of Sir Archibald D. of
Whittingehame ; a decreet arbitral
between him and John Sinclair anent the
Kirk of Spott was given in Douglas's
favour 8th July 1641 (Rey. of Deeds, dxxx.) ;
died 1642. He marr. Elizabeth Cranstoun,
who survived him, and had issue — Isobel
(marr. Arthur Douglas, afterwards of
Whittingehame).
ANDREW WOOD, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
1643 -Archibald Douglas of Spott, and
adm. 7th Aug. 1643 ; trans, to Dun-
bar 1665. —[Keith's Catal. ; Chambers's
Ann., ii.]
1665
ROBERT SINCLAIR, M.A. ; ord. and
coll. 9th June, and inst. 4th Sept.
1665 ; trans, to Dirleton in 1683.—
[Reg. Collat., Tynninyh, and Whittinyeli.
Sess. Rey.]
1683
ARCHIBALD BUCHAN, M.A. (Edin
burgh 1670) ; ord. to Queensferry
26th Sept. 1682; pres. by William
Murray of Spott, trans, and inst. 21st
Aug. 1683. On 27th Jan. 1689 he was
roughly treated by some of his parishioners,
who early in the morning carried him in
a half-naked condition into church, and
dared him to officiate any longer as min. of
the parish ; deprived by the Privy Council
10th Sept, 1689, for not reading the Pro
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
William and Mary ; died soon after. He
marr. Margaret Mowbray, who survived
him (Treas. Sed. Bk., 9th Aug. 1697).—
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Sinclair's Stat.
Ace.}
ANDREW BROWN, M.A. (Glasgow,
1693 27th July 1676); ord. 19th April
1693; died 20th March 1726, in
his 65th year. He marr. 12th Dec. 1693
Isobel Chalmer (died 7th May 1712, aged
51), descended from the family of Gadgirth,
and had issue — Andrew ; Giles ; Clara ;
Robert ; Jean (marr. the succeeding in
cumbent). — Tombst., Sinclair's Stat. Ace.]
DUN BAR]
SPOTT
419
WILLIAM ORE, M.A. (Glasgow, 3rd
May 1714) ; chaplain to Sir William
1>726 Baillie of Lamington ; licen. by
Presb. of Biggar 24th Oct. 1723 ; pres. by
Lord Alexander Hay of Lawfield, and ord.
23rd Nov. 1726 ; died 5tli May 1769, in his
75th year. He marr. 29th Jan. 1731, Jean
(died 30th Oct. 1772, in her 72nd year),
youngest daugli. of his predecessor, and
had issue — Andrew, born 31st May 1742 ;
Katherine, born 20th Nov. 1731 (marr.
James Maxwell of Brediland) ; Isabel,
born 21st Nov. 1738 (marr. George Goldie,
min. of Athelstaneford) ; Mary, born 28th
Sept. 1743 (marr. her father's successor) ;
John ; Margaret. — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM CROMBIE, M.A. (St
Andrews, 1753) ; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 16th Oct. 1759 ; ord. min.
of the Presbyterian congregation at Wis-
bech, Cambridgeshire, 5th Aug. 1761 ;
trans, to Kirkcudbright 6th March 1765 ;
pres. by William Hay of Lawfield, trans.
and adm. 6th Dec. 1769 ; died 6th Jan.
1789. He marr. (1) 7th June 1765, Mary
(died 1773), daugh. of his predecessor, and
had issue — William, born 10th March 1766 ;
Francis, born 21st Feb. 1768; Elizabeth,
born 12th July 1770 ; Jean, born 9th Jan.
1773 ; Mary (a twin), born 9th Jan. 1773
(marr. Andrew Johnston, min. of Saltoun) :
(2) 25th April 1776, Christina Wilson, who
died 7th July 1783. Publication — The
Soul's Perpetual Progress towards Perfec
tion (Edinburgh, 1768).
JOHN MARTIN, licen. by Presb. of
7 Caithness 5th April 1763; ord. to
Mertoun 28th Sept. 1768; pres. by
Robert Hay of Lawfield and his curators,
trans, and adm. 4th March 1790 ; died
29th Sept, 1798. He marr. 20th June 1775,
Elizabeth Scott, who died 28th April 1787,
and had issue— Alexander, born 30th Aug.
1776 ; Grisell, born 21st Dec. 1777 ; William,
born 28th Aug. 1779; George, born llth
April 1781, died 10th May 1796. Publica
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace., v.).— [Somerville's Life.]
ALEXANDER GRAHAM, born 1772,
son of Alexander G., Anston, Dun-
syre ; tutor in the family of Captain
Francis Walker, Tanderlane ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 5th Jan. 1796 ; pres. by Robert
Hay of Lawfield, and ord. 22nd Aug. 1799 ;
died 5th June 1836. He marr. 1st March
1802, Janet Edington, who died at Edin
burgh 26th Oct. 1843, and had issue —
Alexander, born 5th Dec. 1802, lost at sea
in H.M.S. Ariel, Nov. 1828 ; Margaret
Aitken, born 9th Feb. 1804, died 29th Jan.
1815 ; James, born 5th May 1805 ; John,
born 11 tli Nov. 1806, died 24th Feb. 1835 ;
George, born 21st July 1808; Agnes, born
5th Nov. 1809 ; William Hay, born 4th
July 1811, died 30th May 1813; Catherine
Hay, born 9th Nov. 1813; William Hay
and Margaret Aitken (twins), born 19th
Sept. 1815 ; Robert Hay, born 30th July
1817, died 7th Sept. 1832; Jean, born 5th
May 1819, died 17th Aug. 1832; Elizabeth
Hay, born 9th July 1820; Janet Thomson,
born 23rd May 1822. — [Dunsi/re Sess. Rey.,
Tombst.]
1836
ROBERT BURNS THOMSON, born
1804, son of Capt. Andrew T., R.N.,
who had served under Nelson, and
Barbara Hamilton of Kinnegar, Lanark
shire ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; assistant
at Inveresk ; pres. by James Sprot of
Spott, and ord. 29th Dec. 1836 ; died 31st
Jan. 1880. He marr. (1) 1835, Catherine
Campbell, Lochhead, Argyllshire (died
1 836), and had issue — Catherine Dalrymple,
died 5th Oct. 1854: (2) llth Nov. 1840,
Williamina Gillon, Liverpool, who died
16th Sept. 1875, and had issue — Charlotte,
born 16th Sept. 1841 (marr. John Gray,
surgeon R.N.) ; Barbara Jane Hamilton,
born 23rd May 1846 (marr. 14th April 1868,
David Strong, D.D., min. of Hillhead, Glas
gow) ; Eliza Scott, born 7th Feb. 1849 (marr.
24th June 1868, John Walker Macintyre,
min. of Kilmonivaig) ; Robert, born 4th Aug.
1851, died 26th Feb. 1861; Williamina
Catherine Clerk, born 25th Oct. 1853.
Publication — The Established Church of
Scotland the Truly Free Church (Edin-
420
SPOTT— STENTON
[PRESB. OF
burgh, 1843) ; Sermon IV. (Church of Scot
land Pulpit, ii.).
DUNCAN STEWART, born Bruachear,
1880 Strathtummel, Blair Athole, 12th
June 1828, son of Hugh S., farmer,
Blairfettie, Struan, Perthshire, and Cathe
rine Fraser ; educated at St Andrews Univ. ;
B.A. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 1858;
missionary at Carronshore 1858 ; ord. to
Inverness (Third Charge) 2Gth June I860;
trans, to Golspie 20th March 1802; trans,
to Dornoch 19th June 18GG ; trans, to Elgin
1st Aug. 1873 ; trans, and adm. 19th Aug.
1880; D.D. (St Andrews 1883); died 21st
Aug. 1888. He tnarr. 3rd June 1863, Mary
Jane Watson, daugh. of George Michie,
merchant, Glasgow and Trinidad, and had
issue — Hugh George ; James Allan ; Mary
Jane. Publications — The Child's Cate
chism ; A Concise Hebrew Grammar
(Edinburgh, 1872) ; Handbook of Deductive
Logic.
LOTHIAN GRAY, born Edinburgh, 28th
1889 Sept. Ig59j son of William G. and
Janet Lothian ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1885); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1885 ; assistant
at St Bernard's, Edinburgh; ord. 31st
Jan. 1889; clerk of Presb. 1908. Marr.
12th June 1895, Jane Houstoun, daugh. of
David Scott, M.D., and Christina Mac-
pherson, and has issue — Christian Isabel,
born 3rd April 1896 ; Jane Houstoun, born
29th May 1898 ; Lothian, born 22nd March
1901.
STENTON, FOUMERLY PITCOKS.
[Previous to the Reformation, Pitcoks
or Hanus was a prebend of the collegiate
church of Dunbar. The church was re
moved to its present position in the
village of Stenton about 1561. The Rood
Well is in the neighbourhood.]
PATRICK COCKBURN,
1560 Haddington 1560.
trans, to
THOMAS DAILL [DALL], "callit fra
Papistry to the true professioun of
the Gospel " ; adm. exhorter at
Candlemas 1568; reader, 1574-6; died 19th
Feb. 1586.— [Reg. Min. and Assig., Test.
Reg., Booke of the Kirk, Wodroiv MiscelL,
Calderwood's Hist.]
NICOL SUDDIE [SUTTIE], reader at
1COO Abbey St Bathans in 1574, and at
loots r .
Cranshaws in 1576-80 ; reader here
in 1588 ; trans, to Spott about 1593. — [Reg.
Assig., Wodrow MiscelL]
JAMES LAUDER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1593 12th Aug. 1591); adm. 30th Oct.
1594 ; continued in 1597.
PATRICK CARKETTILL, M.A. ; trans.
15gg from Soutra, and adm. before 12th
Sept. 1599 ; trans, to Keith-Humbie
in 1602.— [Hey. Assig]
WILLIAM CARKETTILL, probably
1606 son °^ Prece<ling, M.A. (Edinburgh,
29th July 1603), "to quhose entrie
the Presb. had no eyelast [fault] saiff
onlye thay thocht him over young in
yeirs " ; adm. after 22nd Feb. 1606 ; still
min. in 1608. — [Randall's Tracts on
Patronage.]
JAMES DALRYMPLE, mentioned as
1612 min. about 1612 (Reg. of Deeds,
ccciii., 281); died leaving a widow
and children, one of whom, James, entered
the fourth class of Philosophy in the
University of Glasgow, session 1642-3 ;
Presb. bursar in 1645, and graduated in
1646. He had a daugh. Mary (G. R.
Inhib., 23rd Dec. 1636). — [Mun. Univ.
Glasg.]
PATRICK CUIKE [COOK], M.A. (St
1631 Andrews 1627) ; got a testimonial
of his sufficiency for the ministry
from Presb. of Haddington 9th Nov.
1630, and was adm. in the following year ;
died 31st Dec. 1635, aged about 39. He
marr. 30th April 1626, Margaret Cockburn,
and had issue — Patrick. — [Test. Reg.]
ROBERT DAVIDSON, M.A. (Edin-
1641 burgh, 27th July 1628); died in
Nov. 1657, aged about 50. He marr.
(1) 20th Oct. 1640, Elizabeth Lyle : (2)
DUNBAR]
STENTON
421
Catherine Ramsay, niece of the Earl of
Holderness, and had issue — Isabel (marr.
Simon Knox, min. of Girthon). — Test. Reg.,
Knox Genealogy, Acts of Ass.]
RICHARD WADDELL, M.A. ; trans.
j from Dunbar, and aclm. 6th Oct.
1660.
1658 ; trans, to Kelso 25th April
JOHN POLLOK, M.A. (Glasgow 1648);
pres. by John, Lord Belhaven, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1661 ; again pres. by
said patron 8th Sept., coll. 15th Oct., and
inst. 15th Dec. 1662; died in 1679, aged
about 51. — [Wkittinyk. Sess. and Test.
Reg. ; Reg. Collat. ; Connell on Tithes, iii.]
THOMAS HAMILTON, M.A. ; trans,
from Carnwath, and adm. before 3rd
June 1679 ; trans, to Hamilton after
5th Sept. 1683.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A.
1683 (Glasgow, 5th Julv 1666); adm.
before 3rd June 1683 ; deprived 14th
May 1689, for not praying for King William
and Queen Mary, and for expressions re
flecting upon their honour ; died unmarr. at
Edinburgh 29th May 1694, aged about 48.
—[Edin. Reg. (Bur.); MS. Ace. of Min.
1689 ; Acts of Part., ix.]
ROBERT STARK, M.A. (Edinburgh,
7th April 1675); ord. 19th March
1691 ; died between 12th Dec. 1716
and 9th Jan. 1717, aged about 62. He
marr. 14th May 1700, Agnes Cunningham,
widow of William Grierson, merchant,
Edinburgh (alive, and a liferentrix in the
parish of Stichill 1733), and had issue —
Margaret (marr. 9th June 1734, John
Stewart, wigmaker, Edinburgh) ; Ann
(marr. 16th Jan. 1743, Alexander Duncan,
surgeon, Kinross), died before 31st Dec.
1749. A MS. volume of Stark's Communion
Sermons (1702) was known to be about
the district in the latter part of the nine
teenth century. • — [Kelso Presb. and Edin.
Reg. (Marr.), Boston's Memoirs.]
JOHN HAMILTON, licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 14th July 1713 ; pres. by
John, Lord Belhaven, and ord. 10th
April 1718; died llth June 1750. He
1767
1801
marr. 4th Dec. 1723, Janet Hamilton, who
marr. his successor.
GAVIN HENDERSON, schoolmaster of
17gl the parish ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
bar 14th July 1744 ; pres. by John,
Lord Belhaven, and ord. 18th July 1751 ;
died llth April 1766, aged 43. He marr.
18th May 1752, Janet Hamilton (died 16th
July 1771), widow of his predecessor. —
[Test. Reg.; Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 9th
June 1766.]
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 25th Oct. 1758;
pres. by James, Lord Belhaven, and
ord. 19th Feb. 1767 ; died 24th Jan. 1801,
in his 70th year. He marr. 10th Sept.
1770, Susan Stewart, who died 22nd Nov.
1821. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., iii.).
HENRY GREY, pres. by the Commis
sioner for William Hamilton Nisbet
of Belhaven and Dirleton, and ord.
17th Sept. 1801 ; res. on admission to St
Cuthbert's Chapel - of - Ease, Edinburgh,
18th Nov. 1813.
ROBERT BALFOUR GRAHAM, pres.
by William Hamilton Nisbet of
Dirleton and Biel 6th May, and ord.
22nd Sept. 1814 ; trans, to North Berwick
20th March 1823.
DAVID LOGAN, born West Kilpatrick,
1799, third son of David L., farmer,
and Janet Drew ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; joined the Church of Scot
land while a theological student in the
Associate (Burgher) Hall ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 28th April 1812 ; ord. to Inner-
wick 1st May 1817 ; pres. by Mrs Hamilton
Nisbet Ferguson of Belhaven and Dirleton ;
trans, and adm. 29th Aug. 1823 ; pres. to
Dirleton in 1834, but withdrew ; died 23rd
May 1849. He marr. 28th Oct. 1828, Anne
Emilia (died 21st April 1882), daugh.
of Colin Maclaurin, advocate, Edinburgh,
and had issue — David, born 9th July 1829,
died 1st March 1890 ; Jane Anne, born 1st
June 1831 (marr. 29th Nov. 1864, Robert
1 Logan), died s.p. 26th Nov. 1875 ; Mary,
I born 21st March 1833, died unmarr. 21st
422
STENTON— WHITEKIRK
[PRESB. OF
May 1862 ; Colin Maclaurin, born 7th
Dec. 1834, died 29th March 183G ; Emilia,
born 21st Feb. 1836, died unmarr. 26th
March 1911 ; Catherine, born 26th March
1837, died unmarr. 21st Feb. 1890; Janet
Drew, born 9th Nov. 1838 ; Frederick Lock-
wood, M.D., born llth April 1840, died 4th
July 1879; James Wilkie, C.A., born 10th
Sept, 1841, died llth Aug. 1901. Publica
tions — Love, lite. Perfect ion of Ctii'ixti'ut
Excellence and Enjoyment, a sermon (Edin
burgh, 1846); Account of the Parish (Xe>i<
tftat. Ace., ii.) ; Sermon xvii. (Churcli of
Scot!a//</ /'id^if, i.).
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, born
1849 l^lbairdie, Bathgatc, 6th Dec. 1809,
son of Alex. M., of Marjoribanks
and Balbairdie, and Katherine, daugh. of
Gilbert Laurie of Polmont ; educated at
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
ord. to Lochmaben 18th Sept. 1834 ; trans.
and adm. 22nd Nov. 1849; died 6th Jan.
1868. He marr. 5th March 1835, Mary
(died 22nd July 1887), daugh. of George
Cook, D.D.. Professor of Moral Philosophy,
St Andrews, and had issue — Diana, born
25th June 1836, died 21st Oct. 1838;
Katherine Laurie, born 21st April 1838,
died 30th March 1858 ; Alexander, banker,
born 28th July 1840 ; George, his suc
cessor ; Mary, born 5th Feb. 1845 (marr.
(1) Alexander Leslie, C.E., Edinburgh, and
(2) Robert M. Ferguson, Ph.D., LL.D.),
died 28th Sept. 1912 ; Thomas Stirling,
min. of Prestonkirk. Publication — A Few
Plain Remarks for Plain Men (1843).
GEORGE MARJORIBANKS, born
Lochmaben, 6th Sept. 1842, son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1862), B.D. (1866);
licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 17th May 1866 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) at West
Linton 26th Sept. 1867 ; trans, and adm.
30th April 1868; chaplain to the Lord
High Commissioner (Lord Thurlow) 1886,
and again to Lord Kinnaird 1909 ; convener
of the General Assembly's Committee on
Psalmody and Hymns 1902 ; clerk to
Presb. 1890 to 1908; D.D. (Edinburgh
1913). Marr. 19th Oct. 1869, Elizabeth,
daugh. of James Leslie, C.E., Edinburgh,
and Jane, daugh. of James Hunter, D.D.,
Professor of Rhetoric, and min. of the
College Kirk, St Andrews, and has issue
—Thomas, min. of Colinton ; Jane Hunter,
born 28th Sept. 1872; James Leslie, M.D.,
Indian Medical Service, born 14th Nov.
1874; George Erskine, Imperial Forest
Service, India, born 9th Jan. 1877 ; Alex
ander, captain, f>2nd Sikhs, Frontier Force,
India, born 17th Aug. 1879.
WHITEKIRK, FORMERLY HAMER.
[Comprises the three ancient parishes of
Hamer ; Aldhame, dedicated to St Baldred,
and united after the Reformation ; and
Tynninghame, united in 1760. White-
kirk, dedicated to Our Lady of Fairknowe
with its Holy Well, belonged to the Abbey
of Holyrood. The traditions of the church
arid the reputation of the Well (for which
search has often been made in vain) drew
many pilgrims to the spot, the most notable
being ^Eneas Sylvius Piccolomini, after
wards Pope Pius II., who, in 1435, walked
barefoot from Dunbar. The monks'
Tithing-barn still remains in a field close
by. Whitekirk Church was destroyed by
fire (the work of suffragettes), 26th Feb.
1914.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER
1567 [FORREST], reader.
CUTHBERT BONCLE, pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 3rd May
1580; trans, to Spott before 1585.
— \_Reij. of Deeds, xxxvi. ; AssigJ]
JAMES KELLIE, son of Bailie K.,
Dunbar ; M.A. (St Andrews, 28th
Nov. 1586) ; adm. (assistant) to
Dunbar 1st April 1589; trans, and adm.
8th Aug. 1592 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 18th May 1595. After
2nd Dec. 1597 there is no further trace of
him. — [Edin., Haddinyt., and Da/keith
Presb. Reg.]
JOHN FORREST, a native of East
Lothian, of the Forrests of Archer-
field, Dirleton; M.A. (Edinburgh
1588); ord. to Prestonkirk 2nd Oct. 1593;
1580
1592
DUNBAR]
WHITEKIRK
423
trans, to Humble 21st Jan. 1595 ; trans.
and adm. 1599 ; died 31st Dec. 1634, aged
about 67. He marr. Elizabeth Stevenson,
who died 21st Nov. 1634.— [7?^. Assig.,
Haddingt. and Edin. Presb. and Test.
Reg., Calderwood's HistJ]
ROBERT LAUDER, son of John L.,
Bailie of Tynninghame, and brother
of John Lauder, min. of that parish ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 6th July 1623) ; mentioned
as min. in 1636 ; dem. 1673 ; pres. and coll.
by Alexander, Bishop of Edinburgh (in
conjunction with his son), 23rd Oct. same
year, and inst. 8th April 1674 ; the date of
his death is unknown. He marr. Agnes
Grier (Haddington Inhib., llth Aug.
1649), and had issue — George, his succes
sor; Alexander, bursar of the Presb. 4th
March lQM.—[Haddingt. Presb. Reg., Acts
of A ss.]
GEORGE LAUDER, born 30th Aug.
1639, son of preceding; M.A. (Edin-
1674 burgh, 18th July 1664) ; licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 7th July
1671 ; pres. and coll. (colleague) by Alex
ander, Bishop of Edinburgh, 23rd Oct.
1673 ; inst. 8th April 1674 ; dem. after the
Revolution when further trace of him is
lost. He marr. 27th July 1683, Janet
Loch. He was Presb. Clerk for some
years.— [7'yningh. and Whittingh. Sess. and
Edin. Reg. (Marr.), Reg. Collat. ; Mfj.
Ace. of Min., 1689; WaddelFs An Old
Kirk Chronicle.'}
JAMES WEBSTER, trans, from Liber-
ton, and adm. before 5th May 1691 ;
trans, to Tolbooth Parish, Edin
burgh, June 1693.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, son of James
H., burgess of Edinburgh ; M.A.
1694 (Edinburgh, 9th July 1656); ord.
to Penicuik 10th June 1664; deprived
on account of the Test 1681 ; min. of
Irvine in 1688 ; trans, to Kirknewton 1689 ;
adm. after 1st May 1694; died 16th July
1712, in his 75th year. He marr. (1) 1667,
Jean Fleming, who died 2nd March 1677,
aged 51, and had issue — James, apothecary
in Edinburgh (Edin. Com. Deeds, 20th
Dec. 1707), bapt. 9th March 1671, died
1710 ; Marion, bapt. 2nd July 1672 ; Jean,
bapt. 14th July 1673 (marr. James Ranken
of Perth) ; Patrick, bapt. 27th June 1675 :
(2) 29th Oct. 1678, Isobel (died 4th Sept.
1710, aged 55), daugh. of John Brown, min.
of Linton, and had issue— Anne, bapt. 13th
Nov. 1679 ; William, bapt. 19th Dec. 1680,
went to Potomac, America ; Katherine ;
Elizabeth (marr. 19th Feb. 1711, Thomas
Veitch, surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh) ;
Marjory. — [Ifist. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Wodrow
MSS., Stobo Sess. Reg.']
THOMAS DAVIDSON, chaplain of
Stirling Castle, pres. by Presb. jure
1713 devoluto, 1st July, and adm. 19th
Aug. 1713; trans, to Dundee 5th March
1732.
JOHN CLUNIE, born 1708, son of a
farmer in the parish ; licen. by Presb.
1732 of Dunbar 5th Oct. 1731 ; pres. by
George II. 19th May, and ord. 2nd Aug.
1732 ; adm. to the united parish 23rd Aug.
1761 ; died 19th June 1784. He marr. (1)
(name unknown), and had issue — Mary
(marr. 30th July 1766, Alexander Burns,
North Berwick) ; Agnes, born 25th March
1748 : (2) 21st July 1749, Isabel, daugh. of
Thomas Fincllay, min. of Prestonkirk, and
had issue — Rebecca, born 20th March 1751
(marr. Capt. George Finlay : Edin. Com.
Decreets, 1816); Margaret, born 12th Nov.
1752; John, born 30th Sept. 1755; Alice,
born 14th July 1757 ; Isabella, born 28th
May 1759; Charlotte, born 24th July
1762 (marr. — • — Bigge, wood merchant at
Memel, East Prussia), died at Portobello
in 1844; James, born 14th March 1769;
Marion Ann, born 9th Aug 1771. — [Tombst.]
JAMES WILLIAMSON, son of Thomas
W., Elgin ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; ord. to High
Meeting, Berwick - on -Tweed, 17th Nov.
1768 ; trans, to Eyemouth 16th Aug. 1776 ;
pres. by George III. 14th Aug. 1784 ; trans,
and adm. 7th April 1785 ; died 24th March
1806, aged 64. He marr. 20th Aug. 1772,
Elizabeth Cockburn, who died 3rd June
1815, and had issue— Margaret, born 21st
April 1775 ; James, born 9th Jan. 1777 ;
Thomas, lieutenant in His Majesty's ship
Atlas, born 26th Feb. 1783, died 8th Oct.
1805; Elizabeth, born 7th Nov. 1784
1785
424
WHITEKIRK— TYNNINGHAME
[PKESB. OF
(marr. Dr James Smith of Whitehill).
Publication — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1807).
JAMES WALLACE, born 1770, a native
of Dumfriesshire ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 29th April 1795; ord. to
Ballingry 29th April 1802 ; pres. by Charles,
Earl of Haddington ; trans, and adm. 6th
Nov. 1806; D.D. (Edinburgh, 23rd Dec.
1825) ; Moderator of the General Assembly
19th May 1831 ; died unmarr. llth Nov.
1852. Publication — Account of the Parish
(JVt-i'.' Stat. Ace., ii.).
JAMES LAXG, born Carnwath 1827, son
1853 of James L. and Agnes Scott; edu
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; assistant
at Tron Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 12th May
1853 ; died unmarr. 16th Jan. 1857.
WILLIAM PAUL, born Edinburgh,
1857 16th Sept. 1832, elder son of John
P., D.D., min. of St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
M.A. (1854) ; licen. by Prcsb. of Edinburgh
1858 ; assistant at St Andrew's, Edinburgh ;
pres. by Thomas, Earl of Haddington, and
ord. 7th May 1857; clerk to Presb. from
1864 to 1866; died unmarr. 25th Sept.
1866.
ADAM INCH EITCHIE, born Burnfoot,
1867 Biggar, 19th Oct. 1831, son of David
E., farmer, and Marion Inch; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 1854; ord. to St
David's, Dundee, 25th Sept. 1856 ; trans, to
Fettercairn 28th July 1858; trans, and
adm. 7th March 1867 ; died 7th March l&OO.
He marr. (1) 30th July 1859, Marion Eliza
beth (died llth Jan. 1864), only daugh. of
Alexander Young of Eosefield, Procurator-
Fiscal of Dumfries, and sister of Eight Hon.
Lord Young, and had issue— Charles David,
born 10th April 1860; Alexander Young,
born 31st Dec. 1863 ; Marion ; Lilias (marr.
Elkanah Hewitt, solicitor, Manchester) : (2)
6th Sept. 1870, Susan (died 13th April
1898), third daugh. of James Durie, Nether-
mill, Fettercairn, and had issue— James
Durie, consulting engineer, born 30th June
1871. Publication — The Churches of St
Baldred (Edinburgh, 1880).
PETEE HATELY WADDELL, born
1879 Girvan, 15th June 1854, son of the
Eev. Peter Hately W.} LL.D., and
Helen Halcro Wardlaw ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1877); B.D. (1878);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1878 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 18th Dec. 1879;
D.D. (Glasgow 1901); res. 7th March 1904.
Marr. 4th July 1882, Elizabeth, daugh. of
John Watson Laidlay of Seacliff, and Ellen
Hope. Publications — The Gospel of the
Kingdom (Edinburgh, 1892) ; An Old Kirk
Chronicle (Edinburgh, 1893); Christianity
as an Ideal (Edinburgh, 1900); Essays on
Faith (Edinburgh, 1903); Modern Mysti
cism (Edinburgh, 1910); The Religious
Spirit (Edinburgh. 1914).
EDWAED BLACKMOEE EANKIN,
1904 korn Greenock, llth July 1866, son
of Daniel E. and Margaret M'Lean ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin
burgh ; F.E.G.S. ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 1st May 1889; ord. 12th Sept.
1889 to St John's Church, Stellarton, Nova
Scotia ; min. of Falmouth St. Church,
Sydney, Nova Scotia ; clerk of Presb. of
Sydney; adm. 23rd May 1904. Marr. 7th
July 1891, Jeanie Ferguson Mitchell, daugh.
of William M'Intosh and Mary Bowman,
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Publication —
Saint Mary's, Whitekirk (Edinburgh, 1914).
TYNNINGHAME.
[Dedicated to St Baldred ; belonged to
St Mary's College, St Andrews, previous
to the Reformation. The parish was united
to Whitekirk, 20th Dec. 1760. The church
is represented by two twelfth - century
arches, still in good preservation, within
the Tynninghame demesne.]
MATTHEW LIDDELL, reader here and
15,_0 at Whittingehame ; trans, to Cran-
shaws.
1574
WILLIAM SANDEESON, removed from
Whittingehame, having Whittinge
hame and Stenton in charge ;
removed again to Whittingehame about
1578. — [Reg. Assiy., Wodrow Miscell., Test.
Reg.]
DUNBAR]
TYNNINGHAME— WHITTINGEHAME
425
1578
1613
1576 JAMES LAMB, reader.
JAMES YOUNG, pres. to the vicarage
of Whitekirk by James VI. 26th Oct.
1583; clem. 10th July 1593; had
Stenton in his charge for a time ; died 13th
Nov. 1612. He marr. Jean Lauder, who
survived him, and had issue— Elizabeth
(marr. John Dalziel, mm. of Prestonkirk) ;
Jean (Reg. of Deeds, Ixxx., 7th June 1594).
• — [Reg. Assig., Exchecq. liuik ; Edin.
Presb., Prestonp. Sess., and Test. Reg.;
Booke of the Kirk, Calderwood's Hist.]
JOHN LAUDER, son of John L., bailie
of Tynninghame (Reg. of Deeds,
cclxviii., 275), and Alison Caldclaith
[Caldcleuch] ; educated at Univ. of Edin
burgh ; M.A. (27th July 1609); was a
member of Assembly 1638; died 29th
April 1662, aged about 73. He marr. 7th
Feb. 1630, Elizabeth Haitlie of Lambden,
who died 5th Nov. 1639, after the birth
of her son James, and had issue — John,
chaplain to the Earl of Lothian's Regt.
in England, min. of West Calder, born 20th
Jan. 1631 ; Alexander, born 23rd May 1633,
died before 20th May 1663; Agnes, died
16th July 1636 ; James, born 3rd Nov. 1639.
— [Test. Reg., Sed.-book of Teinds, Acts of
Ass. ; Acts of Parl., v. ; Stevenson's Hist. ;
Waddell's An Old Kirk Chronicle.'}
ALEXANDER BISSET, M.A. ; pres. by
the Professors of the New College,
St Andrews ; ord. and coll. 20th
Nov., and inst. 3rd Dec. 1663; trans, to
Melrose 1665.— {Reg. Collat.]
JAMES STRANG, chaplain to John,
Earl of Haddington ; licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 15th
Sept. 1655 ; ord. 14th Dec. same year ; inst.
1st Jan. 1666 ; died unmarr. 25th Jan. 1684.
— [Reg. Collat,}
THOMAS BLAIR, M.A. ; ord. 26th May
1684 ; trans, to Lennel before 19th
Jan. 1686.
THOMAS EDWARD, eldest son of
Alexander E., min. of Crail; edu
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(24th July 1675); licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 2nd April 1679; adm. 9th Dec.
1686; died 17th Jan. 1695, aged about 40.
He marr. Agnes Glegg, who survived him,
and had issue — William, heir of his grand
father (Forfar Sas., xiii., 270) ; Isobel. — •
[8t Andrews Presb. and Test. Reg. (Edin.
and St And.) ; Reg. Sasines, Crail ; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689; Rule's Sec. Vindication.']
GEORGE TURNBULL, born 7th Dec.
1699 165^' son °f Andrew T., Brownhall,
Dunfermline (a Covenanter who had
to flee to Holland in 1679), and Jean Craw
ford ; descended from the Turnbulls of
Bedrule ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (7th April 1675) ; ord. in London 9th
Feb. 1688 ; app. to the Meeting-house at
Dalmeny 28th Nov. 1688; trans, to Alloa
26th Sept. 1690; trans, and adm. 26th
Sept. 1699; dem. 5th Oct. 1731 ; died 17th
June 1744. He marr. 12th April 1695,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Alexander Glass of
Sauchie, a younger son of Glass of Pittintian
in Strathearn, and had issue — AVilliam, born
16th April 1696, died 24th Feb. 1703 ; John,
born 4th Aug. 1697, died 6th Aug. 1697;
George, LL.D., Professor of Philosophy,
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1721-7, born
14th July 1698; Marion, born 13th Feb.
1700 ; Thomas, min. of Borthwick ; William,
min. of Abbotrule ; Helen, born Aug. 1706
(marr. Robert Wallace, D.D., min. of New
Greyfriars and of the New North Parish,
Edinburgh) ; Andrew, min. of Kippen ;
Robert, min. of Sprouston. Publications —
See The Diary of [George'] Turnbull, edited
by Rev. Robert Paul, in "Miscellany of
the Scottish Hist. Soc." (1893).— [Boston's
Memoirs^
GEORGE BUCHANAN, born 1698, son
of John B., min. of Covington, bursar
of theology, Univ. of Glasgow 1721 ;
licen. by Presb. of Biggar 6th Oct. 1726;
chaplain to Thomas, Earl of Haddington ;
ord. 19th Jan. 1732 ; died unmarr. 20th
April 1760.
WHITTINGEHAME.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
was a prebend of the collegiate church of
Dunbar. The present building was erected
in 1722, and restored in 1820 and 1876.]
420
WHITTINGEHAME
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM SANDERSON, min. in 1567 ;
1567 trans, to Tynningharne, but returned
about 1578, and was still min. in
1601. He marr. Elizabeth, natural daugh.
of James Caldenvood in Dalkeith (Edin.
Com. Decreets, ii., 150, 193).— {.Reg. Min.
and Assig., Ihoke of the Kirk, Calderwood's
Jfist. ; Wodrot" 7Jio</., i.]
1570 MATTHEW LIDDELL, reader.
JOHN MANNUEL [MANUEL], adm.
16Q2 6th July 1602; died 17th Oct. 1611.
He marr. Elspeth Acheson, who sur
vived him, and marr. (2) George Baillie,
burgess of North Berwick (G. R. Inhib.,
16th Jan. 1622), and had issue— Elspeth ;
Helen ; Isobel ; Margaret. — {HmlJhigt.
Presb. and Test. Reg., Reg. Assig., Tombst.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edin-
1612 I)urSn> 25tn July 1607); janitor of
Edinburgh Univ. 6th Jan. 1603 ; ord.
1612 ; died in June 1653, aged about 66.
He ma IT. (1) (cont. 25th Oct. 1615, Reg. of
Deeds, cclxviii., 275) Agnes Messer, who
died July 1633, and had issue— William ;
Archibald, buried 8th April 1647 : (2) Janet
Paterson, and had issue — James ; Helen ;
Agnes. — [Craufurd's and Bower's Ih'sts.,
Univ. Edin., Haddingt. Presb., and Test.
Reg. (Haddingt.).'}
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, pres. by Robert,
1627 ^ar^ °^ R°xburghe, and Sir Archi
bald Douglas of Whittingehame, his
own brother, 19th June 1627 (Reg. of Deeds,
cccxcvii., 20th June 1627); trans, to Spott
1631.
THOMAS INGLIS, M.A., formerly of
1654 Linlithgow Second Charge ; adm. in
May 1654 ; approved by Commission
for the Plantation of Churches 24th July
(Had. Inhib., xiii., 321) ; trans, to Sprouston
between 18th and 25th Sept. 1661.
ARCHIBALD MILLAR, son of James
1662 ^' of CJurlawbank, Prestonkirk ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th July 1657);
schoolmaster of Prestonkirk 27th Oct.
1658 ; pres. by Alexander, Viscount King
ston, 9th Sept., coll. 16th Oct., and inst.
15th Dec. 1662 ; dem. after the Revolution
in favour of John Watson, who succeeded.
He marr. (1) 1673, Isobel, daugh. of James
Lauder, bailie of Dunbar : (2) Barbara
Hume, who survived him (Charity Roll,
1696). His only child, Jean, marr.
William Smith, portioner in Nungate,
Haddington. — \_Edin. Reg. Hasines, Reg.
Collat.; Mti. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JOHN WATSON, son and heir of
1694 William W. in Lamington (Lanark
»S'a,s., xi., 168) ; ord. 8th March 1694 ;
dem. 8th Nov. 1705 ; died at Edinburgh,
4th June 1743, in his 70th year. He marr.
(name unknown), and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. 13th Nov. 1720, John Edward of
Solsgirth). — {Edin. Reg. (7>w.).]
JAMES BANNATINE, ord. 19th June
1707 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 10th Oct. 1714.
JAMES GLEN, pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto, and ord. 17th July 1717;
trans, to Dirleton 13th Nov. 1733.
THOMAS SINCLAIR, Keen, by Presb.
1734 of Edinburgh 23rd Feb. 1732; pres.
by Robert, Lord Blantyre, and ord.
4th Sept. 1734; died unmarr. 17th Sept.
1734, never having preached after his settle
ment, and was buried at Edinburgh, 19th
of same month. — {Edin. Reg. (Bur.).']
GEORGE HOME, youngest son of
George H., litster, Duns ; tutor in
the family of Sir Robert Sinclair of
Longformacus ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
16th April 1728; ord. to Hilton 16th
March 1731 ; pres. by Alexander Hay of
Drumelzier, and adm. 27th May 1736 ; died
12th May 1747. He marr. 24th Aug. 1738,
Jean Pow, who died 14th Nov. 1755, and
had issue— Jean, born 14th Oct. 1740.
ABRAHAM HOME, bapt. 22nd Feb.
1711, second son of George H., min.
of Chirnside ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
27th Aug. 1734; ord. to Chirnside 17th
Feb. 1741; pres. by John Hay of Belton ;
trans, and adm. 23rd March 1748; died
2nd Oct. 1768. He marr. 4th Nov. 1748,
Elizabeth Hay, who died 12th Feb. 1790,
and had issue— George, min. of Ayton,
born 12th Dec. 1749 ; Alexander, surgeon
36th Foot, born 23rd March 1752, put to
1736
1748
DUNBAK]
WHITTINGEHAME
427
death by orders of Tipu Sultan in the
Third Mysore War, 1792 ; Margaret, born
18th Aug. 1754; Robert, born 8th April
1757 ; Abraham, born 28th May 1763.—
[Scots Mag., lv.]
ADAM BICKSON, born 1721, son of
176g Andrew D., min. of Aberlady ; edu
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1744); licen. by Presb. of Haddington
2nd Sept. 1746 ; ord. to Duns 21st Sept.
1750 ; pres. by John Hay of Belton ; trans,
and adm. 22nd June 1769 ; killed by a fall
from his horse when returning from Inner-
wick, 25th March 1776. He was a noted
agriculturist, and some of his suggestions
thereanent were widely adopted. He marr.
3rd April 1742, Anne Haldane, and had
issue — Andrew, born 28th Jan. 1743, died
1764; Agnes, born 18th Feb. 1745 (marr.
2nd Jan. 1766, Richard Bobbie, chief mate
of the Worcester, Indiaman) ; Dorothea,
born 31st Oct. 1747, died 24th March 1775 ;
William, born 25th Sept. 1751, died 14th
March 1775. Publications — A Treatise on,
Agriculture (Edinburgh, 1762; 2nd ed.,
enlarged, 1765; vol. ii., 1769; new edition,
2 vols., 1785); Small Farms Destructive
to the Country in its Present Situation
(Edinburgh, 1764); Essay on Manures
(1772) ; The Husbandry of the Ancients,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1778 ; London, 1788 ;
trans, into French by M. Paris, Paris,
ISM)— [Aberlady Sess. Re<j.; Scots May.,
xxxviii. ; Weekly May., xxxii. ; Farmer's
Mag., i. ; Biography prefixed to Hnsb. of
the Ancients, i. ; Carlyle's A utob., Somer-
ville's Life, Diet. Nat. BiogJ]
JOHN EWAN, M.A. (St Andrews 1758) ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 28th
Sept. 1763; assistant at Blackford
1767-71, to which he was pres. in 1776, but
withdrew ; pres. by John Hay of Belton,
and ord. 15th Aug. 1776 ; died unmarr.
12th Feb. 1804. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's 8tat. Ace., xxi.).
JOHN LUMSDEN, born 1763, son of
1804 J°nn L-, schoolmaster of Smailholm ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 2nd July 1794 ;
assistant to preceding ; pres. by Robert
Hay of Brumelzier, and ord. 6th Sept.
1804; died 15th April 1850. He marr.
27th Feb. 1807, Isabella Bale, who died
25th April 1859. Publication— Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace., ii.).
WALTER SCOTT, born Balmaghie, 15th
1847 April 1 820, son of Walter S., Boatcrof t,
and Stewart Edgar; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk
cudbright 8th April 1846; assistant at St
Enoch's, Glasgow ; ord. (assistant and suc
cessor) 22nd April 1847 ; died unmarr. 19th
Nov. 1864,
JAMES ROBERTSON, born Lethendy,
1865 Perthshire, 9th Feb. 1837, son of
Charles R., schoolmaster, and Mary
Ann Bawson, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1855); licen. by Presb. of Bunkeld, July
1860 ; assistant at Kinghorn 1861 to 1865 ;
ord. 20th June 1 865 ; chaplain to Lord High
Commissioner (Lord Aberdeen) 1883, 1884,
1885, and again in 1907 and 1908 (Lord
Kinnaird); B.B. (St Andrews 1889); Lec
turer on Pastoral Theology 1899-1900,
1902-4; chairman of Christian Unity Asso
ciation 1908-13; Moderator of the General
Assembly 1909. Marr. 10th June 1885,
Elizabeth Mary, daugh. of Robert Scott
Moncrieff of Fossoway, Kinross-shire, and
Mary Hamilton, and had issue— Charles
James, born 13th May 1888, died 23rd
June 1890. Publications — Our Lord's
Teaching (Guild Library and Text-Book
Series) ; The Christian Minister, His Aims
and Methods (Edinburgh, 1899); Lady
Blanche Balfour, a Reminiscence (Edin
burgh, 1897; 2nd ed., 1911); Pages of
Practical Help for Young Communicants
(Edinburgh, 1888; 3rd ed., 1911); Gradu
ated Syllabus of Religious Instruction (3rd
ed., 1905); Christian Upbringing (Edin
burgh, 1908; 2nd ed., 1909); Spiritual
Power in the Church—its Elements and
its Source, Closing Address to General
Assembly of 1909; Contributor to Hast
ings' Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH
HISTORIES, ETC.
[The arrangement follows the text as far as possible. Family Histories and
Biographies are not included.]
PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH
Biographical Annals of the Parish of Colinton. Thomas Murray, LL.D. (1863).
The Parish of Colinton. David Shankie (1902).
A Midlothian Village \Corstorphine}. G. Upton Selway (1890).
Ancient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond. John Philip Wood (1794).
Annals of Duddingston and Portobcllo. William Baird (1900).
PortoMlo and its Free Church. William Baird (1889).
The Canongatc. Andrew Redman Bonar (18G5).
History of the Burgh of Canongate. John Mackay (1886).
History of the Old Greyfriars' Church, Edinburgh. William Moir Bryce (1912).
New Grey friars'. (Private Circulation.)
The Greyfriars' Churches. James N. Ogilvie, D.D. (1913).
St Giles', Edinburgh, Church. College, and Cathedral. J. Cameron Lees, D.D. (1889).
Historical Notices of Lady Tester's Church and Parish. James J. Hunter (1864).
Morningside Parish Church. John Stuart Gowans (1913).
Notes on the History of St Andreiv's Church. (1884.)
Sketch of St Bernard's. John Turnbull Smith, LL.D. (1907).
History of the Church and Parish of St Cuthbert ; or, West Kirk of Edinburgh.
William Sime (1829).
Leaves from the Buik of the West Kirke. George Lorimer (1885).
Buik of the West Kirke [in MS."\. George Lorimer.
A History of St George's Church, Edinburgh. David Maclagan (1876).
St John's Parish Chiirch, Edinburgh. (Privately Printed 1909.)
A Short History of St Matthew's, Edinburgh [vide William Grant's Edward Bayley}.
(1913.)
Historical Notices of Free St Stephen's, Edinburgh. (1888.)
429
430 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notes and Recollections of the Tolbooth Church. William Brown (1867).
Trinity College Church. Robert Anderson (1873).
The Tron Kirk. Rev. William Findlay (1879).
The Tron Kirk of Edinburgh ; or, Christ'* Kirk at the Tron. Dugald Butler, D.D.
(1906).
The History of Leithfrom the Earliest Accounts. Alexander Campbell (1827).
Leith and its Antiquities. James Campbell Irons (1897).
Biographical Sketches of Leith Clerg;/. George Macfarlane (1864).
South Leith Records. D. Robertson, LL.B. (1911).
Lilerton in Ancient and Modern Times. George Good (1893).
Craigmillar and its Environs. Tom Speedy (1892).
History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Colder. Hardy Bertram M'Call (1894).
Account of the Parish of Midcalder. Rev. John Somers, D.I). (1838).
The Collegiate Churches of Mid- Lothian. Bannatyne Club (1861).
PRESBYTERY OF LINLITHGOW
Borrowstounness and District : being Historical Sketches of Kinneil, Carriden, and
Uo'ness. Thomas J. Salmon (1913).
Dalmeny Kirk. P. MacGregor Chalmers (1904).
Round about Falkirk. Robert Gillespie (1879).
Records of Falkirk Parish, 1617-1888. 2 vols. George I. Murray (1887, 1888).
Falkirk Antiquarian Notes and, Queries. 2 vols. James Love (1908, 1910).
The Schools and Schoolmasters of Falkirk. James Love (1898).
History of the Town and Palace of Linlithgoif. Waldie (1879).
Linlithgotv and its Vicinity. James M'Alpine (1890).
Ecclesia Antiqua : History of St Michael's, Linlithgow. John Ferguson, D.D. (1905).
Linlithgow Palace, its History and Traditions. John Ferguson, D.D. (1910).
Strathlrock [Uphall], Rev. James Primrose (1898).
The Religious House of Torphichen [vide M'Call's Mid-C alder}.
The Church Bells of Linlithgoio shire. F. C. Eeles (1913).
PRESBYTERY OF BIGGAR
Biggar and the Home of Fleming. William Hunter (1867).
Biggar : Historical, Traditional, Descriptive. W. S. Crockett (1900).
Coulter : Historical Notes Ecclesiastic and Covenanting. Rev. William Whitfield.
Lamington Past and Present. Mrs Ware Scott (1878).
The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire Described and Delineated. 3 vols. George Vere
Irving and Alexander Murray (1864).
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 431
The Ministry of the Presbyter;/ of Peebles, 296-1910.
The Book of Lyne and Megget Church.
The Book of St Andreiv's Church, Peebles.
The Church and Monastery of the Holy Cross of Peebles, 1261-1560.
The Book of the Cross Church, 1560-1690.
The Book of the Cross Church, 1690-1784.
The Book of Stobo Church.
The Book of Linton Church, Peeblesshire.
[All in " Books of the Church ;' Series. Clement B. Gunn, M.D.]
The Manual of the Cross Church. Dr Gunn (1914).
The Neiv Parish Church of Peebles (1887).
Description of Tiveeddale. Alexander Penecuik, M.D. (1815).
A History of Peeblesshire. William Chambers (1864).
Historical Notes on Peeblesshire Localities. Robert Renwick (1897).
A Peebles Aisle and Monastery. Robert Renwick (1897).
The Burgh of Peebles. Robert Renwick (1902).
Reminiscences of Innerleithen and Traquair. Thomas Dobson (1896).
Glimpses of Peeblesshire — No. 1. Lt/ne and Megget.
Do. No. 2. Drumelzier.
Glimjises of Peebles; or Forgotten Chapters in its History. Alexander Williamson,
D.D. (1895).
PRESBYTERY OF DALKEITH
Parish of Gockpen in the Olden Times. Peter Mitchell (1881).
Cranstoun : A Parish History. Rev. John Dickson (1907).
Crichtoun, Past and Present. Rev. John Dickson (1911).
Around Dalkeith. Rev. J. C. Carrick (1904).
Fala and Soutra. Rev. James Hunter (1892).
Inveresk Parish Lore. R. M'D. Stirling (1894).
History of the Regality of Musselburgh. James Paterson (1857).
The Abbey of St Mary, Neivbottle. Rev. J. C. Carrick (1907).
Annals of Penicuik. John James Wilson (1891).
PRESBYTERY OF HADDINGTON
The Lamp of Lothian ; or, The History of Haddington. James Miller (new edition, 1900).
Reminiscences of the Royal Burgh of Haddington. John Martine (1883).
Reminiscences of the County of Haddington. John Martine (1890).
432 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Reminiscences of the County of Haddington, Second Series, ed. E. J. Wilson (1895).
The History of Morham. David Louden (1889).
North Berwick and its Vicinity. George Ferrier (1875).
The Bass Rock, its Civil and Ecclesiastical History. Thomas M'Crie, D.D. (1847).
Emeralds chased in Gold. Rev. John Dickson (1899).
Prestonpans and Vicinity. P. M'Neill (1902).
Tranent and its Surrounding*. P. M'Xeill (1884).
East Lothian Studies. Louden and Whitfield (1891).
East Lothian. Charles E. Green (1907).
Sketches of East Lothian. D. Croal (1873).
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBAR
Coldinyltam : Parish and Priory [notices of Cockburnspath, etc.]. A. Thomson (1908).
The History of Dunl>ar. James Miller (1859).
An Old Kirk Chronicle. Peter Hately Waddell, D.D. (1893).
The Churches of St Baldred. Rev. A. I. Ritchie (1880).
Saint Jfari/'*, Whitekirk. Rev. E. B. Rankin (1914).
History of Berwickshire Naturalists' Club [for Cockbuvnspath, Oldhamstocks, etc.]
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
ABERCOHX, 189
Aberlady, 351
Addiewell, 1
Aldcambus, 405
Armadale, 192
Athelstaneford, 353
BARO, or Barra, 364
Bass, The, 380
Bathgate, 192
Belhavcn, 402
Biggar, 238
Binny, 214
Blackbraes, 195
Blackhall, St Columba, 14
Bolton, 356
Bo'ness, 195
Bonnington, 103
Borthwick, 301
Broughton, 240
Broxburn, 197
CAMELON, 197
Carridcn, 198
Carrington, 304
Cockburnspath, 403
Cocken/.ie, 358
Cockpen, 306
Colinton, 2
Corstorphine, 5
St Anne, 9
Coulter, 245
Covington, 248
Craiglockhart, 9
Craigmillar, 174
Cramond, 10
Cranstoun, 309
Crichton, 311
Currie, 14
DAI.KEITH, 314
We^t, 317
Dalmeny, 200
VOL. I.
Dawyck, 292
Dirleton, 358
Dolphinton, 250
Drumelzier, 263
Duddingston, 17
Dunbar, 406
Dunsyre, 252
EAST CAI/DEK, 174
Ecclesmachan, 20C
Eddleston, 270
Edinburgh : —
Abbey, 21
Buccleuch, 22
Canongate, 23
Castle, 184
Charteris Memorial, 104
Dean, 30
Gaelic Chapcl-of-Kase, 1-0
Gaelic, 31
Grange, 87
Greenside, 32
Greyfriars, New, 33
Old, 37
High Church, 48
Holyroodhouse, 23
Lady Glenorchy's, 78
Lady Yester's, 80
Leith Wynd, 185
Mayfield, 84
Morningside, 84
Murrayfield, 86
Newington, 86
New North, 142
New Street, 186
Old Kirk, or S.E., 60, 77
Prestonfield, 87
Restalrig, 87
Robertson Memorial, 87
Robertson Mission, 36
Roxburgh Place, 186
St Aidan, 88
2 E
434
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Edinburgh — continued : —
JUNIPER GRICEN, 149
St Andrew, 83
St B'-rnard, 91
KAIL/IE, 276
St Bride, 142
Keith-Humbie, 375
St Cuthbert, 93
Keith-Marischal, 377
St David, 104
Kerse, 210
St George, 105
Kilbuc-ho, 244
St Giles, 48
Kingscavil, 219
St James, 107
Kinneil, 211
St John, 108
Kirkbride, 292
St Leonard, 110
Kirkliston, 212
St Luke, 110
Kirknewton, 150
St Margaret, 112
Kirkurd, 276
St Mary, 112
St Matthew, 114
LAMIXGTON, 264
St Michael, 114
Lasswade, 328
St Ninian, 101
Laurieston, 209
St Oran, 31
Leith, North, 154
St Oswald, ll.r>
Mariners', 185
St Paul, 188
St John, 158
St Serf, 115
St Mungo, 16!)
St Stephen, 115
St Paul, 159
Tolbooth, 117, 12'.!
St Thomas, 159
Trinity, 125
Libberton, 254
Tron, 134
Liberton, 170
West Coates, 142
Linlithgow, 214
West St Giles, 142
Livingston, 219
West, 93
Loanhead, 331
Locherworth, 301
FALA, 318
Lyne, 279
Falkirk, 205
Fauldhouse, 209
MANOR, 281
Manuel, 221
GAKVAT.D, 362
Gilmerton, 148
Gladsmuir, 366
Mastertoun, 331
Meggct, 279
Melville, 331
Glencorse, 321
Mid-Calder, 175
Glenholm, 242
Morham, 378
Gogar, 5
Grahamston, 210
Grangcmouth, 210
Granton, 149
Muiravonside, 221
Murrayfield, 86
Musselburgh, 324
Gullane, 358, :!6S
NEWRATTLE, 331
HADDINGTON, 368
New Craighall, 335
St John's, 374
Newhaven, 153
St Martin, 374
Newlands, 283
Hailes, 2
Newton, 336
Hamer, 422
North Berwick, 380
Hauch, 41 4
North Esk, 238
Heriot, 322
Hope Kailzie, 276
OLRH A Ji STOCKS, 412
Hurabie, 375
Ormiston, 339
INNERLEITHEN, 274
PEEBLES, 285
Innerwick, 409
Pencaitland, 383
Inveresk, 324
Penicuik, 343
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
435
Pentland, 346
Pitcoks, 420
Polmont, 224
Portobello, 180
St James, 21
Prestonfield, 87
Prestonkirk, 414
Prestonpans, 387
Primrose, 304
QlTEENSl EUKY, 224
Quothquan, 256
RATHO, 181
Restalrig, 87, 160
Rosewell, 346
Roslin, 346
ST BATHANS, 398
St Laurence, 227
Saltoun, 391
Salt Preston, 387
Seton, 395
Skirling, 257
Slamannan, 227
Soutra, 320
Spott, 417
Stenton, 420
Stobhill, 347
Stobo, 289
Strathbrock, 233
Symington, 259
TEMPLE, 347
Thankerton, 250
Torphichen, 230
Tranent, 395
Traquair, 292
Tweedsmuir, 295
Tynecastle, 142
Tynninghame, 424
UPHAT.L, 233
WALKERBUUX, 298
Walston, 262
Wandel, 264
West Calder, 178
West Linton, 293
Whitburn, 235
Whitekirk, 422
Whittingehame, 425
Winchburgh, 227
Woomet, 336
YESTER, 398
VOL. I
2 E 2
INDEX OF MINISTERS
ABERVFTHY, John, 357
Adarn, David Laird, 104
Adams, Alexander, 294
Adams, John, 207
Adams, William, 376
A damson, George, 351
Adamson, James, 198
Adamson, John, 170, 3:17, 380
Addis, Thomas, 84
Affleck, Alexander, 280
Agnew, Robert, 198
Ainslie, John, 3tU
Aird, John, 332, 336
Aird, William, 100
Aitchison, John, 207
Aitken, James Richmond, 78
Aitken, William, 163
Aitkenhead, Henry, 380
Alton, John, 251
Aiton, Thomas, 221
Alcorn, Adam, 353
Alexander, George, 256
Alexander, John, 151, 262
Alison, John, 86
Alison, Robert, 321
Alison, William, 151
Allan, John, 285
Allan, Robert, 283, 391
Allan, Thomas Nelson, 209
Allan, Walter, 3
Allison, William, 244
Alpine, John, 258
Alston, James, 360
Ambrose, Alexander, 332
Ambrose, Thomas, 227
Anderson, Alfred William, 10
Anderson, David, 278
Anderson, George, 386
Anderson, James, 78, 151, 179, 206, 299
Anderson, James Alexander, 180
Anderson, John, 101, 179, 247, 317
Anderson, Patrick, 262, 263, 316
Anderson, Robert, 48, 128, 261
Anderson, William, 207, 282
Andrews, George, 142, 389
Andrews, Thomas, 111, 227
Andrews, William George, 142
Annand, William, 59, 118, 135, 206
Arbuthnot, Robert, 310, 312
Archibald, Hew, 332
Archibald, John, 353
Armitage, Lewis Frederick, 110
Armstrong, Hugh, 237
Armstrong, John Brown, 259
Armstrong, Matthew, 259
Arnot. David, 62
Arthur, John, 190
Arthur, William, 6, 95, 100
Auchenleck, Andrew, 333
BAIU.IE, James, 265 bis
Baillie, John, 204
Baillie, Patrick, 196
Baillie, Robert, 266
Baillie, William, 264, 265, 266
Bain, William, 230
Baird, Andrew, 243, 405
Baird, George Husband, 34, 68, 147
Baird, John, 291, 410
Balcanquhal, Walter, 52, 125, 396
Balcanquhall, Robert, 396 bin
Balfour, Andrew, 150
Balfour, James, 53, 63
Balfour, Lewis, 5
Balfour, Walter, 29S
Balfour, William, 161
Balsillie, David, 6
Banks, Alexander, 201
Bannatine, Hugh, 342, 360
Bannatine, James, 128, 426
Bannatyne, Andrew, 363
Bannatyne, Thomas, 3SO
Bunnerman, James, 342
Bannerman, John, 151
Bannerman, Patrick, 393
Bannerman, Robert, 336
INDEX OF MINISTERS
437
Barbour. John, 336, 343, 346
Barbour, William, 328, 343, 346
Barclay, Andrew, 219, 396
Barclay, George, 233, 342, 370, 372
Barclay, James, 103, 217
Barclay, John, 138. 184, 379, 404
Barclay, Thomas, 16
Ban-on, Douglas Gordon, 36
Barron, William, 235
Bayne, David, 224
Beale, George, 232
Begg, James, 80, 173
Begg, William, 208
Bell, Andrew, 217, 232
Bell, George, 404
Bell, James, 373
Bell, John, 199, 241, 366
Bell, Oswald, 223
Bell, Thomas, 209
Bellenden, Adam, 205
Bennet, James, 170, 340
Bennet, John, 241, 276, 322
Bennet, Patrick, 224
Bennet, Robert, 3
Bennet, William, 20 bis, 131
Bennett, Andrew, 223
Bennett, George, 257
Bennie, Archibald, 83
Bennie, William, 195
Benvie, Andrew, 88
Bertram, Alexander, 244
Bertram, John, 223
Beveridge, John Gardiner, 327
Bickerton, Thomas Alexander, 304
Birkmyre, John, 30
Bishop, John, 305
Bishop, Thomas, 181
Bissait, Thomas, 268
Bisset, Archibald, 184
Bissett, Alexander, 425
Black, David, 82
Black, William Ritchie, 105
Blackball, Andrew, 170, 309, 321, 324,
33^, 351, 384
Blackwell, George, 193
Blackwood, William, 17
Blackwood, William Stirling, 181
Blair, Archibald, 363
Blair, David, 71
Blair, Hew, 222
Blair, Hugh, 29, 68, 82
Blair, James, 310
Blair, Peter, 100
Blair, Robert, 109, 354
Blair, Thomas, 425
Blake, James Largie, 291
Blake, James William, 350
Blmshail, David, 266
Blyth, Harry, 23, 28
Boag, George, 235
Bollo, William, 290, 292
Bonaly, Robert, 333
Bonar, Andrew Redman, 27, 30
Bonar, Archibald, 12
Bonar, John, 231, 307
Bonar, Thomas, 406
Boncle, Cuthbert, 418, 422
Boncle, Michael, 409
Boncle, Robert, 353
Book, John, 212
Booth, John Livingston, 292
Booth, Patrick, 275
Borland, William, 409
Borthwick, Alexander, 219
Bowie, Andrew, 156
Bowie, John, 251
Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 92
Boyd, George, 87
Boyd, James, 276
Boyd, Robert, 44, 223
Bradfute, James, 253
Bradfute, John, 253
Brand, John, 17, 23, 196
Brand, William, 196
Branks, William, ^32
Brown, Andrew, 34, 72, 86, 397, 418
Brown, Andrew Watson, 91
Brown, Charles John, 148
Brown, David, 91
Brown, David, 347
Brown, Ebenezer, 345
Brown, James, 34, 146, 175, 244, 263, 334
Brown, John, 174, 184, 190, 246, 261, 346
bis, 365
Brown, John Francis, 324
Brown, Richard, 239, 2-58, 269, 391
Brown. Robert, 241, 257, 27^ bis, 292
Brown, William, 40, 81, 167, 218
Brown, William Morris, 112
Brown, William Robertson, 211
Brownlie, Charles, 209
Bruce, Alexander, 277
Bruce, Archibald, 282
Bruce, George, 408
Bruce, John, 89, 148,222
Bruce, Robert, 52, 54, 135
Brunton, Alexander, 137, 357
Brunton, Andrew, 34
Bryce, Alexander, 151
Buchan, Archibald, 225, 418
Buchan, James, 257, 272, 389
Buchanan, Archibald, 159
438
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Buchanan, George, 425
Buchanan, James, 69, 157, 347
Buchanan, James Little, 236
Buchanan, John, 249 bis
Buchanan, John M'Gregor, 405, 411
Buchanan, Robert, 87, 288, 394, 409
Buchanan, Walter, 29
Bullo, John, 276
Burdon, James Alexander, 330
Burgess, Alexander, 348
Burne, John, 324
Burnet, Alexander, 24, 28
Burnet, Gilbert, 392
Burnett, James, 330
Burnett, John, 218
Burnett, Robert, 174
Burnett, William, 87, 177, 206, 219
Burns, George, 296
Burns, Thomas, 80
Burnside, William, 158
Burt, James Robert, 383
Butter, Dugald, 138
Byres, George, 365
Byres, John, 194
C/ESAR, James, 368
Caesar, William, 91, 398
Caie, Norman Macleod, 114
Caird, John, 84
Cairncross, Alexander, 132
Cairns, Adam, 283
Cairns, Christopher, 296
Cairns, John, 52
Cairns, Thomas, 320
Calder, John, 110
Calderwood, David, 384
Calderwood, James, 375
Calderwood, Robert Sibbald, 123
Calderwood, William, 316, 322
Caldwell, George, 262
Caldwell, James, 205
Callander, William Corson, 347
Callendar, Richard, 206, 403
Cameron, Daniel, 324
Cameron, Duncan, 159
Cameron, Hugh, 86
Cameron, Robert, 192
Cameron, William, 152
Cameron, William F., 1
Campbell, Charles, 333
Campbell, Colin Alexander, 280
Campbell, Donald or Daniel, 223, 226
Campbell, Duncan, 114, 210
Campbell, George, 75
Campbell, Hew, 315
Campbell, James, 294
Campbell, John, 22, 124, 302
Campbell, Thomas, 238, 245
Candlish, Robert Smith, 106
Cant, Andrew, 65, 127 bis, 166, 171, 332
Carfrae, Patrick, 379, 408
Carkettill, Patrick, 321, 375, 420
Carkettill, William, 420
Carlyle, Alexander, 326, 404
Carlyle, William, 390
Carmichael, Frederick, 33, 326
Carmichael, James, 353, 369 bis, 374
Carmichael, John, 293
Carmichael, Patrick, 321
Carmichael, William, 260, 353
Carrick, John Charles, 335
Carruthers, George, 208
Carson, Robert, 336
Carstares, William, 46, 66, 255
Cavers, Walter, 319
Chalmers, Daniel, 365
Chalmers, George, 365
Charles, John, 343
Charteris, Henry, 154
Charteris, James, 285
Charteris, John, 15
Charteris, Laurence, 360, 399
Charteris, Thomas, 375
Cheislie, John, 7, 256
Chisholm, Archibald, 7, 333
Christie, George, 90, 298
Christie, James, 149
Christie, John, 255
Christison, John, 240
Clapperton, John, 219
Clark, James, 360, 407, 410
Clark, John, 29, 74, 186
Clark, Thomas, 74, 90
Clark, William Weir, 178
Clarke, Thomas Elliot Simpson, 395
Clarkson, Mungo, 15
Clason, James, 183
Clason, Patrick, 22
Cleghorn, George, 248
Cleland, John, 293
Clunie, David, 404
Clunie, John, 303, 423
Cochrane, John, 112, 413
Cockburn, James, 386
Cockburn, John, 250, 257, 340, 375
Cockburn, Patrick, 368, 420
Coise, John, 6
Colden, Thomas, 201, 283, 301
Collier, John, 305
Colquhoun, Adam, 298
Colquhoun, John, 158, 289
Colt, Adam, 301, 325
INDEX OF MINISTERS
439
Colt, Oliver, 28, 325
Colthart, Robert, 246
Colvill, Alexander, 342
Colvill, John, 150, 177
Colvill, Robert, 237, 366
Colvill, William, 10, 126, 13 4
Colvin, William Laidlaw, 13
Conn, William Cochran, 375
Connor, John, 200
Cook, George, 194
Cook, John, 370, 373
Cook, Patrick, 389, 420
Cooper, Alexander, 293
Cooper, James, 375
Copland, Thomas, 348
Core, William Granville, 306
Cornwall, Alexander, 222
Cornwall, John, 215
Cornwall, Robert, 203, 214
Cornwall, William, 10
Cosens, Alexander Thomson, 242
Cossar, John, 166
Coullie, James, 387
Coulston, Thomas, 345
Coupar, Robert, 218, 348
Couper, Walter, 6
Court, Robert, 324
Courtney, John, 356
Cowan, Francis, 367
Cowan, Henry, 36
Cowan, William, 104
Cowper, John, 53
Cowper, Robert William, 174
Craig, James, 16, 19, 28, 76, 236, 397, 400,
407
Craig, John, 23, 52
Craig, Robert James, 402
Craik, Alexander, 255
Cranstoun, Hector, 286
Cranstoun, John, 161, 165, 170
Cranstoun, Michael, 10, 170
Cranstoun, Thomas, 170, 281, 285, 301, 395
Cranstoun, William, 323
Craufurd, Charles, 2U3
Crawford, David, 174
Crawford, Gavin, 209
Crawford, John, 265 bis, 298, :J13
Crawford, John Howard, 191
Crawford, Nicol, 264
Crawford, Thomas Jackson, 91
Creech, Patrick, 181, 380
Creech, William, 334
Crichton, John, 189
Crichton, Nicol, 414
Crichton, William, 136, 193 bis, 206
Crockett, William Shillinglaw, 297
Crombie, William, 419
Crosbie, John, 364
Cruickshank, James, 283
Cruickshank, John Rodgers, 292
Cruickshanks, James, 250
Cumin, Patrick, 76, 341
Cu ruing, Alexander, 171
Cuming, John, 376
Gumming, James Elder, 86
Cuningham, Charles, 397
Cuningham, Hugh, 397
Cunningham, James, 329
Cunningham, William, 129
Cunningham, William Bruce, 390
Cunninghame, John Kellock, 313
Currie, John, 245, 370, 413
DAILL, Thomas, 420
Dalgarno, William, 253, 344
Dalgleish, Alexander, 190, 216
Dalgleish, David, 262
Dalgleish, John, 225
Dalgleish, Nicol, 99
Dalgleish, Robert, 216, 219
Dalgleish, William, 10, 220, 288
Dalrymple, James, 420
Dalrymple, John, 379
Dalzell, John, 415
Darling, Hew, 410
Darling, John Miller, 21
Darngavel, John, 415
Davidson, Alexander, 157, 229, 294, 339,
421
Davidson, Donald, 36
Davidson, George Ramsay, 80
Davidson, John, 27, 53, 170, 387
Davidson, Robert, 420
Davidson, Thomas, 423
Davidson, Thomas Randall, 120
Davidson, William, :J08
Dawson, James, 97
Dawson, John, 347
Dempster, William Elmslie Wilkie, 375
Denune, William, 372, 386
Dey, William Dunbar, 21
Dick, James, 16
Dick, Robert, 33, 134
Dickson, Adam, 271, 283, 289, 427
Dickson, Alexander, 271, 277, 332
Dickson, Andrew, 352
Dickson, David, 22, 64, 102, 128, 147, 186,
255, 284
Dickson, James, 167, 241
Dickson, John, 285, «65
Dickson, John Gavin, 109
Dickson, Richard, 95, 211
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Dickson, Robert, 164, 168
Dickson, Thomas, 2:30
Dickson, William, 243, 27(5
Dinima, Thomas, 226
Dobie, James, 178, 217
Dobie, William, 3-39
Dodcls, James, 9, 377
Dods, George, 364
Dods, Selby Ord, 364
Donald, George Henry, 371
Donaldson, James, 250 bis
Donaldson, William Galloway, 159
Douglas, Alexander, 175, 250, 258, 426
Douglas, Archibald, 276, 281, 286, 298,
333, 336, 365, 392, 393
Douglas, John, 241, 244, 348 bis
Douglas, Ninian, 293
Douglas, Robert, 38, 59, 64, 118, 290,
385
Douglas, Thomas, 233, 257, 314
Douglas, William, 418, 426
Dow, Peter, 345
Drew, John Alexander Caldwell, 192
Dron, J. Archibald, 209
Drummond, David, 139, 215, 218
Drummond, James Johnstone, 92
Drummond, Thomas, 358
Drummond, Thomas Ninian, 395
Drysdale, John, 82, 141, 213, 227
Dudgeon, Thomas, 364
Duff, Henry, 169
Duguid, William, 233, 250
Dun, William, 338
Dunbar, George, 176, 372
Dunbar, William, 177
Duncan, Alexander, 294
Duncan, Andrew, 183
Duncan, David, 366
Duncan, George Gordon Dundas Stewart,
99, 328
Duncan, Henry, 253, 313
Duncan, James, 238
Duncan, Joseph Rogers, 317
Duncan, Thomas Ogilvy, 236, 356
Duncan, William Grant, 240
Duncanson, John, 45
Duncanson, Thomas, 230
Dundas, Robert, 376
Dundas, William, 199
Duiilop, Andrew, 341, 363
Dunlop, John, 175, 182
(Dunn) Donn, Andrew, 312
Dunn, Charles, 2^5
Dunn, Peter, 203
Dunn, William, 186
Dunnett, George Victor, 405
Dunnett, William Alexander, 317
Durie, John, 2, 52, 164, 200, 343
EADIE, James, 264
Eason, Patrick, 299
Edgar, Alexander, 291
Edgar, John, 261
Edie, William, 328
Edmonston, John, 53
Edward, Thomas, 425
Elder, Robert, 188
Elliot, James, 131
Elliot, John, 288
Elliot, Robert, 241 bin, 244, 298, 299 bis
Ellis, George, 199
Elphinston, James, 316
Erskine, James, 205
Erskine, John, 34, 47
Erskine, William, 136
Ewan, John, 427
Ewing, Greville, 79
FATRBAIRX-, James, 153
Fairbairn, Patrick, 394
Fairfoul, Andrew, 155
Fairfoul, John, 292
Fairlie, James, 45, 165, 329
Fairlie, Walter, 1 48
Falconer, David, 11
Falconer, John, 339
Farmer, James, 344
Farquhar, Henry, 318
Farquhar, John, 75, 139
Farquhar, Robert, 171
Fawsyde, John, 2/1, 283
Feithie, James, 287
Ferguson, James, 251
Ferguson, John, 217, 234 bis
Ferguson, Robert, 104
Ferguson, Thomas, 174
Fergusson, Adam Wightman, 313
Fergusson, James, 9
Fiddes, Alexander, 36, 92
Findlater, Charles, 285, 299
Findlater, Thomas, 299
Findlay, James, 272, 293
Findlay, John Agnew, 114
Findlay, Thomas, 378, 416
Findlay, William, 224
Finlayson, James, 42, 61, 82, 261, 303
Fisher, James, 248
Fisher, Robert, 4, 248, 250
Fisher, Robert Howie, 85, 99
Fisher, Walter, 310
Fleming, Alexander, 243
Fleming, Archibald, 138, 338
INDEX OF MINISTERS
441
Fleming, David, 199
Fleming, James, 399
Fleming, James Alexander, 160
Fleming, John, 4, 184, 306
Fleming, Patrick, 290
Fleming, Richard, 227
Fleming, Robert, 268
Fleming, Thomas, 83, 148
Fleming, William, 258
Fletcher, David, 74
Flint, John, 143, 330
Foord, Robert, 863
Forbes, Arthur, 410
Forbes, George, 274, 293
Forbes, James, 189
Forbes, John, 86, 261
Forbes, William, 54, 69, 410
Forbes, William John, 374
Fordyce, George, 7
Forman, Adam, 411
Forman, James, 369, 372
Forrest, Alexander, 276
Forrest, David, 250
Forrest, John, 375, 414, 415, 422
Forrest, Robert Gibb, 142
Forrester, Alexander, 2, 170, 299, 346, 395,
422
Forrester, Alexander M'Caul, 300
Forrester, Andrew, 6, 205, 321, 395
Forrester, Charles, 184
Forrester, David, 154, 155
Forrester, James, 246
Forsyth, David, 356
Forsyth, James, 228, 379
Fotheringham, John, '262
Foulis, Adam, 322, 331
Foulis, Alexander, 410
Fowler, James Charles, 183, 187
Frank, William, 320, 375
Fraser, John, 255, 322
Fraser, Robert George, 160
Fraser, Robert William, 109
French, James, 91, 343
Frem-h, Patrick, 214
French, Robert, 248
Frude, John, 200
Fuird, George, 200
Fullarton, Andrew, 209
Fullarton, Henry M'Intosh Robertson, 197
Fullerton, George, 237
GALBUAITH, Patrick, 362, 365
Galbra'th, Robert, 219
Galbraith, William, 343
Galloway, Patrick, 53
Gardiner, George, 153
Gardner, David, 258
Gardner, James, 296
Gardner, John, 221
Gardner, Matthew, 178, 289
Gardner, Robert, 197
Gardyne, William, 118, 123
Garnock, Henry, 26
Gartshore, James, 397
Garvie, William, 179
Garvine, Thomas, 3, 70
Gentles, Thomas, 130
Gib, William, 234
Gibson, Alexander, 166
Gibson, Archibald, 81
Gibson, George, 3
Gibson, James, 334, 391, 396, 418
Gibson, John, 102, 200, 227, 353, 413
Gibson, Lancelot, 321
Gibson, Robert, 225
Gibson, Thomas, 278
Giffin, Cornelius, 114, 130
Gilbert, Michael, 380
Gilchrist, Daniel, 299
Gilchrist, David, 337
Gilchrist, John, 26, 167
Gillan, James, 112, 142
Gillespie, George, 38, 58
Gillespie, Patrick, 399
Gillieson, Thomas, 174
Gilmour, Robert, 176
Gilruth, James Ruth, 252
Glasgow, James, 185
Glass, Adam, 352
Glasse, John, 44
Glen, Alexander, 360
Glen, James, 360, 426
Glen, John, 33, 146, 181
Glennie, John, 127
Gloag, Andrew, 179
Gloag, William, 82, 144, 307
Glover, William, 32
Goldie, George, 355
Goldie, James, 349
Goldie, James Smith, 298
Goldie, John, 345, 349
Goldie, Thomas Smith, 149
Gordon, Hon. Arthur, 90, 153
Gordon, Charles, 201
Gordon, James, 347
Gordon, James Bryce, 414
Gordon, John, 251
Gordon, Robert, 22, 61, 86, 118, 190
Gordon, Thomas, 335
Gordon, William, D5
Gordon, William Ireland, 298
Gordon, William Lindsay, 356
442
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Goudie, John, 81, 143
Gourlay, John, 313, 319
Graeme, James, 393
Graham, Alexander, 379, 419
Graham, David, 19")
Graham, David Cunningham, 343
Graham, Robert Balfour, 382, 421
Graham, William, 153
Grant, Alexander, 318
Grant, Alexander Brown, 44, 205
Grant, Andrew, 26, 89, 128
Grant, Donald Macgregor, 298
Grant, James, 113, 164, 173
Grant, John Davidson, 180
Grant, John Forbes Watson, 116, 373
Gray, Alexander, 274
Gray, Andrew, 85, 317
Gray, Hew, 274, 276
Gray, James, 274, 372
Gray, John, 192, 229, 351, 384
Gray, Lo-hian, 420
Gray, Robert, 411
Gray, Thomas, 241, 278
Gray, Walter, 363
Gray, William Henry, 84, 174
Greenfield, William, 60, 88
Gregory, Alexander, 187
Greig, Alexander, 268
Greig, James, 202
Greig, John, 257, 258
Greig, Thomas, 380
Grey, Henry, 22, 112, 148, 421
Grier, George, 374
Grierson, James, 133, 308, 340
Grierson, John, 226
Grieve, Henry, 34, 77, 316
Grieve, Henry Home, 313
Grigor, John, 80
Grinton, Patrick, 279
Gudlad, Andrew, 260
Guidlad, David, 203
Guild, Andrew, 381
Guild, David, 101
Gunn, George Gibson, 300
Gunson, John, 1
Gusthart, William, 124
Guthrie, Alexander, 215
Guthrie, James, 378
Guthrie, John, 54, 182
Guthrie, Thomas, 48, 108
HAIG, William, 185, 239
Haining, John, 253
Haistie [Hastings], George, 348
Haistie [Hastings], James, 318, 321, 348
Haldane, Bernard, 243
Haldane, Robert, 269
Halden, Walter, 238, 245
Hall, Gilbert, 212
Hall, John, 2, 55, 74, 165
Hall, Ninian, 238, 245
Halley, Robert, 222
Halliday, Samuel, 143
Hamilton, Alexander, 59, 198, 201 (3), 204,
369, 421
Hamilton, Andrew, 250
Hamilton, Archibald, 7
Hamilton, David Gordon, 115
Hamilton, George, 60, 367
Hamilton, Gilbert, 12
Hamilton, Henry, 15
Hamilton, Ninian, 17
Hamilton, James, 53, 74, 150, 181, 187,
196, 254, 256, 376
Hamilton, John, 11 bis, 46, 118, 162, 192
bis, 265, 298, 357, 417, 421
Hamilton, John Cowan, 248
Hamilton, Patrick, 409
Hamilton, Peter, 211, 219
Hamilton, Robert, 11, 46, 81
Hamilton, Robert Kerr, 394
Hamilton, Thomas, 421
Hamilton, William, 11, 146, 151, 238, 344,
357, 422
Handyside, Andrew, 280
Hanna, William, 259
Hannay, George, 230
Hannay, James, 24, 56
Hardie, Robert Montgomerie, 309
Hardy, Thomas, 60, 147
Harkness, William, 320
Harlaw, Nathaniel, 340
Harlaw, William, 93
Harper, Thomas, 263
Hart, James, 40, 182
Hart, John, 353
Harvie, John, 411, 415
Hastie, Alexander, 231
Hastie, William, 229
Hay, David, 257
Hay, George, 270
Hay, Gilbert, 279
Hay, James, 91
Hay, James Keith, 30
Hay, John, 281, 286 bis, 287, 399
Hay, Theodore, 286
Hay, Walter, 398
Hay, William, 271, 299, 348
Henderson, Alexander, 57
Henderson, Gavin, 421
Henderson, James, 91, 183, 321
Henderson, John, 226, 347, 397
INDEX OF MINISTERS
443
Henderson, Robert, 278
Henderson, Thomas, 258
Henry, George, 7
Henry, Robert, 34, 76
Hepburn, Adam, 290
Hepburn, David, 414
Hepburn, Edward, 414
Hepburn, George, 414
Hepburn, John, 33, 46, 243, 412
Hepburn, Patrick, 96, 263, 357
Hepburn, Robert, 414
Hepburn, Thomas, 355, 405, 412 (4), 413
Herbert, John, 381
Heriot, Alexander, 309, 316
Herries, John, 331, 339
Hetherington, William Maxwell, 232
Heughan, Charles, 336
Hewat, Andrew Middlemas, 39S
Hewat, Peter, 2, 37, 44, 63, 64
Higgins, William, 295
Hill, Henry David, 381
Hislop, John, 318
Hislop, Philip, 325
Hodge, Robert, 192, 219, 230
Hog, John, 28, 162, 298
Hog, Thomas, 165, 290
Hogg, George, 358
Hogg, James, 216
Hogg, Robert, 200
Hoggan, James, 249, 264
Hogge, Andrew, 205
Holdom, William, 210
Home, Abraham, 426
Home, Alexander, 406, 418
Home, George, 406, 426
Home, James, 406
Home, Jasper, 406
Home, John, 345, 354
Honyman, George, 220
Hope, Charles, 266
Home, David, 8, 400
Home, Robert Keith Dick, 9
Home, Robert Stevenson, 229
Horsburgh, John, 279
Horsburgh, Robert, 243, 389
Houston, James, 193, 213
Houston, James Edward, 23
Howe, William, 258
Howieson, Richard, 307, 326
Hudson, William, 348
Hume, David, 403, 405, 412
Hume, Edward, 324
Hume, Jasper, 18
Hunter, Alexander, 323
Hunter, Andrew, 34, 137
Hunter, Henry, 167
Hunter, James, 257, 301, 320
Hunter, John, 141, 346
Hunter, John Sutherland, 104
Hunter, Joseph, 405
Hunter, Peter Hay, 90, 401
Hunter, Robert, 6, 195, 220
Hutcheson, David, 316
Hutcheson, Gilbert, 274, 280
Hutcheson, John, 193
Hutchison, George, 118
Hutchison, James, 46, 155
Hutton, William Menzies, 414
Hyndman, John, 3, 82, 97
iMiuii, David Neil, 109
Imrie, William Malcolm, 345
Inglis, George, 192
Inglis, James, 24
Inglis, John, 42, 196
Inglis, Thomas, 218, 426
Ingram, James, 320
Innes, James, 400
Ireland, John Alexander, 236
Ireland, Walter Foggo, 156
Irving, Alexander, 45
Irving, Lewis Hay, 191
JACK, George, 169
Jack, Robert, 239
Jack, William, 239
Jackson, Robert Winchester, 209
Jacque, Gideon, 172
Jaffray, John, 408
Jamie, William Low, 2
Jamieson, George Thomas, 181
Jamieson, Robert, 16
Jamieson, William Cruickshank Eddie,
138
Jardine, Andrew, 244
Jardine, Charles, 265
Jardine, John, 81, 140, 172
Jardine, Walter, 194
Jenkison, John, 354
Johnston, Adam, 311
Johnston, Alan, 241, 320
Johnston, Alexander, 280
Johnston, Andrew, 393
Johnston, James, 192
Johnston, John, 180, 185, 187, 211, 239
Johnston, Joseph, 275
Johnston, William, 235, 343
Johnstone, David, 156
Johnstone, Frederick J. B., 149
Johnstone, George, 298, 318, 333 (3)
Johnstone, John M'Kerlie, 232
Johnstone, Robert, 86, 243
444
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Jones, Thomas Henry, '2
Jones, Thomas Snell, 79
KAY, Charles, 101, 100
Kay, George, 33, 47, 102
Kay, Robert, 180
Kayde, James, 252
Keir, Andrew, 198
Keir, William, 203, 221
Keith, Alexander, 233 bit
Keith, George, 223
Keith, Robert, 203
Keith, William, 101
Kellie, James, 40G, 422
Kellie, Simon, 243, 203
Kellie, William, 400
Kello, John, 417
Kellock, John, 313
Kelly, William, 206, 285
Kemp, Andrew, 352
Kemp, John, 34, 124
Kennedy, Alexander, 130
Kennedy, Hew, 127, 177 6«,s>
Kennedy, Samuel George, 185
Ker, Alexander, 184, 291
Ker, Hew, 280
Ker, Robert, 369, 388
Kerr, David Colquhoun, 36
Kerr, John, 1, 224, 279, 351, 362, 369,
388
Kerr, Samuel, 400
Kid, James, 24, 226
Kilpatrick, James, 305 //is
Kincaid, Robert, 203
King, Andrew, 232
King, Thomas, 256
King, William, 10
Kmloch, Patrick, 21-1
Kin loch, Robert, 67
Kinnear, Alexander, 193
Kinnear, Andrew, 75, 175
Kinnear, Edward, 175
Kinnaird [Kinnear], John, 175
Kinross, John, 159
Kinross, Robert, 262
Kintore, George, 166, 310
Kirk, James, 4u9
Kirk, Robert, 379
Kirkaldie, Thomas, 396
Kirkton, James, 119
Knowes, Christopher, 418
Knowles, William Andrew, 142, 211
Knox, John, 49, 155, 156, 179, 229, 304
bis
Knox, Robert, 287
Knox, William, 304, 306 bis
LACEY, Walter Roland, 211
Laing, James, 150, 189
Laing, John, 221
Lamb, Andrew, 165
Lamb, James, 356, 405, 412, 425
Lamb, Thomas, 276
Lammie, David, 305
Lamont, James, 318
Lament, John, 33
Lang, James, 424
Lang, John Marshall, 85
Langwell, James, 17
Lauder, Alexander, 412
Lauder, George, 423
Lauder, James, 420
Lauder, John, 179, 403, 406, 425
Lauder, Robert, 123
Laurie, Robert, 59, 126, 127, 135
Law, James, 212
Law, John, 66, 260
Law, Mungo, 45
Law, Robert, 7, 258
Lawrence, John, 245, 248
Lawrie, John, 256
Lawrie, Thomas, 193
Lawson, James, 51
Lawson, Robert, 254, 260
Layis, Edward, 324
Learmonth, Andrew, 171
Learmonth, William, 180
Lee, John, 26, 73, 83, 288
Lee, Robert, 42
Leechman, Laurence, 262
Lees, James Cameron, 62
Leighton, Adam, 2, 14
Leighton, Robert, 332
Leslie, Cathcart, 304
Leslie, George, 24, 28
Leslie, George Lindsay, 273
Leslie, John, 198
Letham [Leighton], Adam, 2, 14
Lewis, James, 158
Lichton, Matthew, 14
Liddell, Matthew, 424, 426
Liddell, Thomas, 80
Liddle, John Robertson, 213
Liddle, Wrilliam, 110
Lindsay, Charles, 248
Lindsay, David, 1GO, 161, 165, 307
Lindsay, George, 156
Lindsay, Hew, 248
Lindsay, James, 213, 248, 252
Lindsay, John, 259, 260, 265
Lindsay, Robert, 6
Lindsay, Robert, 260
Lindsay, Thomas, 257, 262 (3)
INDEX OF MINISTERS
445
Lindsay, William, 335
Linning, Thomas, 263
Listen, Henry, 204
Little, Bryce, 249
Little, John, 283
Livingston, Alexander, 3, 238
Livingston, William, 254, 293
Livingstone, Archibald, 240, 245, 353, 391
Livingstone, Robert, 239, 254 Us, 257, 268
Lochtie, John, 306
Lockhart, Robert, 252, 407
Lockhart, William, 5, 227, 247
Logan, David, 411, 421
Logan, George, 133, 342, 407
Logan, James, 165, 271, 276, 329
Logan, John, 167, 260, 318, 321
Logic, Kenneth, 257
Logic, William, 362
Lookup, John, 177
Lorimer, Archibald, 358
Lorimer, Robert, 370
Lorraine, John Bell, 289
Lothian, John, 220
Lothian, William, 25
Loudon, Alexander, 208
Loudon, Joseph, 347
Low, Thomas, 364
Lowis, Thomas, 274
Lugton, Thomas, 219
Lumsden, Alexander, 406
Lumsden, Andrew, 19
Lumsden, Charles, 17, 18, 151
Lumsden, James, 123
Lumsden, John, 427
Lundie, Archibald, 393
Lundie, George, 10, 200, 346
Lundie, Henry, 128, 190
Lundie, James, 65, 118, 135, 139, 155, 316
Lundie, John, 413
Lyon, William, 257
MACALISTER, John, 31
Macalpine, John, 258
M'Andrew, Thomas Watt, 210
M'Aulay, Archibald, 226
Macbeth, John, 338
MaoCaig, Duncan, 31
M'Call, William, 223
M'Caul, John, 261
M'Corkindale, Thomas Bayley, 104
M'Cormick, Joseph, 349, 390
M'Corquodale, Donald, 402
M'Courty, Thomas, 251, 345
M'Cracken, Thomas, 347
M'Culloch, John Hutton, 157, 346
M'Donald, John, 31
Macduff, Robert Charles Henry, 184
M'Ewen, Bruce, 368
M'Farlan, Patrick, 224
Macfarlane, Duncan, 264
Macfarlane, James, 20, 91, 223, 376
Macfie, Daniel, 27, 30
M 'George, William, 323, 344
M'Ghie, Andrew, 265, 351, 359
Macgilchrist, John, 145
M'Gill, Alexander, 6
Macgill, Henry Moncrieff, 339
Macgoun, Robert William, 85
Macgregor, Alexander, 31
Macgregor, Charles, 8-i
Macgregor, James, 99, 137
Macgregor, John Campbell, 32
Margregor, Joseph Robertson, 30
Macgregor, Malcolm, 338
Macgregor, William Cunningham, 249
M'lntyre, James, 298
Mac-kail, Hew, 126
Mackay, John, 189
Mackellar, Alexander, 31
M'Kellar, Angus, 387
Mackenzie, John, 213
Mackenzie, John Buchanan, 224
Mackenzie, Kenneth, 197
Mackenzie, Mungo Campbell, 330
Mackenzie, Norman, 177
Mackenzie, Thomas, 280
Mackenzie, William, 259
Mackersy, John, 180
Mackersy, Robert Walker, 9
Mackie, James, 102
Mackie, William, 306
Mackinnon, Robert Bruce, 236
Mackintosh, Angus, 260
Macknight, James, 72, 82
Mackniglit, Thomas, 77, 128, 168
M'Laren, Alexander, 22
M'Laren, Daniel, 80
M'Laren, David, 377
M'Laren, John, 119
M'Laren, William Peter, 1
M'Lauchlan, James, 30
M'Laurin, James Brearcliffe, 111
M'Lean, Alexander Hugh, 261
Maclean, Alexander Miller, 14, 289
M'Lean, John, 209, 375
Marlean, Norman, 5
Maclennan, George Robert, 32
M'Leod, Donald, 217
M'Leod, Hugh, 31
Macleod, Norman, 116, 317, 402
M'Letchie, James, 69, 159
M'Lintock, Samuel, 300
INDEX OF MINISTERS
M'Luckie, John Morrison, 81
Macinaih, John, 182, 329
Macmillan, Donald, 87
Macmorland, Peter, 111, 382
M'Murtrie, John, 1)2
Macnab, Stevenson, 313
Macnair, James, 27, 229
Macpherson, Alexander, 210
Macpherson, Ranald, 111
Mac-queen, Daniel, 72, 416
Macqueen, John, 132
M' Vicar, Neil, 101
Macvicar, Peter, 283
M'Watt, James, 394
Main, John, 295, 337, 354
Main, William, 130
Maitland, John, 271
Maitland, Thomas, 362
Makcall, Gavin, 289, 292
Makcauwell, William, 398
Makeullo, John, 240
Makghie, John, 359
Makghie, Thomas, 358, 380
Makghu-, William, 351
Makkie, David, 238
Malcolm, Alexander, 46, 123, 135, 333
Malcolm, David, 19
Manderson, John, 356, 406
Mann, William, 193
Manson, James, 30
Manuel, John, 426
Marjoribanks, George, 300, 422
Marjoribanks, Thomas, 5, 6, 422
Marjoribanks, Thomas Stirling, 364, 417
Mark, George, 249
Marshall, Alexander, 327
Marshall, Ebenezer, 308
Marshall, James, 120
Marshall, William, 282
Martin, Frank Hale, 114
Martin, James, 91, 106
Martin, John, 419
Martin, Samuel, 194
Martin, Thomas, 13, 114, 289
Martin, William, 34
Masson, Alexander, 213
Masson, Donald Tolmie, 31
Matheson, Charles Ross, 31
Matheson, George, 92
Mathieson, Finlay, 22
Mathison, John, 60, 119
Maxwell, John, 64, 70, 74, 131
Maxwell, Thomas, 256
Maxwell, William, 407
Meek, Wrilliam, 232, 254
Meiklejohn, Hugh, 190
Meiklem, Robert, 270
Mein, William, 316
Meldrum, George, 139
Meldrum, Joshua, 127
Meldrum, Robert, 363, 400
Meldrum, William, 118, 397
Melvill, Ephraim, 215, 225
Melvill, John, :!36, 418
Melville, Alexander, 208
Melvin, Andrew, 378
Menzies, John, 135, 246
Menzies, William, 276, 367
Mercer, James, 344
Mercer, Laurence, 277
Merchiston, David, 340
Millar, Andrew, 331
Millar, Archibald, 426
Millar, Arthur, 326
Millar, Gavin, 160
Millar, Thomas, 159
Millar, William, 46, 238
Miller, David, 227
Miller, Thomas, 213, 266
Miller, Thomas Duncan, 278
Miller, William, 81
Milligan, George, 114
Milne, David Munro, 112
Milne, James Alexander, 14, 281
Milne, John, 32, 278, 285
Milne, Joseph, 195
Milne, Robert, 21
Milne, William, 270
Mitchell, Andrew, 282, 331
Mitchell, David, 70, 74
Mitchell, Graham, 236
Mitchell, James, 164
Mitchell, Patrick, 260
Mitchell, Robert, 306
Mitchell, Thomas, 266, 413
Mitchell, William, 28, 67, 76
Mitchellson, David, 70, 74
Mitc-helsoii, James, 399
Mitchelson, Samuel, 279
Moffat, James, 284
Moffat, Thomas, 337
Moffett, Joseph, 149
Molli.son, Patrick, 264
Moncreiff, Sir Henry Wellwood, 22, 9S
Monc'rieff, John, 128, 389
Moncrieff, Robert, 323
Moncrieff, William Scott, 345
Monilaws, George Hope Barrington, 288
Monilaws, James, 194
Monipenny, Patrick, 219, 222
Monro, Alexander, 66
Monteith, James, 317
INDEX OF MINISTERS
447
Monteith, Robert, 18, 305
Monypenny, George, 389
Moodie, George, 318
Moodie, Leslie, 327, 337
Moodie, William, 88
Moore, Robert, 413
Moray, John, 165, 301
Morison, John, 362, 378, 398
Morison, Philip, 156
Morrison, David, 138
Mortimer, Robert, 139
Morton, John, 196
Mossman, George, 254
Mossman, John, 333
Moubray, David, 16, 172
Moubray, John, 233
Moubray, Thomas, 7
Mowat, Robert, 323, 348, 319
Mowbray, James, 150
Mowbray, John, 203
Mowbray, Thomas, 233
Muir, Archibald, 363, 366
Muir, John, 207, 401
Muir, John Stenhouse, 308
Muir, Pearson M'Adam, 85, 224
Muir, Robert Hugh, 202
Muir, Thomas, 259, 306
iMuir, William, 35, 115, 349
Muir, AVilliam Bruce, 37
Muirhead, George, 13
Munro, John, 31
Munro, John Malcolm, 145
Munro, Thomas, 320
Murdo, Andrew, 290
Murehead, James, 154
Murray, Alexander John, 273
Murray, Anthony, 245, 246 bis
Murray, George, 381, 382
Murray, James, 309, 320, 375
Murray, John, 258, 323
Murray, John William, 283
Murray, Matthew, 381
Murray, Thomas, 3
Murray, William Brown, 379
Muschet, Archibald, 206
Muschet, Thomas, 296
Mutter, John, 397
Mutter, Robert, 310
Myreton, William, 165
NAIRNE, David, 298
Nairne, James, 24, 357
Nasmyth, James, 202
Neil, Alexander, 84
Neilson, Thomas, 290
Neish, David, 271
Nelson, William Lambie, 339
Newbigging, William, 240
Newton, Archibald, 18, 171
Nicholls, John Ashplant, 339
Nicholson, Maxwell, 116, 137, 387
Nicol, James, 294
Nicol, James Bell, 142
Nicol, Thomas, 122
Nimmo [Nymbill], John, 6, 309 bis, 336, 378
Nimmo, Samuel, 3
Nisbet, Andrew, 363
Nisbet, James, 71, 410
Nisbet, Robert, 145
Nisbet, William, 186
Niven, John Gibb, 158
Niven, Thomas Brown William, 217, 311
Noble, James, 31
Noble, John, 255
Or, 1 1,, David, 365, 375
Ogil, Richard, 408
Ogilvie, James Nicoll, 36
Ogilvie, William, -110
Ogston, AVilliam, 2, 7
Ogstoun, George, 248
Oliphant, James, 151
Oliphant, Johnston, 192
Oliver, James, 8, 21
Oliver, John, 402
Oliver, Stephen, '275
Orr, John, 75
Orr, John Aitken, 197
Orr, William, 419
Orrock, Alexander, 287
Oswald, Archibald, 381, 395
Oswald, John, 123, 197, 384, 389
PAGAX , Gavin Lang, 107
Park, James, 159
Park, John, 198
Pate, James, 275
Paterson, John, 59, 135, 413
Paterson, Ninian, 171
Paterson, Robert, 322
Paterson, Thomas, 3, 97, 101, 276, 302 bis
Paterson, Walter, '278, 357
Paterson, William, 405
Paton, James, 232, 305
Paton, John, 330 bis
Paton, John Allan Hunter, 21
Paton, Robert, 330, 372
Paton, Stephen, 284
Patrick, John, 32
Patterson, John Brown, 207
Pattullo, James Mitchell, 379
Paul, David, 88
448
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Paul, Hamilton, 242
Paul, John, 98
Paul, William, 102, 334, 424
Pearson, Robert, 239
Pearson, Thomas, 153
Peebles, John, 211
Peebles, Thomas, 211
Penman, Adam, 307
Penman, Gideon, 312
Penman, William, 312
Pennyeuke, William, 343
Peterkin, William, 20 1
Petrie, Adam, 2G3
Petrie, Peter, 158
Petilloch, John, 2J8, 240
Philip, John, 225, 277
Phin, George, 228, 260
Picken, John, 2o6
Pitcairn, Thomas, 97, 308
Pittendrigh, George Gordon, 104
Playfair, David, 191
Plenderleath, David, 124, 316, 342
Plummer, Andrew, 241
Pollock, Robert, 19
Pollok, George, 403
Pollok, John, 421
Pont, Robert, 93, 99
Porteous, Archibald, 248
Porteous, David John Moir, 178
Porteous, James, 301, 318, 321, 329, 417
Porteous, Thomas, 108
Porteous, Willium, 235, 242, 244, 245
Potter, Michael, 196
Powrie, Richard, 292
Powrie, William, 189
Prenter, Joseph Robert, 159
Prentice, Archibald, 336
Primrose, Charles, 312
Primrose, James, 313
Primrose, John, 225
Primrose, Peter, 3HO
Pringle, George, 353
Pringle, John, 7
Proudfoot, James, 247
Proudfoot, Robi-rt Forrester, 339
Proudfoot, William, 373
Provan, Joseph, 363, 378
Pryde, John Marshall, 209
Pryde, Robert Hamilton, 331
Purdie, James, 379
Purdie, John, 257
Purdie, Patrick, 284 bis
Purdie, William, 173
Purves, George, 321
Purves, John, 80
Purves, Thomas, 281
Pyott, Alexander, 199, 408
Pyper, David, 386
RAE, John, 260
Rait, William, 38
Raith, Thomas, 395
Ramsay, Alexander, 45, 46, 65, 71
Ramsay, Andrew, 38, 70
Ramsay, George, 304, 314, 328
Ramsay, James, 216
Ramsay, John, 342, 367
Ramsay, Robert, 389
Randall, Thomas, 82, 120
Rankin, Edward Blackmore, 424
Rankin, Robert, 266
Rankine, William Henry, 229
Readdie, David, 182
Reid, Allan, 229
Reid, James, 95, 100, 155, 266, 304, 317,
362, 365, 395
Reid, John, 239, 263
Reid, Matthew, 381, 390, 416
Rennie, Robert, 196
Renton, George Clerk, 254
Riach, James Grant, 247
Riach, William Lyon, 87, 387
Richardson, Andrew, 241
Riddell, Archibald, 133
Rigg, Walter, 193, 353
Ritchie, Adam Inch, 423
Ritchie, Charles, 213
Ritchie, Charles John, 267
Ritchie, David, 90, 345
Ritchie, John, 36, 190, 253
Ritchie, William, 61, 355
Robb, Alexander Barrie, 209
Robertson, Alexander, 272, 321
Robertson, Andrew, 366
Robertson, David, 407
Robertson, George, 131, 179, 225, 277
Robertson, Harry, 413
Robertson, James, 1G9, 183, 229, 272, 309,
427
Robertson, James Maitland, 221
Robertson, John, 39
Robertson, John Anderson, 9
Robertson, John Methven, 138
Robertson, John Robert, 291
Robertson, Joseph, 30, 185
Robertson, Patrick, 273 his, 344
Robertson, Thomas, 202
Robertson, William, 35, 40, 41, 81, 82, 91,
302, 366
Robin, John, 339
Robison, Andrew, 314
INDEX OF MINISTERS
449
Robison, William, 250
Rollo, David Andrew, 23
Rollock, Henry, 45, 64, 131
Rollock, Robert, 37, 54
Ross, James, 220
Ross, Neil M., 23
Ross, William, 224, 371
Row, Archibald, 268, 290
Row, Colin, 268
Row, Robert, 189
Roy, James, 22, 390
Roy, Niel, 352
Rule, Gilbert, 39, 415
Runciman, David, 86
Russel, Patrick, 269
Russell, Robert, 251, 253
Russell, William, 246, 291 bis, 378
Rutherford, Henry, 22
Rutherford, Robert, 6
Rutherford, Samuel, 177
SABISTON, James Robert, 21, 256
Sanderson, Patrick, 274 bis
Sanderson, William, 274, 424, 426
Sandilands, John, 250, 251
Sandilands, Robert, 146, 333
Sands, Patrick, 44
Sangster, Henry, 376
Sangster, John, 64
Savile, David, 186
Scharp, John, 395
Scotland, John, 34, 217
Scott, Archibald, 32, 107, 217
Scott, David, 8
Scott, Francis, 295
Scott, George, 159
Scott, James, 6, 202, 232, 255, 361
Scott, John, 197, 318
Scott, John Young, 22
Scott, Robert, 24, 250, 271, 275, 295, 373
Scott, Robert Baldock, 377
Scott, Thomas, 164, 167, 337
Scott, Walter, 427
Scott, William, 316
Scott, William Frank, 36
Scougall, Patrick, 392
Scryrnireour, James, 15
Selkirk, Matthew, 312
Selkrigg, William, 243
Sempill, George, 165
Sempill, Robert, 228
Sernple, Samuel, 172
Serle, William, 21
Service, John Barr, 358
Sethrum, John, 363
Seton, Alexander, 216
Seton, George, 241
Shairp, Patrick, 233
Sharp, James, 328
Sharp, Thomas, 8
Sharpe, James, 162
Shaw, Henry, 404
Shaw, John, 163, 337
Shaw, Walter, 37
Shepherd, Alexander, 204
Shepherd, George, 334
Sherriff, Francis, 78
Sherriff, Thomas, 319
Shiel, George, 385
Shiells, John, 263
Shiells, Patrick, 178, 220
Shiels, George, 415
Short, Charles Maurice, 150, 219
Sibbald, Patrick, 344
Sibbald, William, 373
Simpson, Alexander Lockhart, 152
Simpson, James Smith, 347
Simpson, William, 82, 141, 185, 209
Simson, Andrew, 314, 339, 356, 369, 391,
392, 406
Simson, Archibald, 314
Simson, Gilbert, 184
Simson, James, 193, 241, 268
Simson, John, 353
Simson, Matthew, 386
Simson, Patrick, 10, 319, 418
Simson, Thomas, 241, 248
Simson, William, 241
Sinclair, John, 3 10, 344, 357, 418
Sinclair, Robert, 359, 418
Sin -lair, Thomas, 426
Singers, Archibald, 319
Sinton, Robert John, 104
Skene, Robert, 253
Skirving, Alexander, 225
Smart, William, 203
Smeaton, George, 84
Smellie, James, 411
Smith, Alexander, 184
Smith, David, 410
Smith, Dykes, 224
Smi h, Edward, 199
S »ith, George, 121, 292
Smith, George Simmie, 311, 324
S nith, George Stuart, 391
Smith, Henry Wallis, 152
Smith, James, 11, 143 bin, 303, 379
Smith, John, 132, 194, 204, 220, 261, 352
Smith, Michael, ^33
Smith, Robert, 82, 30^, 401
Smith, Robert Nimmo, 371, 373
Smith, Theophilus, 349
450
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Smith, William, 130, 157, 185, 195, 254, 310
Smyth, James, 272, 274
Smyth, Patrick, 201
Smyth, Thomas, 272
Smyth, Walter, 184
Smyth, William, 225
Somervell, Alexander, 250
Somervell, Thomas, 256
Somerville, James, 236, 261, 209
Somerville, John, 11, 16, 177, 179
Somerville, Munro, 270
Somerville, Robert, 245, 252
Somerville, William, 252
Sommers, John, 178
Sorley, William, 402
Sousie, Lucas, 304
Souter, James, 303
Spark, John, 15
Spears, Robert, 219
Spence, Andrew, 404
Spence, David, 277, 404
Spiers, Ebenezer Brown, 85
Spittal, Alexander, 238, 254, 281
Spittal, Thomas, 206
Spott, William, 319
Spottiswood, John, 10, 174, 175, 176, 356
Spottiswood, Robert, 312, 348
Sprott, George Washington, 383
Stark, Robert, 421
Stark, William, 361
Stark, William Adam, 21
Steedman, Edward, 372
Steedman, John, 140, 201
Steedman, Robert, 198 bis
Steel, Adam, 323
Steele, James, 307
Steele, John, 159, 379
Stephen, George, 399
Steven, William, 129
Stevenson, Andrew, 407
Stevenson, Charles Findlater, 347
Stevenson, James, 33, 41, 167, 228
Stevenson, John, 228
Stevenson, Robert Home, 107
Stevenson, Robert James, 252
Stevenson, William, 164
Stevenson, William Black, 14, 356
Stewart, Alexander, 26, 331
Stewart, Andrew, 276, 357
Stewart, David Caldwell, 17
Stewart, David Melville, 114, 227, 402
Stewart, Duncan, 420
Stewart, George Wauchope, 371, 374
Stewart, James, 243, 290
Stewart, John, 173
Stewart, Peter, 148
Stewart, Robert, 36, 157, 397
Stewart, William, 182
Stirling, David, 45, 403
Stirling, James, 404
Stirling, John, 81, 138, 255, 365
Stobbs, Simon Somerville, 107
Stott, George Gordon, 14, 339
Strachan, John, 139
Strachan, William, 247
Strang, Alexander, 201
Strang, James, 425
Strang, William, 212
Strong, William Baillie, 322
Struthers, James, 296
Struthers, John, 391
Struthers, William, 54, 56
Stuart, Alexander, 98, 167
Stuart, Alexander Moody, 110
Stuart, Charles, 12
Stuart, James, 254
Stuart, James Niblock, 401
Stuart, John, 90
Suddie, Nicol, 418, 420
Sutherland, Alexander, 101
Sutherland, Hugh, 311
Sutherland, Thomas William Grant, 78, 411
Swan, William, 164
Syde, Archibald, 284, 374
Syde, John, 271, 283
Sydserff, George, 403
Sydserff, Thomas, 54, 56, 126
Sym, John, 42
Symington, James, 402
Symmer, Robert, 24
Symonton, John, 260
TAGGART, Moses, 281
Tainsh, John Grant, 379
Tait, Adam Duncan, 213
Tait, James Hill, 353
Tait, John, 245
Tait, Robert, 293
Tait, Thomas, 272
Tait, Walter, 128
Tait, William, 245
Tannoch, John Alexander Castlemaine, 104
Taylor, Andrew Ross, 210
Taylor, Gilbert, 192, 281, 343
Taylor, James, 322
Taylor, James William, 210
Taylor, John, 119, 254, 270
Taylor, Malcolm Campbell, 85
Taylor, Robert, 15
Tennant, Joseph, 292
Tennent, John, 176
Thompson, Richard, 181
INDEX OF MINISTERS
451
Thomson, Alexander, 64
Thomson, Andrew Mitchell, 34, 105
Thomson, David, 281, 292
Thomson, George Miles, 210
Thomson, James, 2, 3, 88, 287, 295, 416
Thomson, John, 20, 34 bis, 145, 185 bis, 255,
261, 263, 334, 401, 416
Thomson, John Fernie, 320
Thomson, John Macalister, 345
Thomson, Robert, 222, 346
Thomson, Robert Burns, 419
Thomson, Robert Wodrow, 343
Thomson, Thomas, 228, 321
Thomson, William, 196, 293
Thorburn, David, 169
Thorburn, John, 151
Thornton, Cecil Taylor, 14
Tod, Archibald, 297
Tod, George, 2 43
Tod, John, 150
Tod, John Hume, 270, 356
Todd, John, 199
Torrance, Alexander, 322
Torrence, William, 322
Torrie, Archibald, 284
Touch, John, 22
Trail, Robert, 38
Trail, William, 302
Trent, Patrick, 218, 246, 312, 348
Trent, William, 372
Trotter, Alexander, 295, 365
Trotter, George, 135, 139
Trotter, John, 359, 390
Tullis, Walter, 200
Tulloch, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, 205
Turnbull, George, 201, 425
Turnbull, Thomas, H02, 378
Turnbull, William Bell, 367
Turner, Archibald, 71, 301, 380
Turner, Patrick, 301, 315
Tweedie, Walter, 240, 244, 262
Tweedie, William, 228
Tv/ecdie, William King, 121
URIC, David, 234
Urie, Andrew, 222
VAI.I.AXCE, George, 323
Vassie, Thomas, 230
Veitch, James, 103, 335
Veitch, William, 112, 282, 287, 402
Vernor, Aloander, 385
WADDELI,, Peter Hately, 424
Waddell, Richard, 407, 421
Waddell, William, 304
Walker, Alexander, 278
Walker, Archibald, 349
Walker, David, 349
Walker, David Thomas, 149
Walker, Duncan, 312
Walker, James, 25
Walker, John, 4, 25, 28, 294, 322
Walker, Robert, 12, 25, 60, 167
Walker, Robert William, 30
Walker, Samuel Stephen, 311
Walker, William, 178, 381
Walkinshaw, William, 2SO
Wallace, Daniel, 378
Wallace, David William Lamont, 308
Wallace, James, 328, 424
Wallace, Jardine, 294
Wallace, John, 138, 181, 192, 269, 403
Wallace, Robert, 33, 43, 130, 144, 396
Wallace, Robert Wilfred, 115
Wallace, William, 269
Walterson, William, 407
Warden, John, 29 bis
Wardlaw, Samuel, 174
Wardrobe, Alexander, 235
Wardrobe, Thomas, 194
Wnrdrop, Alexander, 179
Wark, David, 372
Warner, William, 220
Watson, Alexander, 405
Watson, James, 25, 174, 178, 231, 236,
309, 334
Watson, John, 28, 426
Watson, Laurence, 336
Watson, Mungo, 366
Watson, Thomas, 249
Watson, William, 53, 69, 239
Watt, John, 236
Watt, Lauchlan Maclean, 116
Watt, Thomas David, 36
Waugh, James, 151, 163
Waugh, John, 195
Weatherston, Adam, 194
Webster, Alexander, 105, 119
Webster, James, 123, 172, 423
Webst-er, John, 13, 109
Webster, William Laurie, 195
Wedderspoon, Patrick, 97
Weir, George, 377
Weir, John, 162, 301
Weir, Richard, 276
Weir, William, 189, 215, 216, 218
Wellwood, Sir Henry Moncreiff, 98
Welsh, Alexander, 311, 324
Welsh, James, 296
Welsh, William, 269, 282
Wemyss, David, 181
452
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Wemyss, James, 213
Wemyss, John, 244
Wemyss, Matthew, 24, 28
White, John, 164, 378
White, Thomas, 27
Whitelaw, John Morrison, 355
Whyte, John, 227
Whyte, Thomas, 172
Wilkie, Charles, 204
Wilkie, Daniel, 35, 401
Wilkie, James, 46
Wilkie, John, 151, 182, 234
Wilkie, Patrick, 370, 372
Wilkie, Thomas, 25, 81, 123, 155
Wilkie, William, 182
Williamson, Alexander, 145, 275
Williamson, Andrew Wallace, 63, 103, 1;
Williamson, David, 96, 100
Williamson, James, 30, 423
Williamson, John, 310, 326
Williamson, William Taylor, 343
Wilhson, John, 180
Willock, John, 50
Wilson, David Wilkie, 347
Wilson, George, 13, 115, 122, 230
Wilson, James, 158, 178, 207, 261, 402
Wilson, John, 156, 264, 322
Wilson, John Rudge. 32
Wilson, Robert, 314, 331
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